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      UPEI
      Fundraising
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      Recognized...
      p.19
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      VoLtuME
      35
      Issue
      10
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      STUDENT
      NEWSPAPER
     
    
   
   
    
     
      JANUARY
      25,
      2005
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      What’s
      Inside...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pdtomal
      2.
      2
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      Feud
      Ends:
     
    

    
     
      Canadian
      Flag
      Restored
     
     
      in
      Newfoundland
     
    

    
     
      -
      Seal
      Hunt
      Underway:
     
     
      Controversy
      Continues
     
    
   
   
    
     
      SpOMS
      9
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      NHL
      Season
      in
      Limbo
     
     
      -
      Superbowl
      Nears
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Opin
      iracacaiaccdd
     
     
      -
      Great
      Wall
      of
      Duffy
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      Stall
      Walls
      of
      UPEI
      _
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      Gay
      Marriage:
     
     
      Tradition
      or
      Opinon?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      On
      Campus
      .........seseee-+:
      15
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      UPEI
      International
     
    

    
     
      Development
      Week
     
    

    
     
      -
      Tsunami
      Donations:
     
     
      _UPEI
      Students
      Open
     
    

    
     
      Hearts,
      Wallets
     
    

    
     
      -
      “Political
      Prisoner”
     
    

    
     
      Group
      Looks
      to
      Free
      Tre
     
    

    
     
      yee)
      eed
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Last
      Kick
      at
      the
      Cat
      for
      Vagina
      Monologues
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Kimberley
      Johnston
     
     
      Reporter
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      may
      very
      well
      be
      the
      last
      ©
     
    
   
   
    
     
      kick
      at
      the
      cat
      after
      a
      five-year
      run
      for
     
     
      The
      Vagina
      Monologues
      at
      UPEI.
      Ruth
     
     
      Freeman,
      who
      is
      coordinating
      the
     
     
      production,
      says
      some
      breathing
      room
     
     
      has
      to
      be
      maintained
      so
      people
      do
      not
     
     
      tire
      of
      the
      concepts
      being
      conveyed
      in
     
     
      the
      play.
     
    

    
     
      “T
      have
      mixed
      feelings
      about
     
     
      this
      being
      our
      last
      year.
      It
      has
      been
      an
     
     
      incredible
      experience,
      and
      we
      have
      had
     
     
      so
      much
      support
      from
      the
      university
      and
     
     
      broader
      Island
      community.
      But
      I
      don’t
     
     
      ever
      want
      people
      to
      tire
      of
      the
     
     
      monologues,
      or
      become
      desensitized
      to
     
     
      its
      message,
      so
      we
      will
      take
      some
      time
     
     
      off
      and
      re-evaluate
      in
      a
      few
      years.”
     
    

    
     
      There
      have
      been
      some
      changes
     
    

    
     
      -
      to
      the
      production
      this
      year,
      explained
     
     
      Freeman.
      The
      cast
      of
      32
      is
      the
      largest
      it
     
     
      has
      ever
      been
      and
      a
      new
      monologue
     
     
      has
      been
      added.
     
    

    
     
      Until
      recently,
      the
      play
      was
     
     
      centered
      only
      around
      “women
      born
     
     
      women”.
      A
      monologue
      entitled
      They
     
     
      Beat
      the
      Girl
      Out
      of
      My
      Boy
      ...Or
      So
     
     
      They
      Tried
      introduces
      the
      audience
      to
     
     
      the
      world
      of
      transwomen,
      she
      said.
     
    

    
     
      Trish
      Daley,
      a
      long-time
      director
     
     
      of
      the
      show,
      explained
      the
      concept
      of
     
     
      transgenderism
      and
      the
      point
      of
      view
      of
     
     
      transwomen.
     
    

    
     
      “We
      are
      all
      assigned
      a
      gender,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _|-
      male
      or
      female,
      at
      birth.
      Transpeople
      are
     
    
   
   
    
     
      those
      who
      feel
      that
      their
      birth-assigned
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      gender
      does
      not
      define
      them
      wholly.
      You
     
     
      might
      say
      a
      transwomen
      is
      someone
     
     
      who
      was
      mistakenly
      identified
      as
      male
     
     
      at
      birth,
      and
      has
      spent
      a
      lifetime
     
     
      correcting
      the
      mistake.”
     
    

    
     
      The
      new
      monologue
      is
      inspired
     
     
      by
      the
      true
      story
      of
      Calpurnia
      Adams,
      a
     
     
      transgender
      field
      medical
      combat
     
     
      specialist
      and
      veteran
      of
      the
      Gulf
      War.
     
     
      Her
      army
      soldier
      boyfriend
      was
     
     
      murdered
      by
      a
      fellow
      GI
      for
      falling
      in
     
     
      love
      with
      the
      “wrong
      kind
      of
      woman”.
     
    

    
     
      It
      is
      acomposite
      of
      stories
      told
     
     
      to
      playwright
      Eve
      Ensler
      who
      brought
     
     
      transwomen
      of
      all
      ages
      .and
     
     
      backgrounds
      together
      to
      share
      their
     
     
      stories.
      The
      women
      ranged
      in
      ages
      from
     
     
      their
      twenties
      to
      fifties,
      and
      began
      their
     
     
      transition
      at
      different
      times
      in
      their
      lives.
     
     
      Daley
      said
      the
      stories
      encapsulate
      the
     
     
      same
      humor
      and
      pain
      in
      all
      the
     
     
      monologues,
      but
      highlight
      the
      particular
     
     
      vulnerability
      of
      transwomen.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “They
      face
      the
      same
      violence
     
     
      any
      women
      face
      but
      in
      many
      ways
      that
     
     
      violence
      happens
      because
      they
      are
      seen
     
     
      as
      less
      than
      women;
      even
      less
      than
     
     
      human.”
     
    

    
     
      Freeman
      said
      the
      new
     
     
      monologue
      is
      not
      so
      much
      an
      attempt
     
     
      to
      keep
      the
      play
      fresh,
      but
      to
      give
      a
     
     
      realistic
      portrayal
      of
      the
      different
      views
     
     
      in
      our
      society.
     
    

    
     
      “I’m
      not
      convinced
      that
      the
     
     
      addition
      of
      new
      monologues
      is
      what
     
     
      keeps
      people
      coming
      back,
      or
      that
      it
      is
     
     
      an
      effort
      on
      the
      part
      of
      the
      author
      to
     
     
      keep
      the
      play
      fresh.
      I
      believe
      the
      new
     
     
      monologues
      have
      more
      to
      do
      with
      being
     
     
      inclusive
      and
      also
      responding
      to
      what
      is
     
     
      happening
      in
      the
      world
      around
      us.
      What
     
     
      keeps
      the
      monologues
      fresh
      is
      the
     
     
      different
      cast
      we
      have
      each
      year.
      Each
     
     
      woman
      brings
      something
      different
      to
      her
     
     
      monologue,
      and
      the
      story
      can
      seem
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Continued
      on
      page
      14