Vol. 4 Number 23

THE ATLANTIC Vet- erinary College has not been contacted or threatened by animal rights groups, says AVC Dean Dr. Reg Thompson. There has been speculation recently that the college may be one target of animal rights or- ganizations such as B.C.- based Greenpeace or the Animal Defense league in Ottawa.

“There has been no contact that we are aware of”, says Thompson. The closest they have come, He says, about two weeks ago when a person came to AVC asking asking “ques-

tions. people off the street don’t usually ask”. The person was asked to come ack at a later date so they could be given a proper tour, but the person did not dentify themself as actu- ally being a representative of any animal rights organi- zation.

Director of UPEI Secu- rity A.J. MacLeod says that AVC build-

because the

ing contains valuable equip- —

ment, “a number of pre-

Thursday, April 9th 1987 ;

Animal rights groups and AVC

cautions have been taken for the building itself.” MacLeod says that secu- rity must be maintained to prevent theft or dam- age to equipment. Admit- tance to the Atlantic Vet- erinary College is already controlled by security offi- cers, and visitors after reg- ular working hours must

sign in and out of the build- ing. Presently, because AVC is officially still un- der construction, the UPEI Security department is in charge of only a few ar- eas in the building. The Computing Centre, Audio- Visual, and some labs are the responsibility. of Secu- rity while the remainder is patrolled by a private secu- rity force employed by the construction company. AVC eral services in veterinary medicine. Besides the edu- cational aspects, the college

provides sev-

operates an animal hospi- tal and also conducts a fair amount of research. Dr. Thompson says that AVC keeps “a few mice and rats to make antibodies”, plus

a number of teaching anit mals. However, Thompson says the treat- ment and conditions all an- imals at the kept in follow the guidelines of the dian Council Care, a monitoring group part of a federal depart- ment. The Council makes

college are

strict Cana- of Animal

_~ MacDonald speaks at Model UN dinner

by Sam Okello

There is a need for global peace and justice ac- cording to Rev. Clarke MacDonald, former moder- ator of the United Church of Canada.

MacDonald addressed the annual UPEI Polit- ical Science Department fund raising banquet for Model United Nations stu- dent participants March 31 at the Rodd’s Royalty Inn.

”There are nations who spend billions of dollars on

ilitary purposes, while a~

lot of people starve to death every minute,” he said.

MacDonald pointed out that when the clock ticks on doomsday, people have the right to fear when the super powers will try to turn the milky way into a space station.

Gary Webster, UPEI Political Science Professor, in- dicated that delegates will come from schools across Canada and other countries such as the United States,

Japan and West Germany-

to mention a few.

’T-wenty-seven grains of sand from the Uni-

versity of Prince Edward Is- land will go to New York,” he noted; one for each of

the 25 student delegates and two faculty advisors in-

volved in the UN simula- tion April 12-19.

UPEI students will rep- resent two countries- Mex- ico and Guinea Bissau- ac- cording to Webster.

This marks the sixth year the university has sent delegates to New Yorks

periodic checks on educa- tional institutions such as AVC to see that conditions fall within acceptable stan- dards. Thompson says they visited the college about a year ago.

Although ad- mittance to the building is controlled, Dr. says that they have nothing

Thompson

to hide. Many tours of the

facilities are made and any interested persons are wel- come to inquire if they wish to learn more about the col- lege.

by Inge Dorsey

Lisa Wendt, a _ third year Modern languages major has been awarded a bursary by the Goethe In- stitute to study in Ger- many for eight weeks dur- ing June and July. The Goethe is an international institute based in Ger- many involved in promot- ing the study of languages. Ms. Wendt competed in the Quebec/Maritimes re- gion for this award.

Lisa will be travelling to the Black Forest re- gion of Germany to take

UPEI student to study in Germany for the Summer

up German studies. She has yet to be informed as to which university she will be attending. Lisa is a veteran to international study and travel. In 1985- 86 she studied French in Strasbourg, France, located on the French/German bor- der.

Lisa learned of this study opportunity through hr German instructor Prof. Lothar Zimmerman. In the fall she intends to continue her studies toward a Bach- elor of Arts in Frencha

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