Fesruary
      22,
      2005
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Valentine’
      s
      Day
      Loving
     
     
      Amy
      McKie
     
     
      Contributor
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Friends
      come
      first.
      Isn’t
      that
      how
      the
      cliché
      goes?
      This
      can’t
      be
      more
      evident
     
     
      —
      to
      me
      at
      least
      -
      than
      on
      February
      14",
      Valentines
      Day.
      That
      day
      were
      we
      aré
     
     
      supposed
      to
      give
      in
      to
      the
      consumerism
      and
      buy
      flowers,
      cards,
      and
      gifts
      for
     
     
      that
      special
      someone
      in
      our
      life.
      Or,
      for
      those
      of
      us
      who
      are
      single,
      we
      are
     
     
      supposed
      to
      sit
      around
      and
      mope
      and
      wonder
      why
      we
      couldn’t
      get
      a
      date.
     
    

    
     
      But
      why
      is
      this?
      Why
      should
      we
      give
      in
      to
      this
      idea
      of
      what
      love
      is
      and
     
     
      how
      we
      should
      view
      this
      special-day?
      I
      spent
      parts
      of
      the
      day
      with
      my
      mom,
     
     
      my
      sister,
      our
      exchange
      student,
      and
      some
      friends
      —
      and
      I
      can’t
      think
      of
      a
     
     
      better
      way
      to
      spend
      the
      ‘day
      of
      love’.
      I
      got
      to
      hang
      out
      with
      some
      of
      my
     
     
      favorite
      people,
      the
      ones
      that
      will
      always
      be
      around
      no
      matter
      what,
      the
      ones
     
     
      who
      have
      always
      loved
      me
      [and
      who
      I’ve
      loved]
      the
      most.
     
    

    
     
      Perhaps
      I’m
      jaded,
      or
      I’m
      just
      prejudiced
      because
      I
      didn’t
      have
      a
      special
     
     
      someone
      to
      celebrate
      with
      anyway.
      The
      only
      rose
      and
      chocolates
      I
      got
      was
     
     
      from
      my
      mom.
      But
      I
      had
      a
      great
      day.
      So
      to
      all
      the
      rest
      of
      you
      single
      people
      out
     
     
      there
      —
      I
      hope
      you
      also
      got
      to
      enjoy
      the
      day
      with
      your
      friends
      and
      family.
      And
     
     
      to
      those
      of
      you
      who
      are
      attached,
      I
      hope
      you
      thought
      to
      call
      your
      family
      and
     
     
      friends
      as
      well
      and
      tell
      them
      you
      love
      them,
      because
      that
      —
      I
      think
      —
      is
      what
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      day
      is
      all
      about.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      National
      Survey
      of
      Student
      Engagement
     
    
   
   
    
     
      (NSSE)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Over
      the
      coming
      weeks
      all
      first
      year
      and
      final
      year
      UPEI
      students
      will
      be
     
     
      receiving
      emails
      asking
      them
      about
      their
      experience
      at
      UPEI.
      It
      is
      not
      spam!
      It
     
     
      is
      a
      very
      important
      survey
      helping
      the
      university
      understand
      what
      it
      is
      doing
     
     
      well
      and
      should
      be
      doing
      more
      of
      as
      well
      as
      where
      it
      can
      improve.
     
    

    
     
      The
      university’s
      recent
      academic
      planning
      progress
      identified
      the
      stu-
     
     
      dent
      experience
      at
      UPEI
      as
      its
      top
      priority.
      This
      survey
      is
      a
      key
      step
      in
      helping
     
     
      turn
      that
      decision
      into
      action.
      Please
      play
      your
      part
      by
      completing
      the
      NSSE
     
     
      survey.
      Furture
      generations
      of
      UPEI
      students
      will
      benefit
      from
      it.
      For
      more
     
    
   
   
    
     
      details,
      see
      www.upei.ca/extension/nsse.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Clive
      Keen
     
     
      Director,
      Centre
      for
      Life-Long
      Learning
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Did
      you
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      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      ennui
      It’s
      in
      you
      to
      give!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Societe
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      The
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      family
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      Below
      are
      the
      results
      as
      of
      February
      10",
      2006...
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ist
      Annual
      UPEI
     
     
      Biood/Piasma
      Donor
      Challenge
     
     
      Resuits
      as
      of
      February
      10,
      2008
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Number
      of
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      ‘Total
      number
      of
      donors
      =
      2178
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      donor
     
     
      refreshment
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      student
      of
      faculty/support
      worker.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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