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     SEXIST CHICKEN 
     
     Dear Editor, 
     
    
   
   
    
     In reference to 
     
     last week’s letter to the edi- 
     
     tor by both Mr Paul Peacock 
     
     and Miss Chanda K. Steven- 
     
     son.I think that those sup- 
     
     porting the article of Mary 
     
     Brown's Fried Chicken as be- 
     
     ing a sexist article have the 
     
     wrong concept. of sexism.It is 
     
     evident tha there is no sex- 
     
     ism involved in that adver- 
     
     tisement. 
     
    

    
     I should remind you hat 
     
     it is advertisement that helps 
     
     pay for the publishing of 
     
     this STUDENT NEWSPA- 
     
     PER every week(and that 
     
     allows YOU to voice your 
     
     opinion). One has to really 
     
     start reading through lines 
     
     to see that this article was 
     
     sexually inclined towards the 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     woman anatomy. Why do 
     
     you anti-sexists (or actually 
     
     think you are) have to seruti- 
     
     nize everything to see if there 
     
     could be a sexist “slur”.O.K. 
     
     I agree if the article really 
     
     involved sexism (whether it 
     
     be towards women or men) 
     
     then it should be withdrawn. 
     
     But this isn’t the case, it is 
     
     but a simple advertising slog- 
     
     gan. I think the problem 
     
     mainly resides in those con- 
     
     servative types. who when 
     
     they hear sexism or feminism 
     
     draw their own 
     
     of what those words really 
     
    
   
   
    
     conelusions 
     
    
   
   
    
     mean!! 
     
    
   
   
    
     Furthermore,as you 
     
     stated people have the right 
     
     to voice their own opinions 
     
     so why wouldn’t the com- 
     
    
   
   
    
     pany have that right?  Fi- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     A NOTE OF APPRECIATION 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dear sir, 
     
    
   
   
    
     This is just a note to say 
     
     thank you, you're doing a 
     
     good job. Lhave been a stu- 
     
     dent here at UPEI. for four 
     
     long years and of those four 
     
     years this is the only one of 
     
     which ‘the “Gem” is’ really 
     
    
   
   
    
     worth reading. the content 
     
    
   
   
    
     is of both greater quantity. 
     
    
   
   
    
     and quality. I commend you 
     
     and your staff on your efforts 
     
     this far, and add, keep up the 
     
     good work! 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lloyd A Bruce. 
     
    
   
   
    
     nally I believe that this stb- 
     
     ject has gone far enough as 
     
     Miss Heckbert reached her 
     
    
   
   
    
     goal, she raised controversy 
     
     ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     B.E.D. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Editor: 
     
    

    
     At a Chinese restaurant, 
     
     I was given a fortune cookie 
     
     which “It is time 
     
     clear the air.” Well, it must 
     
     be time... 
     
    
   
   
    
     read, to 
     
    
   
   
    
     First, I'm quite surprised 
     
     by the amount of space dedi- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘cated to the latest issues of 
     
    
   
   
    
     the GEM 
     
     Mary Brown’s fried chicken. 
     
    
   
   
    
     on the topic of 
     
     The ad in question is based 
     
     on a sexual stereotype, but 
     
     I don’t consider this case or 
     
     its proponents to be. seri- 
     
     ous. It is the same process of 
     
     thought which ‘sanctions’ the 
     
    
   
   
    
     “Mark’s Work Wearhouse” 
     
    
   
   
    
     advertisment (back cover of 
     
    
   
   
    
     the last issue) because, “the 
     
     woman is in a superior posi- 
     
     tion to the man.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     I call to the atteution of 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ms. Heckbert, Ms. Murphy, 
     
     and Mr. Peacock the request 
     
     Canadian 
     
    
   
   
    
     for help by the 
     
    
   
   
    
     Cancer Society in a previous 
     
    
   
   
    
     GEM. Our Federal govern- 
     
     ment has introduced legisla- 
     
     tion (Bill C-51) to limit the 
     
     advertising and promotion of 
     
     tobacco products. Since the 
     
     tobacco industry has begun 
     
     a highly funded fight against 
     
     this bill, it is up to individual 
     
     Canadians, concerned Cana- 
     
     to 
     
     bers of parliament to support 
     
    
   
   
    
     dians, encourage mem- 
     
     If you con- 
     
     done the expansion of the to- 
     
     bacco markets to the third 
     
     world and to North 
     
     youth, 
     
    
   
   
    
     and do nothing. 
     
    
   
   
    
     this legislation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Amer- 
     
     hack 
     
     on the 
     
    
   
   
    
     sit 
     
     If, 
     
     other hand, you care as much 
     
     about the health of ‘future 
     
     smokers’ you 
     
     ‘sexual stereotyping’ in the 
     
     GEM, then you will surely 
     
     send a short letter to your 
     
     M.P. expressing this. Re- 
     
     member, any mail to 
     
     a member of parliament is 
     
    
   
   
    
     ican then 
     
    
   
   
    
     as do about 
     
    
   
   
    
     sent 
     
    
   
   
    
     _ postage free. 
     
    
   
   
    
     I am not a 
     
     of the 
     
     cer Society. 
     
     to this fine agency 
     
     volving their cause with a 
     
     Chickengate scandal, but I 
     
     feel it is necessary to make 
     
    
   
   
    
     representa- 
     
     Can- 
     
    
   
   
    
     I do apologise 
     
    
   
   
    
     tive Canadian 
     
    
   
   
    
     for in- 
     
    
   
   
    
     sure everyone involved get's 
     
     their busy little 
     
     forming some further con- 
     
    
   
   
    
     pens per- 
     
    
   
   
    
     structive work for the protec- 
     
     tion of all our health. 
     
    
   
   
    
     James Connolly 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     SMOKE DETECTORS NEEDED 
     
     Mr. Editor: 
     
    
   
   
    
     As a full-tine student at- 
     
     Dalton 
     
    
   
   
    
     recent 
     
    
   
   
    
     tending studies in 
     
     Hall. and after the 
     
     evacuation therein, I auggest 
     
     the installation of smoke de- 
     
    
   
   
    
     tectors. I have noticed that 
     
     none exist in Dalton Hall. 
     
     If this situation exists in 
     
    
   
   
    
     any other campus facility it 
     
     should be rectified. 
     
    

    
     The situation arose Fri- 
     
     day, that certain classes had 
     
     not been notified of the situa- 
     
     tion or evacuated, and stayed 
     
     upstairs after the Fire Dept. 
     
     declared the evacuation com- 
     
     plete. 
     
    

    
     Early warning of smoke 
     
     intruasion should be a first 
     
     priority, since smoke inhala- 
     
     tion dulls ones senses. 
     
    

    
     There heat 
     
    
   
   
    
     are sensors 
     
    
   
   
    
     Cont. on page 6 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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