SU
      Election
      Results!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      by
      Erin
      FAGAN
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Students
      voting.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Seventeen
      percent
      of
      UPEI’s
     
     
      student
      body
      took
      the
      time
      to
      vote
      in
     
     
      the
      recent
      Student
      Union
      elections,
     
     
      reports
      Chief
      Returning
      Officer
      Kim
     
     
      Tran.
      This
      figure
      is
      ten
      percent
      higher
     
     
      than
      the
      turnoutNew
      Student
     
     
      Orientation
      for
      the
      October
      2001
      by-
     
     
      elections.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      17%
      Voter
     
     
      Turnout
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      majority
      of
      the
      above
     
     
      electorate
      voted
      in.
      Chris.
      Power,
      the
     
     
      current
      VP
      of
      Campus
      Affairs,
      as
      the
     
     
      President-Elect.
      Power
      ran
      against
     
     
      Nick
      Gaudet,
      the
      current
      Canadian
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Federation
      of
      Students
      (CFS)
      repre-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      sentative.
     
    

    
     
      In
      addition,
      Krista
      Gallant
     
     
      was
      elected
      Executive
      Vice
      President,
     
     
      and
      Matt
      McCarville
      will
      be
      the
      Vice
     
     
      President
      of
      Activities
      for
      the
      2002-
     
     
      2003
      school
      year.
     
    

    
     
      The
      two
      valedictorians
      for
      the
     
     
      upcoming
      convocations
      were
      also
     
     
      chosen
      during
      the
      elections.
      Tracy
     
     
      Matthews
      will
      speak
      at
      the
      morning
     
     
      convocation,
      and
      Caolan
      Moore
      will
     
     
      be
      the
      valedictorian
      at
      the
      afternoon
     
     
      ceremony.
     
    

    
     
      Council
      officially
      ratified
      the
     
     
      election
      results
      on
      Sunday,
      April
      7.
     
    

    
     
      The
      other
      election
      results
      are
     
     
      as
      follows:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      SCIENCE
      REPs:
     
     
      Jeff
      Clow
     
    

    
     
      Brady
      Gaudet
     
     
      Laurel
      Murphy
     
     
      Patricia
      McPhail
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ARTS
      REPS:
     
     
      Rebecca
      McCarvill
     
     
      Melanie
      Stavert
     
    
   
   
    
     
      BUSINESS
      REP:
     
     
      Jared
      Hogg
     
    
   
   
    
     
      SENATE
      REPs:
     
    

    
     
      Chris
      “Tex”
      Mutch
     
     
      Christina
      Holloway
     
     
      Bryan
      Bradley
     
    
   
   
    
     
      MAPUS
      SENATE
      REP:
     
     
      Colleen
      Mackey
     
    
   
   
    
     
      EDUCATION
      REP:
     
     
      Roxanne
      Hall
     
    
   
   
    
     
      VETERINARY
      MEDICINE
      REP:
     
     
      Mike
      Stokes
     
    
   
   
    
     
      BOARD
      OF
      GOVERNORS
      REP:
     
     
      Simi
      Nijjar
     
    
   
   
    
     
      MApPus
      ELECTIONS:
     
    

    
     
      Valerie
      Campbell
      -
      President
     
    

    
     
      Helen
      McKenna
      -
      Vice
      President
     
     
      Belinda
      Johnson
      -
      Secretary/Treasurer
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Resurfacing
      the
      Bog
     
    
   
   
    
     
      by
      Marc
      MacDONALD
      and
      Kathy
      JOHNSTON
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THE
      BOG
     
     
      CHARLOTTETOWN
     
     
      ¢.1
      880
     
     
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      Sams
     
     
      Bridge
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      The
      Bog
      Area
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Charlottetown
     
     
      Harbour
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Were
      there
      ever
      slaves
      on
     
     
      Prince
      Edward
      Island?
      Was
      there
      ever
     
     
      a
      significant
      Black
      community
      in
     
     
      Charlottetown?
      Many
      people
      do
      not
     
     
      know
      the
      answer
      to
      both
      these
      ques-
     
     
      tions
      is
      yes,
      but
      a
      new
      project,
      organ-
     
     
      ized
      at
      U.P.E.I.,
      is
      attempting
      to
     
     
      change
      that.
     
    

    
     
      If
      you
      have
      ever
      read
      Jim
     
     
      Hornby’s
      book
      “Black
      Islanders,”
     
     
      taken
      professor
      Llewellyn
      Watson’s
     
     
      sociology
      classes,
      or
      David
      Weale’s
     
     
      history
      courses,
      you
      might
      already
     
     
      know
      of
      the
      Bog.
      Unfortunately,
      many
     
     
      Islanders
      and
      its
      visitors
      have
      not
      had
     
     
      the
      privilege
      of
      experiencing
      these
     
     
      things,
      but
      they
      too
      should
      be
      aware
     
     
      of
      this
      important
      element
      of
      our
      histo-
     
     
      ry.
      It
      is
      for
      this
      reason
      that
      students
      of
     
     
      professor
      Watson’s
      “Black
      Societies
     
     
      in
      the
      Americas”
      with
      the
      support
      of
     
     
      the
      Sociology/Anthropology
      Society,
     
     
      the
      History
      Society
      and
      The
      Cadre
     
     
      have
      organized
      a
      plan
      to
      commemo-
     
     
      rate
      the
      Bog.
      The
      group
      will
      petition
     
     
      the
      City
      of
      Charlottetown
      to
      erect
      a
     
     
      statue
      or
      monument
      to
      recognize
      the
     
     
      community
      and
      the
      contribution
      of
      its
     
     
      members,
      as
      well
      as
      the
      circumstances
     
     
      surrounding
      its
      destruction.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Bog
      was
      located
      on
      the
     
     
      west
      side
      of
      Charlottetown,
      in
      its
     
     
      poorer
      section.
      The
      community
      flour-
     
     
      ished
      between
      1810
      and
      1900,
      with
      a
     
     
      peak
      population
      of
      one
      hundred
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
       
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      4
      Pere
     
     
      Cyr
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      African-Islanders.
      The
      population
      of
     
     
      this’
      neighbourhood
      grew
      almost
     
     
      exclusively
      from
      the
      descendants
      ~~
     
    
   
   
    
     
      slaves.
      In
      the
      1779s,
      attet~
      the
     
     
      American
      War
      of
      Independence,
     
     
      Loyalists
      arrived
      on
      the
      Island
      and
     
     
      some
      of
      them
      brought
      slaves.
      Slavery
     
     
      was
      abolished
      on
      Prince
      Edward
     
     
      Island
      in
      1825,
      but
      the
      Blacks
      who
     
     
      remained
      on
      the
      Island
      still
      faced
      dis-
     
     
      crimination
      and
      poverty.
     
    

    
     
      At
      its
      peek,
      the
      Bog
      district
     
     
      ran
      from
      the
      north
      side
      of
      Euston
     
     
      street,
      south
      on
      Rochford
      street.
      The
     
     
      community
      had
      a
      segregated
      school
     
     
      and
      several
      sports
      teams.
      The
      Bog
      was
     
     
      often
      viewed
      by
      outsiders
      as
      a
      place
     
     
      of
      poverty
      and
      delinquence.
      To
      its
      res-
     
     
      idents
      however,
      it
      was
      a
      community
     
     
      that
      they
      owned
      and
      it
      was
      a
      place
     
     
      where
      they
      could
      be
      free.
      By
      1900,
      the
     
     
      Bog
      declined
      through
      emigration,
     
     
      redevelopment
      of
      the
      area,
      and
      further
     
     
      assimilation
      of
      the
      remaining
      African-
     
     
      Islanders
      in
      to
      the
      general
      population.
     
    

    
     
      There
      will
      a
      meeting
      on
     
     
      Friday
      at
      4pm
      in
      the
     
     
      Sociology/Anthropology
      Lounge
      on
     
     
      fourth
      floor
      of
      Main
      regarding
      the
     
     
      commemoration
      effort.
      If
      anyone
      is
     
     
      interested
      in
      learning
      more
      on
      the
      sub-
     
     
      ject
      or
      would
      like
      to
      join
      the
      effort
      to
     
     
      remember
      the
      Bog,
      they
      are
      welcome
     
     
      to
      attend.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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