By Cate Hanus N JULY 1, 1995, DR. ELIZABETH

pperly will begin her term as president of PEI. Students seem to be thrilled with the ice of Epperly by the presidential selection

The road to becoming president of a niversity is a long one, and it began for Dr. pperly when she graduated from UPEI in )73 with a bachelor of arts degree. She then ent on to Dalhousie University where she ceived a master of arts in 1974. Four years er, in 1978, she obtained a doctorate of glish literature from Birkbeck College at the iversity of London in England. She has ce held many positions at various universi- ts, including that of English Department pad at Memorial University in Newfound-

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land. She currently holds the position of Asso- ciate Professor of English here at UPEI and is founder and chair of the Lucy Maud Montgomery Institute.

Finally at the end of that long road,

mmittee. ‘‘She’s who having been chosen as our eryone wanted vee ef On July i 1995, new president, Dr. Epperly id english major Dr Elizabeth Epperly has a great vision of what dera Chisholm when ; ‘ UPEI can become in the ed what she thought Will begin her term as future. Shestatesthatthere i S appoint- pre Si dent of UPEL are two things which are

key to our future and our ability tocreate what we want, and she will base her presidency on these two things. She says that ‘‘First, we need to embrace process as a way of life rather than an occasional refuge. And second, we need to know exactly who we are and what we are able todo... ‘

When it finally comes time to take the president’s chair this June, Dr. Epperly can rest assured that she has the support of much of the student body and many faculty members. We’re all looking forward to having her on as president.

By Sean McQuaid lames swept through UPEI’s Duffy Build- g this past Sunday evening, significantly aging the building though there were no alties reported.

The fire, which started shortly before 00 pm, set off alarms which quickly drew th security personnel and the fire depart- ent to the scene.

The area was cordoned off as firefight- s went to work, and security personnel evacu- ed adjoining buildings (including the chap- cy centre and the library) for safety rea- ns. A major fear was the potentially danger-

fumes from the fire. Asa science building, Ime of Duffy’s contents would be among the bre exotic-- and potentially dangerous-- on impus.

While smoke and fumes were a major ncern for the adjoining buildings, the evacu- on was explained by one fireman as a simple ecaution: ‘‘Every fire’s dangerous. [We]

ays err on the side of caution.”’

Exact details of the fire’s cause and the €nt of damage were unavailable at press

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time (pending a report from the fire marshall), but security personnel described it as “‘a major fire’? and expect serious smoke and water damage at the very least.

On being assured there were no inju- ries, University President C.W.J. Eliot summed up the fire as a major inconvenience: ‘‘[The smoke] gets into everything-- on walls, papers, blackboards.”’

The immediate concern was what to do about upcoming classes in Duffy Building. Eliot called the Registrar after learning of the fire, which coincidentally took place on the evening before pre-registration.

University Registrar John R. DeGrace hoped to reschedule all classes in Duffy (relo- cating many to the Alumni Gym), but when questioned at press time he said the first half of the school day would probably be cancelled at the least. Radio announcements were planned to inform students of the changes.

Though the extent of damage is as yet unknown, President Eliot said the building may be closed off for as long as a week.

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The SWAP Experience

By Colleen Easter OULD YOU LIKE TO WORK INA

income. Upon arrival you recieve a few nights in a hotel and the aid of SWAP’s foreign

vineyard in the wine region of France? How _ counterpart. This sister organization will help

about a pub inLondon, England? Maybe teach English in Japan or work at a resort in Germany? Are you up for the experience of a lifetime (which looks great on a resume)? Then you might be interested in the Student Work | Abroad Programme (SWAP). It’s got all this and more! : SWAPisa program of the Canadian Federation of Students. The national coordinator, Samantha Dalby, was at UPEI on November 9 to explain the pro- gram. Each year for the last 20 years, about 1700 SWAPer’s have gone abroad to live and work in aforeign land. This year there are eleven different destinations. For a registration fee, which runs from $160 to $300, you get your working holiday visa, which is very hard to get without this program. This isan open employment authori- zation which means you can work any job, anywhere inthe country. Youalso get, in many countries, a tax exemption form which enables you to get away without paying any tax on your

you find a job and a place to live, as well as provid- ing invaluable survival tips. Your travel costs are your own responsi- bility, and your plane ticket must be bought through TravelCUTS.

Ms. Dalby explained the different destinations and the differences in some of the programs. For exam- ple, the two new coun- tries, Jamaica and the Netherlands, have only > five spaces available for each country. Finland runs on a trainee system,

where participants are placed in a pre-ar-

ranged job and only ten spots are available for the entire country. Countries such as Britain, Ireland, France, and Japan have year round departures. Others such as Germany, Aus- tralia, and New Zealand are more structured in their departure times. All of this information in included in the SWAP application brochure which you should be able to pick up atthe Barn.

MEDIA: MacLean’s prints phoney ‘What’s hot, what’s not’ list

By Tracy Hitchcock

(CUP)

HEN THEY SUBMITTED A PHONEY LIST

of what’shot and what’s not on campus to

Maclean’s magazine as part of its university

survey, the staff at York University’s newspa-

per, the excalibur, didn’t think it would actu- ally make it to print.

Maclean’s sent a fax to student newspa- pers at 51 universities across the country and asked them to make a list of ‘‘what’s hot and what’s not’’ on their respective campuses. The staff of the excalibur thought the request was just a “‘token offering’’ to appease those who had criticized Maclean’s in the past for not getting enough student input for the issue, said CatharineSoukeroff, the paper’s editor-in- chief.

Soukeroff said the newspaper’s staff wanted to ‘‘send a message’ about what they thought of the request. She said she ‘‘definitely’ didn’t think the bogus list would make it to print.

”?We were sitting around and we were saying, ‘Wouldn’t it be funny if they printed it?’ -- but we expected they would fact-check io

Seven things were published in Maclean’s as “‘what’s hot’’ at York Univer- sity. Five are false.

For example, there are no virtual-real- ity seminars at York, no breast-feeding facili- ties for student moms and no master’s degree

in creative writing (that program was actually cut last year in a storm of controversy).

Soukeroff also said there is no new makeshift theatre, as the paper told Maclean’s, only ‘‘an old one and it’s falling apart.”’

And the Nellie Langford Visual Arts Library is actually the Nellie Langford Wom- en’s Studies Library -- there is no visual arts library at all.

In the ‘‘what’s not’’ section, several other entries are false.

For example, the list says York’s radio station ‘‘plays too much classic rock.’’ It actu- ally plays only hip hop and airs talk shows.

Also false were statements that there is not enough convenience food on campus and not enough liquor-licensed _ establishments.

According to thelist, the ‘“hot hangout’’ on campus is Mac’s Well Pub. ‘‘It’s a closet with a table and it doesn’t even have a liquor licence,’’ Soukeroff said.

One excalibur staff member said Maclean’s did call to fact-check some items, but obviously didn’t do a thorough job.

When asked how information in the ‘*What’s Hot, What’s Not’’section was veri- fied, Maclean’s education editor Victor Dwyer says facts were checked as they would be with any story.

’*But we alsoassume that other journal- ists would tell us the truth,just as you are assuming that I am telling you the truth,” Dwyer said. (Source: The Charlatan)

|November 15, 1994|