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      October
      1998
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      News
      3
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      For
      the
      first
      time
      in
      re-
     
     
      t
      memory,
      students
      in
      the
     
     
      culty
      of
      Science
      are
      being
     
     
      rged
      laboratory
      user
      fees.
     
    

    
     
      The
      lab.
      fees,
      $7
      per
     
     
      rse
      involving
      the
      use
      of
      a
     
     
      oratory,
      affect
      all
      students
     
     
      ing
      science
      courses.
     
    

    
     
      Students
      majoring
      in
      the
     
     
      ural
      sciences
      --
      such
      as
     
     
      ology
      and
      Chemistry
      --
      have
     
     
      reater
      lab
      component
      than
     
     
      students
      in
      programs
      such
     
     
      Engineering,
      and
      will
      be
     
     
      ected
      by
      this
      user
      fee
      most
     
     
      verely.
     
    

    
     
      These
      students
      can
      ex-
     
     
      ct
      to
      pay
      more
      than
      $100
      in
     
     
      s
      over
      the
      course
      of
      a
      four
     
     
      ar
      program.
     
    

    
     
      UPEI
      administration
      de-
     
     
      ed
      to
      charge
      additional
      fees
     
     
      the
      interest
      of
      equality,
      or
     
     
      arging
      students
      taking
      the
     
     
      me
      courses
      the
      same
      fees.
     
    

    
     
      “Itcame
      down
      toa
      ques-
     
     
      n
      of
      conflicting
      principles,”
     
     
      id
      Vice-President
      External
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      Crossley
      said,
      ithad
      been
     
     
      iversity
      policy
      toassure
      that
     
    

    
     
      ts
      inall
      faculties
      received
     
     
      ual
      treatment,
      including
      the
     
     
      ¢
      fee
      structure,
      but
      gov-
     
     
      iment
      cutbacks
      forced
      the
     
     
      niversity
      to
      change
      its
      policy.
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
        
     
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
     
      As
      a
      result
      of
      these
      cut-
     
     
      backs
      --
      nearly
      ten
      percent
     
     
      over
      the
      past
      two
      years
      --
     
     
      each
      faculty
      was
      required
      to
     
     
      submit
      reports
      detailing
      their
     
     
      plans
      for
      decreasing
      expendi-
     
     
      tures.
     
    

    
     
      For
      the
      Faculty
      of
      Sci-
     
     
      ence,
      this
      included
      laying
      off
     
     
      two
      sessional
      lecturers
      and
     
     
      making
      a
      $10,000
      cut
      in
      the
     
     
      faculty’s
      discretionary
      budget,
     
     
      which
      is
      used
      to
      replace
      old
     
     
      and
      broken
      equipment.
     
    

    
     
      According
      to
      Dean
      of
     
     
      Science
      Roger
      Gordon,
      the
     
     
      high
      prices
      of
      buying
      even
      ba-
     
     
      sic
      scientific
      equipment
      have
     
     
      forced
      professors
      to
      demand
     
     
      that
      the
      discretionary
      budget
     
     
      be
      maintained
      at
      its
      fiscal
      1997
     
     
      level
      of
      a
      quarter-million
      dol-
     
     
      lars
      or
      more,
     
    

    
     
      Instead
      of
      a
      general
      tui-
     
     
      tion
      hike,
      the
      Faculty
      of
      Sci-
     
     
      ence
      decided
      to
      institute
      a
      fee
     
     
      for
      each
      course
      that
      involved
     
     
      the
      use
      of
      a
      laboratory.
     
    

    
     
      This
      fee
      is
      funnelled
      di-
     
     
      rectly
      into
      the
      Faculty
      of
      Sci-
     
     
      ence’s
      discretionary
      budget,
     
     
      and
      is
      expected
      to
      provide
     
     
      $24,000
      to
      absorb
      some
      costs
     
     
      of
      inflation.
     
    

    
     
      Gordon
      said
      that
      the
      biol-
     
     
      ogy
      lab
      fee
      might
      be
      raised,
     
     
      depending
      on
      how
      much
      prices
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Science
      students
      absorb
     
     
      governmentcuts
     
     
      Lab
      user
      fees
      instated
     
    
   
   
    
     
      RANDY
      MCDONALD
      &
      SARAH
      MURPHY
     
    
   
   
    
     
      for
      lab
      equipment
      increase.
     
    

    
     
      So
      far,
      students
      are
      gen-
     
     
      erally
      accepting
      of
      the
      changes.
     
    

    
     
      “If
      you’re
      taking
      a
     
    

    
     
      course
      that
      involves
      the
      use
      of
     
     
      a
      lab,
      you
      need
      to
      pay
      for
      good
     
     
      equipment,”
      said
      one
      science
     
     
      major.
     
    

    
     
      Christiain
      Lacroix,
      chair
     
     
      of
      the
      UPEI
      biology
      depart-
     
     
      ment,
      agrees.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “The
      price
      of
     
     
      consumables
      has
      skyrock-
     
     
      eted,”
      he
      said.
      “The
      depart-
     
     
      ment
      has
      been
      working
      with
     
     
      the
      same
      budget
      for
      three
      or
     
     
      four
      years
      now.”
     
    

    
     
      While
      students
      have
      ac-
     
     
      cepted
      this
      increase,
      they
      cau-
     
     
      tion
      that
      they
      will
      not
      be
      as
     
     
      understanding
      about
      future
     
     
      hikes.
     
    

    
     
      “Seven
      dollars
      isn’t
      very
     
     
      much,”
      said
      Beth
      Nason,
      sec-
     
     
      ond
      year
      biology
      student,
      “I
     
     
      just
      think
      that
      we
      should
      have
     
     
      been
      warned
      before
      this
      came
     
     
      into
      effect.”
     
    

    
     
      The
      statement
      of
      one
      stu-
     
     
      dent
      in
      the
      lobby
      of
      the
      K.C.
     
     
      Irving
      building
      sums
      up
      student
     
     
      reaction.
     
    

    
     
      “It
      all
      costs
      too
      much
     
    
   
   
    
     
      anyway.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Tobacco
      sponsorship
     
     
      of
      arts
      an
      sports
      to
      be
     
     
      banned
      in
      five
      years
     
    
   
   
    
     
      BY
      ERIN
      FAGAN
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      week
      ;
      favourable
      reactions
      towards
      the
      elimina-
     
     
      tion
      of
      tobacco
      sponsorship
     
    

    
     
      By
      the
      year
      2003,
      tobacco
      companies
      will
      be
      prohibited
     
     
      from
      sponsoring
      arts
      and
      sports
      events
      in
      Canada,
      according
      to
     
     
      amendments
      to
      the
      Tobacco
      Act
      made
      by
      Federal
      Health
     
     
      Minister
      Allan
      Rock
      on
      June
      3,
      1998.
     
    

    
     
      These
      amendments
      were
      made
      to
      a
      bill
      first
      ratified
      in
      the
     
     
      House
      of
      Commons
      on
      April
      25,
      1997.
     
    

    
     
      This
      original
      bill
      would
      have
      been
      effective
      as
      of
      October
     
     
      |
      of
      this
      yearto
      limitall
      tobacco
      sponsorship-related
      advertising
     
     
      restricted
      to
      mail-outs,
      publicity
      oriented
      towards
      adults,
      tav-
     
     
      erns
      and
      bars,
      and
      during
      the
      events
      themselves.
     
    

    
     
      The
      extension
      of
      the
      bill’s
      time
      frame
      was
      motivated
      to
     
     
      give
      organizations
      that
      require
      corporate
      sponsorships
      time
     
     
      enough
      to
      find
      replacement
      funding.
     
    

    
     
      “We
      are
      trying
      to
      give
      groups
      that
      count
      on
      tobacco
     
     
      money
      some
      time
      to
      find
      alternative
      sources
      of
      financing,”
     
     
      Rock
      stated.
     
    

    
     
      According
      to
      the
      press
      release,
      there
      will
      be
      no
      changes
     
     
      in
      tobacco
      sponsorships
      for
      the
      next
      one
      and
      a
      half
      years.
     
    

    
     
      But
      as
      of
      the
      year
      2000,
      tobacco
      will
      only
      be
      able
      to
     
     
      advertise
      on
      the
      sites
      of
      events
      as
      they
      occur.
     
    

    
     
      The
      last
      phase
      of
      the
      bill
      will
      occur
      in
      2003,
      and
      will
     
     
      prohibit
      all
      advertisement
      of
      tobacco
      on
      and
      off
      event
      sites.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Canadian
      Medical
      Association
      is
      in
      strong
      opposition
     
     
      to
      the
      extension.
     
    

    
     
      “Inthe
      extra
      years
      given
      to
      tobacco
      sponsorship,
      500,000
     
     
      Canadians
      will
      start
      smoking
      and
      125,000
      will
      die,”
      a
      spokes-
     
     
      person
      warned
      a
      day
      after
      the
      announcement
      of
      the
      amend-
     
     
      ment.
     
    

    
     
      Health
      Canada
      has
      listed
      its
      motives
      as
      being
      out
      of
     
     
      concern
      for
      the
      rise
      in
      youth
      smoking
      throughout
      Canada.
     
    

    
     
      According
      to
      its
      statistics,
      85
      percent
      of
      all
      new
      smokers
     
     
      are
      under
      the
      age
      of
      16,
      translating
      to
      about
      250,000
      new
     
     
      underage
      smokers
      per
      year.
     
    

    
     
      Another
      statistic
      places
      29
      percent
      of
      all
      Canadians
     
     
      between
      the
      ages
      of
      15
      and
      19
      as
      being
      smokers,
      and
      14
      percent
     
    
   
   
    
     
      of
      all
      youth
      between
      the
      ages
      of
      10
      and
      14.
     
     
      (continued
      on
      page
      5)
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Tobacco
      sponsporship
      will
      slowly
      decrease
      over
      the
     
     
      next
      five
      years.
     
     
      -photo
      by
      Richard
      Haines