Editor:

The article ‘‘Why Beer Is Better Than Some Women’’ was originally published in a University of Toronto engi- neering newspaper. Apparent- ly no one even complained at U of T when it was published about a month ago.

Dear Editor:

This is regarding the Engineering column.I am sure you remember it; it’s the one about beer and women.

As you know, there has been a lot of controversy over the article, especially on the feminist side of the argument. We are writing as two females

_ who took it asa joke, asit was meant to be. We believe that anyone with the barest trace of a sense of humour would have taken it so.

Any female who is secure about their equality would laugh at this joke and not

I do not know enough about sex to fully grasp the possible interpretations of the article. I despise censorship and let the engineers publish what they wanted to in the engineering page. In fact, I had published 99.5% of all material passed in to the newspaper at that time.

Signed, Two females with a sense of humour and no sexual hangups.

Dear Editor, :

I would like to thank Patricia Kenny for writing her tactful letter about the graffiti on the walls.

The I.V.C.F. group and I agree with the points she made.

I never read anywhere about Jesus sneaking around at night with a little blue marker writing graffiti on the temple walls. He liked the personal

attempt to interpret’ it as

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From my discussions with some students, I find the ma- jority of students, including

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female students, were not of-—

fended by the article. One arts professor even told me that the article was ‘‘witty’’.

If I were still editor, I would refuse to make any apology whatsoever for that article.

The position of editor is basically a combination of a secretary and an_ errand

touch and just had to show his love to people to get their at- tention. It’s the same today, and I think Christians have to realize that.

There is a personal, lawful, and respectful way to express who Jesus is.

Sincerely, Anne Irving Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship Representative

“exploitation of women.” Get real; can't they appreciate a good joke?

Announcing the Third Annual Great Canadian Solar Race

The University of Waterloo is helping to organize the upcoming ‘‘Great Canadian Solar Race’’ to be held on the Victoria Day Weekend, May 16-18, 1987 at Ontario Place, Toronto. This annual event is sponsored by the Solar Energy Society of Canada, Inc. (SESCI) with support from various groups in the solar community.

The one day competition is open to college and university (undergraduate and graduate) students across Canada. There are two separate competitions being planned.

The traditional Thermosyphon event requires the building of a thermosyphon (no pump) solar hot water heating system. Points are awarded for the design, aesthetics, durability, cost . and performance. A number of water draws will be made during the course of the day and the highest temperature will determine the best performing system.

The second event is a Photovoltaic (PV) water-pumping competition. The object is to use solar cell panels (supplied by the organizers if enough schools are interested) to pump the largest volume of water from Lake Ontario 27 metres to the roof of one of the buildings at Ontario Place. Points are also awarded for the cost, aesthetics and durability of the system.

Total prizes for the winners will be valued at $1000 and include memberships in SESCI.

A concurrent high school hot dog cooking contest and PV powered remote-controlled model car race are also being planned.

Interested students can obtain entry forms and information by contacting the University of Waterloo (519) 885-1211 and asking for Evan Jones (extension 3885) or Professor Alfred Brunger (extension 6843) or by writing to The Great Canadian Solar Race, c/o Prof. K.G.T. Hollands, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

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runner. I spent over twenty hours a week just to ensure the publication of the paper on time. I quit because I realized that the job would. drain too much of my energy and des- troy my academic future.

I refuse to comment further on this issue. I feel that it has been nothing more than a storm in a teacup.

Jim W. Lai

opportunity newspaper.

The Gem is a student newspaper supported by the UPEI Student Union.

View. expressed in the Gem are not necessarily those of the editor, the Gem, or the UPEI Student Union. The Gem is an equal

The Tragedy of Youth

By Sam Okello

Sad is our youth, for it is ever going,

crumbling away beneath our very feet;

Sad are our hopes, for they are hardly fulfilled,

Life as they say, is a struggle,

Even the wise people sometimes fail to make

both ends meet,

Nobody said it better than Benjamin Franklin

“‘To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with, light;

to be proud of virtue, is to poison yourself with the antidote.’’

Sad is our youth, for it is happening daily, This drama has it all: war and peace; Americans and Libyans; heroes and villains; power and politics; struggle and sacrifice; courage and cowardice; hope and despair; death and destruction.

Joys which, to us, in youthful years of pleasure

Are not confined to mortal’s surly bonds

Grow sad and die, when subject to life’s meansure of time, where in all but the soul responds,

Sad is our youth, for it is true that

man is born without his own knowledge and dies without his own consent. :

Life At University

That sometimes it makes me feel Quite sad.

There’s tests, reports,

And lots of other things to do, So that by the end of the week, I’m feeling rather blue.

But then sometimes I sit and think

About what life is all about,

And I quickly feel quite ashamed of myself, And feel no more urge to pout.

So you students out there

Who think university is just not for you, Sit down and write a letter,

To somone who might be lonely too.

Malcolm Gorrill

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——S November 6, 1986 == |