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      The
      Cadre
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      the
      official
      newspaper
      of
      the
      UPEI
     
     
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      Editorial
      11:
      Knowledge
      is
      power.
      Read
      up.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      What
      started
      out
      as
      a
      eight
      page
     
     
      emergency
      issue
      has
      now
      ballooned
      into
     
     
      a
      20
      page
      issue
      which
      easily
      could
      have
     
     
      been
      24
      or
      28
      pages.
      Everybody
      has
      an
     
     
      opinion
      on
      the
      strike
      issue,
      and
      hopefully
     
     
      the
      first
      issue
      of
      The
      Cadre
      this
      year
      will
     
     
      help
      sort
      out
      some
      facts
      and
      help
      some
     
     
      learn
      what's
      on
      the
      table.
     
    

    
     
      What
      a
      way
      to
      start
      off
      a
      year.
     
    

    
     
      If
      there
      were
      a
      strike
      how
      would
     
     
      it
      affect
      you?
      If
      you
      lost
      two
      or
      three
     
     
      weeks
      of
      classes,
      and
      had
      to
      make
      them
     
     
      up
      at
      the
      end
      of
      the
      year,
      what
      could
      hap-
     
     
      pen.
      If
      you're
      apply
      to
      any
      post-grad
      pro-
     
     
      gram
      the
      deadline
      for
      many
      programs
      is
     
     
      May
      1.
      If
      800
      people
      are
      applying
      do
      you
     
     
      think
      anyone
      will
      care
      why
      you're
      late?
     
     
      No,
      you're
      fucked.
      If
      you
      live
      in
      the
     
     
      dorms,
      the
      English
      language
      program
     
     
      moves
      in
      during
      the
      summer.
      Get
      out,
     
     
      you're
      fucked.
      We'd
      be
      weeks
      behind
      get-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ting
      a
      summer
      job,
      and
      we'd
      be
      losing
     
     
      that
      pay.
     
    

    
     
      Yet
      UPEI
      is
      no
      different
      than
      a
     
     
      prison,
      insane
      asylum,
      or
      orphanage.
      It's
     
     
      an
      institution;
      who's
      purpose
      is
      to
      bring
     
     
      in
      people,
      change
      them
      for
      the
      better,
      and
     
     
      release
      them.
      That's
      why
      we're
      all
      here;
     
     
      we're
      not
      here
      to
      stay,
      we're
      here
      to
      get
      a
     
     
      degree
      and
      get
      the
      hell
      out.
      Yet
      while
     
     
      we're
      here
      it'd
      be
      nice
      to
      get
      a
      quality
     
     
      education.
      And
      for
      that
      we
      need
      good
     
     
      professors
      who
      are
      working
      in
      amicable
     
     
      conditions.
      Sure
      they
      deserve
      fair
      and
     
     
      equitable
      pay
      on
      par
      with
      other
      Maritime
     
     
      universities.
      Yet
      a
      retroactive
      pay-raise
     
     
      and
      a
      1/6
      decrease
      in
      workload
      is
      too
     
     
      much
      to
      happen
      at
      once.
      And
      the
     
     
      province
      isn't
      going
      to
      up
      it's
      allotment
      to
     
     
      UPEI,
      and
      the
      huge
      cost
      will
      fall
      on
      the
     
     
      backs
      of
      students.
     
    

    
     
      And
      the
      backs
      of
      students
      are
     
    
   
   
    
     
      already
      over-burdened
      with
      debt,
      and
      our
     
     
      brains
      are
      tired
      of
      waiting
      for
      that
      day
     
     
      when
      the
      bank
      machine
      says
      "insufficient
     
     
      funds."
      ee
      ;
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      For
      five
      years
      I've
      been
      getting
     
     
      student
      loans,
      which
      amount
      to
      around
     
     
      $5,600
      for
      first
      semester
      and
      $3,600
      for
     
     
      second
      semester.
      For
      eight
      months
      a
      year
     
     
      I
      live
      off
      $9,200,
      and
      much
      of
      that
      goes
     
     
      to
      paying
      for
      school.
      Can
      I
      really
      morally
     
     
      support
      a
      professor
      who's
      starting
      salary
     
     
      is
      around
      $50,000
      and
      who
      after
      12
      or
      15
     
     
      years
      can
      make
      over
      $100,000?
      And
     
     
      we're
      in
      a
      province
      with
      the
      second
      low-
     
     
      est
      cost
      of
      living
      in
      Canada.
      When
      the
     
     
      administration
      has
      to
      ante
      up
      the
      pay-
     
     
      raise
      for
      the
      faculty,
      I
      hope
      it
      doesn't
     
     
      become
      a
      case
      of
      taking
      money
      from
      the
     
     
      (dirt)
      poor
      and
      giving
      it
      to
      the
      (compara-
     
     
      bly)
      rich.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -Thomas
      Lloyd
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      Cadre
      January
      8,
      2004
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