EDITORIAL 8: OP ,, N! I  
     
    
   
   
    
     Daniel Rodier. 
     
    
   
   
    
     RE: EaSier to board Scholarship student. Dedicated 
     
    
   
   
    
     the space Shume tobecommgamarine biologist. 
     
    
   
   
    
     By James Connolly 
     
     After Speaking with David 
     
     rannan about my last article,‘he 
     
     as quite upset about my treat- 
     
     ent of the Planetarium. Rightly 
     
     o. l was unfair, but I, (and 
     
     Men who have recently con- 
     
     dcled me), have no way of seeing 
     
     he shows put on by the Plane- 
     
     arium. Fortunately, I986 may be 
     
     he year of change. According to 
     
     runnan, the Planetarium may 
     
     tart public shows in very early 
     
     pring. , 
     
     Brannan has nothing but com- 
     
     liments for the Planetarium. I 
     
     an see why. On my brief half 
     
     our tour and interview, I saw 
     
     ome very impressive devices 
     
     hich as David Brannan says, 
     
     "make excellent teaching tools." 
     
     I e was a bit upset that the physics 
     
     ‘Iasses don’t make use of it. It 
     
     eally is a golden opportunity for 
     
    
   
   
    
     greater understanding. The shows 
     
     are entertaining and “you don‘t 
     
     need a physics degree to walk 
     
     through the door. I’m a business 
     
     student and I understand it." 
     
    

    
     Brannan claims part of the suc— 
     
     cess for the employees who “are 
     
     really interested. We get by on 
     
     what we have." The Planetarium 
     
     is successful. Aside from the 
     
     UPEI Bookstore, the Planetarium 
     
     brings more non-university people 
     
     on campus than anything else. 
     
     Part of it’s appeal might be that 
     
     it’s the only Planetarium east of 
     
     Montreal. 
     
    

    
     “It has lots of potential  lf 
     
     UPEI used it to its fullest poten- 
     
     tial it could do a lot more for 
     
     UPEI.” In Brannan’s opinion, 
     
     the Planetarium might attract 
     
     science students. After all, the 
     
     building is very modern looking. 
     
     Anyone seeing it is bound to think 
     
    
   
   
    
     of the UPEl science program as 
     
     being modern. 
     
    

    
     Brannan was also upset about 
     
     the teaching staff. “When the 
     
     Planetarium first opened. they 
     
     (the staff) came to see the shows. 
     
     None of the staff had ever used 
     
     the equipment before and the 
     
     whole thing turned out to be a 
     
     farce  But they never came 
     
     back  Nowwctmcalldone so 
     
     many shows. we can literally do 
     
     them with our eyes closed." It’s 
     
     so dark in the dome that open or 
     
     closed. his eyes cannot be too 
     
     much help. 
     
    

    
     Rumours around campus indi- 
     
     cate that the Planetarium might be 
     
     shut down. Why? Before anyone 
     
     makes such a decision, I think 
     
     they should visit the Planetarium, 
     
     talk to David Brannan, and per- 
     
     haps learn something new about 
     
     the sky. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Yes, he will. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Danny‘s a brilliant student. 
     
     There's no end to what he wants 
     
     to leam. Yet Danny's no henntt, 
     
     He really enjoys a good time. 
     
    

    
     One of the things Danny‘s 
     
     learned at university is how to 
     
     keep those good times good. 
     
     When he drinks, whether it‘s 
     
     beer. wine or spints. he knows 
     
     his limit and he respects it. 
     
    

    
     Another year or so. and 
     
     Danny will be working in a 
     
     field that's fascinated him all 
     
     his life. He wouldn't risk spoil- 
     
     ing the opportunity for 
     
     anything. 
     
    

    
     Yes. Danny is going to 
     
     make it. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Will he make it? 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     No, he won’t. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Danny's a brilliant student. 
     
     There‘s no end to what he wants 
     
     to learn. Yet Danny's no hemiit, 
     
     He really enjoys a good time. 
     
    

    
     That's the problem. It's 
     
     not that he sets out to drink too 
     
     much. but once Danny stans 
     
     he often forgets he has a limit, 
     
     and then it's too late, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Danny would be wise to 
     
     see a doctor. except he says it‘s 
     
     just a phase he‘s going through. 
     
     His work hasn't suffered yet. 
     
     But if Danny doesn‘t change. 
     
     it soon will. 
     
    

    
     And. no. Danny won't 
     
     make it. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     November as, 1985 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE NETTEI) GEM 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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