The
      Cadre
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      15
      September
      1998
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Opinion
      __17
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ee
     
     
      ———_—_—
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "The
      Cadre
      stresses
      that
      material
      printed
      inthe
      Opinions
      section
      represents
     
     
      the
      personal
      ideas
      and
      views
      of
      the
      writer
      and
      that
      this
      material
      not
      necessarily
     
     
      represent
      the
      opinions
      of
      the
      staff
      and
      volunteers.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Discuss:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      addition
      to
      the
      already
      painful
      lot
      of
      bills
      and
      debts
      that
      are
      being
      accrued
      by
      most
     
     
      students
      on
      campus,
      we
      find
      that
      the
      common
      textbook
      has
      risen
      to
      heights
      worthy
      of
      nosebleeds.
     
     
      These
      “Bundles
      Of
      Organized
      Knowledge”
      are
      becoming
      the
      bane
      of
      most
      students’
     
     
      academic
      existence.
      Beyond
      the
      typical
      budgets
      that
      students
      are
      forced
      to
      balance
      (encom-
     
     
      passing
      tuition,
      lodging,
      transportation
      and
      beyond),
      now
      we
      must
      allot
      a
      more-than-sizeable
     
     
      portion
      of
      cashflow
      to
      the
      bookstore.
      The
      dollar
      may
      see
      its
      value
      hanging
      around
      its
      ankles,
     
     
      but
      the
      fact
      remains
      that
      the
      prices
      of
      texts
      are
      rising
      at
      rates
      not
      concurrent
      to
      the
      economy.
     
     
      Somewhere
      along
      the
      line,
      publishing
      rer
      oe
      and
      the
      government
      joined
      forces
      to
      put
     
     
      a
      giant
      “kick
      me”
      sign
      on
      the
      collective
      backs
      of
      students.
      The
      tax
      on
      texts
      alone
      is
      enough
      to
     
     
      force
      an
      extra
      month
      of
      the
      Mr.Noodles
      diet.
     
     
      It’s
      ridiculous
      to
      believe
      that
      students
      are
      capable
      to
      afford
      these
      necessities
      on
      top
      of
     
     
      tuition
      that
      is
      showing
      no
      signs
      of
      lowering
      its
      mighty
      figure.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Cadre
      invites
      students
      to
      voice
      their
      opinions
      on
      the
      costs
      of
      stude
      d
      and
      other
     
     
      issues.
      Write
      letters
      to
      <newspaper@upei.ca>,
      or
      slip
      them
      into
      our
      mail
      slot
      ir
      Bldg,
      room
     
     
      06.
      Letters
      must
      not
      exceed
      400
      words
      in
      length.
      Any
      letters
      in
      excess
      will
      be
      trunc
      rs
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      slash
      ("\").
      Letters
      must
      include
      the
      writer's
      true
      name,
      though
      a
      pse
     
     
      Also,
      the
      writer's
      telephone
      number,
      E-mail
      address,
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Truer
      Than
      Fiction
     
    
   
   
    
     
      a
      formulaic
      tale
     
    
   
   
    
     
      igstvenn
      Gf
      the
      bitin:
      che
      crotied
      by
      tdgiog
      to
      a
      dey’
      dash,
      the
      hadnt
      surveyed
      ten
      sonm
      telly
     
     
      gnorant
      o
      c
      nudging
      into
      a
      stray
      the
      room
     
     
      ion
      oeateaatinebedes
      of
      row.
     
    

    
     
      it
      was
      inning
      o
      ew
      Soe
      Sa
      ,
      and
      the
      student
      was
      eager
      to
      make
      a
     
    

    
     
      im
      ion
      on
      her
      intellectual
      yet
      amicable
      professor.
      eeneleed
      casnt
      henivos
      tere
     
     
      intimidate
      her.
      She
      had
      Mead
      Five
      Star
      First
      Gear
      school
      supplies,
      and
      the
      finest
      Pilot
      pens
      money
      could
     
     
      buy.
      Nothing
      could
      go
      wrong.
     
    

    
     
      She
      had
      arrived
      early
      to
      find
      a
      good
      seat,
      and
      now
      busied
      herself
      with
      organizing
      the
      looseleaf
      in
     
     
      her
      clipboard.
      She
      doodled
      her
      initials
      on
      the
      upper
      right-hand
      corner
      of
      the
      sheet,
      then
      delicately
      scripted
     
     
      the
      course
      name
      and
      number.
      From
      her
      jaunty
      brief
      she
      removed
      the
      required
      textbooks
     
     
      for
      the
      class.
      They
      had
      set
      her
      back
      a
      substantial
      sum,
      but
      it
      was
      al
      “kha
      It
      was
      school,
      and
      the
     
     
      peripherals
      of
      the
      educational
      process
      made
      her
      giddy.
      She
      had
      told
      Mumsy
      and
      Papa
      that
      she
      wished
     
     
      Seen
      ecashe
      ikonamaciedietoeteoiad
      It
      was
      all
      too
      rich,
      she
      laughed.
      She
      felt
     
     
      dreadfully
      wicked
      for
      milking
      them
      ofall
      their
      superfluous
      funds,
      and
      laughed
      more.
      This
      student
      was
      there
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      see
      and
      to
      be
      seen.
      Little
      else
      mattered.
     
    

    
     
      O,
      the
      bustle
      of
      campus
      life!
      The
      horizons
      to
      investigate!
      The
      student
      was
      jolly
      with
      her
      choice
     
     
      of
      university.
      It
      was
      where
      all
      her
      closest
      fri
      had
      gone,
      and
      she
      just
      knew
      that
      they
      were
      bound
      to
     
     
      have
      adventure
      after
      adventure
      in
      her
      hot
      red
      Camaro,
      cruising
      down
      the
      A
      venue.
      University
      was
      the
      place
     
     
      for
      her,
      and
      she
      felt
      confident
      that
      she
      belonged
      there.
     
    

    
     
      Slowly,
      more
      individuals
      entered
      the
      room.
      They
      didn’t
      seem
      like
      her
      type
      of
      person.
      They
      spoke
     
     
      of
      issues
      that
      affected
      them
      rather
      than
      the
      with
      the
      swankiest
      slacks
      and
      trendiest
      t-shirts.
      She
     
     
      turned
      away
      in
      disgust,
      and
      focused
      on
      running
      her
      manicured
      hands
      her
      freshly
      fixed
      coif,
     
     
      ree
      ee
      ,
      or
      if
      she
      should
      call
      up
      Cubby
      on
      her
      cell
      phone.
     
    

    
     
      “Maybe
      I’!
      just,
      like,
      page
      him,”
      she
      thought.
     
    

    
     
      Soon,
      a
      pro
      looking
      woman
      entered.
      She
      passed
      about
      a
      syllabus,
      and
      dove
      into
      the
     
     
      subject.
      The
      student
      had
      a
      hard
      time
      paying
      attention.
      There
      was
      a
      weekend
      i
      ing,
      and
      although
     
     
      it
      was
      four
      days
      before
      Friday,
      a
      weekend
      was
      something
      fairly
      important.
      She
      had
      to
      consume
      as
      much
     
     
      fermentation
      as
      from
      then
      until
      ,
      because
      her
      roommates
      would
      be
      trying
      to
      sleep.
     
     
      “Like,
      I
      "tknow
      why
      they
      work
      two
      jobs
      anyway,
      y’know,”
      she
      mused
      quite
      frankly,
      pursing
     
    

    
     
      lips.
      “It’s
      not
      like
      there’s
      a
      sale
      at
      the
      Gap
      or
      anything.
      |
      mean,
      it’s
      tuition.
      No
      big
      .
     
     
      the
      tedious
      little
      things
      of
      that
      ilk
      that
      had
      danced
      into
      her
      mind
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      og
      Grab
      your
      muzzle
      UPEI,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      here
      comes
      the
     
     
      thought
      police
     
    
   
   
    
     
      BY
      BRODY
      MORRISON
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Love
      ‘em
      or
      hate
      ‘em,
     
     
      you
      are
      not
      allowed
      to
      listen
      to
     
     
      the
      Reform
      Party
      on
      campus.
     
     
      Do
      you
      want
      to
      expand
      your
     
     
      mind
      and
      hear
      what
      they
      have
     
     
      to
      say?
      Sorry--go
      somewhere
     
     
      else.
      Do
      _
      have
      a
      bone
      to
     
     
      pick
      with
      Reform
      policy?
      Keep
     
     
      it
      to
      yourself--you
      cannot
      de-
     
     
      bate
      it
      at
      a
      Reform
      campus
     
     
      event.
      When
      I
      first
      came
      to
     
     
      UPEL,
      I
      expected
      to
      hear
      dif-
     
     
      fering
      viewpoints
      that
      would
     
     
      expand
      my
      perspective
      of
      the
     
     
      world.
      So
      much
      for
      fostering
     
    

    
     
      mindedness:
      the
      univer-
     
     
      sity
      recently
      decided
      that
      an
     
     
      alternative
      side
      to
      Canadian
     
     
      politics
      is
      not
      welcome.
      You
     
     
      will
      not
      be
      allowed
      to
      hear
      the
     
     
      Reform
      Party
      viewpoint
      on
     
     
      your
      campus.
      The
      UPEI
      ad-
     
     
      ministration
      must
      believe
      you
     
     
      cannot
      think
      for
      yourself,
      that
     
     
      as
      soon
      as
      Reformers
     
     
      their
      mouths,
      you
      will
      be
      brain-
     
     
      washed.
      For
      much
      of
      the
      sum-
     
     
      mer,
      youre
      PEI
      Reformers
     
     
      have
      organizing
      an
      At-
     
     
      lantic
      Canada
      university
      tour
     
     
      for
      three
      of
      the
      youngest
      Mem-
     
     
      bers
      of
      Parliament--all
      of
     
     
      whom
      are
      Official
      ition
     
     
      critics.
      But
      when
      the
      Reform-
     
     
      ers
      tried
      to
      book
      the
     
     
      “Breezway”
      and
      the
      “Pit”
      to
     
     
      have
      an
      information
      and
      re-
     
     
      cruitment
      table,
      were
      shut
     
     
      out.
      The
      MP’s
      will
      not
      be
      al-
     
     
      lowed
      to
      ‘solicit’
      inthe
      Breeze-
     
     
      way
      or
      speak
      in
      the
      Pit
      (a
     
     
      public
      area),
      unless
      accompa-
     
     
      nied
      by
      another
      political
      party.
     
     
      UPEI
      is
      enacting
      a
      policy
      of
     
     
      “No
      solicitation
      on
      campus,”
      a
     
     
      lame
      excuse
      that
      will
      effec-
     
     
      tively
      ban
      a
      UPEI
      Youth
      Re-
     
     
      form
      club.
      The
      last
      time
      |
     
     
      checked,
      ‘solicitation’
      was
     
     
      more
      than
      welcome
      at
      UPEI.
     
     
      I
      havea
      VISA
      mug
      to
      prove
      it.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      also
      have
      a
      cool
      poster
      that
      I
     
     
      rchased
      in
      the
      Breezway
     
     
      t
      fall.
      According
      to
      our
      act-
     
    

    
     
      ing
      president,
      this
      past
     
     
      solicitation
      was
      done
      without
     
     
      his--or
      the
      administration’s--
     
    

    
     
      ission.
      Yet
      my
      first
      year
     
     
      at
      UPEI,
      the
      entire
      Breezway
     
     
      was
      filled
      with
      20"
      TV’s,
      Sony
     
     
      Playstations,
      free
      CD's,
      and
     
     
      various
      creditcard
      companies.
     
     
      They
      even
      made
      room
      outside
     
     
      the
      Breezway
      to
      accomodate
     
     
      the
      overflow.
      |
      would
      suggest
     
     
      to
      Dr.
      Lawrence
      Heider,
      our
     
     
      emepeeene
      ee
      office
     
     
      immediately
      send
      security
      to
     
     
      the
      Breezway:
      solicitors
      are
     
     
      attacking
      the
      minds
      and
      pocket
     
     
      books
      of
      your
      students.
      Dr.
     
     
      Heider,
      consider
      yourself
      in-
     
     
      formed.
      I
      will
      make
      sure
      you
     
     
      are
      informed
      of
      any
      further
     
     
      violations.
      No
      need
      to
      thank
     
     
      me.
      Inthe
      meantime,
      Reform
     
     
      Youth
      will
      not
      give
      up.
      The
     
     
      party’s
      main
      youth
      coordina-
     
     
      tor
      contacted
      the
      president
      a
     
     
      second
      time
      toask
      permission,
     
     
      or
      at
      least
      documented
      proof
     
     
      of
      this
      ‘anti-solicitation’
      policy.
     
     
      What
      did
      our
      President
      say?
      “I
     
     
      do
      not
      owe
      you
      a
      letter,
      or
      any
     
     
      further
      explanation.”
      Why
     
     
      would
      he
      not
      back
      up
      his
      policy
     
     
      with
      paper?
      |
      invite
      our
      acting
     
     
      president
      to
      send
      this
      policy
      to
     
     
      our
      student
      newspaper;
      at
      the
     
     
      very
      least,
      he
      should
      explain
      to
     
     
      you,
      the
      students
      of
      UPEI,
      why
     
     
      this
      university
      is
      discriminating
     
     
      according
      to
      political
      affilia-
     
     
      tion.
      |
      wonder
      what
      policy
      he
     
     
      will
      enforce
      next?
      Perhaps
      a
     
     
      5
      a
      code?
      Perhaps
      he
     
    

    
     
      Id
      refer
      to
      the
      Charter
      of
     
     
      Rights
      and
      Freedoms.
      The
     
     
      freedom
      of
      speech
      and
      asso-
     
     
      ciation
      is
      still
      there,
      ifhe
      would
     
     
      look.
      Tsk
      Tsk
      Tsk.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      beat
      of
      “Ghetto
      Superstar,”
      and
      let
      her
      big
      eyes
      glaze
      over.
      It
      was
      ber,
      and
      that
      meant
      that
      she
     
     
      Soceweniadlaen
      finding
      feed
      herself,
      own
      iyi
      2
      aeainneeaiatoe
     
     
      inconveniences
      o
      ing
      ways
      to
      ,
      of
      paying
      for
      i
      i
      i
      trying
     
     
      to
      keep
      the
      roof
      over
      her
      head
      for
      the
      wintering
      months.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      student
      an
      ec
      filing
      out
      of
      the
      room.
      a
      ee
      She
     
     
      followed
      them
      out,
      hopi
      nobody
      inged
      her
      car
      so
      close
      to
      the
      buildin
      went
      home
     
     
      Ceteaniaaee
      Sar
      ue
      .
     
    

    
     
      And
      she
      lived
      ignorantly
      ever
      after.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      GIVE
      SOMEONE
     
     
      A
      SECOND
      CHANCE.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Discuss
      organ
      donation
      with
      your
      family.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      OF
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