Things couldn’t possibly get any worse... 
     
    
   
   
    
     Co-Editors: Cora—Lee DesRoches 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dawnne Chappelle 
     
    
   
   
    
     Production Editor: Jan Mollison 
     
     Advertising Manager: Derrick Cameron 
     
     Typesetter: Simon T. Berge 
     
     Photographer: Vivian Huizenga 
     
    

    
     News Editor: Laura Kilfoil 
     
    

    
     Sports Editor: Matthew Beardsley 
     
     Graphics Editor: Jim Macgrath 
     
     Systems Manager: James Connolly 
     
    
   
   
    
     Circulation Manager: Chris Vessey 
     
    
   
   
    
     Anyone can contribute to The GEM. Submis- 
     
     sions can be dropped off at the Barn, sent through 
     
     VAX MAIL to GEM, or stuck on our door down 
     
     in the basement of the Main building. Our phone 
     
     number is 566-0629 or 566-0530. 
     
    

    
     We cherish typed and double spaced sub- 
     
     missions and submissions on computer disk or 
     
     through VAX mail. For legal reasons, all submis- 
     
     sions must include the author’s name and phone 
     
     number. However, names will be withheld from 
     
     publication on request. 
     
    

    
     The GEM is published by the University of 
     
     Prince Edward Island Student Union. Views ex- 
     
     pressed are not necessarily those of the GEM staff, 
     
     the UPEI Student Union, or of anyone in particu- 
     
     lar. 
     
    
   
   
    
     We reserve the right to edit submiissions due to space or taste limita- 
     
    
   
   
    
     tions. : 
     
    
   
   
    
     We reserve the right not to print submissions that are sub- 
     
     mitted after Monday at 3:00pm. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Hello everyone out there in Univer- 
     
     sityland! Well, it looks like it’s the end 
     
     of another semester here at good old 
     
     UPEI, and hasn’t it-been a great one?! 
     
    
   
   
    
     We at the GEM have had an especially 
     
     good year; with the new equipment that 
     
     we got over the summer, and the new 
     
     office that we finally moved into, things 
     
     have been rolling. We managed to finish 
     
     out the year with only a minimal amount 
     
     of trouble. 
     
    
   
   
    
     At this point we would like to thank 
     
    
   
   
    
     all those who submitted to the GEM this 
     
     semester, and encourage.everyone to do 
     
    
   
   
    
     the same in ’89. It’s going to be a great 
     
     New Year! 
     
    

    
     We would also like to thank all the 
     
     people, both staff members and non, 
     
     who helped us work on the paper this 
     
     year. You did a great job!!! We are 
     
     looking forward to ’89— Let’s hope next 
     
     semester will be as good as this one! 
     
    

    
     Come visit us in our new office next 
     
     semester. Or better yet, join our team— 
     
     it’s a lot of fun. 
     
    

    
     Merry Christmas, all! 
     
    
   
   
    
     The GEM staff 
     
    
   
   
    
     Information Update 
     
    
   
   
    
     In the November 17 issue of the GEM, 
     
     we printed a Pet Peeve that stated: “It 
     
     really bugs me when the Vax goes down 
     
     and the Computer Center staff takes a 
     
     long weekend.” We would now like to 
     
     clear up any confusion that this state- 
     
     ment may have caused. 
     
    
   
   
    
     First of all, the Vax did not “‘go 
     
     down”. What happened was a disk fail- 
     
     ure of the User 1 hard disk. This is 
     
     the disk that holds all student, per- 
     
    
   
   
    
     sonal, and faculty accounts. Failure of 
     
     this disk means that anyone with one 
     
    
   
   
    
     of these accounts does not have access 
     
     to the Vax. However, members of the 
     
    
   
   
    
     Computer Center staff, including Dave 
     
     Cairns, Blair Vessey, and Mike Reid, 
     
     spent the long weekend transferring stu- 
     
     dent accounts to another disk so stu- 
     
     dents would be able to gain access to 
     
     these accounts to work on assignments. 
     
    

    
     We at the GEM would like to apol- 
     
     ogize to the Computer Center staff for 
     
     any misunderstanding and thank them 
     
     for allowing us access to their equipment 
     
     for this week’s edition of the GEM. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Editors 
     
    
   
   
    
     UJ 
     
     LLRVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVFVVVVIVVIVVIIIIIFIFIIFIS, 
     
    
   
   
    
     CFS/UPEI Committee Member 
     
    
   
   
    
     _ There will NOT be a committee meet- 
     
     ing until Tuesday, January 10, 1989. 
     
     You have all done a tremendous amount 
     
     of work and deserve a break from that 
     
     crazy student movement at UPEI. 
     
     Good luck with exams and assign- 
     
     ments and have a wonderful Christmas 
     
    
   
   
    
     holiday! } 
     
     Sincerely yours, 
     
    

    
     your Chairperson, + * 
     
     Lisa Murphy x 
     
     VP Academic 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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