Something
      to
      think
      about:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      wonder
      if
      certain
      feminists
      realized
      that
      their
      push
     
     
      for
      more
      lenient
      abortion
      laws
      could
      have
      led
      to
     
     
      embryonic
      sex
      selection
      -
      even
      North
      Americans
     
     
      prefer
      boy
      babies
      to
      girl
      babies.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Anonymous
     
    
   
   
    
     
      To
      Whom
      It
      May
      Concern
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      has
      been
      drawn
      to
      my
      attention
      that
     
     
      Undergraduate
      Students
      are
      no
      longer
      permitted
      to
     
     
      use
      the
      Computer
      Center
      facilities
      at
      the
      Vet
     
     
      College
      after
      6:00
      pm
      or
      at
      any
      time
      on
      the
     
     
      weekend.
      In
      the
      past,
      all
      students
      were
      permitted
     
     
      to
      use
      the
      computer
      center
      facilities,
      with
      Veterinary
     
     
      students
      given
      priority
      to
      terminals.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      As
      near
      as
      I
      can
      detect,
      there
      are
      three
      issues
      which
     
     
      have
      caused
      the
      change
      in
      policy.
      The
      first
      being
     
     
      that
      Undergraduate
      use
      of
      the
      Computer
      Center
     
     
      causes
      a
      threat
      to
      the
      security
      of
      Vet
      College.
     
     
      there
      are
      several
      solutions
      to
      this
      problem
      which
     
     
      would
      allow
      all
      students
      on
      campus
      access
      to
      the
     
     
      facilities.
      |
      One
      such
      suggestion
      is
      follows:
      the
     
     
      practice
      of
      "signing-in"
      at
      the
      security
      desk
      in
     
    

    
     
      the
      door
      way
      of
      the
      Vet
      College
      would
      be
     
     
      maintained.
      At
      that
      time,
      Undergraduates
      would
     
     
      also
      be
      requested
      to
      present
      their
      Student
      Identity
     
     
      Cards.
      Student
      ID.
      numbers
      would
      then
      be
     
     
      recorded
      next
      to
      the
      persons
      signature.
      Therefore,
     
     
      Security
      could
      easily
      track
      down
      people
      if
      damage
     
     
      occurred
      to
      Computer
      Center
      Facilities.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      second
      solution
      would
      be
      to
      sell
      a
      limited
      number
     
     
      of
      accounts
      to
      Undergraduate
      students.
      Then
      the
     
     
      Computer
      Center
      could
      issue,
      to
      those
      people,
      I.D.
     
     
      cards;
      similar
      to
      what
      Vet
      Students
      are
      given.
     
     
      The
      only
      difference
      in
      the
      cards
      would
      be
      that
     
     
      "Undergraduate
      cards"
      would
      open
      just
      the
      main
     
     
      door.
      If
      necessary
      these
      people
      could
      continue
      to
     
     
      sign
      in
      at
      the
      security
      desk.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      second
      reason
      for
      this
      change
      seems
      to
      be
      the
     
     
      question
      of
      priority
      access
      for
      Veterinary
      Students.
     
     
      Priority
      to
      Veterinary
      students
      is
      something
      I
      totally
     
    
   
   
    
     
      agree
      with.
      But
      how
      about
      giving
      the
      vet
      students
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      priority
      from
      12:00
      noon
      until
      5:00
      p.m.
      on
      week
     
    
   
   
    
     
      days?
      Instead
      they
      have
      been
      given
      priority
      only
      at
     
     
      night
      and
      on
      the
      weekends;
      a
      time
      when
      very
      few
     
     
      use
      the
      computers.
      This
      would
      also
      help
      to
      limit
     
     
      the
      amount
      of
      traffic
      in
      the
      AVC
      building
      during
     
     
      peak
      hours;
      a
      benefit
      to
      security,
      as
      there
      would
     
     
      fewer
      people
      to
      supervise.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      At
      the
      heart
      of
      this
      issue
      seems
      to
      be
      an
     
     
      underlining
      problem
      yet
      to
      be
      dealt
      with.
      That
      is:
     
     
      "Is
      the
      Atlantic
      Veterinary
      College
      a
      entity
      separate
     
     
      from
      the
      University
      of
      Prince
      Edward
      Island?"
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      would
      be
      inclined
      to
      say
      not.
      On
      a
      small
      campus
     
     
      such
      as
      ours,
      we
      must
      share
      many
      different
      facilities.
     
     
      The
      library,
      the
      Student
      Union
      Building,
      and
     
     
      some-what
      limited
      parking
      have
      traditionally
     
     
      belonged
      to
      UPEI.
      But
      since
      the
      inception
      of
      the
     
     
      Vet
      College
      on
      our
      campus,
      these
      have
      become
     
     
      shared
      facilities.
      Even
      the
      Canada
     
    

    
     
      Games
      Field
      House,
      given
      to
      the
      University
      of
     
     
      Prince
      Edward
      Island,
      is
      a
      shared
      commodity.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      is
      extremely
      important
      to
      note
      that
      no
      one
     
     
      expects
      Undergraduates
      to
      be
      given
      "priority"
     
     
      parking
      spaces
      during
      peak
      hours;
      or
      Vet
      student
      to
     
     
      be
      denied
      access
      to
      the
      library
      during
      evenings,
     
     
      weekends
      and
      holidays;
      and
      it
      goes
      with
      out
      saying
     
     
      that
      the
      new
      Cafeteria
      will
      be
      yet
      another
      shared
     
     
      facility,
      in
      which
      I
      doubt
      people
      will
      have
      to
      eat
     
     
      according
      to
      a
      schedule.
      We
      are
      at
      a
      point
      where
     
     
      it
      must
      be
      decided
      if
      we
      are
      indeed
      two
      separate
     
     
      schools
      or
      if
      we
      are
      one.
      And
      if
      we
      are
      one
      school,
     
     
      is
      it
      acceptable
      for
      a
      handful
      of
      people
      to
      begin
     
     
      segregating
      parts
      of
      our
      campus?
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      would
      like
      to
      say
      that
      I
      am
      deeply
      opposed
      to
      the
     
     
      recent
      decision
      made
      by
      the
      UPEI
      Computer
     
     
      Advisory
      Committee
      and
      the
      AVC
      Deans
      Council.
     
     
      The
      very
      least
      this
      decision
      needs
      to
      be
      re-examined.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Heather
      J.
      Morrison
     
     
      Junior
      Student,
      UPEI
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      12,
      1990
     
    
   
   
    
     
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