Matthew—
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It’s
      good
      to
      get
      mail.
      On
      the
     
     
      day
      before
      the
      end
      of
      the
      year.
      It’s
     
     
      good
      to
      get
      two
      large
      envelopes
      that
     
     
      you
      know
      are
      filled
      with
      the
      newspa-
     
     
      pers
      you
      have
      been
      waiting
      to
      read.
     
     
      It’s
      Good
      Monday
      and
      you
      are
      feeling
     
     
      fine
      in
      the
      basement
      of
      your
      parents’
     
     
      house.
      You
      are
      describing
      the
      papers
     
     
      to
      your
      hero.
     
    

    
     
      Hero
      is
      the
      wrong
      word.
      You
     
     
      are
      slowly,
      maybe
      even
      painstakingly
     
     
      describing
      them
      to
      Stephen
      Osborne
     
     
      on
      the
      blue
      cell
      phone
      you
      received
      in
     
     
      the
      guise
      of
      a
      Christmas
      present
      from
     
     
      Santa
      Claus
      (who
      you
      discovered
     
     
      some
      time
      ago
      was
      in
      fact
      a
      brutal
     
     
      combination
      of
      Mom
      and
      Dad.
      Even
      if
     
     
      they
      insist
      on
      continuing
      with
      the
     
     
      farce).
     
    

    
     
      (You
      remember
      that
      Bruce
     
     
      Grierson
      told
      you
      they
      have
      a
      copy
      of
     
     
      The
      Faction—that
      copy—permanent-
     
     
      ly
      affixed
      to
      the
      wall
      in
      the
      Adbusters
     
     
      office.
      You
      remind
      yourself
      to
      tell
     
     
      your
      Hand
      Picked
      Successor
      this).
     
    

    
     
      It
      is
      good
      to
      tell
      Osborne
      that
     
     
      you
      are
      proud
      of
      what
      you
      read.
      You
     
     
      knew
      it
      would
      be
      just
      fine
      when
      you
     
     
      packed
      up
      your
      piles
      of
      documents,
     
     
      your
      orange
      cat,
      your
      Internet
     
     
      Publications
      and
      shipped
      everything
     
     
      else
      in
      green
      army
      bags
      as
      far
      away
      as
     
     
      you
      could.
      But,
      who
      knew
      you
      and
      the
     
     
      other
      ham
      fists
      in
      that
      dungeon
      could
     
     
      evolve,
      get
      great?
      You
      are
      a
      little
     
     
      drunk
      on
      it.
      You
      have
      to
      admit.
     
    

    
     
      You
      light
      your
      fifth
      cigarette
     
     
      of
      the
      day
      and
      call
      Osborne
      back
      and
     
     
      tell
      him
      about
      the
      Christmas
      Issue.
     
     
      You
      tell
      him
      he
      must
      submit
      next
      year.
     
     
      That
      you
      have
      been
      shipped
      extra
     
     
      copies
      to
      give
      out
      (one
      guesses)
      and
     
     
      laud
      in
      the
      literary
      world
      where
      you
     
     
      get
      to
      hang
      out,
      and
      stuff
      envelopes.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      er
     
     
      ice
     
    
   
   
    
     
      That
      you
      have
      one
      for
      him.
      That
      you
     
     
      are
      thinking
      of
      having
      the
      new
      Cadre
     
     
      logo
      tattooed
      somewhere
      on
      you.
     
     
      Fucking
      hammers
      man,
      you
      love
      that
     
     
      shit.
      You
      can’t
      keep
      it
      to
      yourself.
     
    

    
     
      You
      consider
      and
      remember
     
     
      all
      these
      things
      on
      the
      last
      day
      of
      the
     
     
      year
      and.
      Closing
      your
      eyes
      now.
      You
     
     
      can
      almost
      picture
      all
      that
      madness
     
     
      and
      celebration
      and
      evolution,
      to
     
     
      which
      you
      played
      Grand.
      Daddy,
     
     
      (don’t
      Forget
      that
      you
      little
      bastard)
     
     
      and
      you
      imagine
      the
      future.
     
    

    
     
      For
      you.
      You
      are
      not
      dead.
     
     
      Shit.
      Not
      even
      close.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Always,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Kent
      J.
      Bruyneel
     
     
      Editor-In-Chief
     
     
      Forget
      Magazine
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Contributing
      Editor
     
     
      Geist
      Magazine
     
    
   
   
    
     
      PS.
      Sunshine
      Boy?
      You
      savage
      little
     
     
      toads.
      Just
      now
      there
      are
      medicated
     
     
      thugs
      lumbering
      through
      the
      streets
      of
     
     
      Charlottetown
      looking
      for
      someone
     
     
      pale
      and
      thin
      (maybe
      even
      bespecta-
     
     
      cled)
      to
      thump
      and
      wail
      on:
      like
      a
      cir-
     
     
      cle
      of
      blood-snouted
      coyotes,
      and
     
     
      you’re
      some
      limping
      antelopes;
      some
     
     
      flock
      of
      fucking
      suckers,
      about
      to
      get
     
     
      theirs.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We
      never
      guessed
      that
      some
      of
      our
     
     
      readers
      would
      be
      so
      cynical
      to
     
     
      assume,
      because
      we
      dedicated
      the
     
     
      final
      issue
      of
      last
      semester
      “to
      the
      lov-
     
     
      ing
      memory”
      of
      Kent,
      that
      he
      was
     
     
      dead.
      Let
      it
      be
      known
      that
      The
      Cadre
     
     
      isn
      t
      afraid
      to
      be
      kind
      to
      the
      living.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ed.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      EXCELLENCE
      IN
      TEACHING
      AWARDS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Students,
      Faculty
      and
      Alumni
      are
      invited
      to
      submit
      nominations
      for
     
     
      the
      UPEI
      Faculty
      Association
      Awards
      for
      Excellence
      in
      Teaching.
     
     
      The
      awards
      are
      open
      to
      all
      University
      faculty
      members.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      deadline
      for
      nominations
      is
      noon,
      Friday,
      February
      8,
      2002.
     
     
      Information
      about
      the
      awards
      and
      nomination
      forms
      are
      available
      at
     
     
      the
      Faculty
      Association
      Office
      (Main
      Bldg.
      Room
      #214).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      WORKSHOPS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      Term,
      staff
      of
      the
      Library
      and
      ITEC@UPEI
      are
      partnering
      to
     
     
      present
      a
      series
      of
      workshops
      designed
      to
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      you
      make
      the
      most
     
     
      efficient
      use
      of
      the
      computer
      applications
      and
      electronic
      resources
     
     
      available
      to
      the
      University
      community.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Workshops
      include
      What’s
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      in
      ‘02-Library
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      for
     
     
      Students,
      Introduction
      to
      Database
      Searching,
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      Information
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      the
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      Paper
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      These
      free
      workshops
      are
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      all
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      faculty,
      and
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      and
     
     
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      ITEC
      Computer
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      and
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      Booking
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      For
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      and
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