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Faculty In-fighting

WHAT SHOULD The into print and In last week’s issue we printed a rather critical article by psy- chology Professor Rahman. It dealt with rassment survey conducted . recently on campus by two other persons in the psychol- ogy department, Don Mazer and Beth Percival. Rahman criticized the content of the survey and this week, Mazer

Gem allow what should it censor?

a sexual ha-

and Percival write in in de- fense of it.

The Gem is delighted to be able to show students a little of the faculty fighting that goes on all the time. The administration of the university, and that of

in-

any university, tries to keep this kind of thing within the ranks, but occasionally a pro-

fessor goes through the me-

dia.

Presenting dissent- ing points of view is a role the Gem is glad to take on, but we have to watch out for libel. And the letter written by Mazer and Percival is get- ting a little personal. Profes- sors, it seems, are intensely protective of their reputa- tions.

The original article has been printed, and it has been responded to. I do not think this paper should print more letters calling into auestion the ethics of either party.

We would, however, like to get letters from students regarding what they think about research concerning sensitive subjects like sex- ual harassment. When does

the science stop and the

Three weeks ago we printed a news

voyeurism begin?

item about a women pos-

ing as a sexual education counsellor calling students at McMaster University asking about their penises. Is it that easy and are people that un- suspecting that they will an- swer any question no matter

how personal?

This is not some guarded

way of stating an opinion on .

the survey done at UPEI. About that particular survey I have no opinion one way or the other.

write to. The Gem either in the form of a

You can

letter to the editor or, if you really have‘a lot to say, in the form of a personal opinion es- say. The staff box on page 4 describes how to go about it.

The Smokey Pit of Despair

THE SMOKING DE- BATE held in The Pit Tues- day failed to bring up one

thing; UPEI is segregated enough now. Communi- cation between students of different faculties or cliques is almost. nil. Students here seem to see them-

selves as, ‘Chem Students’, ‘Pol Sci Majors’ ‘On The Hockey As

or Team’.

well, there’s frosh, soph- mores, juniors and seniors, and ‘Student ple’, ‘part-timers’, and ‘art-

Among Frosh there

Union Peo-

sies.”

are even divisions based on which ‘high school you grad- uated from. All these divisions stu- dents catagorize themselves by are especially peculiar considering how small UPEI

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The Robertson: Library Lounge is the one place ev-

eryone on campus congre- gates at one time or an- other. -Even if they the

various groups don’t talk to each other, they at least are in the same room and have

some contact. To divide up the students still further into ‘smokers’ by dividing up The Pit can do nothing but further this segregation. And this segre-

or ‘non-smokers’

gation would be more than just a category students have in their minds; it would be a physical barrier.

To build a wall in The Pit behind which to hide the smokers is ridiculous. If a ventilation system as pro- posed at the meeting can truly make the air acceptable for the majority, I think this is the only choicé to be made.

—Derrick Webber

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—Hunter S. Thompson Gonzo Journalist and former writer for Rolling Stone magazine

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This week’s contributors:

Laurie Reeves, Sean MacIntosh, The Engi- neers, and the History Society

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March 17th 1988

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