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     Please make your submissions legible to persons other 
     
     than yourself. All letters are printed verbatim including 
     
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     From your VP Operations: 
     
     Welcome Back! 
     
    
   
   
    
     On behalf of everyone at the Student Union, 
     
     a sincere welcome back is extended to all stu- 
     
     dents and a Happy New Year to each of you. 
     
     Now that it’s a brand new year, there are lots of 
     
     exciting events planned at the Student Union. 
     
    

    
     The first event of the new year will be 
     
     the comedy duo of Lambert and James, appear- 
     
     ing Thursday, January 14, 1988 in the Panther 
     
     Lounge. Lambert and James, as well as being 
     
     comedians, as also superb singers and are guar- 
     
     anteed to get everybody rockin’ with their act. 
     
    

    
     The highlight of the semester will be the an- 
     
     nual UPEI Winter Carnival which will run from 
     
     ‘January 24 to 30. As of right now there is not 
     
     a set schedule of events. It is however, con- 
     
     firmed that the Band FM (with Nash the Slash) 
     
     will be performing Tuesday January 26. Origi- 
     
     nally it was planned that David Wilcox would be 
     
     appearing, but, unfortunately Dave must be in 
     
     England this month filming a video. Sorry to all 
     
     Wilcox fans but FM promises to be a super time 
     
     live at the Barn. This will be the Main Event 
     
     of the Carnival and probably the only one of the 
     
     semester, so get your tickets early. They will go 
     
     on sale Monday, January 18, 1988 for the low 
     
     cost of just $5.00. Hope to see everyone out for 
     
     this bash. 
     
    

    
     Also scheduled for Carnival ’88 is Tony Quinn 
     
     and the Campus Comedy Cabaret, in the Pan- 
     
     ther Lounge on Thusday, January 28. Campus 
     
     Comedy was a big success last year with our 
     
     own Gordie Cox walking off with top honours. 
     
     If there are any. students out there who have al- 
     
     ways wanted to be a stand-up comedian, this is 
     
     your big chance, so don’t miss the Cabaret. 
     
    

    
     In conjunction with the Carnival ’88 the 
     
     Lounge will be open all week, offering you, the 
     
     students some of the best prices and specials in 
     
     town. Be sure to drop down with your friends 
     
     and celebrate the new year or shake off your win- 
     
     ter blues in the Panther Lounge. 
     
    

    
     Finally, good luck to all students this 
     
     semester with your studies. It is our hope. here 
     
     at the Student Union that ’88 will be a happy 
     
     and successful year for all. Hope to see you at 
     
     the Barn. 
     
    

    
     — Heather Hickey 
     
    
   
   
    
     Student Union VP Operations 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     “I fear three hostile newspapers more than a hundred 
     
     thousand bayonets.” 
     
     — Napoleon | 
     
    
   
   
    
     Derrick Webber, Editor-in-Chief 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ian Mollison, Interim Production Editor 
     
    
   
   
    
     Derrick Cameron, Advertising Manager 
     
     Darrell Cole, Sports 
     
     Karen Cullen, Photographer 
     
    
   
   
    
     James Connolly, Systems Manager 
     
    
   
   
    
     STAFF MEMBERS: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Robert Bodrog, Dawne Chappelle, Kaberi 
     
     Dasgupta, Cora-Lee Des Roches, Anne Irving, 
     
     Bobbi Sue Keating, David MacKinnon, Ian Mol- 
     
     lison, Lisa Murphy, Claire Murray, Sam Okello, 
     
    
   
   
    
     BEllen Perry, Dan Mullen and Chris Vessey. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     This Week’s Contributors: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ron Cameron, Steve Wynne, Heather 
     
     Hickey, and other leaders of the great unwashed. 
     
    
   
   
    
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