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      by
      Chris
      McCarron
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      big
      storm
      that
      jolted
      Islanders
      to
      begin
      the
      month
      eh,
     
     
      of
      February
      kept
      two
      maintenance
      people
      busy
      from
      Fa
     
     
      Friday
      evening
      until
      Monday.
      These
      two
      took
      turns
      :
     
     
      operating
      the
      snow
      plow.
      These
      men
      worked
      non-
     
     
      stop
      until
      finally
      some
      extra
      help
      arrived
      on
      Sunday.
     
     
      Unlike
      the
      cities
      of
      Moncton
      and
      Charlottetown,
      this
     
     
      storm
      didn’t
      eat
      up
      the
      snow
      removal
      budget
      at
      UPEI.
     
     
      The
      reason
      why
      it
      didn’t
      cost
      UPEI
      so
      much
      is
      that
     
     
      the
      snow
      didn’t
      have
      to
      be
      trucked
      away,
      like
      in
      the
     
     
      cities.
      Rather,
      on
      campus,
      the
      snow
      can
      be
      pushed
     
     
      away
      to
      form
      large
      snow
      banks.
      UPEI
      hasa
      lot
      of
     
     
      open
      space
      where
      snowcan
      be
      shoved.
      However,
     
     
      Moncton
      and
      Charlottetown
      do
      not
      have
      this
      luxury.
     
     
      Yet
      because
      of
      the
      amount
      of
      snow,
      the
      maintenance
     
     
      department
      had
      to
      rent
      an
      extra
      front
      end
      loader.
      This
      Pollution
     
    
   
   
    
     
      loader
      was
      used
      to
      clean
      out
      the
      troublesome
      areas
      of
     
     
      the
      vet
      college.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Canada’s
      best
      sports
      facility,
      the
      Young
      Field
      House
     
     
      at
      UPEI,
      is
      marred
      with
      acontinuous
      bombardment
      of
     
     
      noise
      pollution.
      On
      a
      recent
      tour,
      important
      in
      plan-
     
     
      ning
      our
      national
      event,
      our
      group
      was
      subjected
      to
     
     
      the
      inanities
      of
      the
      local
      radio
      station
      at
      full
      blare.
     
     
      There
      was
      no
      escape
      in
      the
      locker
      rooms,
      the
      sports
     
     
      teaching
      areas,
      and
      even,
      later
      the
      classroom
      where
     
     
      the
      closed
      entry
      was
      barely
      effective
      against
      the
     
     
      pollution.
      During
      the
      tour
      we
      saw
      one
      sports
      instruc-
     
     
      tor
      trying
      to
      demonstrates
      and
      talk
      over
      the
      noise.
      I
     
     
      don’t
      know
      if
      he
      ever
      succeeded
      in
      catching
      the
      atten-
     
     
      tion
      of
      one
      youngster
      whose
      mind
      was
      decidedly
     
     
      elsewhere
      as
      she
      came
      close
      to
      tripping
      over
      the
     
     
      equipment.
      The
      December
      91
      issue
      of
      the
      Research
     
     
      quarterly
      on
      exercise
      and
      Sport
      carries
      a
      study
      on
      the
     
     
      temporary
      and
      permanent
      hearing
      losses
      suffered
      by
     
     
      people
      exercising
      to
      stereo
      and
      headphone
      exposure
     
     
      »
      over
      75dB
      SPL.
      Keep
      inmind
      thatthe
      noiseofopen-
      |
     
     
      ing
      anewspaper
      is
      about
      70dB.
      Other
      studies
      have
     
     
      shown
      that
      women,
      with
      a
      greater
      sensitivity
      to
      sound
     
     
      _
      than
      men,
      score
      10%
      lower
      on
      examinations
      requiring
     
     
      :
      e*
      recall,
      measured
      response
      time
      and
      thought
      when
     
     
      2
      oe
      subjected
      to
      inaudible
      frequencies.
      German
      studies
     
     
      a
      |
      have
      demonstrated
      that
      a
      leading
      factor
      in
      dysfunc-
     
     
      —
      A
      tional
      families
      and
      communities
      is
      NOISE.
      Even
     
     
      without
      these
      studies,
      simple
      consideration
      for
      others’
     
     
      preference
      and
      time
      budgets
      should
      limit
      the
      use
      of
     
     
      such
      pollution
      to
      the
      personal
      space
      of
      the
      polluters.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      director
      of
      maintenance,
      Mr.
      Coles,
      explained
     
     
      that
      the
      campus
      roads
      must
      always
      be
      cleared
      24
     
     
      hours
      a
      day
      because
      of
      fire
      emergencies,
      student
     
     
      convenience,
      AVC
      needs
      and
      fuel.
      The
      university
     
     
      needs
      a
      constant
      supply
      of
      fuel
      because
      it
      can
      only
     
     
      run
      for
      two
      days
      without
      fuel.
      Mr.
      Coles
      said
      that
     
     
      there
      were
      no
      emergencies
      during
      the
      storm.
      There
     
     
      were
      a
      few
      abandoned
      cars
      which
      had
      to
      be
      towed
      and
     
     
      there
      were
      six
      or
      eight
      cars
      stuck
      which
      they
      helped
     
     
      out.
      Mr.
      Coles
      indicated
      that
      ‘‘outside
      of
      manpower
     
     
      it
      was
      pretty
      uneventful.’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sincerely
     
     
      S.E.
      Cregier
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      X-P
      RESS
      February6,
      1992
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