The
      Cadre
      +
      26
      January
      1999
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Graduate
      programs
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      raise
      tuition?
     
     
      Minister
      says
      “yes;”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Administration
      says
      “no.’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      MELISSADOUCETTE
     
    
   
   
    
     
      On
      December
      15,
      1998,
     
     
      an
      amendment
      was
      passed
      in
     
     
      the
      provincial
      legislature
      to
      the
     
     
      University
      Act.
      With
      the
     
     
      change,
      UPEI
      is
      now
      capable
     
     
      of
      granting
      graduate
      degrees.
     
     
      The
      first
      graduate
      program
      to
     
     
      be
      offered
      at
      UPEI
      will
      be
      a
     
     
      Masters
      degree
      in
      Education
     
     
      (MEd.).
      The
      faculty
      of
      Sci-
     
     
      ence
      is
      also
      in
      the
      developing
     
     
      stages
      required
      to
      offer
      gradu-
     
     
      ate
      programs.
     
    

    
     
      The
      amendment
      was
     
     
      debated
      in
      the
      legislature
     
     
      shortly
      before
      it
      broke
      for
     
     
      Christmas.
      Members
      from
      the
     
     
      New
      Democratic
      Party
      (NDP)
     
     
      and
      the
      Liberal
      Party
      both
      ex-
     
     
      pressed
      support
      for
      the
      bill,
      but
     
     
      raised
      concerns
      surrounding
     
     
      tuition
      costs.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Both
      Nancy
      Guptil,
      Lib-
     
     
      eral
      MLA,
      and
      Dr.
      Herb
     
     
      Dickieson,
      leader
      of
      the
      pro-
     
     
      vincial
      NDP,
      questioned
      the
     
     
      Conservatives
      on
      increased
     
     
      funding
      for
      UPEI.
      Dickieson
     
     
      felt
      that
      graduate
      programs
      at
     
     
      UPEI
      will
      be
      “an
      advance-
     
     
      ment
      for
      all
      Islanders,”
      but
     
     
      indicated
      that
      the
      “big
      problem
     
     
      is
      the
      cost
      of
      education.”
     
    

    
     
      “Mr.
      Minister
      [Chester
     
     
      Gillan],
      if
      you
      would
      consider
     
     
      placing
      a
      tuition
      freeze
      on
      tui-
     
     
      tion
      costs
      for
      university
      stu-
     
     
      dents,
      and
      also
      some
      help
      with
     
     
      grants
      and
      student
      loans.
      It
     
     
      would
      be
      .
      .
      .
      much
      appreci-
     
     
      ated,”
      stated
      Dickieson
     
    

    
     
      Guptil
      repeatedly
     
     
      stressed
      her
      concern
      over
      tul-
     
     
      tion
      hikes.
      She
      asked
      Chester
     
     
      Gillan,
      Minister
      of
      Education,
     
     
      if
      the
      new
      programs
      would
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
     
    
   
   
    
     
      require
      an
      increase
      in
      tuition
     
    

    
     
      “To
      answer
      your
     
     
      query,
      will
      therefore
      the
      entire
     
     
      campus
      have
      to
      substantiate
     
     
      by
      a
      higher
      tuition
      increase?
      In
     
     
      all
      probability,
      yes,”
      Gillan
      re-
     
     
      plied
     
    

    
     
      Buta
      tuition
      freeze
      would
     
     
      be
      unwelcome
      to
      the
      Univer-
     
     
      sity
      administration
     
    

    
     
      Dr.
      Lawrence
      Heider,
     
     
      Acting
      President
      of
      UPEI,
     
     
      stated
      that
      he
      was
      against
      a
     
     
      tuition
      freeze.
      He
      claimed
      that
     
     
      if
      tuition
      was
      frozen
      and
      the
     
     
      University’s
      operating
      grant
     
     
      was
      cut,
      UPEI
      would
      have
      no
     
     
      way
      to
      replace
      lost
      revenues
     
     
      The
      result
      from
      this
      combina-
     
     
      tion
      could
      mean
      program
      cuts,
     
     
      he
      added
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Continued
      on
      page
      7
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Irish
      class
      at
      UPEI
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Traditional
      Celtic
      Language
      of
      Ireland
      Finding
      Converts
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ulation
      claims
      to
      e,
      and
      of
      these
      71
      thou-
      an
      Irish-
      ing
      community,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      could
      be
      a
      minister
      in
      the
      Pres-
      the
      Irish
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      RANDY
      McDONALD
      byterian
      Church
      of
      Ireland
      if
      pose
      geht
      a
      cea
      only
      11
      ce
      cent
      although
      he
      knew
      a
      few
      words
     
     
      ;
      a
      Idn’t
      preach
      in
      fluent
      people
      claim
      practs
      use
      Irish
      in
      everyday
      life.
     
     
      This
      semester,
      the
      Mod-
      he
      cou
      preach
      i
      speaking
      knowledge
      of
      the
      lan-
      O’Harewasnotbominto
      Continued
      on
      page
      7
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ern
      Languages
      department
      at
      Irish.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      is
      offering
      courses
      in
     
     
      another
      language.
      Dr.
      Colman
     
     
      O’Hare
      of
      the
      English
      depart-
     
     
      ment
      is
      teaching
      almost
      30
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      the
      Irish
      language
      on
     
     
      Tuesday
      and
      Thursday
      nights.
     
     
      “Tt’snot
      like
      saying
      things
     
     
      like
      begorrah,
      it’s
      acompletely
     
     
      different
      language,”
      O'Hare
     
     
      explains,
      adding
      that
      Irish
      is
      a
     
     
      Celtic
      language,
      most
      closely
     
     
      related
      to
      Scottish
      Gaelic
      and
     
     
      Manx,
      more
      distantly
      to
      Welsh,
     
     
      Breton
      and
      Cornish.
     
     
      Eventhough
      the
      Irish
      lan-
     
     
      guage
      began
      its
      centuries-long
     
     
      decline
      in
      the
      17th
      century
      fol-
     
     
      lowing
      the
      British
      conquest
      of
     
     
      Ireland
      and
      wholesale
      coloni-
     
     
      zation,
      as
      late
      as
      1820
      no
      man
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      the
      19th
      century,
      the
     
     
      Irish
      language
      took
      several
     
     
      severe
      blows,
      not
      least
      of
      which
     
     
      was
      the
      Irish
      Famine
      of
      the
     
     
      1840’s
      that
      devastated
      the
     
     
      Irish-speaking
      districts
      of
      Ire-
     
     
      land,
      and
      the
      mass
      emigration
     
     
      that
      followed
      that
      catastrophe.
     
     
      Even
      in
      the
      1920's,
      on
      the
      eve
     
     
      of
      the
      independence
      of
      the
     
     
      Republic
      of
      Ireland,
      school-
     
     
      children
      in
      the
      future
      Republic
     
     
      of
      Ireland
      were
      a
      if
     
     
      th
      e
      Irish
      in
      class.
     
    

    
     
      i
      ay.
      though
      Irishisthe
     
     
      second
      official
      language
      of
      the
     
     
      Republic
      of
      Ireland
      and
      is
      a
     
     
      compulsory
      subject
      in
      Irish
     
     
      schools,
      Irish
      is
      fast
      approach-
     
     
      ing
      extinction.
      While
      athird
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
         
         
     
     
        
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      ~~
     
     
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      to
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      101:
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      addition
      to
      the
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      Languages
      department
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -Photo
      by
      Richard
      Haines