___New
      Chancellor
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Wiwa
      Takes
      Pli
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Sarah
      Galashan
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Ubyssey,
      U
      of
      BC
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Something
      compels
      Dr.
     
     
      Owens
      Wiwa
      to
      strive
      for
     
     
      change.
     
    

    
     
      Owens
      home
      is
      the
     
     
      Ogoniland
      of
      Nigeria.
      Half
      a
     
     
      million
      people
      live
      in
      the
     
     
      area,
      about
      one
      quarter
      the
     
     
      size
      of
      Prince
      Edward
      Island,
     
     
      with
      no
      electricity
      or
      running
     
     
      water,
      inadequate
      schools,
      and
     
     
      one
      ill-equipped
      hospital.
     
    

    
     
      There
      are,
      however,
      96
     
     
      oil
      wells,
      one
      petrochemical
     
     
      complex
      and
      two
      refineries.
     
    

    
     
      Wiwa
      wants
      to
      address
     
     
      this
      imbalance
      by
      he's
      taking
     
     
      his
      message
      to
      students
      in
     
     
      North
      America.
     
    

    
     
      "We
      want
      to
      make
     
     
      people
      aware
      of
      what
     
     
      multinationals
      are
      doing
      in
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      third
      world,"
      he
      says
      during
      a
     
     
      stop
      in
      Vancouver.
     
    

    
     
      What
      multinationals
      are
     
     
      doing,
      Wiwa
      believes,
      is
     
     
      ravaging
      the
      land
      and
      killing
     
     
      the
      Ogoni.
      Famine,
      polluted
     
     
      rivers
      and
      gun
      flares
      spewing
     
     
      poisonous
      gases
      day
      and
      night
     
     
      are
      all
      commonplace
      in
     
     
      Ogoniland.
     
    

    
     
      Like
      many
      _
      other
     
     
      international
      activists,
      Wiwa
     
     
      says
      the
      Shell
      Oil
      is
      largely
     
     
      responsible
      for
      the
      destruction
     
     
      of
      his
      Ogoni
      homeland.
     
    

    
     
      Wiwa's
      brother,
      Ken
     
     
      Saro-Wiwa,
      was
      among
      the
     
     
      most
      vocal
      critics
      of
      the
      bond
     
     
      between
      Shell
      and
      the
      Nigerian
     
     
      government.
      Saro-Wiwa
     
     
      founded
      the
      Movement
      for
      the
     
     
      Survival
      Of
      the
      Ogoni
      People
     
     
      (MOSOP)
      before
      being
     
     
      executed
      last
      November
     
    
   
   
    
     
      House
      Training
      PES's
      Pts
      Since
      1969
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Panther
      Prints
     
    
   
   
    
     
      University
      of
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
     
    
   
   
    
     
      November
      5,
      1996
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      New
      Chancellor
      Installed
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      by
      Jennifer
      Caseley
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      sixth
      Chancellor
      of
      the
     
     
      University
      of
      Prince
      Edward
     
     
      Island
      was
      installed
      on
     
     
      November
      2.
     
    

    
     
      Norman
      Webster,
     
     
      former
      editor
      of
      the
      Globe
     
     
      and
      Mailis
      honoured
      to
      hold
     
     
      the
      position.
     
    

    
     
      Born
      in
      Summerside,
     
     
      Webster
      has
      always
      felt
     
     
      connected
      to
      Prince
      Edward
     
     
      Island.
     
    

    
     
      Webster
      is
      "very
     
     
      interested
      in
      higher
      education."
     
     
      Having
      graduated
      from
      a
     
     
      relatively
      small
      school--
     
     
      Bishops--Webster
      feels
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      IC
      international
      calls
      for
     
    
   
   
    
     
      clemency.
     
    

    
     
      "The
      multi-national
     
     
      company
      was
      very
      worried
     
     
      about
      the
      way
      my
      brother
      and
     
     
      others
      ...were
      communicating
     
     
      to
      the
      outside
      world,"
      says
     
     
      Wiwa,
      "and
      they
      were
      not
     
     
      comfortable
      with
      that."
     
    

    
     
      Ever
      since
      Shell
      started
     
     
      operations
      in
      the
      Niger
      Delta,
     
     
      the
      company
      has
      drawn
     
     
      criticism
      for
      its
      practices.
     
    

    
     
      Between
      1982
      and
     
     
      1992,
      more
      than
      1.6
      million
     
     
      gallons
      of
      oil
      were
      spilled
      from
     
     
      the
      company's
      Nigerian
     
     
      operations,
      according
      to
      an
     
     
      independent
      record
      of
      Shell's
     
     
      oil
      spills.
      Nigeria
      accounted
     
     
      for
      40
      percentof
      the
      company's
     
     
      worldwide
      total
      for
      the
      period.
     
    

    
     
      Shell
      blames
      sabotage.
     
    

    
     
      Ogoni
      protesters,
      Shell
     
    
   
   
    
     
      intimate
      setting
      of
      UPEI
      isa
     
     
      plus
      for
      students.
      Being
      able
     
     
      to
      have
      professors
      who
      know
     
     
      their
      students
      personally
      and
     
     
      the
      small
      class
      sizes
      make
     
     
      UPEla
      great
      place
      to
      learn.
     
     
      "I,
      Norman
      Webster,
     
     
      hereby
      accept
      the
      office
      of
     
     
      Chancellor
      ofthe
      University
     
     
      of
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
      and
     
     
      promise
      that
      to
      the
      best
      of
      my
     
     
      ability
      I
      will
      guard
      its
     
     
      intellectual,
      material
      and
     
     
      spiritual
      interests
      and
      promote
     
     
      its
      academic
      integrity
      for
      the
     
     
      advancement
      of
      sound
     
     
      learning
      so
      help
      me
      God."
     
     
      TheHonourable
      Gilbert
     
     
      R.
      Clements,
      Lieutenant
     
    
   
   
    
     
      alleges,
      are
      causing
      the
     
     
      damage
      themselves
      in
      order
      to
     
     
      make
      the
      oil-producing
     
     
      company
      appear
      at
      fault.
      In
     
     
      addition
      to
      oil
      waste,
      acid
      rain
     
     
      and
      flooding,
      the
      Ogoni
      people
     
     
      live
      under
      an
      oppressive
     
     
      military
      regime.
     
    

    
     
      Peaceful
      protests
      are
     
     
      often
      met
      with
      extreme
      force,
     
     
      at
      times
      resulting
      in
      the
      deaths
     
     
      of
      innocent
      people.
      In
      1990,
     
     
      peaceful
      Etche
      protestors
      from
     
     
      a
      community
      located
      10
      miles
     
     
      from
      Ogoni
      faced
      a
      Mobile
     
     
      Police
      Force.
      The
     
     
      confrontation
      ended
      in
      80
     
     
      Etche
      deaths
      and
      _
      the
     
     
      destruction
      of
      495
      homes.
      The
     
     
      government
      initiative
      was
     
     
      based
      on
      a
      request
      made
      by
     
     
      Shell
      that
      they
      be
      given
      the
     
     
      assistance
      of
      such
      a
      force
      in
     
     
      the
      event
      of
      a
      protest.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Governor
      of
      PEI,
      Visitor
      of
     
     
      the
      University,
      officially
     
     
      installed
      Webster
      on
      Saturday
     
     
      infront
      of
      dignitaries
      from
      PEI
     
     
      as
      well
      as
      many
      Presidents
     
     
      other
      universities
      from
      across
     
     
      Canada.
     
    

    
     
      It
      is
      interesting
      to
      note
     
     
      that
      the
      Office
      of
      the
     
     
      Chancellor
      began
      with
      the
     
     
      abbot
      in
      medieval
      monasteries
     
     
      or
      the
      dean
      of
      medieval
     
     
      cathedrals.
      The
      person
      in
     
     
      charge
      of
      the
      "chancel"
     
     
      became
      responsible
      for
     
     
      insuring
      that
      official
     
     
      ceremonies
      were
      carried
      out
     
     
      with
      decorum
      and
      dignity.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ht
      to
      North
      America
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Shell
      is
      proud
      of
      their
     
     
      wide-ranging
      programmes
      of
     
     
      community
      involvement
      and
     
     
      sponsorship.
      Activists,
     
     
      however,
      say
      the
      people
      of
      the
     
     
      Niger
      Delta
      have
      received
      little
     
     
      in
      return
      from
      the
      oil
      company.
     
    

    
     
      While
      the
      oil
      companies
     
     
      are
      the
      largest
      employers,
     
     
      Wiwasays,
      "they
      don't
      actually
     
     
      employ
      the
      Ogoni
      people."
     
    

    
     
      And
      while
      Shell
      has
     
     
      extracted
      over
      $30
      billion
      from
     
     
      the
      Ogoni
      region
      since
      1958,
     
     
      according
      toa
      report
      published
     
     
      in
      the
      Wall
      Street
      Journal,
      it
     
     
      has
      returned
      only
      0.000007
      per
     
     
      cent
      in
      the
      form
      of
      community
     
     
      assistance.
     
    

    
     
      Wiwa
      fled
      Nigeria
      only
     
     
      days
      after
      his
      brother's
     
     
      execution.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Page
      2
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      14
      -
      17
     
     
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      &
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Books
     
    
   
   
    
     
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