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      UPEI
      News
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Quiet
      general
     
     
      meeting
      in
      Pit
     
    
   
   
    
     
      *Continued
      from
      page
      3
     
     
      “we
      don’t
      give
      a
      [crap]!”
     
    

    
     
      “We
      work
      for
      you,”
      Tran
     
     
      later
      asserted,
      and
      entreated
     
     
      the
      crowd
      to
      make
      sugges-
     
     
      tions
      and
      participate
      in
      discus-
     
     
      sions
      surrounding
      Council
      and
     
     
      its
      sub-organizations.
     
    

    
     
      In
      addition,
      candidates
     
     
      for
      the
      upcoming
      SU
      election
     
     
      were
      given
      the
      chance
      to
      speak
     
     
      to
      the
      crowd.
     
    

    
     
      Not
      all
      of
      the
      nominees
     
     
      were
      present,
      and
      not
      all
      who
     
     
      attended
      spoke.
      When
     
     
      prompted
      by
      Tran,
      scattered
     
     
      applause
      by
      the
      crowd
      fol-
     
     
      lowed
      each
      speech
      and
      intro-
     
     
      duction.
     
    

    
     
      Although
      seven
      people
     
     
      are
      running
      for
      the
      two
      vacant
     
     
      science
      representative
      posi-
     
     
      tions
      on
      Council,
      only
      three
     
     
      candidates
      took
      a
      turn
      at
      the
     
     
      microphone.
      Lara
      Yammine,
     
     
      Tim
      Haines,
      and
      Alan
     
     
      McAlduff
      all
      expressed
      their
     
     
      willingness
      to
      take
      onthe
      posi-
     
     
      tion,
      and
      indicated
      their
      affec-
     
     
      tion
      for
      UPEI.
     
    

    
     
      The
      lone
      Senate
      com-
     
     
      mitteenominee,
      Patrick
      Young,
     
     
      urged
      the
      students
      present
      to
     
     
      vote.
      Voter
      turn-out
      in
      SU
      elec-
     
     
      tions
      is
      consistently
      low,
      hov-
     
     
      ering
      around
      ten
      to
      fifteen
      per-
     
     
      cent.
     
    

    
     
      Other
      candidates
      indi-
     
     
      cated
      their
      desire
      to
      partici-
     
     
      pate
      in
      the
      university
      commu-
     
     
      nity,
      ratherthan
      simplyto
      com-
     
     
      plain
      and
      to
      remain
      inactive.
     
     
      Information,
      or
      lack
      thereof,
     
     
      was
      also
      a
      theme
      in
      the
     
     
      speeches
      of
      Jason
      Gourley,
     
     
      Board
      of
      Governor’s
      repre-
     
     
      sentative
      nominee,
      and
      Chris
     
     
      Gaudette,
      arts
      representative
     
     
      nominee.
     
    

    
     
      After
      the
      speeches,
     
     
      Gaudette
      seemed
      particularly
     
     
      vehement
      on
      the
      need
      for
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      to
      be
      informed.
      He
      has
     
     
      several
      strategies
      in
      mind
      for
     
     
      this
      aim,
      including
      classroom
     
     
      speaking,
      posters,
      the
      SU
      no-
     
     
      tice
      board,
      the
      media,
      and
      oth-
     
     
      ers.
     
    

    
     
      Gaudette
      also
      spoke
     
     
      about
      the
      reasons
      for
      students’
     
     
      lack
      of
      knowledge
      around
      rel-
     
     
      evant
      issues.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Some
      students
      simply
      do
     
     
      not
      want
      to
      be
      educated
      about
     
     
      SU
      activities
      and
      concerns,
      he
     
     
      felt.
      He
      added
      that
      often
      those
     
     
      who
      have
      knowledge
      constrict
     
     
      the
      flow
      of
      information.
     
    

    
     
      “The
      Union
      is
      more
      im-
     
     
      portant
      than
      Council,”
      sums
     
     
      up
      Gaudette’s
      position.
      Every
     
     
      full
      time
      student
      at
      UPEI
      is
      a
     
     
      member
      of
      the
      Union,
      whereas
     
     
      Council
      is
      a
      collective
      of
      this
     
     
      body’s
      elected
      representives.
     
    

    
     
      Aside
      from
      the
      candi-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      dates’
      speeches,
      the
      General
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Meeting
      also
      heard
      brief
      re-
     
     
      ports
      given
      by
      each
      member
     
     
      of
      the
      Executive.
      Each
      gave
      a
     
     
      general
      orientation
      to
      her
      or
     
     
      his
      position,
      selected
      work
      sum-
     
     
      maries,
      and
      some
      plans
      forthe
     
    
   
   
    
     
      future.
      Vice-President.
      Fi-.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      nance
      Stephen
      Lewis
      deliv-
     
     
      ered
      the
      report
      of
      Vice-Presi-
     
     
      dent
      Operations
      Tyler
      Dougan,
     
     
      who
      was
      writing
      an
      exam.
     
     
      Announcements
      were
     
     
      also
      made
      about
      an
      upcoming
     
     
      alternative
      calendar
      survey,
      a
     
     
      planned
      Battle
      of
      the
      Bands,
     
     
      and
      the
      Halloween
      Pub.
      A
     
    
   
   
    
     
      wn
     
    
   
   
    
     
      brief
      sketch
      was
      given
      about
      ’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      progress
      of
      the
      Student
     
     
      Union
      Building
      project
      (SUB
     
     
      2000).
     
    

    
     
      After
      the
      general
      meet-
     
     
      ing,
      Vice-President
      External
     
     
      Stephen
      Hann
      commented
      on
     
     
      an
      engagement
      with
      the
      Pro-
     
     
      vincial
      Minister
      of
      Education,
     
     
      Chester
      Gillan.
      SU
      President
     
     
      Matt
      Grey
      and
      Stephen
      Lewis
     
     
      were
      also
      presentat
      this
      event.
     
    

    
     
      Some
      of
      the
      topics
      dis-
     
     
      cussed
      with
      Gillan
      were
      the
     
     
      cost
      of
      textbooks
      and
      tuition
     
     
      fees.
      Although
      the
      SU
      Execu-
     
     
      tives
      asserted
      that
      they
      did
      not
     
     
      want
      to
      see
      a
      rise
      in
      tuition,
     
     
      they
      did
      not
      ask
      for
      a
      tuition
     
     
      freeze.
      No
      cuts
      to
      the
      univer-
     
     
      sity
      budget
      are
      expected
      next
     
     
      year,
      so
      the
      Union
      representa-
     
     
      tives
      felt
      a
      freeze
      request
     
     
      would
      be
      unnecessary.
     
    

    
     
      The
      SU
      general
      meeting
     
     
      began
      shortly
      after
      12:30
      and
     
     
      lasted
      roughly
      half
      an
      hour.
      It
     
     
      adjourned
      with
      little
      fanfare
     
     
      and
      with
      little
      disruption
      in
      Pit
     
     
      activities.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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