On
      Friday,
      Sept.
      21/90,
      a
      notable
      number
      of
      U.P.E.I.
     
     
      students
      took
      part
      in
      the
      "Take
      Back
      the
      Night
     
     
      March
      and
      Celebration"
      sponsored
      by
      the
      P.E.I.
      Rape
     
     
      and
      Sexual
      Assault
      centre.
      Special
      thanks
      go
      out
      to
     
     
      all
      those
      who
      helped
      with
      production
      and
      distribution
     
     
      of
      flyers,
      the
      participants,
      and
      those
      who
      made
     
     
      posters.
      We
      gratefully
      acknowledge
      the
      support
      of
     
     
      the
      U.P.E.I.
      Student
      Union
      in
      covering
      the
      printing
     
     
      cost
      of
      the
      flyers
      and
      supplying
      U.
      P.E.I.
      stickers
      for
     
     
      the
      marchers.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      week’s
      feature
      article
      is
      Women’s
      Studies
      at
     
     
      U.P.E.I.
      There
      is
      often
      a
      lot
      of
      work
      going
      on
     
     
      behind
      the
      scenes
      at
      this
      university.
      We'd
      like
      to
     
     
      take
      the
      space
      to
      show
      you
      one
      example.
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      »
      Campus
      Women
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Ella
      Holt
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Women’s
      Studies
      at
      U.P.E_I.
     
     
      Researched
      By
      Tracy
      Smith
     
    
   
   
    
     
      An
      ad
      hoc
      committee
      on
      the
      future
      of
      Women-
     
     
      Studies
      at
      U.P.E..
      was
      set
      up
      in
      the
      Spring
      of
     
     
      1989.
      The
      objectives
      of
      this
      committee
      as
      stated
     
     
      by
      Verner
      Smitheram,
      Dean
      of
      Arts,
      in
      a
      report
     
     
      released
      August
      31,
      1990
      were
      to
      conduct
      a
      review
     
     
      of
      currant
      offerings
      and
      formulate
      a
      five
      year
      plan
     
    
   
   
    
     
      '
      for
      the
      development
      of
      Women’s
      Studies
      at
      U.P.E.I.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      is
      the
      case
      for
      a
      women’s
      program
      as
      put
      forth
     
     
      in
      the
      first
      report
      of
      the
      as
      hoc
      continuing
     
     
      committee
      on
      the
      future
      of
      Women’s
      Studies
      at
     
     
      UPEI:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Case
      for
      Separate
      Women’s
      Studics
      Program
     
    
   
   
    
     
      As
      noted
      in
      the
      Rationale,
      Women’s
      Studies
      is
      an
     
     
      integral
      part
      of
      a
      university
      curriculum.
      Its
      role
      is
     
     
      to
      give
      a
      different
      lens
      of
      analysis,
      to
      use
      women’s
     
     
      perspective,
      in
      the
      total
      continuum
      of
      education.
     
     
      Simply
      adding
      on
      a
      little
      bit
      of
      knowledge
      here
      and
     
     
      a
      little
      bit
      there
      is
      not
      academically
      sufficient.
      If
      it
     
     
      is
      to
      fill
      its
      place
      in
      U.P.E.I.
      academic
      offerings,
     
     
      Women’s
      Studies
      needs
      recognition
      as
      a
      valid
     
     
      academic
      discipline
      contributing
      to
      knowledge
      and
     
     
      to
      the
      development
      of
      theories,
      methodologies
      and
     
     
      ways
      of
      understanding.
      Because
      of
      this,
      as
      well
      as
     
     
      its
      tremendous
      productivity
      and
      vitality,
      it
      is
     
     
      essential
      that
      a
      Women’s
      Studies
      Program
      be
     
     
      separate
      and
      autonomous,
      rather
      that
      housed
      in
      any
     
     
      existing
      discipline.
      Other
      disciplines
      will
      not
     
     
      develop
      feminist
      theories
      nor
      methodologies,
      but
     
     
      may
      test
      and
      critique
      these,
      strengthening
      the
     
     
      integration
      of
      different
      disciplines.
      If
      women’s
     
     
      Studies
      is
      to
      succeed
      as
      integrative
      and
     
     
      multidisciplinary,
      other
      disciplines
      will
      need
      an
     
     
      accessible
      resource
      for
      planning
      their
      courses:
      only
     
     
      an
      independent
      identifiable
      program
      is
      able
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      September
      27,
      1990
     
    
   
   
    
     
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