in every totalitarian regime’ in the 
     
     world. Even in the novel, 1984, 
     
     Victory Cigarettes were allowed in 
     
     the ultra-totalitarian nightmare 
     
     continuously watched over by Big 
     
     Brother. It seems ridiculous that 
     
     in a free country such as Canada, 
     
     we want to take away smokers’ 
     
     rights to smoke in their private 
     
     rooms, in deserted corridors, or in 
     
     the washrooms. We should keep 
     
     in mind that a university is an 
     
     educational institution, and not a 
     
     military boot camp. 
     
    

    
     How will the UPEI administra- 
     
     tion police and enforce a total ban 
     
     on smoking on UPEI premises? 
     
     In the future will there be a ques- 
     
     tion on the UPEI application 
     
     form asking whether or not the 
     
     applicant smokes? If the applicant 
     
     says yes, will he be automatically 
     
     rejected? It may happen that on 
     
     the acceptance form to UPEI 
     
     there will be a legal clause stating 
     
     that the university will expel the 
     
     student if he inisists on smoking 
     
     on university premises. 
     
    

    
     At present, we have regulations 
     
     which allow professors and staff 
     
     to ask students to leave the class- 
     
     room or certain sections of the 
     
     library if the students smoke. If 
     
     the total ban on smoking is al- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Join or Die! 
     
    
   
   
    
     On the Smoking Ban 
     
    
   
   
    
     lowed to pass, what will UPEI do 
     
     when the students smoke in the 
     
     corridors, lounges, washrooms, 
     
     and dormitory rooms or anywhere 
     
     on the grounds? Who will watch 
     
     these students, and what kind of 
     
     pena ‘ies will there be? ‘Vill marks 
     
     be taken away, transcipts and 
     
     diplomas be withheld, or students 
     
     be expelled outright? We should 
     
     remember that cigarettes are not 
     
     handguns and smokers are not 
     
     AIDS patients. How can we 
     
     justify taking such discriminatory 
     
     action against those students who 
     
     refuse to quit smoking? 
     
    

    
     On the surface, the ban on 
     
     smoking may appear harmless and” 
     
     well-intentioned. However, it may 
     
     be a first step towards the police 
     
     state instigated by special interest 
     
     groups. The smoking ban indeed 
     
     is an affront to basic human 
     
     rights. Anyone who truly cares 
     
     about humanity and worries 
     
     about the possibility of a totali- 
     
     tarian state should not support the 
     
     ban on cigarette smoking at UPEI 
     
     without grave concern. There is 
     
     nothing more destructive to 
     
     human aspirations than the 
     
     narrow-minded, self-righteous in- 
     
     tolerance towards the rights of 
     
     fellow human beings. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     LOADERS 
     
    
   
   
    
     will be required for various 
     
    

    
     events throughtout the 
     
    

    
     year. Help us load-in the 
     
     bands in the afternoon 
     
     and get into the Main 
     
     Event for FREE! If you 
     
     are interested, please 
     
     drop into the Student 
     
    

    
     Union Offices and 
     
     see Holly Good.