“You
      can
      write
      that
      it
      was
      an
     
    
   
   
    
     
      expression
      of
      anger
      (cough)
      anger
     
     
      (cough).”
     
    

    
     
      This
      is
      how
      Bob.
      Best
     
     
      describes
      his
      recent
      turn
      last
      week
      as
     
     
      The
      Cadres
      “cover
      boy.”
      He
      was
     
     
      ~
      “captured”
      by
      staff
      photographer
     
     
      Jonah
      Campbell
      in
      his
      black-suited,
     
     
      casket-pounding
      role
      during
      the
     
     
      Student
      Union’s
      Halloween
      funeral
     
     
      procession
      for
      affordable
      post-second-
     
     
      ary
      education.
     
    

    
     
      When
      Campbell,
      a
      friend-of-
     
     
      a-friend,
      asked
      him
      for
      that
      “sponta-
     
     
      neous”
      moment,
      the
      second
      year
     
     
      Science
      Rep.
      said,
      “I’ll
      do
      it
      for
      you,
     
     
      Jonah.”
     
    

    
     
      “Caolan
      Moore
      (the
      Vice-
     
     
      President
      of
      Campaigns
      and
     
     
      Communications)
      did
      a
      really
      good
     
     
      job
      putting
      that
      together,”
      Best
      added,
     
     
      describing
      that,
      “there
      was
      all
      kinds
      of
     
     
      coverage
      for
      that.”
      Along
      with
      the
     
     
      presence
      of
      Live
      At
      5,
      Compass,
      and
     
     
      The
      Guardian,
      he
      does
      remember
      the
     
     
      French
      CBC
      cameraman
      filming
      his
     
     
      solemnly
      clasped
      hands
      and
      doing
      “an
     
     
      extreme
      closeup”
      of
      the
      head
      belong-
     
     
      ing
      to
      Jeff
      Clow,
      another
      science
      rep.
     
    

    
     
      I’ve
      caught
      up
      with
      a
      busy
     
     
      Best
      in
      the
      swank
      K.C.
      Irving
      lobby.
     
     
      We
      settle
      into
      plush
      leather
      chairs,
     
     
      nibble
      on
      my
      recent
      purchase
      of
     
     
      chocolate
      walnut
      fudge,
      and
      note
      the
     
     
      absence
      of
      The
      Cadre
      from
      the
      student
     
     
      area
      tables
      (grumbles
      from
      my
      cor-
     
     
      ner).
     
    

    
     
      Best
      has
      “two
      reasons
      ...
      well,
     
     
      three”
      for
      attending
      UPEI,
      citing
      its
     
     
      proximity
      to
      home,
      the
      fact
      that
      “it’s
      a
     
     
      lot
      cheaper
      than
      going
      away,”
      and
      the
     
     
      quality
      education
      that
      he
      believes
      he
      is
     
     
      receiving
      in
      the
      process.
      He
      intends
      to
     
     
      apply
      to
      Dalhousie
      for
      medical
      school
     
     
      eventually,
      attributing
      his
      interest
      in
     
     
      the
      medical
      profession
      to
      lots
      of
     
     
      money,
      and
      it’s
      interesting.
      “I
      like
      that
     
     
      kind
      of
      thing.”
      He
      added
      that,
      while
      he
     
     
      reads
      a
      lot,
      “I’m
      not
      a
      fan
      of
      writing,
     
     
      and
      I
      don’t
      like
      math.”
     
    

    
     
      Anticipating
      this
      career
      goal,
     
     
      Best
      also
      informed
      me
      that
      he
      is
      a
      vol-
     
     
      unteer
      at
      the
      Emergency
      Room
      of
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      As
      Is
     
     
      Featuring
      Bob
      Best
     
     
      by
      Erin
      FAGAN
     
    
   
   
    
     
      pes
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Just
      to
      help
      you
      remember.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Queen
      Elizabeth
      Hospital.
      He
      also
     
     
      plays
      French
      Horn
      with
      the
      UPEI
     
     
      Wind
      Ensemble
      and
      as
      a
      volunteer
     
     
      musician
      for
      a
      quintet
      class
      in
      the
     
     
      Music
      Department.
      In
      fact,
      he
      asks
      me
     
     
      to
      include
      the
      date
      for
      the
      Wind
     
     
      Ensemble’s
      next
      concert:
      the
      18th
      of
     
     
      November,
      at
      the
      Steele
      Music
      Hall.
     
    

    
     
      “It
      1s
      important
      to
      be
     
     
      involved,”
      he
      advocated,
      explaining
     
     
      his
      own
      involvement
      in
      extracurricu-
     
     
      lar
      activities.
      “It
      makes
      your
      universi-
     
     
      ty
      experience
      that
      much
      better.”
     
    

    
     
      As
      far
      as
      UPEI
      is
      concerned,
     
     
      Best
      has
      several
      ideas
      for
      improve-
     
     
      ment.
     
    

    
     
      “T
      think,
      in
      general,
      we
      could
     
     
      use
      a
      lot
      more
      school
      spirit,”
      he
      said,
     
     
      citing
      the
      relatively
      low
      attendance
      at
     
     
      sports
      events.
     
    

    
     
      “I
      think
      it’s
      getting
      better
      ...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      union
      is
      doing
      a
      whole
      lot.
      I
      think
     
     
      it’s
      a
      turn-around
      type
      of
      year.”
      Best
     
     
      remarked
      that
      the
      new
      Student
      Centre,
     
     
      when
      finished,
      would
      be
      a
      boost,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      describing
      it
      as
      “a
      really
      nice
      student-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      type.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “There
      is
      no
      real
      central
      stu-.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      dent
      place
      ...
      there’s
      the
      Pit,
      but
      it
      can
     
     
      only
      hold
      so
      many
      people,
      and
      the
     
     
      lounges.”
     
    

    
     
      “It’s
      hard
      at
      a
      commuter-based
     
     
      school
      like
      this,
      its
      hard
      to
      kind
      of
     
     
      keep
      that
      community
      going.”
     
    

    
     
      Incidentally,
      Best
      described
     
     
      himself
      as
      having
      been
      a
      “big
      fan
      of
     
     
      campus
      radio.”
     
    

    
     
      “It’s
      going
      to
      cost
      a
      whole
      lot
     
     
      of
      money,”
      he
      added,
      describing
      his
     
     
      role
      as
      a
      volunteer
      last
      year
      with
     
     
      CIMN:
      “...mostly
      just
      us
      talking
      to
      no
     
     
      one.”
      Best
      seems
      to
      have
      a
      certain
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      of
      hope
      in
      eventually
      resusci-
     
     
      tating
      campus
      radio.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “Aside
      from
      that,
      there’s
     
    
   
   
    
     
      posters
      and
      that’s
      about
      it,”
      Best
      noted
     
    
   
   
    
     
      on
      the
      issues
      of
      on-campus
      communi-
     
     
      cation.
      He
      did
      remark,
      however,
      that
     
     
      The
      Cadre
      has,
      in
      his
      mind,
      improved:
     
     
      “It’s
      thicker
      ...
      it’s
      got
      meat
      in
      it.”