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Blanchard Hall gets the fumes

Blanchard Hall residents re recently asked to vacate air rooms for a period of e day as extermination of rtain pests was carried out.

The building was broken bwn into four areas with ch area taking a day to mplete. Residents were ked partment from 8:00 am to

00 on the day their area

to be ont of their

as being done.

Michael Read, Residence d Conference acilities Manager, says the ests were probably brought

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in with the food, explaining why Bernardine and Marian were not affected. “(It was) not a problem in the other residents because Blanchard is the only one where food is prepared.”

Mr. Read says it is not the first time Blanchard has been exterminated but it is the first time all the rooms have been done at the same time.

Pests were spotted in a few rooms, but after doing these rooms they found the probllem was not solved, so

as a precautionary measure the entire building was done. Blanchard Hall

maintenance contract

has a with the extermination company

and they coame in a few

times a year to do the hall- ways, but do not go into the rooms unless requested to do so.

Most residents found the extermination a slight incon- venience but as one student puts it: “If it got rid of the bugs then it was well worth aor

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The move to promote

The UPEI/World Uni- ersity Services of Canada Program is concerned about wareness of them on cam- bus. To combat this prob- lem, the executive members f WUSC addressed students bn the nature of the program turing a meeting held last eek at the Robertson Li- brary.

At the meeting, Interim President of WUSC Paul edwell gave a brief his- ory of the program, Led- ell said WUSC operates RS a non-governmental or- Ranization assisting develop- ent of Third World coun- ries. Although the ma- ority- of WUSC_ programs pperate in Africa, Ledwell hdded that WUSC also in- olves Asia and South Amer- ca, :

Ledwell revealed that ev- Pry year UPEI students con- tibuted a membership fee

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Thursday February 11th 1988

by Sam Okello

of two dollars in addition to their tuition towards the WUSC program. He ex- plained that funds raised towards WUSC facilitate a of on-going pro- grams. The main one, he explained, provides a: post- secondary education oppur- tunities to a student refugee already ‘recognized by the United Nations High Com- mission for Refugees (UN- HCR).

Ledwell pointed out that the program has enabled four studexts from Africa (Uganda and Ethiopia) to their studies at

number

continue UPEI. “We are continuing to be involved in sponsoring the refugee program,” he said. Annual seminars are among activities con- ducted by WUSC. Ledwell mentioned that such semi-

nars enable Canadian stu-

dents to study ,and expe- rience developing world is- sues in a stimulating environ- ment. Zimbabwe was a site seminar last year according to Ledwell. This year’s sem- inar will be in Mali, he said.

WUSC offers teaching as well. To qualify for overseas work, Ledwell advised every- one interested to apply for positions in their area of ex- pertise.

WUSC’s publicity assis- tant Gerald Hartley noted that there was a need to in- form students on activities of the program.

“It’s not that students aren’t interested, they are not informed,” Hartley said.

Adding to a call for im- proved awareness of WUSC, faculty advisor David Morri- son told participants of the program that continuity of WUSC depended on coop- eration with other organiza-

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Morrison stated that it

necessary to keep in touch with PEI develop- mental organizations such as Farmers Helping Farmers (an organization that helps meet agricultural needs of farmers in developing coun- tries)

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Morrison also suggested that WUSC could act on be- half of foreign students on campus by broadening their cultural perspectives and en- able them to interact with the traditions of Canadian society.

Acknowledging the same idea, Robertson Library em- ployee Leo Cheverie added that success of the WUSC program depended on public

awareness. Cheverie empha-

sized continuous publicity of WUSC’s activities.

“Tt’s essential to educate the campus about WUSC,” he said.

All in all, the executive members agreed to enhance and strengthen the position of WUSC. As every one be- comes aware, it is hoped that the public will continue to support the program’s ac- tivities and involvement at UPEI.

Enquiries regarding more information on World University Services ‘of Canada (UPEI) should be directed to Paul Led- well, WUSC-UPEI, 550 Uni- ‘versity Ave. Box 82, Char- j lottetown PEI, C1A 4P3.

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