‘Challenge - 
     
    
   
   
    
     Of The Eighties 
     
     or 
     
    
   
   
    
     “What are they doing 
     
     at that Planetarium ?”’ 
     
    
   
   
    
     By Derrick Webber 
     
    
   
   
    
     One of the quietest events 
     
     on campus has to be the uni- 
     
     versity’s new fund raising 
     
     campaign, ‘‘Challenge of the 
     
     Eighties.’ This campaign, the 
     
     second in UPEI’s history and 
     
     the first in 13 years, seeks to 
     
     raise over five million dollars 
     
     for the renovation of three of 
     
     UPEI’s most antiquated build- 
     
     ings: Main, Cass, and the 
     
     ailing Arena. 
     
    

    
     The Board of Governors 
     
     began. the campaign over the 
     
     summer, setting up head- 
     
     quarters in the now monetarily- 
     
     defunct UPEI Planetarium. 
     
     Toronto fund raising firm 
     
     Ketchum Canada Inc. has 
     
     been hired by the university to 
     
     do the planning and organi- 
     
     zational dirty work. 
     
    

    
     Several prominent Islanders 
     
     and alumni have been enlisted 
     
     to head the canvasing; Char- 
     
     lottetown lawyer Alan Scales 
     
     has been named General Chair- 
     
     man, with Rundell Seaman 
     
     (Seaman Beverages) co-ardi- 
     
     nating on-Island contributions 
     
     and J.R. MacDonald organi- 
     
     zing off-Island. 
     
    

    
     Challenge of the Eighties 
     
     hopes to raise $5.2 million for 
     
     renovations over the next five 
     
     years, $500,000 of which is to 
     
     come from the faculty, staff, 
     
     and administration personnel 
     
     of the university itself. The 
     
     rest is to be contributed by 
     
     individuals and corporations 
     
     in PEI, the other Maritime 
     
     provinces, and Ontario and 
     
     Quebec. 
     
    

    
     As the fund _ increases, 
     
     students can look forward to 
     
     some much needed renova- 
     
     tions taking place in Main, 
     
     Cass and the Arena buildings. 
     
     Here’s what’s planned: 
     
    

    
     Main Building: This is the 
     
     building in the saddest shape 
     
     of all. Structural changes have 
     
     to be made to its 124 year-old 
     
     frame and plans include a 25% 
     
     increase in floor space, with 5 
     
     new classrooms, a language 
     
     lab, conference room, and 
     
     new entrance way. The exist- 
     
     ing faculty lounge will be ex- 
     
     panded, and new mechanical, 
     
     fire, and electrical systems will 
     
     be installed. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Cass Chemistry. Building: 
     
     Some modernization work has 
     
     already been carried out in 
     
     Cass, and Challenge of the 
     
     Eighties looks to finishing this 
     
     work, along with installation 
     
     of an elevator, proper chemi- 
     
     cal storage facilities, a research 
     
     laboratory, and first-year stu- 
     
     dent laboratory. 
     
    

    
     The Arena (Rink): Already 
     
     a wall has fallen out of the 
     
     rink and been replaced. In the 
     
     next five years the plan is to 
     
     add a 20 foot extension; pro- 
     
     viding an additional 1000 
     
     seats, plus replacing the 
     
     insulation, mechanical, and 
     
     electrical systems as well, and, 
     
     hopefully, the walls. 
     
    

    
     According to campaign 
     
     spokesmen, response to the 
     
     Challenge campaign has been 
     
     good, especially from the on- 
     
     campus staff, faculty, and ad- 
     
     ministrators, who were ap- 
     
     proached first for contributions. 
     
     This group has already raised 
     
     48% of its goal amount for the 
     
     fund. 
     
    

    
     Students are also expected 
     
     to contribute to the fund 
     
     through our Student Union, 
     
     although the university is only 
     
     just approaching us now. At 
     
     the Veterinary College of 
     
     Ontario, the student union de- 
     
     cided to add as much as $50 
     
     onto student union fees for 
     
     that institution’s fund raising 
     
     campaign, but spokesmen for 
     
     UPEI’s fund assures us that 
     
     the UPEISU is free to decide 
     
     what amount, if any, it wishes 
     
     to donate. A general meeting 
     
     between the SU and Lawson 
     
     Drake, on-campus chairman 
     
     of the fund, took place on 
     
     Sunday at the UPEISU coun- 
     
     cil meeting. 
     
    

    
     The renovations to campus 
     
     buildings is meant to be com- 
     
     pleted by 1991, after which the 
     
     university has planned even 
     
     greater things. In the long 
     
     range, funds collected through 
     
     Challege of the Eighties will be 
     
     used in the construction of a 
     
     long-awaited fitness and re- 
     
     creation Centre, plus improve- 
     
     ments to Duffy Science build- 
     
     ing and even the university- 
     
     owned Student Union Build- 
     
     ing (the Barn). 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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