October 11, 1984
The student newspaper of the University of Prince Edward Island
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Sports facility still a complex question
By Jill Warburton
A renewed proposal for a new Sports Complex at U.P.E.I. goes before the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission later this month says U.P.E.I. Athletic Director Ed Hilton.
In 1982, M.P.H.E.C. re- commended that the pro- vincial government fund an on-campus complex at a cost of $7.5 million. The govem- ment decided then to post- pone reconstruction.
The plans on which the 1982 estimates were based are being used to re-evaluate the :ost at 1984 levels. A pro- posal. including these updated costs is presently being pre- pared and will be presented to the M.P.H.E.C., which is likely to recommend the plans to the P.E.I. govem- ment. -
The Minister of 'Commu- nity and Cultural Affairs, .George McMahon, was unavailable for comment, but the director of Youth and Fitness, Dr. Dave Boswell, made the official cement “no comment”. '
He said he does not know that a proposal was ever
‘ made to government or that
it was put on hold or'tumed down.
Boswell admitted there has been some talk of a new athletic facility for the 1991 Canada Games and. that he is on “an internal government committee looking at ways and means.”
He said there is paper flow between the levels of govern- ment but that a complex is still very much in the “em- bryonic stages ’ ’ .
Boswell hopes he should be able to provide some answers in six months to a year.
Leone Bagnall, the Minis- ter of Education, commented only that the subject has not been discussed in Cabinet in the past couple of months but that it was looked at on several occasions in the past with no policy decision being made.
The complex is being de- layed by lack of funds. Hilton says if the RE]. Government were to con- struct a facility now, it would be paid for 100% by the province, with the possibility of university-organized fund- raising.
However, were the univer- sityto wait until P.E.I. hosts
McCarville now Women’s Coordinator
By Michael Linck
This year‘s Student Coun- cil has incorporated the port- folio of Women’s Council Coordinator for the first time..
It is not the most visible of roles, yet itencompasses 50 percent of UPEIs student population. This makes it clearly 'the most representa- tive of portfolios a UPEI Student Council Representa- tive can hold.
Mary McCarville is not holding the portfolio so much as trying to nurse it back to health. In the peak of con- dition last fall after its founding work by Ronalda Murphy, the issue quickly fell into a state of near coma by last Christmas.
Mary’s role as women’s council coordinator is to coordinate activities that will inform and make aware to women and the student popu- lation as a whole, issues such as pornography, sexual assault, job opportunities or the role of Anderson House
' in the community.
The concerns of women at UPEI are important, and for Mary the real job is to keep the interest in the issues high,
- SO as to ensure that women
become involved in the pro- blems and take a part in solving them. ’ Becoming a volunteer is one way Mary sees for you to develop understanding and
awareness. By being involved you are assisting yourself and others to be better informed about what is happening.
Mary is also arranging a visit to UPEI by the Women’s Employment Coordinator of Canada Manpower for the end of October. She has written the head of the National Women’s Commis- sion to say there is an in- terested representative at UPEl.
Mary recognizes the value of having the position of Women’s Council Coordi- nator incorporated into the Student Council agenda. This gives it a political backing, and the weight of council helps to ensure that it. will not , soon die of disinterest.
But finally, it is the con- cernéd interest of Mary McCarville and others like her, who believe that these issues are real and need to be addressed directly, which will ensure not only the survival, but the strengthing of the position of Women’s Council Coordinator. ‘
And that, coupled with the students’ support, is the only way solutions to the problem will be found. '
Otherwise Mary’s role as Women’s Council Coordi- nator will end up becoming
‘fa token women’sposition,
and it. seems there are enough of those around already.
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the 1991 Canada Games (when the province is likely to require a more complete facility that it has now), the funding would be split be- tween the three levels of government. ‘
If U.P.E.I. was chosen as the site for the Canada Games, the federal, provin- cial, and municipal govern- ments would each pay one third of the initial cost.
Ed Hilton says he doesn’t want to wait that long for a
new complex, and hopes that construction could begin as earlyas I985. ,
He notes that the Alumni Gym has already been con- demned, and even if our basketball teams were to finish first we could'not hold the playoffs here. Hilton says the city of Charlottetown has been very cooperate about
, U.P.E.I. using the Forum,
but thinks a suitable on- campus rink would promote more enthusiastic student
support.
The increased opportunity for‘ fitness, recreation, 'and intramurals, as well asfor the Panther teams, would create a sense of campus spirit which is not evident now, Hilton believes.
The Island community as a whole would be drawn closer to the university be- cause the public would also use the facility. It would pro~ bably be used for provincial games and selection, training,
'and competition of our pro— vincial teams.
Hilton sums up his feelings with: “I don’t know why U.P.E.I. students haven’t been raising hell over these athletic facilities. ’ ’
If the plans were approved, students would have nothing to complain about. The blue- prints call for renovation of the existing rink (to include enlarging the stands), and for office Space and a field house
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Diamond ‘speaksatmbra/‘n’ banquet
Learning how to deal with anxiety and make responsible choices will mean “a stronger sense of self” and more free- dom, Dr. Beverly Diamond, 1976 Governor- General’s Gold Medal winner and PhD in Mathematics from the University of Mani- toba told UPEI students
Thursday night.
Diamond was the guest speaker at the fifth annual Academic Awards and Honours Dinner in the UPEI cafeteria.
Slightly less than the 199 students who were named to the Dean’s List last year attended the banquet, of
which Dean of Science Ivan Dowling was the Master of Ceremonies. _
Diamond said the thing she remembers most about her undergraduate years at UPEI was the warmth of the faculty, the way professors cared about students and the quality of education.
Dean’s List students enjoy a well-deserved meal at the Academic Awards and Honours
Dinner Thursday night.
. (Photo: Ross)
“That’s not true of every university,” she said.
In speaking of life choices, Diamond said students face more of them all together at this point in their lives. She mentioned the increased number of choices available to women today and the tension of choosing majors, courses, and friends.
Insecurity along geographi- cal, political, economic and educational lines obsures the
clarity of choices, says Diamond. - The following students
were awarded prizes: Andrew Humphrey, Ch’town Colby Lewis, York Heather MacNevin, Sherwood Blaine Bernard, St. Louis Deanna Dykeman, York Rhonda Matters, Ch’town John Orr, Mayfield Shirley MacLeod, Uigg Willard Burke, Ch’town Tony Lai, Ch’town Christopher Leary, Borden Angele Hache. St. Chrysostome Robert Kelley, West Royalty Kamal Gupta, Sherwood David Condon, Appin Road Maureen McKenna, Ch’town Kevin MacIntyre, Mt. Stewart Kimberly Jones,
Burtts Corner, NB Michael Vriends, Covehead Gordon MacDonald, Bothwell
U of C women’s centre “laughed at”
CALGARY (CUP) — Uni- versity of Calgary students trying to organize a women’s centre face “complete oppo- sition” in their fight against pornography and inadequate campus security.
“We were laughed at,”
says Jenny Irving-Halladay, an organizing committee member. She says her group is ignored by student council, student services and faculty heads, all who refused to give them space or funding.
“The student union also recommended we call our- selves a club,” ’she says. may receive some
office space and are eligible
for a small grant.
The organizing committee has temporary office space in the social welfare student lounge, plans to lobby for tighter campus security and fight pornography on cam- pus.
“It is useful to have a temporary room to prove we are useful and have viable issues to work on a con— tinuing basis,” says com-
mittee member Anette Cerafitzky. Deirdre Wall, student
union executive and women’s committee member, says the group is targetting the en-
gineering students’ annual Lady Godiva ride and pornography at the university bookstore.
She says each year the engineers parade a naked woman on a horse through the campus in mock imitation of the famous Lady Godiva ride for the suffragist move- ment at the turn of the cen- tury.
“I want porn off campus,” she says. She points to a poster advertising a recent fraternity party on campus depicting a naked woman being chased by a man on horseback carrying a whip as
another example of violence against women.
Although the group has met with some co-operation from students, committee member Pat Stanley says she also gets comments such as
, “What‘s the matter, you got
a Freudian problem here?”
Plans for a new women's centre at one other campus has also been delayed. The University of Saskatchewan student union, which shut down its women’s directorate last October, has not yet decided h0w to replace the services it eliminated.