Dear Editor, 
     
     As only a novice in 
     
    

    
     the ways and dealings 
     
    

    
     of University life, I, 
     
     find it rather diffic- 
     
     ult to get enthusias— 
     
     ‘ tic over Student Union 
     
     politics. The election 
     
     of the four major pos— 
     
     itions just doesn't 
     
     stand paramount in my 
     
     mind and I fully realise 
     
     that it will make little 
     
     difference to me who ul— 
     
     tnnately occupies these 
     
     positions. Next year I 
     
     will be a sophomore 
     
    

    
     and I will recieve all 
     
     the benefits open to 
     
    

    
     me as an average bloke 
     
     on campus. In other 
     
     words, I will still be 
     
     permitted tc guzzle 
     
    

    
     beer to my hearth con— 
     
     tent and enjoy the vis- 
     
     iting bands at my local 
     
     campus pub periodically 
     
     throughout the school 
     
     year. But maybe this 
     
     view lacks insight and 
     
    

    
     I should be fairer to 
     
     the diligent can 'didates. 
     
     vyingrfior the  ma-  
     
     jor positions. because:  
     
     Of  I:  101198119: «’ 
     
     ed to  myself to the 
     
     polls keeping the issues 
     
       my  ., 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
        
     
       
     
        
     
         
     
        
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
      s T 
     
    
   
   
    
     Terry  
     
     most of the audience 
     
    

    
     all  Right Jon- 
     
     sie?  gave us 
     
    

    
     more than  execellent 
     
     show, 
     
     1:1 I197 $91}? level upper' 
     
    
   
   
    
     four choices on my own 
     
     free will. I guess pos- 
     
     sibly I derived some 
     
     form of satisfaction 
     
     from exercising my dem— 
     
     OCratic enterprise . 
     
    

    
     But a vicious rumour 
     
     from the day before 
     
     caused a rumble in the 
     
     pit of my stomach as I 
     
     checked off my ballot. 
     
     The day before was a 
     
     Tuesday like any other 
     
     Tuesday with the excep— 
     
     tion that it was the day 
     
     before the'Student Union 
     
     election. Then I heard it. 
     
    
   
   
    
     It had been the first time 
     
    
   
   
    
     I had come across any— 
     
     thing similar since my 
     
     grade nine History class 
     
     when I had read about Hit 
     
     ler and Mussolini. What 
     
     I am speaking of I lear— 
     
     ned from three of my 
     
     associates who spend a 
     
     bit of time in the Duffy 
     
     Building basement. Appar- 
     
     ently they and others 
     
     present had been instruct 
     
     ed by their department's 
     
    
   
   
    
     I upperclassrnen of the four 
     
    
   
   
    
     desired candidates in the 
     
    
   
   
    
      election. I don' 
     
    
   
   
    
     really think my three 
     
     friends were terribly 
     
    
   
   
    
     Hupset or 13.11: out by the 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     _ ”‘ also gave us 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     classnen walkway. I 
     
     feel’vthat the band 
     
     should be invited back 
     
      to give us » 
     
     another greatshow. 
     
    
   
   
    
     deSires of the wise ones 
     
     who had after all been 
     
     on this campus longer 
     
     than them. But some— 
     
    

    
     how I just couldn't con— 
     
     vince myself of the 
     
     legitimacy of this oc— 
     
     curence even as the topic 
     
     of conversation moved 
     
    

    
     on to the upcoming Thur— 
     
     sday night Pub. But I 
     
     guess I can rationalize 
     
     it all and use the old 
     
     cliche that it will all 
     
     come out in the wash. 
     
     Next year will come and 
     
     go and many fine times 
     
     will be spent at the 
     
     Barn swilling brew and 
     
     'partying and nobody will 
     
     ever know the difference. 
     
     After all that is what 
     
     politics is all about. 
     
    
   
   
    
     —Disillusioned Freshman 
     
    
   
   
    
     Acadian_Wee;k will be 
     
     launched by the Univer— 
     
     sity of Prince Edward 
     
     Island on Monday March 
     
     14 supported by a grant 
     
     from the Department of 
     
    
   
   
    
     Wthe Secretary of State. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Among the highlights are 
     
     lectures, films, exhibit 
     
     ions, entertainment and 
     
     Acadian Soiree, design- 
     
     ed to develope a great— 
     
     er awareness of the Aca- 
     
     dian Society. Chairman 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     of the planning committ— 
     
     ee is Georges Arsenault, 
     
     visiting proffessor of 
     
     Acadian Studies at the 
     
     University . 
     
    
   
   
    
     ACADIAN WEEK HIGHLIGHTS 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     A public lecture will 
     
     be given Monday March 14 
     
     by Leon Theriault, his— 
     
     ory professor at the Un— 
     
     iversity of Moncton. The 
     
     title of his talk (in 
     
     English) is The Acadians 
     
     of mew BrunSwick: Quest 
     
     for Political Power, 
     
     set for Robertson Lecture 
     
     Theatre (RLLT) at 8 p.m. 
     
     An Acadian Soiree at The 
     
     Barn will follow with 
     
     Chicken Fricot and ent— 
     
     crtainment. ‘ 
     
    

    
     On Tuesday Marguerite 
     
     ifiaillct will lecture (in 
     
     French) on Acadian Liter— 
     
     ature: Alive and Well 
     
     (RLIT) at 2:30 p.m. Mlle. 
     
     Maillet is co~author of 
     
     Antologie de textes lit- 
     
     teraires acadiens. 
     
    

    
     As part of Acadian 
     
     week activities the cur— 
     
     rent Wednesday Noon HOur 
     
     Lecture Series will fea— 
     
     ture Reginald Porter of 
     
     the PEI Heritage Found— 
     
     ation who will speak on 
     
     the Church of St. Simon 
     
     and St. Jude in Tignish: 
     
     Its Architecture and Dec— 
     
     oration. The lectures are 
     
    
   
   
    
     given at Confederation 
     
     Center Lecture Theatre 
     
     at 12 noon. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     On Thursday Francis C. 
     
     Blanchard, president of 
     
     the St. Thomas Aquinas 
     
     Society, will give a lec- 
     
     ture (in English) entitl- 
     
     ed: La Societe Saint— 
     
     TW— 
     
     pirations and Influence 
     
     (RILT) Friday at 12:30 
     
     p.m., in English. 
     
    

    
     The week long cele- 
     
     bration ends on Friday 
     
     evening with entertain— 
     
     ers GAMECK and Jeannita 
     
     Bernard in the Dr. Steel 
     
     Recital Hallat 7:30. 
     
     Tickets are available at 
     
     the UPEI Bookstore, and 
     
     the Bookmark. 
     
    

    
     A display of books, 
     
     publications and histor- 
     
     ical photos reflecting 
     
     the Acadian society will 
     
     be‘featured at Confeder— 
     
     ation Centre Public Lib- 
     
     rary, the PEI Heritage 
     
     Foundation, and the Rob— 
     
     ertson Library. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
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