Dear
      Sir,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Please
      allow
      me
      to
      congratulate
      you
      on
      your
      editorial
      in
      the
     
     
      October
      15
      issue
      of
      X-Press.
      It
      is
      among
      the
      first
      reasoned
     
     
      and
      insightful
      comments
      I
      have
      read
      or
      heard
      since
      the
     
     
      frightening
      event
      of
      September
      23.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Indeed,
      the
      media
      has
      an
      awesome
      and
      terrible
      power
      --
      a
     
     
      power
      that,
      ifnot
      used
      delicately
      or
      with
      unbiased
      assump-
     
     
      tions,
      can
      cause
      fear,
      panic
      and
      hysteria.
      Witness
      the
      events
     
     
      following
      those
      first
      news
      reports.
      If
      used
      with
      good
      judge-
     
     
      ment
      and
      dispassionate
      common
      sense
      it
      can
      be
      a
      source
      of
     
     
      sound
      information
      and
      knowledge
      about
      our
      world.
      These,
      of
     
     
      course,
      are
      required
      from
      both
      the
      sender
      and
      the
      receiver.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Your
      editorial
      is
      a
      model
      of
      both.
      Thank
      you.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Yours
      sincerely,
     
    

    
     
      Gerry
      Birt
     
    

    
     
      Public
      Relations
      Officer
     
     
      UPEI
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      On
      the
      behalf
      of
      the
      Sociology/Anthropology
      Club
      executive
     
     
      I
      would
      like
      to
      respond
      to
      the
      letter
      from
      Libby
      Whelan,
     
     
      which
      appeared
      in
      the
      October
      8
      issue
      of
      the
      X-Press.
      We
     
     
      feel
      that
      several
      comments
      in
      her
      letter
      are
      misleading,
      and
     
     
      would
      like
      to
      avoid
      any
      confusion
      due
      to
      her
      complete
      lack
     
     
      ofasense
      of
      humour.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      First
      and
      foremost,
      the
      Socrates
      Award
      was
      given
      to
      Prof.
     
     
      LeClair
      at
      a
      private
      gathering
      of
      his
      friends
      and
      colleagues,
     
     
      to
      which
      Ms.
      Whelan
      was
      not
      invited.
      The
      award
      was
      not
     
     
      presented
      by
      ‘‘an
      institution
      of
      higher
      learning’’,
      it
      was
     
     
      Presented
      as
      an
      ‘‘in-joke’’
      by
      one
      of
      the
      rather
      creative
     
     
      Professors
      in
      the
      department.
      If
      Ms.
      Whelan
      so
      desires,
      that
     
     
      Same
      professor
      could
      easily
      create
      one
      especially
      for
      her.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Second,
      the
      movie
      in
      question,
      Cannibal
      women
      in
      the
     
     
      Avocado
      Jungle
      of
      Death,
      is,
      not,
      under
      any
      circumstances,
     
     
      Pornographic.
      Ms.
      Whelan
      has
      obviously
      never
      seen
      any-
     
     
      thing
      even
      vaguely
      pornographic.
      IfMs.
      Whelan
      insists
      that
     
     
      anything
      with
      former
      Playboy
      bunny
      in
      it
      is
      pornography
      I
     
     
      Suggest
      she
      get
      rid
      of
      her
      T.V.
      The
      film
      starred
      Miss
      Shan-
     
     
      4on
      Tweed,
      who
      remained
      completely
      clothed
      and
      chaste
     
     
      throughout
      the
      movie.
      She
      also
      satisfies
      the
      Canadian
     
     
      Contentrules.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Third,
      the
      P.S.
      proceeding
      her
      letter
      was
      completely
      tacky,
     
     
      'Mmature
      and
      uncalled
      for.
      I’m
      sure,
      Ms.
      Whelan,
      that
      Cory,
     
     
      Peter,
      and
      Joe
      and
      too
      busy
      having
      their
      lives
      to
      worry
      about
     
     
      What
      you
      have
      to
      say.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      AS
      an
      English
      major,
      as
      well
      and
      an
      Anth
      major,
      I
      feel
      it
      is
     
     
      Ny
      duty
      to
      inform
      Ms.
      Whelan
      that
      her
      over
      use
      of
      cliches
      is
     
     
      ‘talent
      she
      could
      do
      without.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Thank
      you
      for
      your
      time,
      Mr.
      Editor,
      and
      to
      the
      student
      body,
     
     
      Iapologize
      for
      digging
      up
      last
      year’s
      scandal.
      God
      knows
     
     
      we
      have
      enough
      as
      it
      is.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sarah
      MacLeod
     
     
      Vice-President,
      Soc/Anth
      Society
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      To:
      S.U.
      Executive
      and
      Council
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I,
      Rick
      Gallant
      regret
      to
      inform
      the
      Executive
      and
      Student
     
     
      Union
      Council
      of
      my
      resignation
      from
      the
      Vice-President
     
     
      Internal
      Office
      October
      13,
      1992.
      My
      reasons
      for
      resigning
     
     
      are
      both
      personal
      and
      professional,
      the
      latter
      bearing
      more
     
     
      weight
      than
      the
      former.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ican
      no
      longer
      justify
      my
      position
      as
      Vice
      President
      Internal
     
     
      on
      an
      Executive
      in
      which
      the
      President
      of
      the
      Student
      Union
     
     
      totally
      disregards
      the
      wants
      and
      needs
      of
      the
      Student
      Body.
      I
     
     
      believe
      that
      the
      Student
      Union
      President
      has
      lost
      all
      objec-
     
     
      tivity
      with
      regards
      to
      Student
      Affairs
      due
      to
      a
      publicly
     
     
      acclaimed
      personal
      vendetta.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      As
      I
      said
      earlier,
      I
      do
      regret
      my
      resignation,
      but
      I
      cannot
     
     
      work
      at
      something
      that
      I
      no
      longer
      believe
      in.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Yours
      regretfully,
     
     
      Rick
      Gallant
     
     
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