PROFESSORS STUCK 
     
    
   
   
    
     IN BROOM 
     
    
   
   
    
     HALIFAX 
     
    

    
     (CUP) -— Professors work 
     
     out of broom closets and at 
     
     least two psychologists have 
     
     turned down positions at 
     
     Mount Saint Vincent Uni- 
     
     versity because of a short- 
     
     age of space. 
     
    
   
   
    
     *(Last) January I was 
     
     temporarily moved into the 
     
     sinkroom of one of the psy- 
     
     chology labs,” said pyschol- 
     
     ogy professor Barbara Hod- 
     
     kin. ~Fortunately I don’t 
     
     require much room but the 
     
     space was so tight that my 
     
     assistant and I couldn't sit 
     
     down at the same time.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     Hodkin said the lack of 
     
     room is costing the uni- 
     
     versity — two psychologists 
     
     have refused offers of em- 
     
     ployment because adequate 
     
     research facilities are un- 
     
     available. She said exter- 
     
     nal funding will be harder 
     
     to come by as a result. 
     
    
   
   
    
     We are a good depart- 
     
     ment. We aren't simply 
     
     researchers, we are good 
     
     teachers. Unfortunately, 
     
     we are not attracting the 
     
     colleagues we deserve,” said 
     
     Hodkin. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CLOSETS 
     
    
   
   
    
     Hodkin was awarded a 
     
     Natu- 
     
     ral Science-Engineering Re- 
     
     search Council (NSERC) 
     
     grant last year, but was 
     
     without lab space for five 
     
     months. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ”Space is scarce every- 
     
     where at the university — 
     
    
   
   
    
     we have professors working 
     
     in converted broom clos- 
     
     ets,” said Ann Eade, assis- 
     
     tant to the director of Uui- 
     
     versity Services. 
     
    

    
     In August, univecsity 
     
     administrators moved two 
     
     departments to an on- cam- 
     
     pus residence to relieve 
     
     overcrowding. But tables 
     
     and telephones have yet to 
     
     be installed. 
     
    
   
   
    
     “What disturbs me is 
     
     that I have a_ professor 
     
     teaching a double overload 
     
     and I can’t even supply 
     
     him with a proper desk 
     
     or shelves so he can un- 
     
     pack his books,” said Judy 
     
     Scrimger, chair of the Pub- 
     
     lic Relations Department. 
     
    

    
     The university is con- 
     
     structing a new office build- 
     
     ing which should be com- 
     
     pleted in two years. = 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     MEANWHILE, SOMEWHERE OUT THERE 
     
     A CRIME 1S BEING COMMITTED... 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Heralding 
     
     Debaters! 
     
    
   
   
    
     Every Wednesday after- 
     
     noon at 12:30pm we _ hold 
     
     the meeting of the UPEI de- 
     
     bating society. Along with 
     
     impromptu debates (meaning 
     
     you don’t have to prepare for 
     
     them in advance!) we discuss 
     
     the upcoming Holland Col- 
     
     lege vs. UPEI debate and the 
     
     trip to the National Debating 
     
     Competition this November. 
     
    

    
     In a recent debate, the 
     
     resolution was that “Time is 
     
     against us.” Both teams 
     
     made admirable attempts to 
     
     prove their points, but the op- 
     
     position to the bill managed 
     
     to sway the judges into believ- 
     
     ing that time is not against us. 
     
    

    
     It’s very important for in- 
     
     terested people to know that 
     
     our debating society meets 
     
     once a week for an hour - and 
     
     there’s no preparation before 
     
     the meeting. If you only have 
     
     an hour to get involved with 
     
     some activity on campus - 
     
     spend your time well. Prac- 
     
     tise logic, wit, and true BS- 
     
     ing. Become’a member of the 
     
     UPEI debate society. 
     
    
   
   
    
     -CLIO’S FIRST WEEK| 
     
    
   
   
    
     by Malcolm Gorrill 
     
    
   
   
    
     This poem concerns the further adventures of Clio, 
     
     The Freshmen at U.P.E.L., 
     
    
   
   
    
     Who during his first week underwent’ so many adjust- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ments, 
     
    
   
   
    
     That he was almost ready to cry. 
     
    
   
   
    
     He quickly found.out what it is like to sit through a lecture, 
     
     With a teacher who does not take any sass; 
     
    

    
     And then he learned the very painful lesson, 
     
    

    
     Of what it is like to sit through the wrong class! 
     
    
   
   
    
     Clio soon learned to decipher the university code, 
     
     Like semester, course, and major; 
     
     And began to think like his new classmates, 
     
    
   
   
    
     That his chance of passing wasn’t worth a wager! 
     
    
   
   
    
     Clio had to learn how much books really cost, 
     
     And what it is like to live off of fast food; 
     
    
   
   
    
     And he began to wonder whether modern education was 
     
    
   
   
    
     a marvel, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Or was really rather crude. 
     
    

    
     But through it all Clio persevered, 
     
    

    
     And began to attend his courses, 
     
    

    
     And in so doing he successfully completed 
     
     Another stage in his educational metamorphosis.