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     Teeny-Tiny Essay 
     
    
   
   
    
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     My first effort in this 
     
     teeny-tiny essay is to ex- 
     
     tend a welcome to all who 
     
     came or came back to U.P. 
     
     E.I. It is a brave and 
     
     heroic deed of derring— 
     
     do, you know. For those‘ 
     
     who are sane you are ris— 
     
     king you sanity and for 
     
     those who are insane you 
     
     are risking the possibil— 
     
     ity of actually belonging. 
     
     Universities as a whole ' 
     
     breed a very deadly dis- 
     
     ease and U.P.E.I. excells 
     
     .in»this field. In fact 
     
     this is the only area in- 
     
     which most students get 
     
     an A. Sometimes it's in— 
     
     curable and when the stu- 
     
     dent leaves the univer— 
     
     sity it cripple's that st— 
     
     udents capabilities in 
     
     the next environment. 
     
    

    
     U.P.E.I. is wonderful 
     
     though. Academically it 
     
     believes in not being 
     
     "too" academic. The pro- 
     
     fessors are good and can 
     
     teach the student if only 
     
     they wanted to. Most of 
     
     the professors received 
     
     good solid academics but 
     
     too many are resigning 
     
     themselves by throwing 
     
     their hands up in the air 
     
     (traditional mannerisms 
     
     of professors) and saying 
     
     students are really not 
     
     capable of learning what 
     
     they have to offer. There 
     
     are some fine minds here 
     
     in both faculty population 
     
     and student population. 
     
     Students are lazy in that 
     
     they don't want academics 
     
     and professors are just 
     
     as lazy in that they ‘0 
     
     can't be bothered_to ch— 
     
     allenge these students 
     
     stodgy minds — made more 
     
    
   
   
    
     stodgy by the minute by 
     
     being able to pull off 
     
     60's and 70's with "no 
     
     sweat”. In other words the 
     
     challenge is not there - 
     
     don't quote me though. ’ 
     
    

    
     Socially speaking 
     
     U.P.E.I. is a marvel. The 
     
     pass—word to a social 
     
     function is booze. Won- 
     
     derful alcohol! Alcohol 
     
     runs U.P.E.I. Students, 
     
     faculty and administration. 
     
     - but keep it quiet will 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     an,  . .. 
     
     "Of course, we’re making sacrifices —- why, I'll have you know this room is pmcisely as degraqu 
     
    
   
   
    
     you? It's a bush, hush 
     
     secret that everyone knows 
     
     but deliberately and eff- 
     
     ectively puts blinkers 
     
     over their eyes so as to 
     
     avoid seeing it. Are we 
     
     at U.P.E.I. horses, mules, 
     
     or just plain asses? 
     
    

    
     The fun really begins 
     
     with the administration. 
     
     Or should that read "Save 
     
    
   
   
    
     the best for the last". 
     
     To administrate at U.P.E. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' I. you must be distrustful 
     
    
   
   
    
     Senate committee Speaks * ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     Last year, the Senate 
     
     of U.P.E.I. appointed a 
     
     committee to conduct a 
     
     full review of the object 
     
     ives of University edu- 
     
     cation here on campus. 
     
     After five years of oper- 
     
     ation, in which a great 
     
     deal of attention had to 
     
     be focused on the estab- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     lishment of programs and 
     
     procedures, Senate feels 
     
     the time is right for a 
     
     critical assessment of 
     
     past performance. As well, 
     
     the committee is analyzing 
     
     present programs while 
     
     trying to determine what 
     
     the real needs of our stu- 
     
     dents, faculty and comm—’ 
     
     unity are, and will be in 
     
     future years. Specific 
     
     educational methods suit- 
     
     able for our Island Uni— 
     
     versity are to be ident- 
     
     ified and recommended fo 
     
     adoption. ' 
     
     As can be seen, this 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     and cheap because the Une 
     
     iversity of Prince Edward 
     
     Island is not an instition 
     
     it's a business. Keep that 
     
     in mind when you pay your 
     
     fees and personal cheQues 
     
     are not accepted, when a 
     
     late registration fee of 
     
     $5 a day is added on to 
     
     the grand total, when 
     
    

    
     ' students pay an outrageous 
     
     price to live on campus 
     
     and these very fees go up 
     
     every year - but inflat- 
     
     ion is terrible isn't it? 
     
    
   
   
    
     t!. 
     
    
   
   
    
     committee and its pro— ‘ 
     
     ceedings, are or rather 
     
     should be of grave concern 
     
     to each and everyone of 
     
     us. There is to be ample 
     
     opportunity to students 
     
     and faculty alike to share 
     
     their views. Throughout 
     
     the Fall semester the 
     
     committee will be hosting 
     
     discussions twice a week 
     
     for faculty, and students. 
     
     If you are interested, 
     
     if you have an opinion, 
     
     why not share it? These 
     
     informal gatherings will 
     
     provide and excellent 
     
     opportunity. If inter- 
     
     ested, drop your name off 
     
     to Jane at the Student 
     
     Union office. > 
     
     Members of the committee 
     
     on University Objectives 
     
     include Dr. Leon Loucks, 
     
     Associate Professor of 
     
     Chemistry; Dr. Mujeéb—ur— 
     
     Rahman,Assistant professor» 
     
     of Psychology; and Barb 
     
     Stevenson, a Junior in the 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ B.B.A. program. 
     
    
   
   
    
     If you would like to, 
     
     know more about this commr 
     
     ittee, if you would like 
     
     to contribute, offer an' 
     
     opinion, please feel free 
     
     to contact one of the 
     
     three members. You can 
     
     get in touch with our 
     
     student representative, 
     
     Barb Stevenson, through 
     
     the Student Union office.