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      Questions
      &
      Answers
     
    

    
     
      By
      Sarah
      Murphy
      sity’s
      commitment
     
    

    
     
      NEWS
      EDITOR
      to
      the
      Student
     
    

    
     
      Centre
      is
      a
      lot
     
    

    
     
      Slow
      and
      bigger
      then
      what
     
    

    
     
      steady
      is
      allthatcan
      \..
      originally
     
    

    
     
      be
      said
      for
      UPEI
      negotiated
      [a
      nam-
     
    

    
     
      Student
      Union
      ing
      gift
      of
      $
      3000],”
     
    

    
     
      fundraising
      efforts.
      says
      Gillan.
      “About
     
     
      Student
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Union
      Executive
     
     
      Council
      admits
      to
     
     
      being
      unsure
      about
     
     
      the
      start
      of
      the
     
     
      construction
      of
      the
     
     
      new
      Student
      Centre.
     
     
      “Nothing
      is
     
     
      definite
     
     
      anymore,”admits
     
     
      Stephen
      Lewis,
     
     
      Student
      Union
      Vice
     
     
      President
      Finance.
      '
     
     
      To
      hasten
     
     
      and
      to
      ensure
      conti-
     
     
      nuity
      of
      the
      Union’s
     
     
      fundraising
      endeav-
     
     
      our,
      UPEI
      adminis-
     
     
      tration
      was
      encour-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      aged
      to
      participate.
     
     
      “The
      project
     
     
      is
      led
      by
      the
      Student
     
     
      Union,”
      says
      H.
     
     
      Wade
      MacLauchlan
     
     
      UPEI
      President
      and
     
     
      Vice-Chancellor.
     
     
      “The
      administration
     
     
      is
      happy
      to
      work
      in
     
     
      cooperation
      with
      the
     
     
      SU
      ona
      project
      that
     
     
      means
      so
      much
      to
     
     
      students
      and
      to
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Advancement
     
     
      Services,
      believes
     
     
      the
      university's
     
     
      participation
      is
     
     
      much
      more
      impor-
     
     
      tant
     
    

    
     
      “The
      univer-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      a
      year
      ago,
      the
     
     
      president
      of
      the
      day
     
     
      said
      ‘you
      know
     
     
      what,
      it’s
      going
      to
     
     
      be
      years
      before
      we
     
     
      get
      a
      Student
      Centre
     
     
      if
      the
      university
     
     
      doesn’t
      take
      this
      on’
     
     
      and
      that’s
      what
     
     
      happened.”
     
    

    
     
      Gillan
      added
     
     
      that
      the
      Union’s
     
     
      fundraising
      cam-
     
    

    
     
      ‘paign
      for
      anew
     
     
      Student
      Centre
      has
     
     
      become
      the
      top
     
     
      fundraising
      priority
     
     
      for
      the
      university.
     
     
      This
      comes
      as
      a
     
     
      way
      of
      thanking
     
     
      students
      for
      their
     
     
      commitment
      to
      the
     
     
      renovation
      of
      sci-
     
     
      ence
      facilities
      on
     
     
      campus
      and
      the
     
     
      construction
      of
      the
     
     
      K.C.
      Irving
      Chem-
     
     
      istry
      Centre.
     
    

    
     
      “Just
      for
     
    
   
   
    
     
      [the]
      faculty
      and
     
     
      staff
      campaign,
      and
     
     
      we
      are
      not
      finished,
     
     
      we
      are
      up
      to
      almost
     
     
      $50
      000.00
      for
      the
     
     
      student
      centre,”
     
     
      says
      Gillan.
     
    

    
     
      Administra-
     
     
      tion
      and
      Student
     
     
      Union
      executive
     
     
      members
      all
      agree
     
     
      that
      much
      is
      still
      in
     
     
      the
      planning
      stage,
     
     
      although
      students
     
     
      are
      pushing
      for
      fast
     
     
      results.
     
    

    
     
      What
      started
     
     
      out
      as
      a
      3
      million
     
     
      dollar
      endeavour
     
     
      may
      now
      be
      closer
     
     
      to
      a
      4
      million
      dollar
     
     
      project.
      The
      serv-
     
     
      ices
      to
      be
      offered
      in
     
     
      the
      new
      building
     
     
      will
      dictate
      it’s
     
     
      price
      tag,
      and
     
     
      therefore
      the
      goals
     
     
      of
      the
      ongoing
     
     
      fundraising
      cam-
     
     
      paign.
     
    

    
     
      “Details
      of
     
     
      what
      would
      be
     
     
      included
      in
      the
     
     
      building,
      of
      fin-
     
     
      ishes,
      of
      design,
     
     
      etc.,
      are
     
     
      still-to
      be
      deter-
     
     
      mined
      beyond
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      preliminary
      stages.
     
     
      As
      with
      any
      con-
     
     
      struction
      project,
     
     
      there
      are
      design
      and
     
     
      bidding
      phases
      that
     
     
      ultimately
      deter-
     
     
      mine
      the
      resources
     
     
      required,”
     
     
      MacLauchlan
      says.
     
     
      Marjorie
     
     
      Brown,
      former
     
     
      President
      of
      the
     
     
      University
      of
     
     
      Regina
      Student
     
     
      Union
      warns
      UPEI
     
     
      Student
      Union
     
     
      about
      administra-
     
     
      tion
      involvement.
     
     
      “The
      strug-
     
     
      gle
      to
      get
      the
      new
     
     
      building
      was
      long
     
     
      and
      arduous
      and
      if
     
     
      we
      have
      one
      piece
     
     
      of
      advice
      it
      would
     
     
      be
      to
      be
      wary
      in
     
     
      trusting
      the
      involve-
     
     
      ment
      of
      the
      univer-
     
     
      sity
      administration
     
     
      in
      any
      such
      endeav-
     
     
      our,”
      Brown
      says.
     
     
      Lewis
     
     
      remains
      confident.
     
     
      “T
      think
     
     
      what
      will
      happen
      is
     
     
      that
      we’ll
      end
      up
     
     
      raising
      enough
     
     
      money,
      we
      just
     
     
      don’t
      know
      how
     
     
      long
      it
      will
      take,”
      he
     
     
      said.
     
     
      Gillan
     
    
   
   
    
     
      agrees.
     
     
      “We
      [will]
     
    

    
     
      just
      keep
      asking
     
     
      until
      we
      come
      up
     
     
      with
      it.
      The
      goal
      is
     
     
      certainly
      to
      raise
     
     
      this
      [money]
      as
     
     
      quickly
      as
      possible
     
    
   
   
    
     
      but
      it
      is
      pretty
      hard
      ~
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      predict
      right
      now
     
     
      exactly
      when
      that
     
     
      will
      happen,”
      says
     
     
      Gillan.
      “The
      cam-
     
     
      pus
      community
      has
     
     
      kicked
      in,
      so
      now
     
     
      we
      will
      go
      to
      the
     
     
      wider
      community
     
     
      and
      ask.”
     
    

    
     
      At
      this
     
     
      point,
      Gillan
      hopes
     
     
      to
      raise
      at
      least
      $150
     
     
      000.00
      from
      the
     
     
      campus
      community,
     
     
      including
      faculty,
     
     
      staff,
      and
      alumni.
     
     
      Gillan
      concedes
      that
     
     
      students
      have
      made
     
     
      a
      major
      contribu-
     
     
      tion.
     
    

    
     
      No
      requests
     
     
      have
      been
      made
     
     
      upon
      the
      PEI
      gov-
     
     
      ernment,
      who
     
     
      previously
      donated
     
     
      2.5
      million
      dollars
     
     
      toward
      the
      Science
     
     
      Centre’s
      7
      million
     
     
      dollar
      cost.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      may
     
     
      come
      as
      a
      surprise,
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      when
      compared
      to
     
     
      Memorial
      Universi-
     
     
      ty’s
      fundraising
     
     
      efforts
      in
      view
      of
     
     
      their
      soon
      to
      be
     
     
      completed
      new
     
     
      University
      Centre.
     
    

    
     
      A
      strong
     
     
      private
      and
      public
     
     
      sector
      partnership
     
     
      has
      supported
      MUN
     
     
      and
      their
      Opportu-
     
     
      nity
      Fund
      in
      making
     
     
      much
      of
      their
     
     
      fundraising
      goals
     
     
      achievable.
      As
     
     
      individual,
      founda-
     
     
      tion
      and
      corporate
     
     
      donors
      contribute
      to
     
     
      the
      campaign,
      their
     
     
      gifts
      are
      being
     
     
      matched
      dollar-for-
     
     
      dollar
      by
      the
      Gov-
     
     
      ernment
      of
      New-
     
     
      foundland
      and
     
     
      Labrador.
     
    

    
     
      No
      corpo-
     
     
      rate
      donors
      have
     
     
      approached
      the
     
     
      Union
      or
      the
      Ad-
     
     
      ministration.
     
    

    
     
      “There
      is
      a
     
     
      lot
      of
      talk
      about
      that
     
     
      [corporate
      dona-
     
     
      tions],”
      explains
     
     
      Gillan,
      aware
      of
      the
     
     
      university
      commu-
     
     
      nity’s
      apprehension
     
     
      towards
      corporate
     
     
      involvement.
     
    

    
     
      “When
      we
     
     
      launched
      the
     
     
      campaign
      to
      build
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -along
      with
      a
      mil-
     
     
      lion
      dollars
      got
      to
     
     
      |
      put
      their
      name
      on
     
     
      that
      building.
      That
      ©
     
     
      was
      it,
      no
      strings
     
    

    
     
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      they
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