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      Matt
      Mays
     
     
      and
      El
     
     
      Torpedo
     
     
      hit
      the
     
     
      Wave
     
     
      Page
      9
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Students
      give
     
     
      their
      opinion
     
     
      on
      banning
     
     
      cells
      while
     
     
      driving
     
     
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      11
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Vol.
      40
      No.2
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      2008
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “|
      remember
      one
      of
      my
     
     
      friends
      received
      103
      per
     
     
      cent
      in
      Gr.
      12
      math.
     
     
      Ridiculous!
      |
      limped
      by
      with
     
     
      a
      50,
      and
      I’m
      pretty
      sure
     
     
      that
      was
      boosted
      up
      just
      to
     
     
      give
      me
      the
      credit.”
     
    

    
     
      -
      Cadre
      reporter
      and
     
     
      columnist
      Jarrod
      Yeo
      tells
     
     
      us
      what
      ‘Grinds
      His
     
     
      Gears’
      on
      the
      funding
     
     
      coming
      UPEI’s
      way
      from
     
     
      the
      move
      over
      the
      the
     
     
      Department
      of
      Innovation
     
     
      and
      Advanced
      Learning
      -
     
     
      Page
      6
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Shane
      Mountain
     
     
      The
      Cadre
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “This
      is
      a
      time
      of
      remarkable
     
     
      change,”
      UPEI
      president
      Wade
     
     
      MacLauchlan
      said
      at
      a
      public
      forum
     
     
      at
      the
      student
      centre.
     
    

    
     
      The
      forum
      was
      held
      at
      McMillan
     
     
      Hall
      on
      Wednesday
      Sept.
      24
      at
      3
     
     
      p.m.,
      was
      mediated
      by
      K-Rock’s
     
     
      Zack
      Bell
      and
      offered
      a
      chance
      for
     
     
      open
      discussion
      with
      UPEI
      presi-
     
     
      dent
      Wade
      MacLauchlin,
      Minister
     
     
      of
      Innovation
      and
      Advanced
     
     
      Learning
      Richard
      Brown,
      econom-
     
     
      ics
      professor
      Jim
      Sentance
      and
     
     
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
      president
     
     
      Justin
      Douglas.
     
    

    
     
      The
      focus
      of
      the
      forum
      was
      to
      pub-
     
     
      licly
      speak
      about
      the
      government
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ra
      Sai
      ae
      ae
      Be
      OLE
      ELLE
      EL
      AE
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Times
      They
      Are
      A-Changing
     
    
   
   
    
     
      shifting
      UPEI
      from
      the
      Department
     
     
      of
      Education
      to
      the
      Department
      of
     
     
      Innovation
      and
      Advanced
      Learning.
     
     
      The
      move
      will
      allow
      for
      more
      fund-
     
     
      ing
      and
      grants
      to
      sectors
      of
      the
      uni-
     
     
      versity
      with
      which
      private
      investors
     
     
      in
      the
      employer
      community
      have
      an
     
     
      interest.
     
    

    
     
      “How
      UPEI
      has
      developed
      with
     
     
      thesupport
      of
      the
      government
      has
     
     
      been
      positive,”
      MacLauchlan
      said,
     
     
      adding
      that
      over
      the
      last
      ten
      years
     
     
      UPEI
      has
      added
      five
      new
      programs
     
     
      and
      spent
      over
      $100
      million
      on
      cam-
     
     
      pus
      renovations.
     
    

    
     
      “We
      understand
      the
      debt
      loads
      of
     
     
      students,”
      Brown
      said.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Liberal
      government
      created
     
     
      the
      George
      Coles
      Bursary,
      in
      the
     
     
      amount
      of
      $2,000,
      which
      is
      only
     
     
      available
      to
      Island
      students
      attend-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ing
      UPEI.
     
    

    
     
      “We
      recognize
      the
      importance
      of
      a
     
     
      university
      degree,”
      Brown
      said.
     
    

    
     
      “You
      guys
      are
      the
      future
      of
      P.E.I.”
     
    

    
     
      The
      need
      for
      skills
      workers
      on
     
     
      P.E.I.
      in
      the
      future
      will
      be
      of
      the
      up
     
     
      most
      importance
      and
      there
      are
      cer-
     
     
      tain
      skill
      sets
      required
      for
      the
      posi-
     
     
      tions
      which
      will
      need
      to
      be
      filled.
      It
     
     
      is
      toward
      these
      skill
      sets
      and
      degree
     
     
      programs
      a
      lot
      of
      the
      increased
      fund-
     
     
      ing
      will
      be
      directed.
     
    

    
     
      Brown
      said
      the
      government.
      was
     
     
      receiving
      requests
      for
      skills
      workers
     
     
      for
      companies
      and
      stressed
      that
      edu-
     
     
      cation
      is
      essential
      but
      also
      that
      the
     
     
      government
      is
      not
      taking
      over
      UPEI.
     
    

    
     
      “In
      no
      way
      is
      the
      government
      try-
     
     
      ing
      to
      tell
      the
      university
      what
      to
      do.”
     
    

    
     
      The
      next
      speaker
      was
      economics
     
     
      professor
      Jim
      Sentance,
      who
      said
     
    
   
   
    
     
      SES
      ERATE
      AEH
      9
      GLNB
      OB
      APR
      IN
      MELEE
      ROGER
      IED
      EB
      LO
      EEE
      EE
      EES
      0
      ad
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      money
      coming
      to
      the
      university
     
     
      may
      increase,
      but
      the
      new
      funding
     
     
      will
      be
      targeted
      to
      specific
      areas.
     
    

    
     
      “The
      money
      will
      still
      be
      there
      and
     
     
      may
      increase,”
      he
      said.
     
    

    
     
      “Tt’s
      nice
      to
      have
      more
      money.”
     
    

    
     
      He
      also
      said
      this
      new
      shift
      may
      put
     
     
      other
      departments,
      such
      as
      educa-
     
     
      tion,
      on
      the
      back
      burner
      due
      to
      an
     
     
      unequal
      distribution
      of
      funding,
     
     
      leaving
      the
      forgotten
      departments
     
     
      with
      a
      poor
      cousin
      feeling.
     
    

    
     
      This
      is
      the
      biggest
      change
      to
      the
     
     
      university
      since
      its
      conception,”
      said
     
     
      the
      final
      speaker,
      student
      council
     
     
      president
      Justin
      Douglas.
     
    

    
     
      Douglas
      pointed
      out
      that
      UPEI
      has
     
     
      needing
      funding
      for
      years
      as
      the
     
     
      province’s
      only
      university,
      and
      a
     
     
      niche
      is
      needed
      to
      help
      the
      Island
     
     
      compete
      on
      a
      global
      scale.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      en
      Rae
      es
      ac
      ta
      als