University
      of
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Moosehead
      Cuts
     
     
      Scholarship
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      CINDY
      VENEMA
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Moosehead
      Breweries
     
     
      has
      discontinuesd
      its
      donation
     
     
      to
      UPEI’s
      scholarship
      fund.
     
     
      Since
      1971,
      they
      have
      been
     
     
      contributing
      10
      entrance
      schol-
     
     
      arships
      to
      top
      students.
      How-
     
     
      ever,
      aS
      .Of-
      next
      year
     
     
      Moosehead
      will
      not
      be
      con-
     
     
      tributing
      to
      the
      UPEI
      scholar-
     
     
      ship
      fund.
     
    

    
     
      Moosehead
      has
      said
      that
     
     
      their
      reason
      for
      not
      continuing
     
     
      this
      financial
      contribution
      has
     
     
      been
      due
      to
      financial
      con-
     
     
      straints.
      They
      deny
      that
      their
     
     
      reasoning
      may
      be
      based
      on
     
     
      other
      factors.
      WaPo.
      t
     
     
      Varsity
      Athletics
      are
      spon-
     
     
      sored
      by
      Labatts,
     
     
      Moosehead’s
      major
      competi-
     
     
      tor.
      As
      well,
      the
      Panther
     
     
      Lounge
      only
      serves
      Labatt
     
     
      products
      on
      tap.
      Draft
      beer
      is
     
     
      popular
      with
      university.
      stu-
     
     
      dents,
      and
      therefore
      is
      a
      major
     
     
      product
      at
      the
      Student
      Union
     
     
      Pub.
     
    

    
     
      When
      asked
      if
     
     
      Moosehead
      pulled
      its
      scholar-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ship
      because
      of
      poor
      repre-
     
     
      sentation
      on
      campus,
     
     
      Moosehead’s
      Director
      of
      Pub-
     
     
      lic
      Relations,
      Deanna
      Gallo-
     
     
      way,
      denied
      this
      suggestion,
     
     
      explaining,
      “Our
      corporate
     
     
      donations
      budget
      has
      been
      re-
     
     
      duced
      for
      the
      Atlantic
      region,”
     
     
      they
      are
      therefore
     
     
      “Reevaluating
      this
      donation,
     
     
      taking
      a
      break,
      and
      donating
      in
     
     
      other
      areas”.
     
    

    
     
      The
      total
      of
     
     
      Moosehead’s
      contributions
      has
     
     
      been
      in
      excess
      of
      $330,000.
     
     
      According
      to
      Sonya
      Banks,
     
     
      Director
      of
      Public
      Relations,
      a
     
     
      significant
      portion
      of
      the
      dona-
     
     
      tion
      has
      been
      in
      the
      support
      of
     
     
      scholarships,
      but
      they
      have
     
     
      also
      helped
      in
      Capital
      cam-
     
     
      paigns,
      such
      as
      the
      renovation
     
     
      of
      Main.
     
    

    
     
      Moosehead
      already
      de-
     
     
      cided
      to
      reduce
      its
      funding
      at
     
     
      the
      beginning
      of
      this
      academic
     
     
      year,
      when
      they
      cut
      their
      fund-
     
     
      ing
      from
      $14,000
      to
      $7,000.
     
     
      Next
      year,
      however,
      they
      are
     
     
      completely
      cutting
      their
      schol-
     
     
      arship
      donation.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Banks
      was
      unsure
      as
      to
     
     
      Moosehead’s
      reasoning
      for
     
     
      discontinuing
      their
      funding,
      stat-
     
     
      ing
      that
      the
      way
      Moosehead
     
     
      explained
      the
      situation
      to
      her,
     
     
      “was
      that
      they
      were
      review-
     
     
      ing
      their
      donations
      policy
      and
     
     
      they
      were
      interested
      in
      redi-
     
     
      recting
      their
      donations
      to
      ar-
     
     
      eas
      that
      would
      bring
      them
     
     
      greater
      profile
      amongst
      their
     
     
      customers’’.
     
    

    
     
      Moosehead
      is
      looking
      at
     
     
      giving
      the
      money
      to
      other
      or-
     
     
      ganizations
      on
      PEI,
      such
      as
     
     
      the
      Confederation
      Centre.
     
     
      They
      feel
      that
      the
      $330,000
     
     
      UPEI
      has
      received
      is
      a
      huge
     
     
      amount
      of
      money
      and
      there-
     
     
      fore
      other
      organizations
      should
     
     
      be
      given
      the
      opportunity
      to
     
     
      benefit
      from
      their
      donations.
     
    

    
     
      UPEI’s
      public
      relations
     
     
      has
      not
      given
      up
      hope,
      how-
     
     
      ever.
      They
      are
      hoping,
      ac-
     
     
      cording
      to
      Banks,
      “that
     
     
      Moosehead
      will
      be
      giving
      this
     
     
      money
      to
      other
      areas
      on
      cam-
     
     
      pus”,
      such
      as
      other
      Capital
     
     
      Campaigns.
      But
      that
      does
      not
     
     
      change
      the
      fact
      that
      10
      stu-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Panther
      Print
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Shacking
      Nia
      {Siecle
      1]
      Tisteled.
      ‘Since
      1969
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      February
      11,
      1997
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      iy
      U.P...
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      dents
      or
      even
      5
      students
      will
     
     
      not
      be
      receiving
      scholarships
     
    
   
   
    
     
      for
      their
      academic
      carreers
      at
     
     
      UPEI.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Hey
      brother,Can
      you
      spare
      1.8
      million?
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      KENT
      DRISCOLL
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      a
      presentation
      to
      the
     
     
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
      Council,
     
     
      UPEI’s
      Vice
      President
      Fi-
     
     
      nance,
      Neil
      Henry,
      discussed
     
     
      the
      effect
      that
      a
      projected
      cut
     
     
      in
      provincial
      revenues
      will
      have
     
     
      on
      the
      university
      budget.
      For
     
     
      students,
      this
      means
      tuition
      will
     
     
      go
      up.
      When
      asked
      about
      the
     
     
      nature
      of
      these
      cuts,
      Henry
     
     
      said,
      “Bottom
      line,
      if
      there
      are
     
     
      going
      to
      be
      cuts
      it
      will
      have
      to
     
     
      come
      out
      of
      salaries
      and
      tui-
     
     
      tion”’.
     
    

    
     
      Henry
      believes
      that
     
    
   
   
    
     
      funding
      for
      UPEI
      will
      decrease
     
     
      anywhere
      between
      8%
      and
      10
     
     
      %,
      and
      Henry
      added,
      “‘it
      will
     
     
      probably
      be
      10%”.
      If
      tuition
     
     
      rates
      remain
      the
      same,
      that
     
     
      would
      leave
      a
      budget
      deficit
      of
     
     
      $1,487,185
      inan
      8%
      scenario,
     
     
      or
      a
      massive
      $1,800,357
      in
      the
     
     
      10%
      projection.
      With
      only
      lim-
     
     
      ited
      steps
      available
      to
      cut
      staff-
     
     
      ing
      and
      salaries,
      due
      to
      union
     
     
      contracts,
      the
      bulk
      of
      this
      defi-
     
     
      cit
      is
      certain
      to
      land
      in
      the
      laps
     
     
      of
      students.
     
    

    
     
      If
      tuition
      was
      to
      be
      the
     
     
      sole
      factor
      in
      dealing
      with
      this
     
     
      shortfall,
      the
      result
      would
      be
     
    
   
   
    
     
      devastating
      for
      UPEI
      students.
     
     
      Using
      Henry’s
      own
      worst
      case
     
     
      scenario
      figures,
      if
      the
      1.8
      mil-
     
     
      lion
      dollar
      deficit
      was
      to
      be
     
     
      solely
      shouldered
      by
      students,
     
     
      that
      would
      be
      $720
      dollars
      per
     
     
      student,
      or
      a
      tuition
      hike
      of
     
     
      20%.
     
    

    
     
      Henry
      believes
      that
     
     
      many
      of
      these
      costs
      can
      be
     
     
      dealt
      with
      by
      not
      raising
      tui-
     
     
      tion.
      In
      his
      words,
      “There
      is
     
     
      nothing
      that
      is
      not
      being
      looked
     
     
      at”.
      A
      few
      areas
      that
      were
     
     
      discussed
      by
      the
      Student
     
     
      Councilors
      in
      attendance
      were
     
     
      the
      athletic
      department
      and
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      health
      centre,
      and
      while
      Henry
     
     
      said
      that
      cutting
      these
      programs
     
     
      was
      not
      the
      goal
      of
      the
      Budget
     
     
      Committee,
      “everything
      is
      be-
     
     
      ing
      looked
      at”.
     
    

    
     
      Henry
      cited
      many
      ex-
     
     
      amples
      of
      where
      these
      budget
     
     
      cuts
      could
      come
      from.
      Due
      to
     
     
      the
      early
      retirement
      policy,
      a
     
     
      number
      of
      higher
      paid
      tenured
     
     
      professors
      are
      being
      replaced
     
     
      by
      lower
      paid
      new
      faculty.
     
    

    
     
      As
      well,
      money
      has
      been
     
     
      made
      available
      to
      the
      univer-
     
     
      sity
      due
      to
      extra
      money
      in
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      university
      pension
      plan.
      Be-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      cause
      of
      the
      upswing
      in
      recent
     
    
   
   
    
     
      years
      of
      the
      stock
      market,
      the
     
     
      pension
      plan
      has
      grown
      larger
     
     
      then
      federal
      laws
      will
      allow,
     
     
      and
      some
      of
      that
      money
      is
      now
     
     
      revenue
      for
      the
      university.
     
     
      However,
      this
      one
      time
      only
     
     
      windfall
      will
      simply
      offset
      the
     
     
      cost
      of
      recruiting
      new
      faculty.
     
    

    
     
      One
      area
      that
      the
      Budget
     
     
      Committee
      has
      not
      included
      in
     
     
      their
      estimates
      is
      professorial
     
     
      salaries.
      The
      Faculty
      Asso-
     
     
      ciation
      is
      currently
      in
      binding
     
     
      arbitration
      with
      the
      university,
     
     
      and
      if
      the
      professors
      win
      their
     
    
   
   
    
     
      (continued
      p.
      5,
      see
      "Tuition")