UPEI
      Celebrates
      Lack
      of
     
     
      Permanent
      Classrooms
     
    
   
   
    
     
      by
      Erin
      FAGAN
     
    
   
   
    
     
      On
      Wednesday
      of
      October
     
     
      17th,
      at
      approximately
      12:30
      p.m.,
     
     
      a
      small
      group
      of
      students
      could
      be
     
     
      found
      in
      the
      lobby
      of
      the
      classroom
     
     
      centre,
      cramming
      last
      minute
     
     
      details
      for
      an
      afternoon
      Theatre
     
     
      Studies
      mid-term.
      Simultaneously,
     
     
      an
      open
      house
      was
      being
      held
      as
      an
     
     
      official,
      inaugural
      ceremony
      for
      the
     
     
      new
      building.
      The
      open
      house,
     
     
      complete
      with
      a
      ribbon-cutting,
     
     
      was
      attended
      by
      various
      UPEI
      offi-
     
     
      cials
      and
      employees
      of
      Roseneath
     
     
      Homes
      and
      the
      APM
      Group,
      the
     
     
      makers
      of
      the
      modular
      structure.
     
    

    
     
      As
      UPEI
      President
      Wade
     
     
      MacLaughlan
      launched
      the
      cere-
     
     
      mony,
      Tim
      Banks
      (the
      head
      of
     
     
      APM),
      told
      the
      students
      that,
     
     
      “We’re
      going
      to
      feed
      you
      after,”
     
     
      referring
      to
      a
      large
      lunch
      spread
     
     
      awaiting
      everyone
      in
      room
      101.
     
     
      MacLaughlan
      also
      expressed
      that,
     
     
      “T’m
      glad
      they’re
      (the
      studying
      stu-
     
     
      dents)
      having
      a
      free
      lunch.”
     
    

    
     
      “We’re
      really
      proud
      of
      this
     
     
      facility,”
      he
      added,
      “This
      place
      is
     
     
      growing.
      .
      .it
      has
      reminded
      me
      that
     
     
      this
      is
      a
      university
      on
      the
      move.
     
     
      This
      is
      to
      celebrate
      that
      we’ve
     
     
      (UPEI
      and
      Roseneath)
      worked
     
     
      together
      and
      done
      this
      in
      a
      very
     
     
      short
      time.”
     
    

    
     
      Noting
      the
      pouring
      rain
      out-
     
     
      side,
      MacLaughlan
      also
      remarked
     
     
      on
      the
      helpfulness
      of
      having
      “a
      roof
     
     
      over
      your
      head,
      especially
      on
      days
     
     
      like
      this,”
      and
      invited
      the
      crowd
      to
     
     
      imagine
      sitting
      out
      in
      the
      field.
     
    

    
     
      MacLaughlan,
      incidentally,
     
     
      made
      reference
      to
      the
      collabora-
     
     
      tion’s
      genesis
      on
      a
      Saturday
      morn-
     
     
      ing
      about
      five
      or
      six
      months
      ago,
     
     
      alluding
      to
      a
      “fertile”
      meeting
      with
     
     
      Tim
      Banks.
      Later,
      while
      elaborat-
     
     
      ing
      on
      this
      aside,
      he
      called
      it
      a
     
     
      “brainstorm.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      new
      classroom
      centre.
      Yay
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “We
      were
      looking
      at
      the
     
     
      Alumni,
      and
      enrollment
      growing.
     
     
      We
      were
      not
      in
      a
      position
      to
      build
     
     
      new
      buildings
      at
      that
      time...
      it
     
     
      takes
      years
      to
      do
      permanent
      con-
     
     
      struction.”
     
    

    
     
      “It
      is
      amazing
      what
      you
      can
     
     
      do
      with
      modular
      buildings
      now,
     
     
      and
      it
      works.
      Everything
      I
      hear
      is
     
     
      positive
      .
      .
      the
      rooms
      have
      good
     
     
      sound
      and
      light,”
      MacLaughlan
     
     
      added.
     
    

    
     
      Kent
      Sheen
      of
      Roseneath
     
     
      Homes
      took
      the
      podium
      next,
      and
     
     
      described
      what
      has
      been
      the
      com-
     
     
      pany’s
      “really
      great
      first
      year
      in
     
     
      business.”
      Having
      built
      forty
      mod-
     
     
      ular
      buildings
      over
      the
      year,
      he
     
     
      remarked
      that
      “this
      is
      our
      greatest
     
     
      accomplishment.
      .
      .these
      are
      very
     
     
      different
      from
      mobile
      classrooms
     
     
      of
      the
      past.”
     
    

    
     
      He
      then
      described
      the
      fea-
     
     
      tures
      of
      the
      building
      and
      the
     
     
      process
      of
      construction.
      Ten
      32
      by
     
     
      48
      foot
      units
      were
      built
      at
     
     
      Roseneath’s
      Poole’s
      Corner
      site,
     
     
      and
      were
      then
      transported
      by
      tfuck.
     
     
      The
      individual
      units
      sat
      over
      part
      of
     
     
      the
      summer
      in
      the
      parking
      lot
      while
     
     
      the
      foundation
      was
      laid,
      and
      then
     
     
      the
      units
      were
      assembled
      to
      form
     
     
      six
      large
      classrooms
      and
      two
      AVC
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      research
      offices.
      This
      on-site
     
     
      process
      took
      about
      eight
      weeks.
     
    

    
     
      The
      building,
      as
      described
     
     
      by
      Sheen
      and
      the
      displays
      at
      the
     
     
      open
      house,
      was
      designed
      to
      be
     
     
      moveable
      and
      expandable
      accord-
     
     
      ing
      to
      the
      university’s
      needs.
      The
     
     
      most
      celebrated
      features,
      as
      cited
     
     
      by
      the
      official
      press
      release,
      are
      the
     
     
      concrete
      foundation
      and
      tiles,
      many
     
     
      large
      windows
      for
      natural
      light,
      and
     
     
      in-floor
      heating.
      Sheen
      remarked
     
     
      on
      the
      usage
      of
      similar
      modular
     
     
      units
      in
      other
      projects
      such
      as
     
     
      “many
      different
      types
      of
      business-
     
     
      es,
      recreation
      centres,
      or
      as
      a
     
     
      senior’s
      complex.”
     
    

    
     
      Sheen
      also
      took
      the
      time
      to
     
     
      thank
      UPEI
      _
      representatives,
     
     
      Roseneath
      employees,
      and
      Tim
     
     
      Banks,
      and
      alluded
      to
      the
      “twists
     
     
      and
      turns
      along
      the
      way.”
     
    

    
     
      After
      the
      ribbon-cutting
      and
     
     
      photo
      shoot,
      the
      audience
      was
     
     
      invitéd
      into
      room
      101
      for
      mixing
     
     
      and
      mingling,
      where
      a
      manual
      slide
     
     
      show
      and
      displays
      were
      featured.
     
    

    
     
      The
      prime
      attraction,
      as
     
     
      alluded
      to
      by
      previous
      speakers,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      was
      the
      tempting
      assortment
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      sandwich
      wraps,
      snacks,
      desserts
     
     
      and
      beverages
      as
      catered
      by
      Cara,
     
     
      complete
      with
      Impressions
      cafe
     
    
   
   
    
     
      mints,
      autumnal
      flower
      arrange-
     
     
      ments,
      and
      brightly
      coloured
     
     
      gourds
      for
      decoration.
     
    

    
     
      Also
      in
      attendance
      were
     
     
      Student
      Union
      representatives,
     
     
      Cynthia
      Dennis
      and
      Caolan
      Moore,
     
     
      who
      had
      been
      invited
      to
      attend.
     
    

    
     
      “We’re
      happy
      to
      be
      here...
     
     
      we're
      fairly
      happy
      with
      the
      build-
     
     
      ing,”
      stated
      Dennis,
      who
      added
     
     
      that,
      “It’s
      great
      that
      we’re
      expand-
     
     
      ing
      here
      at
      UPEI.”
     
    

    
     
      Another
      student,
      who
      had
     
     
      been
      studying
      in
      the
      lobby,
      noted
     
     
      that
      “they’re
      really
      trying
      to
      pro-
     
     
      mote
      this.”
     
    

    
     
      As
      the
      event
      wrapped
      up
     
     
      around
      1:30,
      another
      group
      of
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      could
      be
      found
      just
      outside
     
     
      the
      room.
      They
      were
      waiting
      for
     
     
      their
      1:30
      class
      in
      room
      101.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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