Editorial
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      opinions
      expressed
      in
      this
      column
      do
      not
     
     
      necessarily
      reflect
      those
      of
      the
      staff
      of
      this
      publication,
     
     
      or
      of
      the
      Student
      Union.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Quick
      now,
      name
      the
      last
      three
      books
      you’ve
      read,
     
     
      not
      including
      required
      text
      readings
      for
      your
      studies.
     
     
      Well,
      ah,
      um,
      scratch,
      scratch,
      hmm..
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      was
      reading
      a
      blurb
      on
      job
      interviews
      in
      some
     
     
      magazine
      or
      other,
      which
      mentioned
      how
      interview
     
     
      questions
      are
      getting
      away
      from
      the
      straightforward
     
     
      skills
      and
      qualification
      stuff
      and
      more
      towards
     
     
      queries
      which
      probe
      into
      your
      personality;
      spaced-
     
     
      out
      questions
      like
      "If
      you
      could
      transform
      yourself
     
     
      into
      an
      animal,
      what
      would
      you
      be?"
      (Depending
      on
     
     
      the
      job
      you
      were
      after,
      you
      might
      answer
      anything
     
     
      from
      a
      peace-loving
      dove
      to
      a
      fighting
      bull.)
      Or,
      you
     
     
      might
      be
      asked
      revealing
      questions
      about
      what
      you
     
     
      ate
      for
      breakfast.
      Well,
      it
      seems
      one
      of
      the
      more
     
     
      popular
      questions
      nowadays
      quizzes
      you
      about
      your
     
     
      literary
      tastes.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I’m
      not
      sure
      what
      any
      prospective
      employer
      would
     
     
      make
      of
      my
      personality
      when
      he
      or
      she
      found
      out
     
     
      the
      last
      three
      books
      I’ve
      read
      include
      a
      collection
      of
     
     
      children’s
      poems,
      a
      mindless
      Sydney
      Sheldon
     
     
      paperback,
      and
      some
      old
      Doonesbury
      compilations
     
     
      from
      the
      pre-Reagan
      era.
      Or
      that
      my
      magazine
     
     
      subscriptions
      range
      from
      TIME
      magazine
      for
      current
     
     
      events,
      the
      business
      student’s
      de
      riguer
      FINANCIAL
     
     
      POST
      for
      corporate
      affairs,
      to
      CANADIAN
     
     
      LIVING
      for
      the
      great
      recipes.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      have
      got
      to
      stop
      telling
      you
      so
      much
      about
      myself;
     
     
      first
      I
      tell
      you
      how
      I
      don’t
      go
      to
      church
      and
      now
     
     
      I’m
      telling
      you
      that
      as
      editor
      of
      this
      paper
      I’m
     
     
      reading
      literature
      which
      is
      not
      exactly
      of
      the
      highest
     
     
      academic
      standards.
      But,
      (here
      I
      go
      again)
      I
      don’t
     
     
      think
      I’m
      the
      only
      person
      around
      who's
      reading
     
     
      material
      that
      isn’t
      quite
      up
      to
      his
      or
      her
      level
      of
     
     
      intelligence.
      I
      mean,
      seeing
      that
      we’re
      all
      students
     
    
   
   
    
     
      brain?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Maybe
      it’s
      because
      we’re
      so
      burned
      out
      from
      reading
     
     
      zillions
      of
      assigned
      text
      readings
      for
      our
      courses,
     
     
      that
      when
      it
      comes
      to
      our
      optional
      material,
      we
     
     
      choose
      something
      that
      gives
      our
      brains
      a
      break.
      We
     
     
      might
      even
      eliminate
      leisurely
      reading
      from
      our
      day.
     
     
      After
      all,
      reading
      is
      kind
      of
      anti-social.
      ’m
      more
     
     
      likely
      to
      turn
      on
      the
      TV
      when
      my
      honey
      comes
     
     
      over,
      than
      to
      open
      a
      book.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      am
      making
      many,
      many
      assumptions
      here.
      Just
     
     
      because
      the
      stuff
      I’m
      reading
      isn’t
      very
      impressive,
     
     
      I
      shouldn’t
      assume
      that
      everyone
      else
      is
      doing
     
     
      likewise.
      But
      that’s
      what
      I'd
      like
      to
      find
      out.
      ’'m
     
     
      not
      sure
      that
      what
      you
      read
      is
      directly
      connected
      to
     
     
      who
      you
      are,
      but
      I’m
      curious
      what
      people
      are
     
     
      reading
      these
      days
      (besides
      this
      silly
      column).
      Does
     
     
      anyone
      read
      anymore?
      I'd
      love
      to
      hear
      from
      you
     
     
      about
      this.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Kristine
      Suzuki
     
     
      Editor-In-Chief
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      in
      a
      centre
      of
      higher
      education,
      shouldn’t
      we
      be
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      reading
      something
      a
      bit
      more
      stimulating
      for
      the
     
     
      The
      UPEI
      X-Press
      November
      8,
      1990
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      3