THE CADRE, TUES., APRIL 9,-1974 Page 3 
     
    
   
   
    
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     This being the final issue 
     
     of the Cadre, for this semes- 
     
     ter, I would like to use 
     
     this opportunity to congratu- 
     
     late all those people who 
     
     have managed to survive an- 
     
     other year at 'good 'ole 
     
     UPEI'. At many points this 
     
     year I wondered whether UPEI 
     
     would survive another year 
     
     with the various 'adjustments' 
     
     (sic.) being made at all 
     
     levels! And.if the present 
     
     trend of student decline in 
     
     enrollment continues next 
     
     year promises to be even more 
     
     insecure for this university 
     
     than this year. 
     
    

    
     The concern expressed by the 
     
     Professors Association of ' 
     
     UPEI over the provincial 
     
     goVernmentfs reduction in fi-. 
     
     nances allocated to our uni- 
     
     versity reflects the broad- 
     
     er problems manifesting them- 
     
     se1Ves all through the insti- 
     
     tution._A1ready there are 
     
     fears that a number of prof- 
     
     essors will be 'fired' be—' 
     
     cause of the lack of finances. 
     
     (The decline in enrollment 
     
     accentuates that fear). At 
     
     present there is great con- 
     
     cern as to the nature of ed- 
     
     ucational programmes at this 
     
     university. Are our present 
     
     structures hindering or help- 
     
     ing the development of a bet- 
     
     ter university? Will the pro- 
     
     posed changes in the Arts 
     
     degree programme attract or 
     
     discourage students from 
     
    
   
   
    
     ,«attending UPEI? , 
     
    
   
   
    
     One could go on and on ask- 
     
     ing ertinent questions about 
     
     pertinent_problems. (There 
     
     are so many you knowl). how- 
     
     ever, the present investigaa 
     
     Ltion of the philosophy of 
     
     7UPEI being done by a senate 
     
     committee will hopefully 
     
     carticulate and attempt to. 
     
     solve many of these "pertin- 
     
     ent" problems. However, 
     
     Senate's general inability. 
     
     to take risk and offer radi- 
     
     cal solutions to these ever - 
     
     malignant 'cancers‘ bodes 
     
     not well for the aforesaid 
     
     'hope'. Therefore I would 
     
     have tocinclude that the 
     
     'ice' on which UPEI slides, 
     
     ‘is very thin. As a matter 
     
     of fact, if one looks hard \ 
     
     enough one can see in front 
     
     of us the open water in which 
     
     UPEI could sink if the route 
     
     we are taking is not altered. 
     
    

    
     The Cadre has printed prop- 
     
     osal after-proposal on the 
     
    
   
   
    
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     restructuring of the power 
     
     relationships within the uni- 
     
     versity. We have asked sever- 
     
     al questions such as, should 
     
     students have more or less 
     
     control in the development 
     
    
   
   
    
     of their courses, hiring and 
     
     firing of professors, etc.? 
     
     None of these questions have 
     
     been adequately dealt with. 
     
     Simple minded people have 
     
     seen simple solutions such 
     
     as "no, the students are in- 
     
     ‘capable of helping to devel- 
     
     op the courses they wish to 
     
     take just as they are incap- 
     
     able of judging the worth of 
     
     a professor they study under." 
     
     But this is the mentality 
     
     that pervades UPEI and which 
     
    
   
   
    
     »you and I are up against. 
     
     ‘There are no simple solutions. 
     
    
   
   
    
     There must be great and con- 
     
     tinuous dialogue among all 
     
     people within the community 
     
     that is UPEI before solutions 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ktil-“pus 
     
     K oncern 
     
    
   
   
    
     bv-iool homun- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     can be gained. 
     
    

    
     My direct experience of UPEI 
     
     is now coming to its end since 
     
     this is my last year at the 
     
     undergraduate level. However, 
     
     this does not lessen my con- 
     
     cern for the future of UPEI. 
     
     Since it will be part of my 
     
     past I must assume responsi- 
     
     bility for its being -- this 
     
     I cannot escape! ‘ 
     
    

    
     However, as everyone knows, 
     
     after a few tokes one can 
     
     escape anything, even UPEI! 
     
    

    
     At any rate I hope you all 
     
     had fun reading my weekly 
     
     "Bull—Session". I also hope 
     
     you have a good and prosper- 
     
     ous summer even though the 
     
     economic indicators point to 
     
     a summer of inflation the 
     
     likes of which have not been 
     
     known since those 'hungry' 
     
     thirties. Get ready people - 
     
     the revolution is closer than 
     
     you think!