oo
      Shafted?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      am
      writing
      in
      response
      to
      the
     
     
      recent
      shafting
      of
      the
      UPEI
      Panthers
     
     
      basketball
      team.
     
    

    
     
      Last
      weekend,
      the
      AUAA
      champi-
     
     
      onships
      were
      in
      Halifax.
      The
      Panthers
     
     
      advanced
      to
      the
      finals
      defeating
      St
     
     
      Mary's
      and
      Acadia.
      In
      a
      very
      tough
     
     
      game
      the
      Panthers
      lost
      to
      Dal,
      in
      double
     
     
      overtime.
     
    

    
     
      In
      the
      CIAU
      championships
      there
     
     
      are
      two
      wild
      card
      positions.
      Dal,
     
     
      because
      of
      their
      record,
      probably
      would
     
     
      have
      been
      given
      one
      of
      those
      positions
     
     
      even
      if
      they
      had
      not
      won.
      This
      fact
     
     
      irrelevant,
      one
      of
      the
      wild
      card
      positions
     
     
      was
      given
      to
      Acadia.
      Not
      to
      be
      bitter,
     
     
      but
      we
      beat
      Acadia
      at
      home
      and
      in
      the
     
     
      playoffs.
      Therefore,
      one
      would
      think
     
     
      that
      we
      should
      get
      consideration.
      On
     
     
      top
      of
      that
      we
      were
      in
      the
      final,
      and
      lost
     
     
      by
      a
      matter
      of
      inches.
     
    

    
     
      This
      scenario
      is
      vaguely
      familiar
     
     
      to
      me.
      My
      first
      year,
      1993-94,
      almost
     
     
      the
      exact
      same
      thing
      happened.
      We,
      if!
     
     
      remember
      correctly,
      lost
      the
      final,
      and
      St
     
     
      Mary's
      got
      the
      wild
      card,
      after
      we
      had
     
     
      defeated
      them
      before.
     
    

    
     
      The
      rumour
      is,
      and
      I
      am
      begin-
     
     
      ning
      to
      believe
      it,
      is
      that
      the
      NS
      and
     
     
      often
      Halifax
      teams
      are
      chosen
      because
     
     
      they
      will
      bring
      more
      fans
      out
      to
      the
     
     
      games.
      For
      the
      sake
      of
      ethics
      I
      hope
      this
     
     
      is
      not
      true.
      If
      a
      team
      deserves
      to
      be
     
     
      there,
      which
      I
      believe
      the
      Panthers
      do,
      it
     
     
      should
      be
      there.
      It
      is
      unfair
      for
      us
      to
      be
     
     
      excluded
      because
      we
      are
      from
      the
     
     
      Island.
      I
      am
      sure
      that
      we
      could
      get
      a
     
     
      good
      number
      of
      fans
      to
      go
      to
      the
      games,
     
     
      so
      the
      fan
      argument
      means
      nothing
      to
     
     
      me.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      The
      Panther
      Prints
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Lettens
      to
      fre
      Daiter
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Attention
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      want
      to
      say
      that
      this
      is
      my
     
     
      opinion
      and
      if
      there
      is
      a
      valid
      reason
      for
     
     
      Acadia
      being
      chosen,
      then
      I
      will
      respect
     
     
      that,
      but
      in
      the
      mean
      time,
      I
      believe
      that
     
     
      we
      have
      been
      wronged
      again.
      |
      just
     
     
      want
      to
      also
      add
      a
      congratulations
      to
      the
     
     
      basketball
      team,
      it
      was
      still
      a
      great
     
     
      season.
      .
      .
      and
      best
      of
      luck
      to
      the
      gradu-
     
     
      ates.
     
    

    
     
      --
      Yvonne
      MacKean
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Please
      allow
      me
      to
      add
      yet
      another
     
     
      view
      to
      the
      recent
      war
      of
      letters
      over
      the
     
     
      smoking
      policy
      at
      UPEI.
      The
      objection
     
     
      to
      the
      enforcement
      of
      the
      policy
      that
      has
     
     
      been
      repeatedly
      given
      by
      smokers
      is
      that
     
     
      smoke-free
      rules
      are
      an
      infringement
      on
     
     
      their
      rights.
      Since
      it
      has
      been
      estab-
     
     
      lished
      by
      the
      medical
      community
      that
      the
     
     
      activity
      in
      question
      IS
      a
      health
      risk,
      the
     
     
      person
      who
      chooses
      to
      practice
      such
      an
     
     
      activity
      forfeits
      some
      of
      his/her
      rights.
     
    

    
     
      That
      is
      not
      to
      say
      that
      smokers
      do
      not
     
     
      have
      the
      right
      to
      do
      what
      they
      wish
      with
     
     
      their
      own
      bodies.
      However,
      the
      right
      to
     
     
      health
      must
      take
      priority
      over
      the
      right
     
     
      to
      freedom.
      Buildings
      on
      the
      University
     
     
      campus,
      including
      the
      entrance
      ways
      at
     
     
      Main,
      are
      areas
      that
      must
      be
      shared
      by
     
     
      smokers
      and
      non-smokers.
      It
      is
      only
     
     
      logical
      that
      the
      right
      of
      non-smokers
      to
     
     
      healthy
      air
      take
      precedence
      over
      the
     
     
      right
      of
      smokers
      to
      a
      warm,
      convenient
     
     
      place
      to
      exercise
      their
      freedom.
     
    

    
     
      It
      was
      suggested
      by
      Alice
      Gallant
     
    

    
     
      in
      her
      submission
      to
      the
      Panther
      Prints
     
     
      that
      the
      University
      ought
      to
      allocate
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      CNR:
      Smoking
     
    
   
   
    
     
      few
      rooms
      on
      campus
      for
      smokers
      to
     
     
      use.
      I
      cannot
      be
      sure
      of
      this,
      but
      I
     
     
      suspect
      that
      this
      would
      be
      impossible
     
     
      because
      of
      the
      air
      circulation
      systems
      in
     
     
      place
      in
      most
      buildings.
      Herb
      Mahar's
     
     
      idea
      about
      dividing
      the
      Pit
      with
     
     
      plexiglass
      does
      not
      seem
      any
      more
     
     
      plausible.
      While
      he
      states
      that
      other
     
     
      businesses
      are
      using
      this
      solution,
      I
     
     
      believe
      that
      the
      trend
      in
      establishments
     
     
      that
      serve
      food,
      as
      does
      the
      Pit,
      is
      to
      go
     
     
      totally
      smoke-free
      (for
      example,
     
     
      McDonald's,
      Tim
      Hortons,
      Wendy's).
     
     
      No
      one
      is
      asking
      smokers
      at
      UPEI
     
     
      to
      quit
      their
      habit.
      They
      have
      every
     
     
      right
      to
      treat
      their
      bodies
      in
      whatever
     
     
      way
      they
      choose.
      But
      they
      have
      abso-
     
     
      lutely
      no
      right
      to
      subject
      others
      to
      the
     
     
      effects
      of
      their
      activity
      against
      their
      will.
     
     
      There
      is
      no
      denying
      the
      fact
      that
      ciga-
     
     
      rettes
      are
      dangerous.
      Even
      if
      this
     
     
      information
      is
      not
      enough
      to
      make
     
     
      smokers
      quit
      their
      habit,
      it
      should
      be
     
     
      enough
      to
      make
      them
      realize
      that
      their
     
     
      activity
      harms
      others
      and
      that
      they
      must
     
     
      act
      responsibly
      and
      respectfully.
     
     
      --
      Jeanne
      Cormier