Residences
      on
      the
      way
      out?
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      New
      Committee
      examines
      U.PE_I.
      residence
      life
     
    
   
   
    
     
      new
      committee
      has
      been
      formed
      on
     
     
      A
      campus
      this
      year.
      The
      Committee
      Ex-
     
    

    
     
      amining
      Residence
      Life
      (C.E.R.L.)
      is
     
     
      made
      up
      of
      the
      Director
      of
      Student
      Services,
      a
     
     
      Board
      of
      Governors
      Member,
      two
      faculty
      mem-
     
     
      bers,
      one
      resident
      student
      and
      one
      non-resident
     
     
      student.
      For
      the
      next
      few
      months,
      the
      commit-
     
     
      tee
      will
      be
      discussing
      the
      resident
      life
      here
      on
     
     
      U:P.ELT..
     
    

    
     
      Some
      of
      the
      questions
      which
      C.E.R.L.
      is
     
     
      hoping
      to
      answer
      are:
      ‘‘What
      is
      the
      real
      role
      of
     
     
      university
      residence?
      Why
      do
      we
      (U.P.E.I.)
     
     
      offer
      accommodations
      and
      residential
      life
      pro-
     
     
      grams
      to
      our
      students?
      Do
      students
      really
      ben-
     
     
      efit
      from
      campus
      residence
      life?
      Is
      our
      support
     
     
      of
      this
      operation
      realizing
      the
      university’s
      mis-
     
     
      sion
      and
      mandate?’’
      The
      committee
      is
      taking
      a
     
     
      thorough
      look
      at
      all
      of
      these
      questions,
      and
      they
     
     
      expect
      to
      come
      to
      a
      conclusion
      by
      the
      end
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      March.
     
    

    
     
      The
      resident
      buildings
      need
      a
      lot
      of
      money
     
     
      to
      keep
      running
      each
      year.
      At
      present,
      there
      are
     
     
      about
      350
      students
      living
      on
      campus.
      C.E.R.L.
     
     
      wants
      to
      come
      up
      with
      ideas
      which
      will
      attract
     
     
      students
      to
      living
      on
      campus.
      If
      they
      cannot
     
     
      increase
      the
      number
      of
      students,
      they
      want
      to
     
     
      decide
      if
      it
      is
      worth
      keeping
      the
      buildings
     
     
      running.
      As
      all
      on-campus
      students
      know,
      the
     
     
      resident
      buildings
      are
      in
      horrible
      condition.
     
     
      They
      are
      old,
      worn
      down,
      and
      no
      matter
      how
     
     
      clean
      they
      are,
      they
      still
      look
      dirty.
      The
      commit-
     
     
      tee
      is
      trying
      to
      decide
      if
      it
      is
      worth
      rebuilding
      the
     
     
      residence
      for
      students
      to
      live
      in.
     
    

    
     
      Another,
      perhaps
      even
      more
      important,
     
     
      point
      C.E.R.L.
      is
      looking
      at
      is
      the
      purpose
      of
     
     
      residence.
      Is
      it
      for
      students
      to
      have
      a
      place
      to
     
     
      live
      while
      attending
      university,
      or
      is
      it
      a
      place
     
     
      for
      students
      to
      party
      at?
      Most
      students
      who
      live
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      on
      campus
      are
      there
      because
      they
      cannot
      afford
     
     
      any
      other
      place
      to
      live.
      Others
      prefer
      living
      on
     
     
      campus
      because
      it
      is
      close
      to
      classes.
      Unfortu-
     
     
      nately,
      university
      residences
      are
      often
      associ-
     
     
      ated
      with
      parties,
      booze
      and
      sex.
      Not
      all
      our
     
     
      residents
      have
      such
      a
      lifestyle,
      but
      many
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      do
      live
      in
      this
      manner.
      The
      committee
     
     
      wants
      to
      decide
      if
      this
      is
      a
      healthy
      way
      to
      live,
     
     
      and
      ifit
      is
      something
      which
      the
      university
      wants
     
     
      to
      be
      associated
      with.
     
    

    
     
      For
      the
      rest
      of
      the
      year,
      the
      X-Press
      will
      be
     
     
      updating
      students
      on
      the
      committee’s
      findings.
     
     
      The
      newspaper
      hopes
      to
      get
      students’
      opinions
     
     
      of
      the
      committee
      and
      the
      residences,
      and
      will
     
     
      publish
      the
      results
      of
      the
      committee
      as
      soon
      as
     
     
      they
      have
      come
      to
      a
      conclusion.
     
    

    
     
      GRACE
      KIMPINSKI
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Women
      in
      bed
      in
      Blanchard
      (?)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      6/X-Press/November
      11,
      1993
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Photo
      by
      Christina
      Estey