I think, Therefore ... I think 
     
    
   
   
    
     Letter to the Editor 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     In response to this week’s let- 
     
     ter to the editor by Kathy Stuart. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Dear Editor: 
     
    
   
   
    
     I find it incredible that the 
     
     student newpaper has to plead 
     
     for submissions. Surely all 2350 
     
     full time and 872 part time stu- 
     
     dent write something for some- 
     
     body somewhere, everyday. Is 
     
     all this activity taking place in a 
     
     mindless vacuum? 
     
    
   
   
    
     The gem offers a medium for 
     
    
   
   
    
     communication. It should reflect 
     
     a wider range of concerns. It it 
     
     doesn’t, it’s not the fault of the 
     
     small group of people who keep 
     
     it going. They desperately need 
     
     eveyone’s participation. 
     
    

    
     Even if only one in ten of the 
     
     student body wrote or did some- 
     
     thing for the gem once a year we’d 
     
     have 322.2 submissions. Don’t 
     
     tell me there’s nothing to say 
     
     worth reading... 
     
    

    
     Respectfully yours 
     
    
   
   
    
     Kathy Stuart 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Bravo! Well said! 
     
    
   
   
    
     It is people like you that take 
     
     the time to respond, comment 
     
     and submit something that keep 
     
     the Gem going. If only one out 
     
     of 20 people submitted something 
     
     to the Gem each week, we could 
     
     go from a 16 page issue to a 36 
     
     page issue weekly! Only about an 
     
     hour of your time would make an 
     
     incredible difference. If you don’t 
     
     know a lot of people on campus, 
     
     or are not known by a lot of peo- 
     
     ple submit to the Gem you will 
     
     become known! 
     
    
   
   
    
     Those of you who pick up the 
     
     Gem and say “This is garbage, 
     
    
   
   
    
     there is nothing in here worth 
     
     reading”, you are actually critciz- 
     
     ing yourself, if you are not sub- 
     
     mitting! The Gem is the voice of 
     
     the Students of UPEI. However, 
     
     itcannotrely 4or5 students to 
     
    
   
   
    
     act as this voice. Everybody on 
     
     campus has a right to say some- 
     
     thing the Gem (providing it 
     
     complies with our policy). 
     
    

    
     All you have to do is take 
     
     an hour a week, and write about 
     
     what conerns you. [If it is im- 
     
     portant to you, there is probably 
     
     someone else out there who would 
     
     be interested in reading it and re- 
     
     sponding. 
     
    
   
   
    
     QNVERSITY Op 
     
    
   
   
    
     Editor-in-Chief: Terri Lyn Hall 
     
    

    
     Production Editor: Gerard Gauthier (interim) 
     
     Photographer: Heather Morrison 
     
    

    
     Circulation Manager: TBA 
     
    

    
     Advertising Manager: Jim MacGrath 
     
     Typesetter: Simon Berge 
     
    

    
     Technical Advisor: Dave MacKinnon 
     
    
   
   
    
     We reserve the right to edit submissions due to space or taste limita- 
     
    
   
   
    
     tions. 
     
     We reserve the right not to print submissions that are sub- 
     
    
   
   
    
     mitted after Monday at 3:00pm. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Thank you Mike Reed for supplying 
     
    
   
   
    
     accomodations for one of our delegates 
     
    
   
   
    
     during the ARCUP Conference on 
     
    
   
   
    
     October 6,7, and 8 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Thank you Garden Province Motel 
     
    
   
   
    
     on University Avenue 
     
    
   
   
    
     for your lovely accomodations during 
     
    
   
   
    
     the ARCUP conference at UPEI 
     
    
   
   
    
     on Otober 6,7, and 8 
     
    
   
   
    
     Editor and staff of the Gem 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     == Thursday, October 12 , 1989 
     
    
   
   
    
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