University
      of
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      8,
      1996
     
    
   
   
    
     
      AAUTI\
     
     
      U.P.E.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Panther
      Prints
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      lta:
      8
      Selle
      Stace
      4969.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      University
      Logo
      Gets
      New
      Look
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Karen
      Rawlines
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “Real
      Life.
      Real
      Learn-
     
     
      ing.
      Right
      Here.”
      It
      has
      taken
     
     
      over
      25
      years,
      but
      UPEI
      is
     
     
      finally
      getting
      an
      updated
      logo
     
     
      by
      which
      the
      university
      can
      be
     
     
      easily
      identified.
     
    

    
     
      Ontherecent
      President's
     
     
      report,
      UPEI’s
      new
      logo
      and
     
     
      theme-line
      were
      on
      display
      for
     
     
      the
      first
      time.
      This
      new
      logo
     
     
      replaces
      the
      older
      version,
     
     
      which
      has
      been
      in
      service
      since
     
     
      UPEI
      first
      opened
      in
      1969.
     
     
      This
      shows
      another
      positive
     
     
      step
      that
      the
      university
      is
      mak-
     
     
      ing
      inkeeping
      currentand
      com-
     
     
      petitive
      in
      today's
      recruiting
     
     
      market.
     
    

    
     
      The
      developmental
     
     
      process
      began
      last
      fall,
      with
     
     
      several
      surveys
      and
      other
      op-
     
     
      tions
      shown
      to
      focus
      groups.
     
     
      These
      focus
      groups
      consisted
     
     
      of
      stake-holders
      in
      the
      institu-
     
     
      tion:
      potential
      students,
      cur-
     
     
      rent
      students
      and
      parents
      of
     
     
      students,
      with
      a
      particular
      fo-
     
     
      cus
      on
      the
      potential
      students.
     
     
      The
      surveys
      were
      conducted
      in
     
     
      Newfoundland,
      Nova
      Scotia,
     
     
      New
      Brunswick,
      and
      Prince
     
     
      Edward
      Island
      in
      searching
      for
     
     
      a
      good
      representation
      of
      what
     
     
      students
      look
      for
      in
      a
      univer-
     
     
      sity.
     
    

    
     
      Sonya
      Banks,
      Director
     
     
      of
      Alumni,
      Development
      and
     
     
      Public
      Relations,
      stresses
      that
     
     
      this
      new
      logo
      is
      not
      a
      replace-
     
     
      mentofthe
      University's
      coat
      of
     
     
      arms,
      which
      is
      currently
      in
      use.
     
     
      "When
      the
      coat
      of
      arms
      was
     
     
      designed,
      we
      knew
      we
      needed
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pages
      1-4
     
     
      News
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      a
      way
      to
      say
      UPEI,"
      Banks
     
     
      commented,
      and
      pointed
      out
     
     
      that
      nowhere
      on
      the
      coat
      of
     
     
      armsis"UPEI"
      mentioned.
      The
     
     
      coat
      of
      arms
      will
      be
      kept,
      but
     
     
      reserved
      for
      more
      formal
      uses,
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      suchas
      official
      documents
      from
     
     
      the
      president's
      office.
     
    

    
     
      "I
      think
      it's
      important
      to
     
     
      look
      at
      the
      logo
      with
      the
      theme
     
     
      line,
      which
      is
      ‘real
      life,
      real
     
     
      learning,
      right
      here,'"
      Banks
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UP
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      added.
      Designed
      by
      Halifax
     
     
      company
      MacArthur,
     
     
      Thompson
      and
      Law,
      the
      new
     
     
      logo
      does
      keep
      in
      context
      with
     
     
      what
      students
      are
      looking
      for
     
     
      today.
      Surveys
      of
      over
      700
     
     
      potential
      UPEI
      students,
      as
      well
     
     
      as
      current
      UPEI
      students,
      re-
     
     
      vealed
      that
      the
      University's
     
     
      strengths
      are
      location,
      friendly
     
     
      and
      comfortable
      lifestyle
      and
     
     
      environment,
      and
      quality
      edu-
     
     
      cation.
      These
      qualities
      are
      re-
     
     
      flected
      inthe
      theme-line.
     
    

    
     
      The
      colours
      are
      also
      in
     
     
      keeping
      with
      a
      PEI
      motif,
      with
     
     
      the
      earthy
      red,
      ocean
      blue
      and
     
     
      green
      borrowed
      from
      the
      coat
     
     
      of
      arms,
      maintaining
      consist-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ency.
      The
      capital
      "U"
      on
      this
     
     
      new
      logo
      also
      follows
      with
      the
     
     
      UPEI
      graduation
      ring,
      which
     
     
      also
      features
      the
      capital
      "U".
     
    

    
     
      It
      is
      a
      big
      step
      from
      the
     
     
      first
      logo
      used
      for
      UPEI,
      which
     
     
      boasted
      avery
      70's
      look
      and
      an
     
     
      unaesthetically
      pleasing
      orange
     
     
      and
      green
      colour
      scheme.
      Of-
     
     
      ficials
      say
      that
      it
      is
      their
      plan
      to
     
     
      keep
      this
      logo
      current
      by
      up-
     
     
      dating
      it
      every
      seven
      to
      ten
     
     
      years.
     
    

    
     
      Students
      can
      expect
      to
     
     
      see
      the
      new
      and
      improved
      logo
     
     
      implemented
      gradually
      until
      it
     
     
      is
      instantly
      recognizable
      as
      the
     
     
      symbol
      for
      UPEI.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Liberals
      Choose
      New
      Leader
     
    
   
   
    
     
      At
      the
      recent
      Liberal
     
     
      Convention
      held
      atthe
      UPEI
     
     
      Field
      House,
      liberals
      voted
     
     
      in
      Keith
      Milligan
      to
      replace
     
     
      the
      outgoing
      Premier
     
     
      Catherine
      Callbeck.
     
    

    
     
      On
      the
      first
      ballot,
     
     
      Milligan
      took
      2,237
      of
      the
     
     
      votes.
      Wayne
      Cheverie,
     
     
      who
      had
      been
      favoured
      to
     
     
      win
      coming
      into
      the
      elec-
     
     
      tion
      managed
      to
      accumu-
     
     
      late
      1,836
      votes.
      Ian
      (Tex)
     
     
      MacDonald,
      and
      Daniel
     
     
      Mullen
      scraped
      together
      205
     
     
      and
      51
      votes
      respectively.
     
    

    
     
      The
      UPEI
      Campus
     
     
      was
      over-flowing
      with
      peo-
     
     
      ple
      and
      vehicles
      as
      thou-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pages
      6&7
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sports
     
    
   
   
    
     
      sands
      of
      Liberals
      showed
      up
     
    
   
   
    
     
      out.
      Farmers
      have
      been
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      hear
      the
      speech
      of
      their
      waiting
      for
      harvesting
      con-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      next
      leader.
      Weather
      was
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Former
      Premier
      Catherine
      Callbeck
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ditions
      and
      the
      wet
      fields
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Premier
      Elect
      Keith
      Milligan
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      believed
      to
      be
      one
      of
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      over
      the
      weekend
      may
      have
     
    
   
   
    
     
      membership
      showing.
     
     
      Milligan's
      success
      may
      be
     
     
      partially
      attributed
      to
      the
     
     
      substantial
      rural
      turn-out
      as
     
     
      Mulligan
      was
      the
      only
      one
     
     
      campaign
      as
      a
      rural
      candi-
     
     
      date.
     
    

    
     
      Premier-Elect
      Keith
     
     
      Milligan
      is
      expected
      to
      take
     
     
      office
      within
      the
      next
      week.
     
     
      Rumours
      of
      a
      fall
      election
     
     
      sometime
      in
      November
      have
     
     
      yet
      to
      be
      confirmed.
     
    

    
     
      Milligan
      stated
      at
      the
     
     
      UPEI
      Leadership
      Debate,
     
     
      September
      18,
      that
      a
      tuition
     
     
      freeze
      would
      not
      occur.
     
     
      Milligan
      however,
      was
     
    
   
   
    
     
      reasons
      forsuchalargeturn-
      resulted
      in
      a
      higher
      rural
      against
      tax
      harmonization.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pages
      10811
     
     
      Sloan
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Page
      14
     
     
      Opinion
     
     
      Editorial
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Page
      19
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Nexus
     
     
      Questionnair