2
      Letters
      The
      Panther
      Prints
      January
      30,
      1996
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Letters
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      Dear
      Editor:
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      Students
      are
      continually
      being
      accused
      of
      being
      apathetic
      and
      ignorant
      of
      the
     
     
      issues
      around
      us.
      Unfortunately,
      it
      seems
      to
      be
      true
      in
      the
      case
      of
      the
      recent
      CFS
     
     
      referendum.
      UPEI
      always
      seems
      to
      have
      a
      poor
      voter
      response
      to
      elections,
      and
     
     
      this
      referendum
      was
      no
      different.
     
    

    
     
      It
      is
      appalling
      that
      just
      over
      300
      students
      can
      decide
      the
      fate
      of
      UPEI.
      What
     
     
      about
      the
      other
      85%
      of
      students?
      Where
      are
      their
      votes?
      I
      acknowledge
      that
      this
     
     
      was
      a
      difficult
      decision
      for
      students
      to
      make,
      but
      they
      must
      have
      some
      opinions
      on
     
     
      the
      issue.
      Why
      aren’t
      UPEI
      students
      voting?
      Is
      it
      because
      of
      ineffective
      campaign-
     
     
      ing?
      Is
      the
      voting
      process
      inadequate’
      I
      have
      often
      heard
      the
      excuse
      that
      because
     
     
      this
      is
      a
      primarily
      ‘‘commuter’’
      university,
      students
      do
      not
      care
      what
      happens
      on
     
     
      campus.
      Most
      of
      us
      spend
      at
      least
      three
      or
      four
      years
      here,
      that
      should
      be
      long
     
     
      enough
      to
      make
      us
      care
      what
      happens.
     
    

    
     
      If
      you
      look
      back
      to
      UPEI’s
      beginnings,
      students
      were
      infamous
      for
      their
     
     
      activism.
      As
      the
      SU
      President
      from
      that
      era
      stated,
      the
      Panther
      emblem
      came
      from
     
     
      the
      Black
      Panthers,
      and
      the
      student
      newspaper
      was
      under
      investigation
      for
      publish-
     
     
      ing
      the
      FLQ’s
      1963
      manifesto,
      in
      violation
      of
      federal
      laws.
      UPEI
      students
      were
     
     
      described
      by
      the
      RCMP
      as
      ‘‘independent
      or
      quasi-independent
      revolutionaries.”’
     
    

    
     
      Where
      has
      that
      spirit
      gone?
      While
      I
      am
      not
      advocating
      that
      all
      students
      plot
     
     
      against
      the
      government,
      I
      think
      it
      is
      reasonable
      to
      expect
      university
      students
      to
     
     
      encourage
      debate
      on
      issues
      such
      as
      CFS
      and
      make
      their
      opinion
      known.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      D.
      Chisholm
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Editor:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      You
      know
      what
      really
      pisses
      me
      off?
      Ail
      the
      social
      events
      after
      exams
      here
      at
     
     
      UPEI
      are
      wet.
      Please
      correct
      me
      if
      I
      am
      wrong,
      but
      I
      haven’t
      seen
      one
      wet/dry
     
     
      event
      advertised.
      Hello,
      freshmen
      who
      have
      not
      yet
      obtained
      the
      magical
      age
      of
      19
     
     
      still
      have
      exams,stress
      and
      pressures,
      and
      yes
      as
      funny
      as
      it
      may
      seem,
      we
      do
     
     
      celebrate
      Christmas
      and
      New
      Year’s.
      So,
      while
      all
      you
      in
      the
      majority
      are
      ridding
     
     
      yourselves
      of
      exam
      pressure
      during
      these
      Wet
      events,
      the
      rest
      of
      us
      freshman
      are
     
     
      developing
      ulcers
      at
      home.
      Thanks
      a
      bunch
      UPEI
      for
      making
      your
      freshman
      feel
     
     
      good
      after
      their
      first
      set
      of
      exams.
     
    

    
     
      --
      Anonymous
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Response
      from
      Finley
      Martin,
      VP
      Operations:
      You
      are
      correct.
      There
     
    
   
   
    
     
      were
      no
      Wet/Dry
      events
      after
      exams.
      Though
      I
      can
      sympathize
      with
      your
      feelings
      —f
     
    
   
   
    
     
      (many
      students,
      including
      myself,
      have
      felt
      the
      same
      way
      at
      one
      time
      or
      another),
      I
     
     
      feel
      compelled
      to
      clear
      something
      up.
      The
      Barn
      is
      a
      bar.
      Most
      universities
      don’t
     
     
      even
      have
      Wet/Dry
      events.
      The
      Barn
      has
      this
      special
      privilege,
      which
      is
      used
      at
     
     
      our
      discretion.
      I
      don’t
      hear
      an
      uproar
      every
      time
      Myron’s
      opens
      its
      doors
      to
      the
     
     
      “*wet’’
      crowd.
     
    

    
     
      PS
      The
      majority
      of
      events
      at
      the
      Barn
      afe
      Wet/Dry.
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
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