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get involved with running it, paying for staff and there’s potential for loss in return.”

Hann would have welcomed RAW if the Barn had been big enough, but there are a lot of people to deal with to put events on outside of the Barn.

Hann also did not think it was worth the financial risk.

“T wasn’t sure how well that would go over with the student popula- tion,” says Hann. “I didn’t feel it would be a success.”

Shannon Dumaresque, the President of Marion Hall,disagrees.

Dumaresque thinks such a wres- tling event would have been success- ful. Students in Marion watch wrestling whenever it is on television and attend every sporting event.

Real Action Wrestling has performed twice this month in the Charlottetown Civic Center to a full

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Advisory committee to improve UPEI Health Centre

says Joelene

by Sarah Murphy Gregory, student, NEWS EDITOR committee member,

Healthier students for a healthier UPEI

An advisory. committee was recently formed to examine the utiliza- tion and possible improvements to be made to the UPEI health centre. This unofficial commit-

_tee, set up by nurs-—

ing students and faculty, which hsve representatives from a variety of on- | campus groups, hope to raise stu- dent awareness of the centre.

“We are working on issues that affect the health centre and affect students,” says Trish Daley, stu- dent, committee member, and women centre representative. “We are looking at who the health centre should be for, what the purpose of our committee is.”

“Its purpose —

is to make sure that the health centre is a

place that all stu- dents feel equally welcome to attend,”

d second wom- en’s centre repre-

‘ sentative. “We want

to make sure that students know what services are avail- able to them.” Services will also be revised as to see which ones are being used the most or the least. Certain services may have to be improved, brought in or elimi- nated. Committee members are trying

the centre’s clients. 70% of people who use the service are women.

“There were a lot of concerns about that [majority of female clients]. One was of course that we need more female doctors,

which is hard in

PEI, but also the concern of why aren’t guys using the health centre when it’s there.” With 68% of UPEI’s population being female, Daley points out that there

lies ahead, and Daley admits that the committee has no power over the university’s deci- sions in regards to the operation of the Health Centre.

“The simple fact of the matter is that we are an advisory committee that is not official,” says Daley. “We are not a committee that has been set up by the university, it has been set up by nursing students and the nursing faculty, as literally

to form a an diverse advi- a [honestly believe thatif | °°” which we lose our health cen- mittee. willover | tre, we are going tolose | ts not to aspects of a lot of students say that the health our centre and con- its clientele, trying _isstillasignificant cerns and our rec- to appeal to mature _ percentage of men ommendations are and part-time stu- who are not using not going to be dents, faculty, staff, the services offered taken seriously, but and off-island by the Health that we really have students. centre. “There is a not control and no “The health large concern about —_ power. The only centre is really for howcan we get power will come people who are _ them [men], how from students’ from away, who can we tell them input.” don’thave family _ that this service is Gregory doctors [here].So _ there, and there is believes that the that is the main nothing wrong with —_ advisory committee focus in place,” using it.” will still provide a Daley says. The goals of _ positive direction to Anobvious theadvisorycom- _the health centre. female bias has _ mittee are long “We feel we will been observedin term. Much work —_ improve the health ©

centre by better representing the needs of fellow students by allow- ing students to voice their concerns and bring awareness to their special needs.”

Students’ sparse use of the Health Centre may simply result from a healthy student population.

“T hardly ever go to the health centre,” says Jim Steven, Bernadine RLA. “J think I’ve been there only a couple of times in my 3 years [at UPEI]. “I’m never seriously ill or sick enough to consider going. [But] I think that it’s nice to have.”

“T honestly believe that if we lose our health centre, we are going to lose a lot of students, and we are going to lose a very valuable resource, Daley says. “I think that if we are not careful, that may happen. Too often there is a concern with cutting costs and not realising the long term benefits. | _ think that it’s very

valuable.” ‘fog

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