Y U.P.E.I. SUN Issue '8 ,_Vo1 15 Oct. PAGE 10 \ , SUN: Professor SMITHERAM: I guess you my thesis was on Sartre's SUN; 'When exactly do Smitheram, in light of the don't want to start at grade "Being and Nothingness-' The' your office take effect? fact you've just been School... I did my Ethical Implications selected the new Dean of university work at Saint Thereof." I came to S.D.U. SMITHERAM; Arts, could you give SUN Michael s College - in '67 and have been here officially become dean, 1 readers some background into universlty 0f Toront°"' ever Since"' I“ the early the. Board of Governor your history and academic Graduate SCh°°1 at the '703 I got inVOIVed in approves, on October 25th. credentials? Philosophy Department, U. teaching the philosophy of . of T... graduated in 1967 - education and through that I ASUN: Until that time Annex News 8: Views Does it bother open this very little? you to paper and find Or should the question be, do you even bother to Open the paper? If you are like the majority of the students on this campus, you are probably less than thrilled with the quality of the student newspaper and consider it a waste of effort to even Open the pages. Do you find that the only use of the student newspaper is [check one] [] making paper airplanes [] swatting flies [J crumpling it and practicing your jumpshot in the nearest trash can Well, this might be the case. If so, then this column ‘feels that it is about time that the student body of the University quits complaining and does something about it. We realize that the editor and her meager staff (maximum three peOple) are doing what they can. But any newspaper needs people and ideas to make it work. We can here your arguments now: You don't have the time; you 'don't know how to write; you don't know what to write; and you are afraid that you will get lost finding the SUN office. We know these arguments - we probably invented tham. We have certainly used them ourselves in the past, but as of this week, we have taken a step and committed ourselves to do our own small part to keep the U.P.E.I. SUN from sinking beneath the horizon. We do not claim to be expert writers or reporters, just two students who have a point of view to offer. This weekly column will deal with current tOpics of interest pertaining to life on Vcampus. As members of the English SOciety, our additional objective will be to keep the student body informed of the various activities - and events sponsored by the society. The English Society is a newly formed group which held it's organizational meeting on October 12. At the meeting, the following were elected to the executive: President -- Heather MacDougall ice- President -- Renee Blanchette Secretary / Treasurer --- David Wheeler Publicity Manager -- Joanne Mackinnon Continue to watch the SUN for information on upcoming events, which include the Northrop Frye lecture series to be seen every Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 in Robertson Library, roon 102. We welcome any English students to our meetings and all interested students to the events sponsored by the society. It is always difficult to ‘start something new, and this column was no exception. With our first effort, we hoped merely to inform you of the existance of the English Society, and more importantly, to voice our concern for the future of the SUN. We believe that if two previously apathetic students. can write a column you, too, can do your part to help the newspaper.” " was asked by the government to do an assessment of the educational system as it was being transformed and since then I'Ve involved in seeing whether schooling in P.E.I. was being developed in such a way that respects the traditions and values of Islanders. I've been fighting for small schools, for keeping Schools close to communities and for not having ourselves transformed in terms of an exterior model... the end result was the book we published last year, along wit David Milne and S. Dasgupta, called 'The Garden Transformed’ which documents changes in Island society since the _ Second World War. believe Prof. Bulger is th acting Dead of Arts.> SMITHERAM: That' correct. SUN: Why did yo decide to become Dean? Wer salary considerations prime incentive? SMITHERAM: Well, you' have .to be out of your min to go for the job because 0 salary increase. Theres small stipend that I doub would leave you any furthe ahead at the end of the yea after including additiona expenses... My rea P EOT JUST ARRIVED - Muskrat Earmuffs - Muskrat boas - Esprit Sweatshirts — ESprit Clothing 152 Richmond Street Charlottetown Prince Edward Island (9038929690 SASSY C LASSY - FASHIONS ‘d Liza} THE HOCKEY