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Other university admin- istrators do not anticipate any great costs associated with the new graduate programs. Dr. Philip Smith, Dean of Arts, remarked that the programs pay for themselves. As an ex- ample, the MEd. program will not require any more full-time faculty positions.

Dr. Ed MacDonald, graduate coordinator for the Education department, agrees. Professors may have an over- loaded schedule in order to teach graduate programs. Or professors may have instruct one less undergraduate course, anda sessional lecturer will fill the vacancy. Other solutions are in the works as well.

Smith commented that in professional programs such as the Bachelor and Masters of Education, sessionals can be a positive move. These sessionals would likely be pro- fessional teachers, and so the students would be taught by those who have practical ex-

perience in the field. The same situation often occurs in Law Schools, where many profes- sors are practising lawyers

For UPEI’s MEd, the salary of the sessional lecturer is expected to be covered by the tuition charged for the MEd program. Extra library hold- ings needed for this graduate program wouldalsocome from this tuition source, giving an added benefit to students out- side the program. MacDonald also commented that he did not expect tuition for under- graduates to rise as a result of the MEd program

The Departments of Chemistry and Biology arealso in the planning stages of a Masters of Science (MSc) program. Dr. Roger Gordon, Dean of Science, agrees that graduate programs will not cause undergraduate tuition to increase.

“I can’t even see a link- age as to why that would be the case. I can’t even under- stand why that would happen,” stated Gordon.

Continuing his comments in the legislature, Gillan pointed out that science graduate stu- dents also bring increased fund- ing through the research dol- lars they receive in grants. He also indicated that he did not want to sce students faced with increased tuition

Guptil expressed her con- cerns that high tuition would decrease accessibility to the University

“I truly don’t think stu- dents can afford higher tuition And I’m just saying strongly that somehow, if the university can’t absorb those costs that you sir, will really do some- thing to ensure that students | will not see another increase in | tuition fees for awhile,” said Guptl Gillan asserted that he : was concerned about students’ | costs as well. He made no | references to increased fund- | ing to the University during the debate around the amendment to the University Act

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of Irish from his parents. His interest in the Insh language emerged when he took a course offered by a professor from St Mary’s University

Following this course, he went to language school in the Irish county of Donegal (in Irish, Dun na Gael) where he became fully fluent in the language

“I know an Ireland that [my family] does not know,”

| O'Hare says. “I've met some wonderful, wonderful people in | Donegal who speak Irish.” He adds that the Irish language 1s | quite different from English

For instance, there is no such verb as “to have.” If one

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“There is a coat to me.” O'Hare suggests that the Irish language --especially in the Irish-speaking districts, or Gaeltacht, in the northwest, west, and far south of the island of Ireland - - is an anti-materialist force

O'Hare has noticed an increase of interest in the Insh language, both on Prince Edward Island and in Ireland itself, probably driven by the increased prominence of Celtic music. Though he fears that the revival is a case of too little, too late, he thinks that the interest of his students is well-worth it. “Insh is a beautiful language.”

O'Hare plans to offer a continuation to this semester's Irish course in the summer session.

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