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     Dear Editor, 
     
    

    
     I wish to reply to the 
     
     letter regarding criticism of 
     
     Kirsten Lund, our athletes 
     
     and the so called “entourage 
     
     of puckbunnies.” First I 
     
     would like to compliment 
     
     Kirsten on her courage in 
     
     voicing and signing her opin- 
     
     ion. The writer of the 
     
     most recent attack obviously 
     
     feared the publicity as his or 
     
     her well written article was 
     
     signed “unsigned”. 
     
    

    
     I have a question for 
     
     “unsigned”. What exactly, 
     
     in your opinion is a “puck- 
     
     bunny”? It would seem to 
     
     be somebody who’s promis- 
     
     cuous behaviour gains her 
     
     popularity with the team. I 
     
     know very few who fit that 
     
     discription. 
     
    

    
     Or is it someone who at- 
     
    
   
   
    
     tends the games and social- 
     
     izes with the players. If so I 
     
     guess myself and many of my 
     
     friends are such “bunnies”. 
     
     I consider many of our 
     
     athletes to be worth-while 
     
     human beings. I have offered 
     
     my. friendship and in return 
     
    
   
   
    
     have received friends. Often 
     
    
   
   
    
     you get back as much or as 
     
     little as you give. Have you 
     
     ever made an effort to talk 
     
     to any of this “cliquish, seg- 
     
     regated, shallow, elitist and 
     
     prejudicial” group??? (Did I 
     
     get all the adjectives right?) 
     
     I’ve never been snubbed or 
     
     have intentually snubbed and 
     
     I don’t consider myself any 
     
     better than anyone else. 
     
     You may be sick of the 
     
     emphasis on athletics but I 
     
     am sick to death of hearing 
     
     our university’s teams. be- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ing slanderized. These peo- 
     
     ple put in over two hours 
     
     a day after classes- busting 
     
     their behinds and giving this 
     
     place a name that our facul- 
     
     ties cannot boast. In spite 
     
     of practices and missed class 
     
     due to road trips, many 
     
     “jocks” actually have excel- 
     
     lent academic records. Can 
     
     you top that? For God's 
     
     sake if you do have a prob- 
     
     lem with popularity or the 
     
     university’s reputation, do 
     
     something about changing it. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Why 
     
     not try giving sports enthu- 
     
     siasts a break and get to 
     
     know them before forming 
     
     such bias opinions... 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dawn MacDonald 
     
    
   
   
    
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     At.The University of Prince Edward Island 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dear Editor: 
     
    

    
     In the last issue of the 
     
     Gem, a letter was put in 
     
     that stated the Gem had not 
     
     improved in any are outside 
     
     of sport. The Gem’s editor 
     
     then argued that the Gem 
     
     has gotten a great deal bet- 
     
     ter. The editor’s arguement 
     
     was very well put. The per- 
     
     son that does not think that 
     
     the Gem is better, misses 
     
     the point, I feel a School 
     
     Newspaper should have rel- 
     
     evance for the students in 
     
     that university. In the past 
     
     I noticed articles that really 
     
     didn’t have a great deal to 
     
     do with the University. This 
     
     year a marked difference is 
     
     evident. Especially interest- 
     
     ing has been the letter page. 
     
     In the past the letter page 
     
     left a great deal to be de- 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
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     sired. The five lines free seg- 
     
     ment is also interesting. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Secondly, the 
     
     writer compared the Gem 
     
     to the Guardian, and also 
     
    
   
   
    
     made a rather scathing re- 
     
     mark about the Guardian. 
     
     First of all the Gem should 
     
     not be ‘compared to the 
     
     Guardian. Secondly, he 
     
     stated that Ontarians argue 
     
    
   
   
    
     that the Guardian is one of 
     
     the worst newspapers in the 
     
     country, and North America 
     
     in general. I say who cares 
     
     what people from Ontario 
     
     think about Island, newspa- 
     
     pers. I am sure they don’t 
     
     care what we think of their 
     
     newspapers. Besides the 
     
     Guardian only needs to cover 
     
     the ‘Island, so it should not 
     
    
   
   
    
     Cont. on page 7 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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