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ell, as a former competitive swimmer | am lad that “Jabba” stood up for the rights of us, quiet majority, that doesn't want football ere, but wants a chance for all of us. UPEI lyneeds an aquatic facility along the lines of ¢ Dalplex in Halifax, or the Lord Beaverbrook ool at UNB. Why should we be slighted? The building of a pool will allow us to start water polo team which would garner attention om the media all across Canada. It would also low the small Canadian water polo talent to ay in their home country, instead of having to p stateside in order to show off their dubious ‘lents. Water polo would only be a pringboard to other liquid based sports such S diving, competitive speed swimming, cronized swimming, and scuba diving. Water lo would be a far more exciting sport to atch, there are just too many blowouts in potball, there aren't enough close games tse days. Water Polo is a sport where the ores are consistently close, with games being ‘cided by only a few points, it would be more tertaining to watch than some rout in potball...say, the Super Bowl. The pool would come an out of class hangout for many, Teasing school spirit and allowing students hang out, while being involved in fitness. The Aquaplex would more than pay for elf, as large revenues could be raised by ling memberships to the public. Corporate ""sorship could also be obtained by local ‘nesses with advertising spaces on the backs team uniforms, as that is where most of the °wd’s attention would be focused anyway. “students would also benefit from the pool, '0bs like maintenance, swimming teachers, lifeguards would be needed. “hy should football garner all the attention? *Y sport should be represented, why leave

anyone out? I’m glad that their are students like Jabba and myself who aren't afraid of standing up for what they believe in. I’m sure that the majority of students would rather see a campus full of swimmers, than a handful of football players. Waiting for a return to the water, Namor, The Sub-Mariner

Cough, cough

X-Press, lam having a difficult time quiting smoking. My roommates are telling me that my extensive smoking is really starting to bother them. | am starting to notice that | am smoking more than usual. | was wondering if it would be possible to print a number of quit smoking ideas in the next issue of the X-Press. | am sure that | am not the only person who would like to see these quit smoking methods printed. Thanks, Curt

Editor’s Note: Thanks for your idea. We will discuss it at our meeting Tuesday night. Anyone who has tips for quitting smoking please submit them.

Curse those damn lids!

X-Press, | wanted to know what's up with the plastic coffee lids in the pit..they don’t fit the cups therefore hot coffee spills all over everything and it is very upsetting. | would say that it is time to order new sizes because you have to be pretty creative to make these things fit. | know | should probably just get a more environmentally correct mug but the fact still remains that this is annoying.

Signed,

Scalded

Yet more football

X-Press, | just wanted to express my support for the effort to bring back the football Panthers. Unfortunately, there’s not much | can say that hasn't been said already. I've played football on the Island for the last two years and | honestly feel the university could benefit from having a team. Money shouldn’t be a problem. We've said from the beginning that we would receive funding from businesses. As far as talent is concerned, I’ve played against and alongside many of our Island players and | have no doubt they could hold their own with any Canadian university. Besides, Panther teams have been known to include the odd mainlander before. Regardless of what some have said, we

have the utmost respect for present Panther

teams (and water polo players). We simply want the chance to represent our school, as they do, in our sport.

Steve MacPherson

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EDITORIAL ©

Stressed for success

The Rime of the Ancient Editor

O FAR AS | KNOW AT THIS

writing this issue will be featuring one or

more pieces on stress. Consequently, and for reasons | am about to relate, | produced the strange cautionary tale you are about to read.

It’s an old, tired routine at this time of year or during finals -- assignments, tests, personal commitments and the like combine to place huge demands on the average student's time and energy. For workaholics and last- minute folks alike, this is

! eventually

sound like the last five minutes of a Family Ties episode’),

I've followed this philosophy for the most Part since then, though | still have a tendency to overcommit and/or mismanage my time...which leads us to the object lesson portion of our program. It’s been a pretty intense week or two, and I've occasionally neglected the little things-- like food and sleep. Atany rate, | eventually became ill with this flu/ cold/virus from Hades thing going around, complete with fever,

the time of year when well-meaning associates

became ill, with

chills, perpetually clogged sinuses, spectacularly

ranging from professors to family tell us that we

fever, chills,

violent coughing, and a Persistent distortion of

really should take it easy. Would-be rescuers

perpetually

my voice which, as one person said, makes me

advise you that “life’s too short,” “you're young,”

clogged sinuses,

sound “like a Muppet monster.” It's a good

“everyone needs their rest,” “you really should

spectacularly

thing | like the Muppets. At any rate, | have been

work on managing your time,” and “a person in

violent coughing,

very sick for quitea while now, and even as | type

your shape should either be home or in the

and a persistent

this | am under threat of being dragged home for

cemetery.” Real Hallmark material.

distortion of my

convalescence if | don’t leave willingly.

Still, inveterate scoffer that | am, even | have to admit that there's

voice which, as

The same thing happened to me last year

more thana grain of truth in the above pearls of

one person said,

around this time-- in fact, the doctor gave me the exact same prescription

wisdom. No fooling. |

makes me sound

this year, complete with

must confess that | am among the _ worst offenders in the stress

“like a Muppet

the eerily familiar advice that I get some rest. | will

pool -- though in my case it's more overwork than

monster.” It’s a

do that too, finishing up what | can before leaving what remains to the

stress (in fact, maybe if | had a proper stress

good thing | like

Legion of Substitute Editors -- a.k.a. editorial

reaction to overwork | wouldn’t overwork as much as | sometimes do, but | digress). For years | have good-naturedly tush-tushed the suggestions of those around me that | take it easy. After all, | rationalize, work is important. On the other hand, so is your health, and if you don’t maintain that, you eventually won't be able to work.

I'm actually nowhere near as bad as | used to be. | was once one of those fanatical, self- abusing perfectionists intent on working himself into the grave, but after a harrowing first year of university | came to a very important conclusion -- and herein lies the preachy, albeit timeless, core of this little rant -- no work is worth hurting yourself over. If you do your best, nothing more can or should be asked of you, by yourself or anyone else (why does this

|__x-press february sighth 1994 page 7, . |

the Muppets.

hopefuls Carol Schneider and Rebecca Moore, both of whom were warning me my warranty would expire long before it actually did. They're nice folks, and | thank them and the other people at the paper for their patience and assistance over the past week or two.

The moral of the story? Eat well, sleep regularly, take care of yourself. Sounds corny, but it’s sound. No matter what’s on your plate, make sure you haven't bitten off more than you can chew. We've all got stuff to do, but if you work to the point of burnout, you'll only make an ash of yourself.

Sean McQuaid Convalescing Editor