UPEI
      Wins
      at
      More
     
     
      Than
      Hockey
     
    
   
   
    
     
      n
      Saturday,
      October
      17,
      UPEI
      proved
      that
      its
      aca
     
     
      O
      demic
      skills
      are
      just
      as
      high
      as
      its
      skills
      on
      the
      ice,
      or
     
     
      in
      the
      gym.
      For
      the
      first
      time
      ever,
      two
      students
      from
     
     
      PEI,
      Peter
      Spierenburg
      and
      Mike
      Lamoureux,
      walked
      off
     
     
      he
      victors
      of
      the
      APICS
      Computer
      Science
      Contest.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      APICS
      is
      an
      Atlantic
      Canada
      organization
      which
      holds
     
     
      ontests
      every
      year
      in
      several
      different
      sciences.
      Mike
      and
     
     
      eter
      were
      competing
      against
      students
      from
      several
      other
     
    

    
     
      aritime
      universities
      including
      Dalhousie,
      Memorial,
      and
     
     
      NB.
      Considering
      UPEI
      does
      not
      even
      offer
      a
      degree
      in
     
     
      omputer
      Science,
      Mike
      and
      Pete
      had
      some
      pretty
      tough
     
     
      ompetition.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      he
      goal
      of
      this
      year's
      contest
      was
      to
      write
      a
      computer
     
     
      Program
      to
      schedule
      final
      exams
      without
      letting
      any
      student
     
    

    
     
      rite
      two
      exams
      in
      a
      row
      or
      at
      the
      same
      time.
      This
      may
      not
     
     
      cem
      difficult
      to
      non-programmers,
      but
      if
      you
      think
      how
      long
     
    

    
     
      would
      take
      you
      to
      figure
      out
      an
      exam
      schedule
      for
      UPEI
      by
     
     
      and
      that
      pleased
      you
      and
      all
      your
      friends,
      you
      might
      get
      a
     
     
      etter
      idea
      of
      what
      Mike
      and
      Pete
      had
      to
      go
      through.
     
    

    
     
      ike
      and
      Pete
      spent
      44
      hours
      working
      on
      this
      problem,
      out
      of
     
     
      8
      hours
      that
      were
      allowed.
      This
      means
      that
      they
      only
      slept
     
    

    
     
      hours
      during
      an
      entire
      weekend.
      Although
      they
      were
      tired,
     
     
      ney
      felt
      their
      effort
      was
      well
      worth
      it
      when
      they
      were
     
     
      warded
      the
      plaque
      which
      will
      be
      held
      at
      UPEI
      until
      next
     
     
      car’s
      conference.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      heir
      reactions
      to
      the
      whole
      affair?
      Quite
      simply,
      they
      plan
     
    

    
     
      i
      doing
      even
      better
      next
      year.
      When
      asked
      how
      they
     
    

    
     
      lanned
      to
      better
      a
      first
      place
      finish,
      Pete
      replied
      that
      they
      _
     
    

    
     
      ould
      write
      an
      even
      better
      program
      so
      that
      at
      one
      glance,
     
    

    
     
      he
      judges
      would
      unanimously
      pronounce
      them
      winners,
     
    

    
     
      ithout
      bothering
      to
      look
      at
      the
      other
      entries.
      Good
      Luck!
     
    

    
     
      Ongratulations
      are
      definitely
      in
      order
      here,
      so
      stop
      by
      the
     
    

    
     
      'tand
      find
      the
      table
      of
      people
      playing
      cards.
      They’Il
      be
     
    

    
     
      re
      recieving
      best
      wishes
      (and
      the
      bitch,
      don’t
      om)
      for
      the
     
     
      t
      of
      the
      semester,
      or
      maybe
      all
      year.