The
      Cadre
      +
     
    
   
   
    
     
      16
      March
      1999
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Something
      old,
     
     
      something
      new
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Six
      polling
      stations
      open
     
     
      on
      Wednesday
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      KAREN
      RAWLINES
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Poor
      voter
      turn-out
      has
     
     
      plagued
      the
      UPEI
      Student
     
     
      Union
      elections
      annually.
     
     
      This
      fall’s
      by-elections,
      for
     
     
      example,
      brought
      out
      a
      mere
     
     
      five
      per
      cent
      of
      UPEI’s
      full
     
     
      time
      students
      to
      the
      ballot
     
     
      boxes.
     
    

    
     
      In
      an
      effort
      to
      remedy
     
     
      this,
      the
      SU
      is
      stationing
      polls
     
     
      in
      six
      areas
      across
      campus
      for
     
     
      Wednesday.
      Students
      will
      be
     
     
      permitted
      to
      vote
      in
      their
      re-
     
     
      spective
      faculty’s
      designated
     
     
      building.
     
    

    
     
      In
      the
      past,
      voting
      has
     
     
      only
      taken
      place
      in
      the
     
     
      Breezeway
      of
      Robertson
      Li-
     
     
      brary.
     
    

    
     
      Fourth
      year
      anthropol-
     
     
      ogy
      student
      Joanna
      Williams
     
     
      has
      never
      cast
      a
      ballot
      dur-
     
     
      ing
      her
      years
      at
      UPEI.
     
    

    
     
      “I’ve
      never
      voted,”
     
     
      she
      says.
      “It’s
      always
      been
     
     
      in
      the
      breezeway,
      and
      I
      just
     
     
      don’t
      end
      up
      in
      that
      area.”
     
    

    
     
      Pauline
      Tran,
      UPEI
     
     
      SU
      VP
      Internal
      thinks
      that
     
     
      the
      extra
      polling
      stations
      will
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      serve
      the
      campus
      well
      in
      in-
     
     
      creasing
      the
      numbers
      who
     
     
      out
      to
      cast
      their
      ballots.
      §
     
     
      realizes
      the
      small
      risk
      asso-
     
     
      ciated
      with
      this
      new
      tech-
     
     
      nique,
      but
      feels
      it’s
      for
      the
     
     
      best.
     
    

    
     
      “I
      think
      because
      it’s
     
     
      the
      first
      time,
      it'll
      be
      a
      little
     
     
      tricky,”
      she
      says.
      “We're
      just
     
     
      getting
      the
      ball
      rolling.”
      She
     
     
      adds
      that
      the
      SU
      hopes
      that
     
     
      future
      elections
      will
      also
      of-
     
     
      fer
      this
      benefit.
     
    

    
     
      It’s
      difficult
      to
      predict
     
     
      how
      well
      the
      stations
      will
     
     
      work
      in
      getting
      students
      out
     
     
      to
      vote.
      Although
      they
      may
     
     
      offer
      the
      convenience
      that
     
     
      many
      desire,
      the
      polls
      may
     
     
      not
      overcome
      the
      general
     
    
   
   
    
     
      apathy.
     
    

    
     
      Williams,
      for
      exam-
     
     
      ple,
      admits
      a
      indiffer-
     
     
      ence
      to
      the
      le
      affair.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “I’m
      just
      trying
      to
      -
     
     
      through
      my
      courses,”
      she
     
     
      says.
      “I
      just
      want
      to
      gradu-
     
     
      ate.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Students
      are
      reminded
     
     
      to
      bring
      their
      ID
      cards
      order
     
     
      to
      cast
      their
      ballots.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      CYNTHIA
      DENNIS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      be
      =
      coca
      Pi
     
     
      to
      in
      it
     
     
      last
      odncete
      during
      the
     
     
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
      annual
     
     
      general
      meeting
      may
      have
      no-
     
     
      ticed
      a
      variety
      of
      things
      going
     
     
      on.
     
    

    
     
      First
      of
      all,
      the
      whole
     
     
      meeting,
      equi
      with
      its
      of-
     
    

    
     
      0
     
     
      a
      high
      school
      pep
      rally,
      as
      om
     
     
      posed
      to
      a
      forum
      for
      discus-
     
     
      sion.
      A
      majority
      of
      the
     
     
      proximately
      125
      students
      in
     
     
      attendance
      were
      cither
      there
      to
     
     
      cheer
      on
      their
      friends
      or
      to
      boo
     
     
      their
      —
      Sone
      na
     
    

    
     
      to
      unch.
     
     
      ews
      Aiko
      teat
      the
      mixture
     
     
      of
      feelings
      that
      permeated
     
     
      throughout
      the
      crowd,
      there
     
     
      was
      an
      abundance
      of
     
     
      commen
      ae
      a
     
    

    
     
      atforms
      present
     
    

    
     
      Candidates.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      There
      were
      plenty
      of
     
     
      people
      actually
      running
      this
     
     
      ear,
      apparently
      more
      than
     
     
      lost,
      but
      everyone
      had
      basi-
     
     
      cally
      the
      same
      initiatives:
      in-
     
     
      creased
      communication
      be-
     
     
      pose
      Se
      ee
     
     
      students,
      decreasing
      costs
     
     
      in
      a
      number
      of
      areas.
     
    

    
     
      Numerous
      references
     
     
      were
      made
      to
      the
      still
      some-
     
     
      what
      ambiguous
      “tuition
     
     
      freeze,”
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      7
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Union
      general
      meeting:
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      breeding
      ground
      for
      controversy
     
    
   
   
    
     
      dates,
      LaurieBoswall
      and
     
     
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      in
      some
     
     
      cases,
      students
      witnessed
      can-
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      be
      able
      to
      fulfill
      his
      term
     
     
      should
      he
      be
      elected.
     
     
      Although
      Peppin
      at-
     
     
      tempted
      to
      respond
      to
      this
     
     
      question,
      the
      debate
      was
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      whe
     
     
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      the
      qualifications
      are
     
     
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