5
      13
      ,000
      goes
      to
      CIMN.
      [have
      already
      said
      my
      peace
     
    
   
   
    
     
      on
      this.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      $10,500
      goes
      to
      CFS.
      My
      feelings
      about
      this
      organi-
     
     
      zation
      are
      no
      secret.
      Enough
      said.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      $3,000
      fora
      party
      in
      lieu
      of
      Honoraria.
      An
      Honoraria
     
     
      is
      a
      gift
      that
      was
      given
      to
      councillors
      at
      the
      end
      of
     
     
      each
      year.
      The
      SU
      stopped
      giving
      these
      gifts
      a
     
     
      number
      of
      years
      ago
      in
      order
      to
      save
      money.
      Instead,
     
     
      they
      give
      a
      party
      to
      all
      the
      SU
      volunteers
      and
      work-
     
     
      ers.
      This
      isa
      great
      idea
      except
      the
      Student
      Union
     
     
      Executive
      still
      get
      there
      $250
      honoraria
      each
      year.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      $1,500
      for
      ‘‘Student
      council
      activities’.
      I
      guess
      this
     
     
      includes
      the
      ‘‘Booze
      Cruise’’
      around
      the
      harbour
      that
     
     
      the
      councillors
      were
      treated
      to
      at
      the
      first
      of
      the
      year.
     
     
      What’snext?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      With
      these
      hard
      economic
      times
      upon
      us,
      the
      Student
     
     
      Union
      must
      become
      more
      accountable
      to
      the
      students
     
     
      of
      this
      university.
      It
      is
      about
      time
      that
      they
      showed
     
     
      some
      fiscal
      responsability,
      instead
      of
      this
      uncen-
     
     
      trolled
      spending
      spree.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |
      am
      pretty
      disgusted
      with
      our
      student
      government
     
     
      and
      you
      should
      be
      too.
      Maybe
      with
      the
      Student
      Union
     
     
      elections
      starting
      on
      the
      14th,
      some
      of
      these
      concerns
     
     
      will
      be
      raised.
      After
      all,
      it
      is
      your
      money
      they
      are
     
     
      spending.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      (X-Press
      budget
      =
      $31,355)
     
     
      (Editor's
      salary
      =
      $60/issue)
     
     
      In
      case
      you
      were
      wondering.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Yours
      Accountingly,
     
     
      ta
     
    
   
   
    
     
      (-
      ei
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sy
      Oa
     
     
      ns
      x
      re
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Cory
      Large
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Letters
      lo
      the
      Kaito
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Peter
      Hanus
      and
      Joseph
      Murphy’s
      article
      on
      Affirma-
     
     
      tive
      Action
      in
      the
      23
      January
      1992
      issue
      of
      the
      X-
     
     
      Press
      isa
      classic
      example
      of
      the
      straw
      man
      (person)
     
     
      argument.
      This
      fallacy
      involves
      setting
      up
      a
      false
     
     
      position
      in
      order
      to
      then
      demolish
      it
      thus
      creating
      the
     
     
      impression
      ofa
      successful
      counter
      agruement.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      article
      which
      supposedly
      addresses
      the
      current
     
     
      proposal
      concerning
      hiring
      procedures
      at
      U.P.E.I.
     
     
      completely
      misses
      the
      intended
      target:
      Lhe
      Wehekl:
     
     
      proposal
      concerns
      Employment
      Equity
      not
      Affirma-
     
     
      tive
      Action.
      The
      difference
      is
      that
      the
      former
      seeks
     
     
      to
      create
      a
      level
      playing
      filed
      forall
      qualified
      candi-
     
     
      dates,
      whereas
      in
      some
      versions
      if
      the
      latter,
      qualifi-
     
     
      cations
      are
      reduced
      as
      a
      means
      of
      redressing
      some
     
     
      previous
      inequity
      suffered
      by
      a
      disadvantaged
      group.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      While
      it
      is
      appropriate
      to
      debate
      the
      employment
     
     
      policy
      proposal,
      the
      debate
      can
      only
      be
      appropriately
     
     
      conducted
      if
      it
      about
      the
      policy
      under
      discussion.
     
     
      Sincerely,
     
    

    
     
      Verner
      Smitheram
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      am
      growing
      more
      and
      more
      alarmed
      everyday
      by
      the
     
     
      systemic
      discrimination
      against
      women
      and
      minorities
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -inoursociety.
      The
      phallus-bearing
      Europeans
      (espe-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      cially
      the
      dead
      ones)
      of
      our
      university
      community
     
     
      would
      like
      us
      to
      believe
      that
      everything
      is
      all
      very
     
     
      well
      and
      peachy,
      but
      it
      is
      becoming
      more
      and
      more
     
     
      apparent
      that
      this
      is
      not
      so.
      We
      are
      not
      fools,
      we
     
     
      know
      how
      language
      is
      used
      to
      ‘“*keep
      us
      in
      our
     
     
      place’’.
      While
      browsing
      through
      the
      U.P.E.I.
      calen-
     
     
      dar
      the
      other
      day
      I
      noted
      an
      overwhelming
      number
      of
     
     
      ‘*seminars’’
      being
      taught
      at
      this
      university.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      WHAT?!?
      NO‘‘OVULARS’’?
      I
      must
      call
      upon
      the
     
     
      faculty
      of
      this
      university,
      the
      Student
      Union,
      and
      all
     
     
      the
      students
      to
      band
      together
      in
      order
      to
      ‘‘correct”’
     
     
      this
      social
      injustice
      immediately!
      We
      have
      nothing
      to
     
     
      lose
      but
      our
      chains!!!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      An
      Offended,
      Oppressed,
      Suppressed,
      Depressed,
     
     
      Vertically
      Challenged
      Minority
      Student
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      X-P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      February
      13,
      1992
     
    
   
   
    
     
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