Dear
      Sports
      Wizard,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      your
      column
      should
      not
      be
      in
      the
      sports
      section
      of
      the
      X-Press,
     
     
      itshould
      be
      in
      the
      funnies.
      If
      you
      had
      any
      idea
      about
      hockey,
      you
     
     
      would
      not
      write
      the
      garbage
      that
      is
      in
      the
      X-Press
      every
      week.
     
     
      Of
      course,
      I
      see
      your
      point,
      the
      LEAFS
      ARE
      THE
      BEST
      TEAM
     
     
      -not!!
      You
      must
      have
      guts
      to
      write
      this
      kind
      of
      stuff,
      because
     
     
      someone
      could
      very
      well
      come
      after
      you.
      Maybe
      instead
      of
     
     
      writing
      a
      sports
      column,
      you
      could
      start
      up
      a
      ‘‘DEAR
      CHRIS’’
     
     
      column
      because
      you
      definitely
      don’t
      know
      anything
      about
     
     
      hockey.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Inreading
      the
      November
      12
      edition,
      I
      thought
      I
      was
      reading
      the
     
     
      sports
      section
      but
      then
      it
      said
      Rob
      Pearson
      could
      take
      Rick
     
     
      Tocchet
      in
      a
      fight.
      Then
      I
      knew
      I
      must
      have
      flipped
      over
      the
     
     
      funnies.
      :
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Let’s
      have
      a
      little
      reality
      here.
      Rob
      Pearson
      once
      got
      ina
      fight
     
     
      with
      his
      grandmother
      and
      she
      split
      him
      for
      twelve
      stitches.
      He
     
     
      was
      quite
      a
      mess.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Although
      this
      letter
      is
      quite
      derogatory,
      I
      still
      think
      it
      should
      be
     
     
      changed
      to
      the
      comics
      section,
      of
      the
      paper.
      In
      closing,
      I
      would
     
     
      like
      to
      say
      thatI
      find
      your
      column
      quite
      hilarious.
      Thanks
      for
      the
     
     
      ENTERTAINMENT.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Kent
      Hudson
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      0
      the
      Editor:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      }
      Our
      response
      to
      the
      Maclean’s
      magazine
      rating
      of
      universities
     
     
      id
      nothing
      to
      convince
      methat
      the
      survey
      was
      inaccurate.
      The
     
     
      int
      made
      that
      the
      value
      of
      an
      institution
      cannot
      bemeasured
     
     
      ya
      third
      party
      is
      valid.
      However,
      it
      cannot
      be
      successfully
     
     
      tfended
      on
      thenotions
      of
      hometown
      pride.Rather
      than
      trying
      to
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      tory
      as
      well
      as
      the
      Island’s
      contemporary
      issues
      make
      it
      an
      ideal
     
     
      locationfor
      learning
      to
      harmonize
      with
      nature.The
      Institute
      for
     
     
      Island
      Studies,
      located
      on
      the
      UPEI
      campus,
      is
      one
      example
      of
     
     
      thisinstitutions
      link
      to
      environmental
      concerns.
      Hosting
      a
     
     
      recent
      international
      conference
      onisland
      self-reliance
      is
      only
     
     
      one
      of
      many
      notable
      accomplishments
      of
      the
      Institute.
      In
     
     
      1987,these
      Island
      ‘Studies
      people
      commissioned
      George
     
     
      McRobie,
      author
      of
      Small
      is
      Possible,to
      tour
      the
      Island
      in
      order
     
     
      to
      observe
      that
      environmental
      education
      in
      the
      formal
     
     
      educationsector
      was
      ‘‘in
      obvious
      need’
      ’
      Although,
      McRobie
     
     
      witnessed
      a
      strong
      infrastructure
      with
      the
      potential
      for
     
     
      sustainability
      henoted
      that
      the
      education
      and
      training
      designed
     
     
      to
      motivate
      and
      equip
      people
      for
      self-reliance+_(0*0*0*__+ihas
     
     
      been
      neglected
      for
      several
      generations
      and
      is
      now
      in
      need
      of
     
     
      high
      priority
      .These
      qualities,
      according
      to
      McRobie,
      are
      gained
     
     
      through
      student
      directed
      problem
      solvingwhere
      students
      learn
     
     
      economics
      and
      sociology
      by
      doing
      projects
      in
      a
      community.
     
    

    
     
      Thestudents’
      role
      is
      to
      unfold
      environmental
      options
      for
      com-
     
    

    
     
      munity
      development.
      Businessorganizations
      and
      workers
      study
     
     
      new
      forms
      of
      relationships
      and
      on
      farm
      research
      ofsustainable
     
     
      technologies
      assists
      regional
      agriculture.
      A
      sustainable
      educa-
     
    

    
     
      tion
      programenhances
      local
      economic
      development
      through
     
    

    
     
      apprenticeship
      programs.
      Energy
      resources(in
      our
      case
      wind,
     
    

    
     
      solar
      and
      water)
      are
      studied
      for
      their
      potential.
      In
      some
     
    

    
     
      instances
      money
      for
      local
      enterprises
      can
      be
      raised
      through
      the
     
    

    
     
      development
      of
      ethical
      investment
      funds.Concerns
      for
      the
      eco-
     
    

    
     
      logical
      and
      social
      relevance
      of
      modern
      education
      is
      the
      most
     
    

    
     
      seriousevaluation
      today’s
      students
      should
      be
      concerned
      with.
     
    

    
     
      The
      incorporation
      of
      these
      aspectsof
      education
      into
      the
      formal
     
     
      program
      is
      a
      claim
      most
      universities
      are
      ill
      prepared
      to
      make.
     
     
      The
      Institute
      for
      Island
      Studies
      is
      an
      inspiring
      beginning
      to
      this
     
     
      process.
      How
      far
      its
      idealshave
      been
      able
      to
      permeate
      the
     
     
      university
      curriculum
      is
      the
      real
      standard
      by
      which
      toevaluate
     
     
      the
      institution.
      Phil
      Ferraro
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pav
      ince
      readers
      that
      they
      are
      not
      swimming
      in
      the
      bottom
      of
     
     
      'ebarrel
      the
      campus
      press
      should
      argue
      from
      the
      viewpoint
      of
     
     
      'tativity
      and
      uniqueness;
      standards
      which
      set
      UPEI
      programs
     
     
      n
      the
      leading
      edge
      of
      a
      curriculum
      that
      is
      relevant
      tothe
     
     
      's.’To
      integrate
      your
      traditional
      values
      with
      the
      evolving
     
     
      ‘ads
      for
      a
      global
      society.’’
      This
      isthe
      memory
      engraved
      in
     
     
      tnite,
      on
      campus,
      by
      the
      class
      of
      1969.
      Did
      Maclean’s
      miss
     
     
      ‘Saspect
      of
      the
      university
      or
      did
      the
      contemporary
      nature
      of
     
     
      'Sschool’s
      programs
      extinguishwith
      the
      idealism
      of
      the
      60s?
     
     
      ‘clean’s
      may
      be
      misrepresenting
      the
      university
      due
      to
     
     
      Selection
      of
      criteria
      with
      which
      to
      evaluate
      education.
     
     
      Wever,
      if
      there
      is
      any
      credibilityto
      its
      claim
      then
      the
      student
     
     
      dy
      should
      use
      the
      survey
      as
      partial
      evidence
      for
      the
      need
     
     
      ‘structure
      the
      curriculum.
      In
      a
      world
      on
      the
      verge
      of
      ecologi-
     
     
      ‘alamity
      with
      virtually
      every
      issue
      one
      could
      list,relevant
     
     
      Ncation
      means
      that
      ecolo
      gical
      consciousness
      must
      be
      present
     
     
      ‘Very
      program.
      Environmental
      conservation
      in
      the
      1
      990s
      is
     
     
      “sential
      for
      preparation
      in
      life
      as
      the
      ThreeR’s.
      Any
      subject
     
    
   
   
    
     
      1
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ented
      without
      regard
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      its
      ecological
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      founded
      upon
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      self-reliant/sustainableculture.
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      his-