doing,
      but
      alas
      [have
      achieved
      very
      little.
      One
      last
     
     
      _
      idea
      with
      respect
      to
      the
      feminist
      faction
      on
      campus:
     
    

    
     
      _
      “Ifyou
      make
      a
      stand
      in
      the
      middle
      of
      the
      road,
      you
     
     
      _
      may
      getrun
      over.’
      PLEASE
      make
      us
      aware
      of
      your
     
     
      _
      views
      instead
      of
      trying
      to
      oppress
      everyone
      else’s.
     
    

    
     
      _
      Oh,
      and
      I
      would
      like
      to
      thank
      Cory
      Large
      for
      his
     
    

    
     
      _
      assistance,
      I
      was
      very
      thankful
      for
      support,
      even
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      though
      I
      wasn’t
      represented
      in
      last
      week’s
      ‘
      ‘X-Press
     
     
      _
      Trading
      Cards’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      7
      signed,
     
     
      THE
      DOCTOR
     
    
   
   
    
     
      .
      Sir,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      Reading
      your
      newspaper
      always
      provides
      me
      witha
     
     
      _
      smile
      and
      perhaps
      achuckle
      every
      now
      and
      then.
     
    

    
     
      _
      Judging
      from
      the
      letters
      section,
      one
      could
      consider
      it
     
     
      _
      tobe
      a
      form
      of
      light
      entertainment,
      although
      I
      realise
     
     
      _
      that
      itis
      meant
      to
      be
      informative
      as
      well.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      However,
      your
      March
      19,
      1992
      edition
      wasalittle
     
     
      _
      different.
      I
      refer
      to
      your
      letters
      to
      the
      Editor
      Section,
     
     
      and
      in
      particular
      the
      letter
      signed:
      ‘‘The
      way
      it
      should
     
     
      _be’’.
      It
      provided
      me
      with
      several
      good
      laughs.
      In
     
     
      fact,
      |
      haven’t
      laughed
      like
      that
      in
      some
      time.
      One
     
    

    
     
      _
      part,
      which
      began
      “‘Is
      it
      a
      big
      deal
      or
      degrading
      fora
     
     
      wife...."’,
      brought
      tears
      to
      my
      eyes,
      and
      a
      stitch
      in
      my
     
     
      side.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Several
      questions
      Spring
      to
      mind:
     
    

    
     
      .
      Are
      you
      now
      inserting
      ‘‘joke’’
      letters,
      ala
      Na-
     
     
      tional
      Lampoon?
      This
      seems
      highly
      unlikely,
      asl.
     
     
      believe
      your
      charter
      prevents
      you
      from
      doing
      this,
     
     
      2.
      Was
      the
      person
      who
      wrote
      this
      letter
      serious?
     
     
      Does
      he
      believe
      in
      what
      he
      wrote?
      |
      suppose
      there
      are
     
     
      Still
      males
      out
      there
      who
      are
      stuck
      with
      this
      19th
     
     
      entury
      (or
      earlier)
      mentality.
      Too
      bad.
      Not
      all
      of
      us
     
     
      re
      so
      backwards...
     
    

    
     
      .
      Is
      this
      a
      letter
      written
      simply
      to
      ‘‘stir
      the
      pot’’,
     
    

    
     
      d
      see
      what
      kind
      of
      reaction
      it
      can
      provoke?
      This
     
    

    
     
      ay
      be
      the
      case
      as
      well.
      And
      it
      could
      have
      been
     
     
      ritten
      by
      wither
      a
      male
      or
      female.
      Think
      about
      it.
     
     
      ust
      another
      arena
      for
      the
      Campus
      Women
      vs.
      The
     
     
      acklash
      whoever
      running
      battle
      that
      has
      graced
      the
     
     
      Pages
      of
      the
      X-Press.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      So,
      with
      Q1.
      having
      only
      a
      remote
      chance,
      it
      could
      be
     
     
      450-50
      spliton
      Q2,
      and
      Q3,,
      with
      another
      50-50
      split
     
     
      to
      the
      gender
      of
      the
      author,
      Ofcourse,
      |
      may
      be
     
     
      guilty
      on
      either
      or
      both
      counts
      of
      reacting
      needlessly
     
     
      that
      letter
      and
      ‘‘stiring
      the
      pot’’
      myself,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Editor:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      An
      official
      complaint
      was
      registered
      with
      the
      UPEI
     
     
      Student
      Union
      Council,
      at
      their
      meeting,
      on
      March
     
    
   
   
    
     
      29th
      concerning
      the
      ‘‘ask
      the-Doctor
      *‘
      column
      of
      the
     
     
      March
      26th
      issue
      of
      the
      ‘
      *x-Press’’.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      following
      is
      the
      complaint:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ““We
      would
      like
      to
      register
      an
      official
      complaint
      to
     
     
      the
      Student
      Union
      regarding
      personal
      slander
      against
     
     
      Libby
      Whelan
      that
      was
      printed
      in
      the
      X-Press
      issue
      of
     
     
      March
      26,
      1992.
      Inthe‘
      “Ask
      the
      Doctor’’
      column,
     
     
      Libby
      Whelan
      is
      indirectly
      referred
      to
      as
      ‘‘an
      Annoy-
     
     
      ing
      strumpet’’
      asking
      people
      to
      sign
      a
      petition.
      In
      the
     
     
      same
      article
      (p.
      28),
      Whelan
      is
      cited
      as
      the
      ‘‘woman
     
     
      who
      started
      the
      petition’’.
      Earlier
      in
      an
      interview
     
     
      with
      Peter
      Hanus
      (p.
      13),
      the
      petition
      is
      referred
      to
      as
     
     
      Libby
      Whelan’s
      petition
      three
      times.
      We
      think
      that
     
     
      this
      makes
      it
      obvious
      that
      Whelan
      is
      the
      person
     
     
      referred
      to
      as
      the
      ‘“‘annoying
      strumpet’’
      in
      the
      ‘‘Ask
     
     
      the
      Doctor’’
      column.
      We
      demand
      a
      signed
      (with
      the
     
     
      *‘doctor’s
      real
      name),
      published
      apology
      to
      Libby
     
     
      Whelan
      as
      this
      slander
      has
      left
      the
      ‘
      “doctor’’,
      the
      X-
     
     
      Press,
      and
      the
      Student
      Union
      open
      to
      legal
      action.
     
     
      Respectfully,
      Michelle
     
     
      MacCallum
      Heather
      Morrison
      David
      F
      itzpatrick’’
     
     
      Discussion
      regarding
      the
      matter
      followed.
      Council
     
     
      passed
      the
      following
      motion:
      MacCallum/H.
     
     
      Morrison...........
      carried
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Be
      it
      resolved
      that
      UPEI
      Student
      Council
      support
     
     
      Libby
      Whelan
      and
      Michelle
      MacCallum’s
      request
      for
     
     
      a
      published
      apology
      addressed
      to
      Libby
      Whelan
      and
     
     
      signed
      personally
      by
      ‘‘The
      Doctor’’,
      using
      ‘‘The
     
     
      Doctor’s’’
      real
      name,
      not
      his/her
      pseudonym.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Signed,
     
     
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
      Council
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      April
      9,
      1992
     
    
   
   
    
     
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