Ever so slightly- Thursday, January129.198i, page 4? 
     
    
   
   
    
     After twelve years of 
     
     grade school A twelve 
     
     years of classes every- 
     
     day from nine to three, 
     
     twelve years of develop- 
     
     ing a way of life suited . 
     
     to this planned program 
     
     the high school graduate 
     
     student is suddenly faced 
     
     with the idea of choosing' 
     
     a path for the future and 
     
     all of a sudden grade school 
     
     seems miles away — as does 
     
     the security that went 
     
     with it. In our society 
     
     it is almost a foregone 
     
     conclusion that the high 
     
     school graduate is going 
     
     .to go on to prepare him/ 
     
     herself for some station 
     
     in life and depending on 
     
     what the individual wants 
     
     to do there are many 
     
     options open — the least 
     
     not of which to be given 
     
     some thought is University. 
     
    

    
     Islanders have an advan- 
     
     tage over many others 
     
     because there is a univer— 
     
     sity located within every- 
     
     one's reach and city kids, 
     
     or Towny's, as they are 
     
     sometimes called by ‘ 
     
     residence students, have 
     
    

    
     ‘ the distinct advantage of 
     
     being able to live at home 
     
    
   
   
    
     igerds of 
     
      
     
    
   
   
    
     -Life at UPEI is what ygg 
     
     make of it, so get busy, 
     
     get involved, and have a 
     
     good time. - 
     
    
   
   
    
     —You don't have to buy 
     
     those costly brand new 
     
     textbooks...there are 
     
     plenty of places to get 
     
     perfectly'good ones second 
     
     hand .. check the various 
     
     bulletin boards and ask 
     
     around. “ 
     
    
   
   
    
     -Professors say that good, 
     
     reading and writing skills 
     
     are essential whatever 
     
     your field...so work at 
     
     them. 
     
    
   
   
    
     -Find out how to use the 
     
     library properly...it's a 
     
     valuable resource. 
     
    
   
   
    
     -Properly budget your 
     
     spare time.. it's all 
     
     in your own hands so 
     
     don't waste it. 
     
    
   
   
    
     -Get advice on planning 
     
     your courses..you shouldn't 
     
     have more then 3 consecu- 
     
     tive classes because you 
     
     will tend to lose your 
     
     concentration at this 
     
     point. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Introduction 
     
    
   
   
    
     and commute daily by foot. 
     
     thumb, or car to classes 
     
     and social events. They 
     
     have the best of both worlds, 
     
     so to speak; because they 
     
     don't have to cope with 
     
     vhigh residence-and food 
     
     costs and transportation‘ 
     
     problems and they are free 
     
     to participate in as muCh 
     
     or as little of the campus 
     
     social scene as they wish. 
     
     The problem however, with 
     
     many commuting students is 
     
     that they don't make the 
     
     effort to get involved. 
     
    

    
     It is up to the individual 
     
     to do it- to take the 
     
    

    
     first step — there are all 
     
     kinds of directions to take. 
     
     There is the campus stud— 
     
     ent union, the campus news— 
     
     paper, countless numbers of 
     
     student clubs and organ- 
     
     izations, not to mention 
     
     the carnival, the October- 
     
     fest, the "Pigs" the pubs, 
     
     the intramural programs, 
     
     and interscholastic prog- 
     
     rams etc. etc. 
     
    

    
     ‘ There is something for 
     
     everyone's tastes and time— 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     YOU. ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     —The Student Services Depe 
     
     artment can help you more 
     
     than you know. . 
     
    
   
   
    
     -Get to know your professe 
     
     ors..they really do care a 
     
     and are willing to help. 
     
    
   
   
    
     -Pass your assignments in 
     
     on time...final exams are 
     
     bad enough without having 
     
     a couple of papers hang- 
     
     ing over your head.~ 
     
    
   
   
    
     -The library has a comput- 
     
     er that doesn't forget 
     
     about your overdue books.. 
     
     so get them back on time. 
     
    
   
   
    
     tables. And, as fresh- 
     
     man are quick to discover, 
     
     the university timetable 
     
     is not nearly as rigid as 
     
     the one in highschool.j 
     
     University students have 
     
     a lot of "free time? in 
     
     that they don't go to . 
     
     classes nearly as much as 
     
     grade school students but 
     
     perhapS'the hardest thing 
     
     to do is to budget that’ 
     
     time wisely. There is a 
     
     lot of free time because 
     
     there is a lot more Work 
     
     and if it's wasted all 
     
     you end up with is a lot 
     
     of work and no time.‘ . 
     
     Budget carefully and.study- 
     
     ing and socializing both‘ 
     
     have a place. 
     
     The thing to get straight 
     
     from day one is your pur- 
     
     _ pose for going to univer— 
     
     sity: is it strictly for 
     
     a good time or for a good 
     
     eduCation too. What- 
     
     ever you decide is going 
     
     to determine what you get 
     
     out of it so if you are 
     
     willing to invest your' 
     
     valuable time and money 
     
     -make sure you take advan- 
     
     tage of all it has to;; 
     
     offer — you may never!» 
     
     get anOther ' ;chances~~¥i_1§ " 
     
     it again.¢’ ’7"“” 
     
    
   
   
    
     Student 
     
     +Services 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Department of Student 
     
     Services is that segment 
     
     of the University which is 
     
     primarily concerned on a 
     
     day to day basis with 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     V student life and learning 
     
    
   
   
    
     opportunities'outside_the' 
     
    

    
     classroom.. . 
     
     Student Services is loc- 
     
    

    
     ated on the first floor of' 
     
     Main Building. You may‘ 
     
     call or drop in for the 
     
     following reasons: 
     
    

    
     -Career planning ‘ 
     
    

    
     -Course selection 
     
    

    
     -Study habits development 
     
     -Personal problem 
     
     Vassistance _ 
     
     -UniVersity orientation 
     
    

    
     ~-Career information 
     
     -Scholarship and financial 
     
     aid information ' 
     
     —Reading training ~ 
     
     —Placement‘service 
     
     -Health services, . 
     
     ~0ff-campus housing 
     
     -On-campus“hOusing 
     
     -Residence supervision~ 
     
     -Testing ‘ 
     
    

    
     V -Over-seas students 
     
     organizations 
     
    

    
     -Services of worship 
     
     -Ecumenical programs 
     
     -UPEI Day Care Center 
     
     -Writing lab ’ ., ‘ 
     
     -Public'speaking coursepq