Note
      from
      Editor:
     
    

    
     
      I
      received
      a
      letter
      signed
      "Concerned
      Male".
      Please
     
     
      please,
      note
      our
      submissions
      policy
      on
      page
      2.
      For
     
     
      legal
      purposes,
      ALL
      submissions
      must
      be
      signed,
     
     
      however
      your
      name
      does
      not
      need
      to
      be
      printed.
     
     
      Please
      indicate
      if
      you
      wish
      to
      remain
      anonymous
      or
     
     
      use
      a
      pen
      name.
      Concerned
      Male,
      it
      seems
      as
     
     
      though
      you
      put
      a
      great
      deal
      of
      effort
      into
      your
     
     
      letter,
      so
      I
      am
      not
      throwing
      it
      away,
      but
      holding
     
     
      onto
      it
      for
      a
      week.
      If
      you
      want
      me
      to
      print
      it
      next
     
     
      week,
      please
      drop
      me
      a
      note
      indicating
      who
      you
      are.
     
     
      Thanks
      a
      lot.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Editor:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      While
      walking
      around
      the
      university
      last
      week,
      I
     
     
      noticed
      an
      absurdly
      large
      yellow
      poster
      on
      the
      wall.
     
     
      I
      did
      not
      take
      the
      time
      to
      read
      it,
      since
      I
      was
      in
      a
     
     
      rush,
      but
      the
      next
      day
      I
      noticed
      more
      and
      more
      of
     
     
      these
      posters
      around.
      Since
      my
      curiosity
      got
      the
      best
     
     
      of
      me
      I
      decided
      to
      take
      the
      time
      and
      finally
      read
      it.
     
     
      Well
      I
      am
      glad
      I
      did.
      I
      read
      in
      horror
      the
      first
      line,
     
     
      "The
      course
      you
      may
      need
      to
      finish
      your
      degree,
     
     
      may
      not
      be
      offered
      next
      year."
      My
      God,
      how
      can
     
     
      this
      be?
      I
      won’t
      get
      my
      degree.
      After
      all
      the
      work
     
     
      and
      money
      |
      put
      into
      university,
      they
      tell
      me
      now
     
     
      that
      the
      course
      that
      I
      need
      will
      not
      be
      offered
      next
     
     
      year.
      Then
      a
      feeling
      of
      relief
      overcame
      me
      as
      I
      read
     
     
      the
      rest
      of
      the
      poster.
      It
      turned
      out
      to
      be
      nothing
     
     
      more
      than
      yet
      another
      clever
      promotion
      put
      out
      by
     
     
      something
      called
      the
      "Canadian
      Federation
      of
     
     
      Students".
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      Canadian
      Federation
      of
      Students
      sounds
      like
     
     
      some
      sort
      of
      course
      offered
      in
      Business,
      maybe
     
     
      "Clever
      Marketing
      401".
      I
      don’t
      know,
      but
      whatever
     
     
      it
      is,
      I
      am
      glad
      I
      am
      not
      in
      it.
      Wait,
      maybe
      this
     
     
      course
      will
      be
      one
      of
      the
      dozens
      that
      will
      be
     
     
      dropped
      because
      of
      the
      federal
      government
      cutbacks.
     
     
      Maybe.
      Hopefully!
     
    

    
     
      Well
      I
      did
      some
      checking
      on
      this.
      CFS
      organization,
     
     
      and
      again
      |
      find
      myself
      horror-filled.
      |
      am
      a
      member
     
     
      of
      this
      organization.
      How
      can
      this
      be?
      I
      don’t
     
     
      remember
      signing
      up
      for
      it,
      but
      if
      its
      recruitment
     
     
      is
      half
      as
      clever
      as
      its
      promotions,
      I
      probably
      did
     
     
      and
      just
      did
      not
      know
      about
      it.
      Well,
      now
      that
      I
     
    
   
   
    
     
      realize
      I
      am
      a
      member,
      whether
      I
      want
      to
      be
      or
      not,
     
    

    
     
      I
      am
      starting
      to
      take
      notice
      of
      all
      the
      CFS
      Material
     
     
      I
      see.
      Yet
      again
      I
      find
      myself
      in
      horror.
      No,
      that
      is
     
     
      not
      the
      right
      word.
      I
      guess
      embarrassed
      would
      be
     
     
      much
      better.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      is
      at
      a
      point
      now
      where
      I
      feel
      embarrassed
      to
      be
     
     
      a
      member
      of
      the
      CFS.
      All
      the
      silly
      complaining
      that
     
     
      they
      have
      been
      doing
      over
      the
      past
      few
      years
      is
      just
     
     
      getting
      to
      be
      too
      much
      for
      me.
      Their
      big
      rally
      down
     
     
      at
      Province
      House
      last
      year
      was
      a
      huge
      success.
     
     
      Every
      immature
      whiner
      at
      our
      university
      who
      always
     
     
      wanted
      to
      be
      a
      big
      protester,
      just
      like
      in
      the
      sixties,
     
     
      was
      there,
      protest
      signs,
      chants
      and
      all.
      How
     
     
      exciting.
      Hey,
      even
      the
      evening
      news
      was
      there.
     
     
      What
      were
      they
      protesting
      again?
      I
      don’t
      remember,
     
     
      it’s
      not
      important
      anyway.
      While
      we
      are
      reminiscing,
      °
     
     
      I
      may
      as
      well
      add
      my
      memories
      of
      a
      letter
      that
      was
     
     
      sent
      last
      year
      to
      somebody
      in
      Ottawa
      from
     
     
      somebody
      at
      UPEI
      about
      something
      or
      other.
      What
     
     
      was
      it
      again?
      I
      don’t
      remember,
      it
      is
      not
      important
     
    
   
   
    
     
      anyway.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      real
      embarrassment
      is
      when
      I
      read
      the
      CFS
     
     
      supplement
      "Student
      Voice"
      that
      appeared
      in
      the
     
     
      October
      12
      issue
      of
      our
      university
      newspaper.
      It
      is
     
     
      obvious
      that
      the
      heads
      of
      the
      CFS
      aren’t
      using
      their
     
     
      heads.
      These
      top
      of
      the
      hour
      intellectuals
      seem
      to
     
     
      get
      all
      their
      information
      from
      the
      extremely
      slanted,
     
     
      highly
      propagandist
      mass
      media,
      whose
      only
      concern
     
     
      is
      to
      cause
      enough
      uproar
      to
      attract
      viewers
      and
     
     
      their
      only
      way
      of
      doing
      this
      is
      to
      present
      the
      worst
     
     
      case
      scenario
      as
      fact.
      Soon,
      weak-minded
      individuals,
     
     
      like
      those
      at
      the
      head
      of
      the
      CFS,
      fall
      for
      this
     
     
      scenario
      and
      push
      the
      line
      onto
      us
      students.
     
     
      Immediately
      most
      of
      the
      whiners
      at
      the
      university
     
     
      quickly
      jump
      on
      the
      band
      wagon
      and
      soon
      all
      the
     
     
      slanted
      information
      is
      considered
      fact.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      prime
      example
      of
      this
      practice
      is
      the
      big
      yellow
     
     
      posters
      littering
      our
      university.
      Their
      catchy
      slogan
     
     
      is
      not
      more
      than
      a
      fictional
      scare
      tactic,
      No
      classes
     
     
      will
      be
      cutback,
      and
      even
      if
      there
      was
      a
      cutback
      in
     
     
      courses
      offered,
      the
      university
      would
      not
      cut
      a
     
     
      course
      that
      is
      needed
      for
      a
      degree.
      But,
      the
      slogan
     
     
      was
      catchy
      though.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      There
      are
      a
      few
      other
      catchy
      slogans
      I
      would
      like
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      UPEI
      X-Press
     
    
   
   
    
     
      November
      Ist,
      1990
     
    
   
   
    
     
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