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     The Sound of Silence ' ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     There is a general dissat- 
     
     isfaction among students & 
     
     faculty regarding present” 
     
    
   
   
    
     reality. In other words, 
     
     they see only when forced 
     
     to. This characteristic, 
     
     I might add is also pecu- 
     
     liar to the herd. 
     
    
   
   
    
     science awareness has not 
     
     as yet become manifest. 
     
     This lack of vision pecu— 
     
    
   
   
    
     educational goals and aims. 
     
     This dissatisfaction is ex— 
     
     pressed verbally and non— 
     
     verbally. The former, who 
     
     also constitute the minori- 
     
     Jty, are rebelling against 
     
     an educational system which 
     
     does not offer what it pur— 
     
     ports to: promotion of hum— 
     
     an freedom: capacity for 
     
     critical and independent 
     
     thought: minimum utilizati— 
     
     on of cultural achievement 
     
     in the further advancement 
     
     of men and man: etc. In 7 
     
     other words, present educa— 
     
     tional policy, in that it 
     
     does not facilitate human 
     
     advancement does, in effect 
     
     constitute regression and, 
     
     thus, oppresses rather than 
     
     liberates. 
     
    

    
     The latter group who con- 
     
     stitute the majority, are, 
     
     for the most part, adheren— 
     
     ts of existing educational 
     
     policy. They are currently 
     
     being confronted with a,sy- 
     
     stem (their system)which is 
     
     failing before their eyes 
     
     and is, consequently, for- 
     
     cing them into an aware- 
     
     ness that their efforts are 
     
     not successful. Slow to 
     
    

    
     ‘accept the demands of real— 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     There is a silence - like 
     
     the quiet before the storm. 
     
     The storm is to come. The 
     
     storm will come because 
     
     the Silent in their silence 
     
     (apathy, cynicism, non—inv- 
     
     olvement, etc.) will inten— 
     
     sify those conditions nec- 
     
     essary to facilitate the 
     
     storm which is necessary 
     
    
   
   
    
     ,to facilitate those condi— 
     
    
   
   
    
     tions sufficient to sus- 
     
     tain a liberating educar 
     
     tional ethos. It is just a 
     
     matter of observing events, 
     
     the outcome of whifa is 
     
     inevitable transformation 
     
     of existing deceepitation. 
     
     Having witnessed recent 
     
     (and past) Senate means for 
     
    
   
   
    
     dealing with contemporary 
     
     educational problems, the 
     
     above remarks are re-en- 
     
     forced and begin to take 
     
     on the character of truth. 
     
     Unless concrete reality is 
     
     the criterion for truth & 
     
     social action, all action 
     
     will be thwarted which has 
     
     as its basis traditional 
     
     western metaphysics. Our 
     
     heads are in the clouds - 
     
     we will thus trip and have 
     
    
   
   
    
     a great fall. 
     
    
   
   
    
     liar to the former group, 
     
     is alleviated only by the 
     
     moulding effect of demanding 
     
    
   
   
    
     ity, these latter indivi- 
     
     duals are reacting reti- 
     
     cently since critical, con- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     UPEI rig-off 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dear‘sir: 
     
    

    
     This week some 1500 UPEI 
     
     students are resuming cla— 
     
     sses after the Christmas 
     
     recess and as a prerequisi- 
     
     te to this are paying reg— 
     
     istration fees. 
     
    

    
     As a senior student at the 
     
     university I arriVed at the 
     
     Business Office on Wednesd- 
     
     ay to pay the fees for thei 
     
     semester which consist of 
     
     $55. for each course in wh- 
     
     ich a student is registered. 
     
     For a full—time student, 
     
     this means payment of $275. 
     
     which is what I thought I 
     
     owed and what brought me to 
     
     the Business Office. ' 
     
    

    
     Alas, I forgot about the 
     
     $10. athletic fee that all 
     
     students taking more than 
     
     two courses must pay. After 
     
     explaining to the clerk th- 
     
     at I only had the $275. & 
     
     would not have the other 
     
    
   
   
    
     $10. until I would be paid 
     
     the following Friday, I was 
     
     refused permission to reg— 
     
     ister for the term until 
     
    

    
     the fees were paid in full. 
     
     If I wait until next Friday 
     
     to pay the extra $10. I will 
     
     also be charged a late reg— 
     
     istration fee of $§. per 
     
     day. By that time the $10. 
     
     paymeni w?" have grown to 
     
     $35. 
     
    

    
     And it seems that there is 
     
     no way to get around it. 
     
    
   
   
    
     .Either I pay in full this 
     
    
   
   
    
     week or I will be subjected 
     
     to the late registration 
     
     fee. All because I was sho- 
     
     rt $10. for an athletic fee 
     
     and the $275. for courses 
     
     in my hand in cold cash. 
     
    

    
     Of course I could borrow 
     
     $10. from someone till pay- 
     
     day and make the university 
     
     officials happy but that is 
     
     not the issue. For four 
     
     years as a student at UPEI 
     
    
   
   
    
     I have always paid all'fees 
     
    
   
   
    
     on time and have never been 
     
     in red with the Bisiness 
     
    
   
   
    
     Office, but now for the sake,/ 
     
    
   
   
    
     of $10. for a week Ivmust 
     
     go out and borrow. 
     
    

    
     The complete lack of trust 
     
     and understanding from uni— 
     
     versity officials is a bit 
     
     staggering'in the light of 
     
     the "special university 
     
     community” we hear so much 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     about. But I suppose I cou- 
     
     ld say as a shareholder in 
     
     that community, my mortgage 
     
     is about to foreclose. That 
     
     is theuruling at UPEI where 
     
     only your number.goes thro— 
     
     ugh the computer. 
     
    

    
     This is some indication 
     
    

    
     of the red tape involved in 
     
     registering for cuzr—es at 
     
     the university. At a time 
     
     when enrollment at univer- 
     
     sities ~'or at least UBEI - 
     
     is down, the red tape inv— 
     
     olved Should be decreasing. 
     
     Instead the bureaucrats are 
     
     continually striving to 
     
     assume an attitude bf cold 
     
     and.impersonal_authority, 
     
     refusing to bend even a 
     
     little. , 
     
    

    
     An I write this, I'm mad. 
     
     I've vowed not to borrow 
     
     -the $10. and not finish off 
     
     the year, for in all prob- 
     
     ability next year the fees 
     
     wili be higher.' / 
     
    

    
     What‘s reilly sad is that 
     
     I must_bow to the red tape 
     
     or forfiet completion of my“ 
     
     senior year, so how I must. 
     
     By the way, could you spot, 
     
     me a ten until payday. 
     
    
   
   
    
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