UPEI gets 
     
    
   
   
    
     A DO- 
     
     NATION of $35,000 towards 
     
     the establishment of a new 
     
     Canadian Studies Centre has 
     
     been given to UPEI by Im- 
     
     perial Oil Limited. The Cen- 
     
     tre, which will provide mate- 
     
     rials and study space to com- 
     
     pliment the Canadian Stud- 
     
     ies program, will be set up 
     
     in Main Building when that 
     
     building reopens in Septem- 
     
     ber. 
     
    

    
     Gordon 
     
     Thomson, national president 
     
     of Esso Petroleum, flew in 
     
     from Toronto Tuesday for a 
     
     press conference announcing 
     
     the donation. He said that 
     
     Imperial Oil is one of the ma- 
     
     jor sources of corporate do- 
     
     nations in Canada and that 
     
     donations like this must be 
     
     made in order for universities 
     
     to achieve what we expect of 
     
     them. 
     
    

    
     “The load, the expec- 
     
     tations the Canadian public 
     
     have for our universities is 
     
     immense compared to what 
     
     they are probably going to 
     
     be able to do for us,” said 
     
     “T think this is 
     
     the kind of thing that many 
     
    
   
   
    
     Council 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thomson. 
     
    
   
   
    
     more private citizens as well 
     
     as corporations are going to 
     
     have to do... to permit our 
     
     Canadian universities to do 
     
     the kind of things we’d like 
     
     to see them do.” 
     
     Thompson 
     
    

    
     said that funding the Cana- 
     
     dian Studies program is im- 
     
     portant since Canadians are 
     
     searching to understand our- 
     
     selves. 
     
    
   
   
    
     “We are unlike others. 
     
     We really are different. I 
     
     think that searching for our 
     
     roots and to understanding 
     
     Canadian values is what the 
     
     Canadian Studies program is 
     
     oriented to doing,” he said. 
     
    
   
   
    
     UPEI President C.W.J. 
     
     Eliot agreed that today it is 
     
     important to study our own 
     
     country. 
     
    
   
   
    
     “What you (Imperial) 
     
     will do will help to make the 
     
     rest of the university realize 
     
     that Canadian Studies is not 
     
     just a fly-by-night operation 
     
     that we were experimenting 
     
     with but a core part of the 
     
     curriculum,” said Eliot. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The money will go to- 
     
    
   
   
    
     wards the creation of a 
     
    
   
   
    
     pays students 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     <onE 70 THIS 
     
     MEET ING, 
     
    
   
   
    
     | ‘Thursday March 10th 1988 
     
    
   
   
    
     UPEI President Eliot, Esso Petroleum president Thomsom, and Prof. Andrew Robb at press conference 
     
    
   
   
    
     announcing $35,000 donation. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     (CUP) — Quorum is so for- 
     
     es to the University of Vic- 
     
     .°rla’s annual general meet- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ng that the council paid stu- 
     
    
   
   
    
     dents to come out. 
     
    

    
     “In order to encourage 
     
     students to attend, we’re is- 
     
     suing StudentSaver bucks,” 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     room dedicated to Cana- 
     
     dian Studies including books, 
     
    
   
   
    
     and other learning materials. 
     
    
   
   
    
     to attend 
     
    
   
   
    
     said Pam Frache, 
     
     council president. 
     
    

    
     Each buck is good for 
     
     a $1 discount at either of 
     
     the two union building cafe- 
     
    
   
   
    
     student 
     
    
   
   
    
     terias. 
     
    

    
     Despite the bribe, only 
     
     40 people showed up at the 
     
     recent meeting. Quorum at 
     
     the 10,000-student university 
     
     is 100. 
     
    

    
     But the minimum. at- 
     
     tendance requirement is re- 
     
     duced by half after one hour 
     
     has elapsed. Councillors re- 
     
     fused to validate the bucks 
     
     until sixty minutes had gone 
     
     by, when the meeting could 
     
     begin. 
     
    

    
     Frache sees a real need 
     
     for the promotional offer. 
     
    

    
     “Currently there’s no 
     
     real purpose in coming to 
     
     general meetings,” she said. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Frache said she didn’t see 
     
     anything wrong with paying 
     
     people to vote at an annual 
     
     general meeting. « 
     
    
   
   
    
     There will also be a collection 
     
    
   
   
    
     of Canadian prints. Cur- 
     
     rently the Canadian Studies 
     
    
   
   
    
     program is a joint offering 
     
     between 13 different depart- 
     
     ments and has approximately 
     
     200 students involved. . 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     We Lied. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE FRONT page article of last week’s issue of The 
     
     Gem mistakenly stated that elections for the new position 
     
     of Vice-President Communications will be held in Octo- 
     
     ber. Actually, a general meeting regarding this position 
     
     will be held in the pit Tuesday, April 5th followed by elec- 
     
     tions to be held April 6 & 7. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The article also incorrectly stated that one of the du- 
     
     ties of the VPC is to promote events at the Barn. The 
     
     position of VPC actually has nothing to do with promot- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ing of such events. 
     
    
   
   
    
     See the article on page two for a full description of the 
     
    
   
   
    
     position. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Gem apologizes for any confusion these errors 
     
    
   
   
    
     may have caused. 
     
    
   
   
    
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