beanieoe an mwanm. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The major issue we have 
     
     dealt with in this edition 
     
     of the Sun is that of the 
     
     proposed cutbacks and join- 
     
     ing of courses and facul— 
     
     ties in our institutio . 
     
     These changes were proposed 
     
     and discussed by five of 
     
     our top Administrative 
     
    

    
     ‘ staff. These five people 
     
     are making decisions tot- 
     
     ally without concern of 
     
     the implications of what 
     
     they are attempting to do 
     
     and without the support ‘of 
     
     either staff or students. 
     
    
   
   
    
     _ If these programs are 
     
     cut or greatly altered, it 
     
     will reduce the chance of 
     
     having people educated in 
     
     these disciplines who, could 
     
     bring prestige toUPEI with 
     
     their fumre achievements. 
     
     These honors will all go to 
     
     those who were trained in 
     
     other universities out of 
     
     the region that are offering 
     
     sufficient courses to be 
     
     called a university and not 
     
     a Mickey Mouse College. 
     
    

    
     If the major consid- 
     
     eration here is to save 
     
    
   
   
    
     money, why wouldn't the 
     
     athletics department, which 
     
     huge amounts of money is 
     
     spent on for no good reason 
     
     other than entertainment— be 
     
     out rather than courses? . 
     
     People should get their pri— 
     
     orities straight before mak- 
     
     ing major decisions which 
     
     affect us in all terms of 
     
     the present and jeopardize 
     
    
   
   
    
     ourpersonal fumreandthat’ 
     
     .ofUPEI. Ifthesechangesgo 
     
    
   
   
    
     through ten years down the 
     
     road there will be no uni- 
     
     versity. What will be” left 
     
    
   
   
    
     with us is a polytecrmical 
     
     college or a basketball camp. 
     
    

    
     What possible good will 
     
     come of a degree frana no » 
     
     longer existent university ' 
     
     which went down  
     
     because of incapable admin— - 
     
     istratim. It is  to 
     
     stop letting the reputation 
     
     of this institution be ruin- 
     
     ed by the ignorant. It is 
     
     time for more consideration 
     
     to be spent on education a. 
     
     rather than commnity affairs. 
     
     What are we a University,or 
     
      'wanis Club? 
     
    
   
   
    
     'LETiEBs' 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dear  Editor: 
     
     Once again our student 
     
    
   
   
    
     council has managed to stage 
     
    
   
   
    
     a marathon council meeting 
     
    
   
   
    
     and pull off some astounding 
     
    
   
   
    
     feats. I'm quite sure 
     
    

    
     grade school councils could 
     
     carry on business in a more 
     
     mature fashion. 
     
     are supposedly educated but 
     
    
   
   
    
     spend so much time bickering 
     
    
   
   
    
     and acting like childish 
     
     imbeciles that the result is 
     
     four to five hour meetings. 
     
     No wonder no one shows any 
     
     interest. And our hiring 
     
     board — a big production 
     
     this year due to the great 
     
     number of job applications. 
     
     Elaborate tests set up - 
     
     unfortunately they had 
     
     little bearing on whether a 
     
     person was hired but meant 
     
     so much to ensure a person 
     
     wasn‘t interviewed. And, . 
     
     after all that, some of the 
     
     lucky people granted 
     
     interviews decided it 
     
    

    
     i wasn't even necessary to 
     
     show up for it and still 
     
     got hired. Easy to 
     
     understand our $15,000 
     
     plus a year (general Man- 
     
     ager, who is only the Chair- 
     
     person of the Hiring Board, 
     
     neglected to show up with 
     
     no effect on her job. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     These people 
     
    
   
   
    
     Why were some applicants 
     
    
   
   
    
     allowed to stay and participate 
     
     in the debate during the coun— 
     
    
   
   
    
     cil meeting? Maybe they prom-- 
     
     ised to abstain from the vote 
     
    
   
   
    
      Iwon— 
     
     der what happened to those fam- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ous in-camera sessions? Our 
     
     present executive must have 
     
     forgotten one Sunday night 
     
     last April when they were 
     
    

    
     ‘ quite upset when forced to 
     
     leave a meeting and they 
     
     weren't even applying for a 
     
     job. ‘ 
     
    

    
     Yes, the present situ-.- _ 
     
     ation is grim. Why the uni- 
     
     versity administration is 
     
     more personable to students 
     
     than our executive and we 
     
     don't come close to paying 
     
     their salaries or ensuring 
     
     their positions. Get back to 
     
     reality boys, Youer better 
     
    
   
   
    
     than any of us. The titles and 
     
     the thrill of victory can still 
     
    
   
   
    
     become the agony of defeat” 
     
     What has happened to our 
     
    

    
     S.U. Constitution? Was it in- 
     
    

    
     gulfed in flames during the v 
     
    
   
   
    
     blaze? It's obvious  coun- 
     
    
   
   
    
     cil and executive have no re- 
     
     spect for their predecessor's 
     
     efforts and commitments-creek 
     
     their actions against the bye 
     
     laws and regulations set out 
     
     in the constitution. 
     
    
   
   
    
     V ’ [Withouta doubt       
     
     peoplehaveanswerstoall V q  V 
     
     these questions. But ranerer, ‘ ‘ ‘ ’ " 
     
     youmeybeabletosmwthe 15 
     
    

    
     or so council members but fast 
     
    

    
     talk won't fool everyone. Some 
     
    

    
     of us have noticed haw you 
     
    

    
     people show no respect for 
     
    
   
   
    
     . your electors or for the 'rules. ( 
     
    
   
   
    
     Acceptyour responsibility and I 
     
     give us uor money's worth. _ 
     
     You're not supposed to bet in ' ,4 4 
     
    
   
   
    
     this just foryourownper- 
     
    
   
   
    
     sonal benefit}! \ 
     
     There are numerous ex— 
     
     amples of serious problems 
     
     in our S.U. Council and the 
     
     Executive, but the rumor is 
     
     out that the WATCHDOG will 
     
     soon be out of retirement, ‘ 
     
     and I'm sureathey will all ' 
     
     be pointed out. We've no-' 
     
     ticed fearless leaders. Time ' 
     
     to come down off your pedas- 
     
     tels and start looking out 
     
     for more interests than just . p  » 
     
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