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SEPT 24 ‘1981

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CI ‘ By; Terry Palmer

»As part of. the camp— aign against the proposed cutbacks of Established Programs Financing (E.P.F.) funding, the U.P.E.I. Student Union is organ- izing an Anti-Cutbacks rally on Tuesday, Sept.

29 at 12:30 pm and a March to the Provincial Building located on Rich- mond Street: The March originates from the "BARN" at 2:00pm on Wednesday, _ the 30th of Sept. and will proceed straight dam University Ave., turn right at Euston St.,then turn left at Rochford St.

Why March? The reason why each and every student at U.P.E.I. should march on Wednesday, the 30th is very simple. backs strike to the found- ation of our post-secon— dary system, in that, if the cutbacks proposed do in

by PAMELA SHAW

The members of the UPEI Theatre Society started their 1981—82 season with a successful strike when they presented the George Bernard Shaw farce ' "Passion, Poison, and Petrifacticn" in the Robertson Library Student lounge for two shows on September 17.

The first of the r society's Lunchtime" ' §§Theatre ’offerings, this Estone-act play was amusing from the very beginning when Professor Terry Pratt (playing Bernard Shaw himself) adapted the stage directions into a light narration. The initial duty of the narratorrwas to enlist the audience as actual cast members who served _ as the "Chorus of Invisible Angels" throughout the play. This complex role called for the audience, the' majority of which were

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Death“ To UPEI. ?

fact happen, small insti— tutions like U.P.E.I. will cease to exist because students would not be able to afford the tui- tion increase which would be inevitable to recover the lost funding. Sinply put, if you, marched you would be fighting for the existence of U.P.E.I. The objectives of

our march and our whole Anti-cutbacks campaign are to let both the federal and Provincial governments know that we, the students at U.P.E.I. and in the rest of Atlantic Canada are totallyvin opposition to any cutbacks of federal E.P.F. funding whatsoever. It is important that we show strong support be- cause if we do not then the government can say" that we do not care if ' tuition is $3000.00 +.

. Another objective is to receive student

students, to sing "Tom Dooley" on the narrator's cue. As students are by nature hams, theyk positively revelled in the job. '

The actual play began when Prof. Pratt, as Shaw, began rattling off a detailed descrip— tion of missing scenery and costumes. (The cast!s wardrobe consisted mainly of red t—shirts with identifying names or initials.) At the onset Lady Magnesia Fitztollemache*(Tracy Mahar) is introduced as a rather flighty but beautiful woman who accidently instills jealousy in her husband George (Owen Aylward).

The jealousy stems from

Magnesia‘s admiration for a mutual friend, Adolphus (Professor Iain Galloway),

. and his new wardrobe. '

Having failed initially to do away with his wife, Fitzollemache decides to bump off Adolphus instead, and here is where the

representation and input on the Provincial Govern- ment Committee which will negotiate with the Federal Government on the new fund— ing agreement. We also will demand the right to receive a post-secondary education in the Province of P.E;I. We believe

this is a constitutional right; the right to receive

an education within your own Provincial Boun-

- dary.

Finally, we will demand that post-secon— dary education in P.E.I. be elevated to a high priority within the present government and demand that adequate funds be allocated to keep I1.D.F3.I. open and Operating at least its

. present capacity .

So, one can see that action such as our march will go a long way towards showing the res—

‘A ' Lunchbox Laughs

real fun begins. Fitztollemache uses a poison in his murder attempt, and once Adolphus has discovered he is being"done in," he does a perfectly marvelous aping of a death scene, taking an awfully long tine to expire. Having made up

with his wife, Fitz— tollemache declares

ARCHIVES U.P.E.|.

pective governments that we do indeed care and that we are not going to stand back and let U.P.E.I. fade into extinction.

I hope to see everyone at the march and the rally; we'll show the government that we mean business.

Also, I might mention that our march has a theme; "The Death of Education on P.F‘..T.". which means that U.P.E.I. will die if cutbacks come through. Everyone is asked to wear black clothes to emphasize our point. We will be preoeeded in the march by a trailer carrying the coffin of U.P.E.I., ,Which we will bury in the front lawn of the ’ Provincial Building if Our demands are not heard by members of the ‘ Provincial Government.

See ya on the 30th!

that there is a cure "if an antidote would not be too much of an anti- climax". "Do you think I want to die for the sake of the critics?" Adolphus retorts.

The antidote is lime, so the first source they use is part of the ceiling, but when Adolphus fails to be able to eat

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