A vision of 
     
     Bunker UPEI 
     
    
   
   
    
     To the Editor: 
     
    

    
     I think a bunker is just 
     
     what U.P.E.I. needs to give 
     
     focus to its philosophy. 
     
     Alternative living Island— 
     
     style. The ultimate in arti- 
     
     ficial environments built 
     
     underneath the most natural 
     
     culmination of land and sea 
     
     and red cliffs ever to be seen. 
     
    

    
     I’ve heard rumcurs that 
     
     cur University President is 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Winding down  that‘s us. We’re a sorry bunch of tired news- 
     
     people. But are we sorry we joined this glorious venture? You bet your 
     
    
   
   
    
     sweet potato we’re not! 
     
    
   
   
    
     We are Melanie, Ruth, John, John, and Jon, Howard, Parker, 
     
     Carolyn, Gus, Karen, Leah, LoriAnne, Ed et all (no we don’t really 
     
    
   
   
    
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     interested in alternative 
     
     technology; because the 
     
     Island is the epitome of 
     
     nature, the University must 
     
     break new ground and house 
     
     the worst that technology 
     
     can design. 
     
    

    
     Because the Vet College is 
     
     to be a centre for practical 
     
     studies aimed at high—quality 
     
     life for our Island animals, 
     
     surely the bunker would 
     
     include stables, stalls, feed, 
     
     and an excrement re-cycler 
     
     for our prime Island stock. 
     
     Surely each vet student will 
     
     be well-versed in methods of 
     
     herding panicking animals 
     
    
   
   
    
     into this underground crypt. 
     
    

    
     Since all Islanders have a 
     
     dream of eventually giving 
     
     up living in our garden of 
     
     paradise, for the wonders 
     
     of urban wealth, the bunker 
     
     is well adapted to the aims of 
     
     Island citizens. Our own local 
     
     amusement Charade, and one 
     
     would still have to travel 
     
     for miles — straight down — 
     
     after the expected struggle to 
     
     give up the ties to loved ones 
     
     and families. 
     
    

    
     And, imagine the impact of 
     
     Bunker Studies on 
     
     U.P.E.I. curriculum! Instead 
     
     of listening to the music of 
     
    
   
   
    
     Staff 
     
    
   
   
    
     to the Editor must be typed, double-spaced, and submitted before 
     
     noon on Monday. We hate letters exceeding 500 words and do nasty 
     
     things to them. All letters must be signed, but names can be withheld 
     
     in consultation with the Editor. Our sanctuary is located on the 
     
     fourth floor of the Main Building. Our extension is 387, and our staff 
     
    
   
   
    
     know anyone named Al. Do you?) 
     
    
   
   
    
     '4 he ‘-“~  Gem is the weekly student newspaper of the University 
     
    
   
   
    
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     f ..ward Island. Views expressed herein are possibly not 
     
     > the Student Union or its executive. We reserve the right 
     
    
   
   
    
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     fiddle, tin horn, and drum 
     
     in Canadian Studies 202, we 
     
     might become innovators: the 
     
     first University students in 
     
    
   
   
    
     the world to record the 
     
     underground sounds of 
     
     screaming machinery. 
     
    

    
     Bunker Studies I: The' 
     
     study of obedience. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Bunker Studies 11: The 
     
     study of non-breathing tech- 
     
     mques. 
     
    

    
     Bunker Studies III: The 
     
     study of non-recognition of 
     
     pain. 
     
    

    
     Perhaps, too, the bunker 
     
     would affect our Political 
     
     Studies Department. Could 
     
    
   
   
    
     meetings are at 4:20 on Monday afternoons. I 
     
     The Netted Gem is a member in adequate sta riding with Canadian 
     
    
   
   
    
     University Press, 
     
    
   
   
    
     and attempts 
     
    
   
   
    
     to uphold that cooperative’s 
     
    
   
   
    
     Statement of Principles. Write us care of the Student Union, UPEI, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Charlottetown, PEI CIA 4P3. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Y’all come back and read us now, y’hear? 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Netted Gem 
     
    
   
   
    
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     we .hope that U.P.E.I. stu- 
     
     dents might live through the 
     
     effects of the “might ,of 
     
     right” policy? 
     
    

    
     Visualize the imagery of 
     
     1,500 U.P.E.I. students 
     
     gathered at the up-coming 
     
     May 4 sod-turning ceremony 
     
     in the centre of the soccer 
     
     field refusing to accept this 
     
     symbolic ostrich burying its 
     
     head in our red sand. 
     
    

    
     Or, perhaps a political 
     
     alliance of Students and 
     
     Shovels, ready to help dig our 
     
     own graves. 
     
    

    
     Who needs books, phi- 
     
     losophy, ideology, human 
     
     relationships, or conver— 
     
     sational growth of know- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ledge? 
     
     We do. We are each 
     
     committed to giving four 
     
    
   
   
    
     years of our lives — to dis- 
     
     cover that our University 
     
     most cherishes its dreams of 
     
     an underground cess-pool. 
     
     Karen S. McLenithan 
     
    
   
   
    
     Chiaki seeks 
     
     ffiends 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dear Editor: 
     
    

    
     You will probably be very 
     
     surprised to receive this letter 
     
     from a complete stranger. 
     
    

    
     Lucy Maud Montgomery is 
     
     my favorite author. I like 
     
    
   
   
    
     Prince Edward Island ve 
     
     very much. I would like 
     
     know more about your Isla 
     
     and people,~especially abo 
     
     my age. 
     
    

    
     I am college student 
     
     Japan. The other day, 
     
     found there is Universi 
     
     Prince Edward Island in yo 
     
     island. It appeared ' 
     
     Japanese magazine Norm 
     
     This magazine introduc 
     
     you for me to have penpal. 
     
     am very eager to have a pe 
     
    
   
   
    
     pal in your island 
     
     university student if possibl 
     
     I would appreciate 
     
    
   
   
    
     deeply if you could kind 
     
     introduce me to a youth wh 
     
     is about my age. 
     
     Here are a few detai 
     
     concerning myself: 
     
     Name: Chiaki Wada 
     
     Sex: Female 
     
     ' Age: l9 
     
     School Grade: Secon 
     
     year of Shikoku Christia 
     
     College 
     
     Major: English literatur 
     
     Hobbies: Reading, li. 
     
     tening music, playing orgat 
     
     Thank you for reading thi 
     
     letter. I shall keep my finge 
     
     crossed and pray that you “3 
     
     answer this letter of mine. 
     
     Sincerely yours, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Chiaki Wada 
     
     3-2-3 Bunkyo-cho 
     
     Zentsuzi~shi 
     
     Kagawa 765 
     
     JAPAN 
     
    
   
   
    
     g Aprils, 19