Just By Cal Milford

. The economy is the pits” If you have not noticed, the price of gas is now over two dollars a gallon, and on,,its_way up to four dollars. The ‘ price of food has sky—rocketed, and a car that was $3,000 in 1970 is no» $12,000. The interest rate on loans is 24%. The ooup—de—grace however, is that ."Beer"- (a staple) has hit the " ceilingL. » / live imparmessed up world; but is it really‘asmessed upas .it seems? People today are pretty well off. Consider some of the oddities of our society. I saw a story on the news last winter about a lady on welfare who .. owned a government subsidized house ,- (with a big‘ lot) . In other words, her input was nil . . or. . prescribed to the freeloader planT—She was complaining that she would lose her hone when her 'mortage: duein the spring.

Now I believe in giving everyone a fair 7 _ shake. but this else had a, brand-nan! Ford.~ Pinto sitting in theyard ( ofuwhich sherwas‘ the a

proud owner) . '

Somehow the reasoning behind

letting someone supported by the government

Scholarship Fair

._ Cathy anroe of Charlottetown is the first recipient of avscholarship made possible by the funds

from last year's fair.

Cathy, a first year UPEI

student. in the prefmed program, is shown receiving the ' $300.3’r-sd'1‘olarship' from Mrs; Julie‘Dowling,‘ Pre‘si’dent

of the UPEI Women's Group and Michael Hennessey,’ " ' Chairman of the Scholar‘ship Committee- ' ~'

'IOPIcs Dollars for Scholars, the theme of the second annual UPEI Scholar’smp Fund Fair, seem assured judging by the wide range of attractions planned for the Fair, Saturday, October 3 in. the Barn. The Fair is sponsored by the UPEI Women's Committee, with Fern Stephenson and Anne Love. Besides a . drawing for valuable prizes including an EPA return flight from Charlottetown/Toronto, are booths of books, handcrafts, Christmas decorations, toys, and many more. An auction with‘Ivan Dowling as ' Auctioneer will offer items ranging from a Georgie Read Barton painting, a brake of ' pheasants, four hardwood L (ready 'fonplantinq)

dinners 'fOr two at several Charlottetown , restaurants, as well as a Racquet Club membership in the West Royalt Fitness Centre. 1- y

v Plans for the ' ,‘ Scholarship Fund Fair began almost immediately following the success of the first Fair last year which saw over $3000. raised for the support of UPEI students.

An added attraction at this year's Fair will be afternoon tea served from 2 to 5 p.m. under the convenorship of Gay Hancock.

Booths include: Book table, Christmas decorations, childrme books, country kitchen, handcraft, plant, refreshments, sports equipment, Thanksgiving table, toys, white a elephant. ‘. '- -

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The UPEI SUN, Thursday, September 24, 1981, page 5

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waste money in such a manner eludes me.

Seasonal workers in Canada believe it is their right to receive Unemployment Insurance. What they fail to realize is that "their" UIC payments care out of the pocket of Joe Q. Public.

The actions of people like these are not carried out by the majority of Canadians.

However the basic underlying attitudes are prevalent in Canadian Society. The expectations of most people are extremely'high. Excesses of most consumer goods and services in the past twenty-five years have led pe0ple to believe that many luxuries \are their God—given right.

This is not to say that the high standard of living during this period was bad. When peOple must tighten their belts a little they scream "Foul". It is like giving a child a box

. of candy and then taking it away from him after

he has had not nearly enough to satisfy himself: hardly fair.

Perhaps-what we all need is someone who went through the depression in the '305 to sit down with us and put our minds back into

‘1' h e , Professors

Diary

Monday; another. day, another years, Oh well, four more days till pay day. _ If only, if only, if only... I were still in the Canary

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Tuesday: Today I made an impgrtant discovery, unfortunately not a publishable one, Literally sandwiched: between two pages of the Very lecture notes I have been using since my first year was an old piece of salami. Thepages had been stuck together and I never realized it. The salami was . a littleioffbut still, it was interesting to ;:acr;=qs_s_..§a" lunch from 19.49,. andgto realize why there“ always been that curious hiatﬁs in my lecture‘forhthe fourth week of “September-z

Wednesday: The Parking Committh met again

' today. gAssusfuiil, it divided on Eidéglogical grounds; I on the right wanted not only the president,""topﬁadministrators, and means. to haVe special parking spaces, but also'ithe‘Chairmen. Thoseon” the left, argued that the Chairmen were merely pri'mus inter pares and that there were "too many chiefs and not enough; Indians." ( A

- telling phrase; 'I must remember tosuse it in class.) ~ cemmittee chair, ,;I had..to steer between these two positions. Will this job get me my promotion?

Thursday: Avery attractive student, female, came" to see me today. She had a nice plump figure, not like these’beanpoles with long hair you ‘see so often. She enquired about my new course, and said -- believe it or not -— that she had read my latest article, and that it excited her very much. I signed her up without W

Friday: Today I found it necessary to lecture my class on cause and effect. If, I said, the chicken comes before the egg that is cause. If, however, the egg comes after the chicken, that is effect. On the other hand, if the egg before the chicken, that too is cause. I was just getting wanted up when someone in the back row said, "But , sir, isn't that post hoc erg propter hoc?" Smart ass. I tookas name. [