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     the real thing! mitted after Monday at 3:00pm. 
     
     So you want some articles from UPEI students... Well, I’m a Dens Welitor 
     
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     student of our prestigeous little university and I’d like to say a 
     
     few things about a topic which is felt but seldom discussed openly. 
     
     Hopefully my opinions won’t offend anyone, but perhaps they will 
     
     stir up some discussion. 
     
    
     Here’s the beef. As a UPEI student with friends at the Vet 
     
     College I see two sides of a situation. The situation is animosity 
     
     between UPEI students and vet students. Has anyone else noticed 
     
     any tensions in this particular area? Have you maybe, noticed it 
     
     from your professors. 
     
    
     This letter concerns a column you ran last week called Celebrity 
     
     Corner. That was the best column in the Gem in years. The con- 
     
     cept of profiling athletes is a very good one. Please keep this col- 
     
     umn going. Since there are so many athletes, why not profile two 
     
     each week. Tell Winston Duncan to keep up the good work. 
     
    
     Signed Second Floor Bernardine. 
     
    
     Dear Editor, 
     
    
     In short reply to Ian Mollison. 
     
    
     The September issue of Harrowsmith has a good article on the 
     
     plans for Nato low level training in Labrador —- Quebec. Anyone in- 
     
     terested should read this and decide for themselves what the facts 
     
    
     I can provide examples of these feelings from both sides of the 
     
     fence. On the one hand we have the vet students who may possess 
     
     certain negative attitudes towards us. Why? Well here is one exam- 
     
     ple that may start to explain it. As you may be aware some classes 
     
    
     are held in the AVC lecture theatres for UPEI students. When this are. 
     
     first began the lecture theatres were quite new, very clean and free Tony Redds. : Anyone can contribute to The GEM. Submis- 
     
     of grafitti. Now if you go into these tops have been scribbled upon. sions can be dropped off at the Barn, sent through 
     
    
     VAX MAIL to GEM, or stuck on our door down 
     
     in the basement of the Main building (B06). Our 
     
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     sions or through VAX mail. For legal reasons, all 
     
     submissions must include the author’s name and 
     
     phone number. However, names will be withheld 
     
     from publication on request. 
     
    
     I know you are going to say “How do you know it wasn’t a vet 
     
     student?” If you are friends with anyone from the college you will 
     
     know the answer to this for yourself. They are proud of their facil- 
     
     ity. Sometimes they feel we do not treat the College facilities with 
     
     enough respect. 
     
    
     Now for another side to the story. What about how the UPEI 
     
     students feel about the bet students.Once again, here is an exam- 
     
     ple to demonstrate my point. Certain students at out university 
     
     feel that the bet students think they are too good to be associated The GEM is published by the University of 
     
     with us. This may be due to the fact that: Prince Edward Island Student Union. Views ex- 
     
     pressed are not necessarily those of the GEM staff, 
     
     the UPEI Student Union, or of anyone in particu- 
     
     lar. 
     
    
     1) They do not want Atlantic Veterinary College to be consid- 
     
     ered part of UPEI. 
     
    
     2) They do not want to be part of the UPEI graduation ser- 
     
     vices. They would prefer to have their own private graduation. cC 
     
    
     I realize that there are very valid reasons for both these things. 
     
    
     I am not going to say what they are since I believe it would be best 
     
     for someone from the college to try and explain this. 
     
    
     UPEI is in a unique position. It is a university that is com- 
     
     prised of mainly undergrad. Maybe the tension arises since we are 
     
     not used to dealing with grad students or professional students. 
     
    
     What about UPEI student who are now members of the bet 
     
     college? Did they notice any of this before or after going, there? 
     
    
     I would really like to hear from any UPEI or vet students who 
     
     have a reaction to what I have just said. I am not pointing fingers 
     
    
     or making judgments. I am simply pointing out a situation I have / 
     
     noticed. So, lets hear some response! IF YOU FIND MISTAKES 
     
    
     It is my hope that by bringing this topic up for discussion we in this publication, please, consider that they are 
     
     can hear both sides fairly and dispel any negative feelings between there for a purpose. We publish something for 
     
     either side. everyone, and some people are always looking 
     
    
     Loo for mistakes. 
     
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