Trouble
      In
      The
      A/V
      Lab
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      recently
      visited
      UPEI's
      audiovi-
     
     
      sual
      lab,
      located
      in
      the
      AVC,
      and
      felt
     
     
      rather
      disappointed
      as
      I
      left.
      This
      was
     
     
      because
      the
      attendant
      told
      me
      that
      the
     
     
      equipment
      housed
      there
      was
      only
      available
     
     
      for
      students
      doing
      formal
      assignments.
      A
     
     
      professor's
      permission
      is
      required
      to
      bor-
     
     
      row
      any
      of
      the
      supplies:
      standard
      proce-
     
     
      dure,
      apparently.
     
    

    
     
      But,
      what
      of
      the
      students
      in
      my
     
     
      position?
      I
      had
      intended
      to
      borrow
      the
     
     
      camera
      in
      order
      to
      record
      a
      short
      film.
     
     
      This
      was
      not
      decided
      on
      a
      whim,
      I
      have
     
     
      been
      interested
      in
      film
      making
      for
      some
     
     
      time,
      but
      lost
      access
      to
      a
      camera
      when
      I
     
     
      moved
      to
      Charlottetown.
      This
      somewhat
     
     
      disheartening
      experience
      serves
      as
      an
     
     
      antithesis
      to
      one
      of
      the
      basic
      principles
      of
     
     
      any
      university:
      To
      allow
      students
      to
     
     
      become
      free-thinking,
      functional
      members
     
     
      of
      society.
      If
      we,
      (the
      students)
      are
      not
     
     
      allowed
      to
      explore
      and
      pursue
      our
      inter-
     
     
      ests,
      this
      imposes
      a
      sort
      of
      "manufactured"
     
     
      free
      thought.
      Meaning
      that,
      we
      are
      only
     
     
      allowed
      to
      explore
      those
      areas
      that
      have
     
     
      already
      been
      deemed
      "useful"
      by
      society.
     
    

    
     
      Of
      course,
      this
      could
      be
      for
      a
     
     
      simple
      reason:
      lack
      of
      demand.
      Perhaps,
     
     
      there
      aren't
      many
      students
      clamouring
      for
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      FROM
      MONCTON
     
     
      ONE
      WAY
      WEB
     
     
      FARES
      STARTING
      AT:
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
        
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      audiovisual
      equipment
      to
      serve
      their
      non-
     
     
      academic
      needs.
      And
      the
      University
      has
     
     
      adapted
      to
      accommodate
      this.
      Basically,
     
     
      the
      "average"
      student
      has
      been
      shifted
      to
     
     
      describe
      those
      who
      are
      studious,
      but
      not
     
     
      very
      adventurous.
      As
      a
      result,
      UPEI
      has
     
     
      developed
      as
      a
      school
      with
      enthusiastic
     
     
      nurturing
      of
      academic
      pursuits,
      but
      is
     
     
      seemingly
      oblivious
      of
      other,
      "lesser"
     
     
      interests
      a
      student
      may
      wish
      to
      develop.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _turing
      of
      academi
      :
     
     
      _
      is
      seemingly
      oblivic
     
     
      int
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      My
      interpretation
      of
      this
      situation
     
     
      is
      rather
      extreme.
      As
      with
      anything
      else,
     
     
      there
      may
      be
      another
      way
      for
      me
      to
      obtain
     
     
      the
      equipment
      I
      need
      (aside
      from
      actually
     
     
      buying
      it).
      In
      any
      case,
      more
      student
      inter-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      est
      needs
      to
      be
      shown
      in
      areas
      such
      as
     
     
      these.
      Although,
      heightened
      awareness
     
     
      wouldn't
      completely
      solve
      the
      problem,
      it
     
     
      would
      serve
      to
      dispel
      the
      idea
      that
      univer-
     
     
      sity
      is
      a
      place
      of
      "manufactured"
      free
     
     
      thought.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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