Letters
      To
      The
      Editor...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      would
      like
      to
      take
      this
      opportunity
      to
      clear
      up
      any
      confu-
     
     
      sion
      that
      may
      have
      resulted
      from
      an
      article
      that
      appeared
      in
     
     
      the
      September
      1
      7th
      issue
      of
      the
      X-PRESS.
      The
      article
      to
     
     
      which
      I
      am
      referring
      is
      entitled
      ‘‘On
      the
      New
      Student
      Union
     
     
      Building...’’.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      building
      located
      at
      the
      corner
      of
      Belvedere
      Avenue
      and
     
     
      Mount
      Edward
      Road
      is
      NOT
      the
      new
      Student
      Union
      Building.
     
     
      However,
      as
      you
      may
      know,
      the
      Student
      Union
      is
      currently
      in
     
     
      the
      process
      of
      raising
      money
      to
      construct
      a
      new
      building.
      If
     
     
      there
      is
      any
      member
      of
      the
      Student
      Union
      who
      would
      like
     
     
      more
      information
      on
      this,
      please
      contact
      me
      at
      the
      Barn.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      closing
      I
      would
      like
      to
      emphasize
      that
      the
      intent
      of
      this
     
     
      letter
      is
      not
      to
      criticize
      the
      article
      or
      its
      writer,
      but
      merely
     
     
      to
      clear
      up
      any
      controversy.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sincerely,
     
     
      Tracey
      Arsenault
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      flair
      of
      Lebanon
     
     
      in
      downtown
     
     
      Charlottetown
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Licensed
      &
      Air-Conditioned
     
     
      Mon
      -Sat.
      11am-Midnight
     
     
      Sunday
      4pm-10:30pm
     
     
      ALSO
      ENIOY
      YOUR
      FVENING
      AT
     
     
      VHE
      NEW
      BABA'S
      LOUNGE
     
     
      "
      A
      Nostalgic
      Setting"
     
    

    
     
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      bad,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      past
      summer
      I
      was
      a
      Student
      Researcher
      into
      the:
     
     
      services
      UPEI
      provides
      students
      with
      disabilities
      at
      Student
     
     
      Services.
      One
      of
      the
      main,
      and
      most
      important,
      objectives
     
     
      Student
      Services
      and
      I
      wanted
      to
      accomplish
      was
      an
      aware-
     
     
      ness
      to
      students
      with
      disabilities
      of
      this
      university’s
      serv-
     
     
      ices
      which
      is
      offered
      to
      them.
      This
      awareness
      was
      to
      be
      in
     
     
      the
      form
      of
      pamphlets.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      My
      research
      lasted
      only
      eight
      weeks,
      so
      I
      only
      had
      time
      to
     
     
      make
      a
      rough
      draft
      of
      this
      brochure.
      I
      trusted
      that
      Student
     
     
      Services
      and
      the
      AVC
      Graphics
      Department
      would
      produce
     
     
      the
      final
      copy.
      The
      brochure
      was
      to
      be
      the
      most
      important
     
     
      outcome
      of
      my
      research;
      I
      was
      especially
      pleased
      that
      a
     
     
      campus
      map
      which
      listed
      all
      the
      parking
      spaces
      for
      people
     
     
      with
      disabilities
      and
      the
      accessible
      buildings
      would
      be
     
     
      included.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      When
      I
      visited
      Student
      Services
      to
      see
      how
      the
      brochure
     
     
      was
      coming
      along,
      I
      was
      shocked.
      The
      idiots
      at
      the
      Graphics
     
     
      Department
      screwed
      up
      the
      campus
      map.
      Here,
      approxi-
     
     
      mately
      1,000
      pamphlets
      were
      printed
      with
      the
      wrong
      map!!!
     
     
      The
      campus
      map
      which
      is
      featured
      in
      the
      class
      timetables
     
     
      lists
      only
      one
      parking
      space
      for
      people
      with
      disabilities
      in
     
     
      my
      brochure.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Mr.
      McQuaid,
      you
      must
      have
      noticed
      on
      these
      new
      campus
     
     
      maps
      the
      *‘3-D
      look’’
      of
      all
      the
      buildings.
      I
      believe
      it
      is
      too
     
     
      dark
      for
      a
      person
      with
      a
      visual
      impairment
      to
      see.
      For
      this
     
     
      reason
      I
      requested
      the
      Graphics
      Department
      draw
      the
      build-
     
     
      ings
      in
      basic
      geometrical
      shapes
      you
      know,
      the
      map
      we
      had
     
     
      last
      year).
      That
      way,
      a
      person
      who
      is
      visually
      impaired
      could
     
     
      see
      the
      map
      on
      this
      brochure.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      But
      no!
      Student
      Services
      was
      left
      to
      draw
      up
      the
      map
      which
      I
     
     
      requested
      and
      photocopy
      it
      approximately
      1,000
      times.
      These
     
     
      maps
      were
      inserted
      into
      the
      brochures,
      but
      as
      you
      know,
      Mr.
     
     
      McQuaid,
      inserts
      were
      meant
      to
      fall
      out
      and
      lie
      unnoticed
      on
     
     
      the
      floor.
      Anyway,
      thank
      you
      Student
      Services
      for
      what
      you
     
     
      did
      --
      it’s
      the
      thought
      that
      counts.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      What
      the
      AVC
      Graphics
      Department
      did
      was
      unthoughtful
     
     
      and
      an
      embarrassment
      to
      me.
      I
      put
      a
      lot
      of
      work
      into
      this
     
     
      brochure.
      I
      know
      I
      was
      told
      that
      the
      Graphics
      Department
     
     
      was
      busy,
      but
      this
      brochure
      for
      students
      with
      disabilities
     
     
      could
      have
      waited
      to
      have
      the
      care
      in
      production
      it
      deserved.
     
     
      Now
      this
      brochure
      will
      have
      to
      wait
      two
      years
      to
      be
      revised
     
     
      --
      I
      don’t
      think
      I
      can
      wait
      that
      long.
      I
      believe
      the
      Graphics
     
     
      Department
      owes
      me
      and
      Student
      Services
      a
      big
      apology.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sincerely,
     
     
      Stacy
      Dunn
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      X-P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      1,
      1992
     
    
   
   
    
     
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