The
      Cadre
      +
     
    
   
   
    
     
      9
      March
      1999
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      M.A.P.U.S.
      Connection
     
    
   
   
    
     
      for
      Mature
      and
      Part-time
      Students
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      JANICE
      MUIR
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Nowis
      your
      chance
     
     
      to
      get
      involved
      in
      a
      fast
     
     
      growing
      segment
      of
      the
     
     
      student
      population
      at
     
     
      UPEI!
      The
      executive
      met
     
     
      last
      week
      to
      decide
      on
      a
     
     
      date
      for
      the
      MAPUS
     
     
      annual
      general
      meeting.
      It
     
     
      has
      been
      scheduled
      for
     
     
      Wednesday
      March
      24th
      at
     
     
      12:30
      in
      the
      Mapus
     
     
      Lounge.
      All
      mature
      and
     
     
      part-time
      students
      are
      in-
     
     
      vited.
      Pizza
      will
      be
      served.
     
    

    
     
      Elections
      for
      the
     
     
      executive
      sitions
      for
     
     
      next
      year’s
      Mapus
      Board
     
     
      will
      be
      on
      the
      agenda.
      The
     
     
      current
      executive
      mem-
     
     
      bers
      are
      Wylie
      Hall,
      Presi-
     
     
      dent,
      Janice
      Muir
      Vice-
     
     
      President,
      James
     
     
      O’Holloran
      as
      Secretary-
     
     
      Treasurer,
      John
      MacBeth
     
     
      as
      Student
      Council
      Rep
     
     
      and
      Liz
      Statts
      as
      Senate
     
     
      Rep.
      All
      of
      these
      positions
     
     
      are
      open
      and
      nominations
     
     
      will
      be
      accepted
      until
     
     
      March
      19
      at
      noon.
      If
      you
     
     
      are
      interested,
      or
      know
     
     
      someone
      who
      can
      do
      a
     
     
      really
      good
      job
      represent-
     
     
      ing
      mature
      and
      part-time
     
     
      students
      on
      campus,
      pews
     
     
      let
      a
      member
      of
      the
     
     
      executive
      know.
      :
     
    

    
     
      Other
      items
      dis-
     
     
      cussed
      at
      the
      executive
     
     
      meeting
      last
      week
      include
     
     
      the
      status
      of
      the
      MAPUS
     
     
      scholarship
      fund,
     
    

    
     
      ising
      _
      initiatives,
     
     
      and
      making
      plans
      for
      the
     
     
      future.
      If
      any
      students
     
     
      have
      any
      suggestions
      for
     
     
      this
      year’s
      convocation
     
     
      celebration
      or
      for
      orienta-
     
     
      tion
      for
      next
      year,
      please
     
     
      drop
      in
      and
      let
      us
      know.
     
    

    
     
      The
      tax
      informa-
     
     
      tion
      session
      that
      had
      been
     
    

    
     
      lanned
      for
      early
      March
     
     
      been
      cancelled.
      The
     
     
      consensus
      was
      that
      there
     
    
   
   
    
     
      was
      not
      enough
      students
     
     
      interested
      and
      that
      trying
     
     
      to
      get
      a
      good
      time
      to
      fit
     
     
      everyone's
      schedule
      would
     
     
      mean
      holding
      more
      than
     
     
      one
      meeting.
      Maybe
      next
     
     
      year
      folks.
     
    

    
     
      The
      joke
      this
      week
     
     
      comes
      from
      the
      Laugh-a-
     
     
      Lot
      daily
      Be
      website.
      It
     
    

    
     
      e
     
    
   
   
    
     
      is
      entitled
      “In
      a
      Foreign
     
     
      Land.”
     
    

    
     
      A
      story
      about
      a
     
     
      student
      named
      Donald
     
    
   
   
    
     
      MacDonald
      from
      the
      Isle
     
     
      of
      Skye,
      who
      was
      admit-
     
     
      ted
      at
      the
      prestigious
     
     
      Oxford
      University,
      and
     
     
      was
      now
      living
      in
      the
      hall
     
     
      of
      residence
      in
      his
      first
     
     
      year
      there.
      His
      clan
      was
      so
     
     
      excited
      that
      one
      of
      their
     
     
      own
      had
      made
      it
      into
      the
     
     
      upper
      class
      of
      education,
     
     
      but
      were
      concerned
      how
     
     
      he’d
      do
      in
      “that
      strange
     
     
      land.”
      After
      the
      first
      month,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      his
      mother
      came
      to
      visit
     
    
   
   
    
     
      me
      doubt
      carrying
      rein-
     
     
      orcements
      of
      whiskey
     
     
      and
      oatmeal.)
     
    

    
     
      “And
      how
      do
      you
     
    
   
   
    
     
      find
      the
      English
      students,
     
     
      Donald?”
      she
      asked.
     
     
      “Mother,”
      he
      re-
     
     
      plied
      in
      his
      thick
      brogue,
     
     
      ‘they’re
      such
      terrible
      noisy
     
     
      people.
      The
      one
      on
      that
     
     
      side
      keeps
      ging
      his
     
     
      head
      against
      the
      ,
      and
     
     
      won't
      stop.
      The
      one
      on
      the
     
     
      other
      si
     
    
   
   
    
     
      into
      the
      night.
     
     
      “Oh
      Donald!
      How
     
     
      do
      you
      manage
      to
      put
      up
     
     
      wath
      thes
      Baie
      noisy
     
     
      neighbours?
     
     
      he
      ni
      a
      me
     
     
      ing.
      I
      just
      i
      mM.
     
     
      just
      _
      Stay
      Fore.
      quietly,
     
     
      a
      my
      bagpipes.
     
     
      Haye
      rhe
      first
      quote
      this
     
     
      week
      comes
      from
      Alan
     
     
      Magid.
      He
      says
      “we
      love
     
     
      we
      learn,
      but
      sadly
      at
     
     
      different
      rates.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ann
      Bancroft
      is
     
    
   
   
    
     
      responsible
      for
      the
      second
      °
     
    
   
   
    
     
      quote.
      “The
      best
      way
      to
     
    

    
     
      et
      husbands
      to
      do
      some-
     
     
      thing
      is
      to
      suggest
      that
     
     
      perhaps
      they're
      too
      old
      to
     
     
      do
      it.
     
    

    
     
      And
      from
      a
      child’s
     
     
      perspective:
     
    

    
     
      The
      teacher
      asks
     
     
      why
      the
      student
      was
      late.
     
     
      Webster
      replies
      that
      it
      is
     
     
      because
      of
      the
      sign.
      She
     
     
      asks,
      “what
      sign?”
      He
     
     
      replies,
      “the
      one
      that
      says,
     
     
      “School
      Ahead.
      Go
      Slow.”
     
    

    
     
      Hope
      everyone
      en-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      joyed
      the
      break.
      you
     
     
      next
      week!
     
     
      The
      Mapus
      Con-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      nection
      is
      a
      column
      dedi-
     
     
      cated
      to
      promoting
      the
     
     
      ideas
      and
      suggestions
      of
     
     
      mature
      and
      part-time
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      at
      UPEI.
      For
      sub-
     
     
      missions,
      Janice
      Muir
      can
     
    
   
   
    
     
      be
      reached
      at
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      al
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      27.
     
     
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