In the next week or so there are a number oflworthy events which are bound to draw a lot of questions from more than a_few.individuals' around this institution; be or administration. This week is full of decisions that will affect evryone. Beginning Monday and Tue- sday, there will be a Teach- In in the Roberson Memorial Library about the Maintena— nce strike. 1PM. Each of the aforementioned groups will be able to evualuate gach others position on whe— ther or not to support the' Maintenance Strikers in I their demands of $7200 per year. This project has the backing of Student Union, a number of interested faculty and the workers themselves. This will lead to a referen- dum on Wednesday when to students go to the poles to decide whether or not to support the workers in other ways. Therefore if you as an individual~wish to know the facts concerning the dispute I urge you to attend one, if not both of these meetings. be an 'under—attack' session in which the student union executive will be available to answer any questions con— cerning student union spend— Res Interviews What's happening in resi— dence? Interviews with re- sponsible persons have re— vealed some problems and benefits of on campus ac- commodations. ' Problems under inspection have included; the struct— (me and function of the imating system, the quality f the community spirit, and the need for adequate re- creational facilities. There has been some crit- icism of the way the heating System in residence has been‘ Over the weekend there as a conference of the At— antic Association of Uni- ersity Broadcasters here D campus, sponsored by CIMN. kw function of the meeting as to stimulate interaction étween the various univer- 11y radio stations in the tlantic aréa. ‘ 1‘ V AS a guest speaker, AAUB ces obtained the serv- ent 0? MraHarris, a repre: adiatlve of the Canadian» 0mm? and Telecommunication lsslon. The intent of nCrzzrris's speech was to m se the awareness of e Of the CRTC's programs well as toRexplain the “35.53" . . 599(131 they faculty, student, staff, Apart from this there will ‘va .- r .. . N, - r a - r .. _‘ y— ’ ing or policy. This willbe‘ conducted in the Panther Lounge in the Barn Thursday at 2 pm. Entertainment and an open~bar are other fea- ' ture attractions. This brings me to one more point and that is con— cerning student participa— tion in the university come munity aS‘a whole. Last Thur- sday there was held the fall general meeting of the Stu- dent Union - about 40 people showed up. Fine turnout you say? I think not Comment: What a lazy bunch of pigs students are‘around here. What you”say: You heard it" I said,Did you know that ap- proxiately $80,000 in caSh is controlled by the S.U. annualy with a spending cap— acity of over $125,000. "A lot of money" you say. "Your right", I said. And by the looks of things are going to spend it. "0.K. you say". Tahnks sucker. Looks like some of the S.U. executive can aff— ord an extended vacation in Mexico over the holidays. Eighty grand goes a long. way.And in the long run do you really think the major— ity of you turkeys caré? Maybe - maybe not but if .someone don't speak up soon just check my half ton in January. Charles M. Mills 1P igs,»Tiurkeys;‘0‘lea n' [In Your m i ) mkqf we need around have The Cadre, Oct. 21, 1975, page-6 "9.5.5 The Situation is OK li‘fT/e BCiT o Tiij In} HELP‘\. Swngurst FAuALT'f ‘. Show Good, Attitudes Butlioom for Improvements functioning. The efficiency of the heating system is al- ways a relevent determiner of the quality of residence .life. If a housing unit is experiancing uneven heat distribution, the increased stress level of the occupants becomes exhibited as a gen-‘ eral sense of dissatisfaction. The communal strength of the residences seems to be [very good, with a good pro— portion coming from the fresh-. men. Community spirit is a source of mental stability. role that the CRTC sees cam— pus radio as playing. Mr. Harris characterized radio as a stimulus reponse which has a tremendous pot- ential for creating reality. Mr. Harris sees the program director (in our case, Kip. Puiia) as having the most power in shaping the nature of radio stations. He also saw campus radio as serving the same needs as commercial radio - entertainment and information. Mr. Harris did not see the campus radio as having any greatly different needs than commercial radio. The? SW“??? “interwar. for the participants, as well as an eSsential element for meaningful cooperation. There have been some com- plaints about the recreation program, both social and able on campus, especially on the weekend.The need for a minimum level of recreation is evident. Bhysical and men— tal exercise centributes to the maximum utilization of the whole person. All problems aside, there seems to be a very good ape AAiIB Holds "Conference Celebration bal in content as well as be more human istically 'inclined. The advantage of _a campus radio is that it is‘ ‘a"creative oasis on the road to a career in broadcasting? 0n the light side, the weekend turned out to be quite a party for the radio staff. There were wild rumr ours of drunkeness and mid— night orgies. It was also rumoured that Mike Hennessey was holed up all weekend in a room in the wandlyn Motel. All of these are yet to be substantiated, of course.IT would have to be classified as a most successful weekend. .. .4... . I. .. - 4 :«73. ‘....I.. A... . a I -~ 1a 4”!) ... 1, L..-.......................,....,. . o . preciation of residence life. The benefits of residence life are numerous. 0n campus hous— ing eases the transportation problem, increasing the level . of university life participa— physical, that has been avail— tion. The separation from the balance of the P.E.I. com- munity functions as a mot— ivator for responsibility. The social learning which takes place tends to increase the students adjustment to. reality. The friendship bonds which are created by close contact and intense interact-. ion may last a lifetime. In conclusion, it can be 'stated that there is a posi- tive attitude towards the quality of residence life. It is assumed, however, that there~can be an imp— rovement in the existing sys— .tem which can only be ach— ieved by mutual interaction of the residents and the rep— resentatives of the univers- ity administration. Special thanks go out to the dons and head residents of the various residences who contributed their val- uable time towards this article. Without their coop- eration; the article would not have been possible. 1 the. -‘-‘.L"‘ - . . . . , -Ltuahohnjlmxips .