By
      Cindy
      Venema
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      $20
      Capital
      Cam-
     
     
      paign
      Donation
      for
      a
      new
      Stu-
     
     
      dent's
      Union
      building
      and
      for
     
     
      renovations
      to
      the
      Cass
      build-
     
     
      ing
      has
      been
      a
      heated
      topic
      at
     
     
      UPEI.
      Approximately
      580
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      have
      taken
      their
      dona-
     
     
      tions
      back,
      and
      now
      the
      Stu-
     
     
      dent's
      Union
      is
      looking
      at
      ul-
     
     
      terior
      ways
      of
      getting
      the
     
     
      money;
      one
      option
      is
      making
     
     
      the
      donation
      mandatory.
     
    

    
     
      On
      Sunday
      night
      the
     
     
      council
      met
      and
      a
      motion
      was
     
     
      brought
      forward
      that
      the
      ques-
     
     
      tion
      of
      whether
      students
      should
     
     
      pay
      a
     
    

    
     
      mandatory
      donation
      go
     
     
      to
      referendum
      next
      spring.
     
    

    
     
      An
      alternative
      idea
      to
     
     
      the
      referendum
      mentioned
      was
     
     
      that
      the
      SU
      start
      a
      solid
      cam-
     
     
      paign
      to
      educate
      the
      students
     
     
      about
      the
      capital
      campaign
      and
     
     
      the
      benefits
      of
      the
      donation.
     
    

    
     
      Thecouncillors
      debated
     
     
      the
      issue.
      One
      argument
      was
     
     
      that
      in
      the
      past
      five
      years
      there
     
     
      has
      only
      been
      a
      10%
      turn
      out
     
     
      of
      voting
      students,
      and
      there-
     
     
      fore
      there
      is
      a
      question
      of
      va-
     
     
      lidity
      with
      a
      referendum.
      This
     
     
      argument
      was
      countered
      with
     
     
      the
      point
      that
      councillors
      of
     
     
      the
      Student's
      Union
      were
     
     
      elected
      under
      the
      same
      cir-
     
     
      cumstances
      and
      so
      would
      that
     
     
      make
      the
      SU
      invalid
      too?
     
    

    
     
      Another
      argument
     
     
      against
      the
      referendum
      was
     
     
      thatthe
      SU
      represents
      students
     
     
      past,
      present,
      and
      future
      and
     
     
      therefore
      the
      Union
      cannot
      just
     
     
      look
      at
      the
      present
      students;
     
     
      rather,
      they
      mustacknowledge
     
     
      past
      Capital
      campaigns
      that
     
     
      improved
      the
      university
      and
     
     
      look
      at
      future
      students
      and
      their
     
     
      needs,
      such
      as
      replacing
      a
     
     
      quickly
      declining
      SU_
      build-
     
     
      ing.
      =
     
    

    
     
      The
      motion
      to
      goto
      ref-
     
     
      erendum
      about
      the
      $20
      dona-
     
     
      tion
      was
      denied.
     
    

    
     
      The
      SU,
      however,
      made
     
     
      anew
      motion
      that
      they
      would
     
     
      actively
      begin
      educating
      the
     
     
      students
      about
      the
      donation.
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Panther
      Prints
      @6*
      News
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Donation
      Update
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      motion
      was
      passed.
     
    

    
     
      The
      SU's
      first
      step
      in
     
     
      the
      education
      campaign
      is
      go-
     
     
      ing
      to
      be
      a
      letter
      to
      all
      the
     
     
      students
      over
      the
      holidays.
     
     
      The
      SU
      is
      hoping
      that
      Alumni
     
     
      and
      the
      Board
      of
      Governors
     
     
      will
      financially
      assist
      in
      this
     
     
      campaign,
      seeing
      as
      how
      it
     
     
      will
      be
      beneficial
      for
      all
      par-
     
     
      ties
      involved.
     
    

    
     
      Chris
      Burns,
      SU
      presi-
     
     
      dent
      told
      council
      that
      he
      is
     
     
      happy
      that
      they
      are
      taking
      this
     
     
      approach,
      "We
      were
      going
     
     
      where
      we
      wanted,
      but
      we
     
     
      missed
      a
      step
      and
      this
      fills
      in
     
     
      the
      hole".
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      December
      3,
      1996
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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