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ampus was buzzing with excitement the past couple of months as work-

ers bombarded the campus with shovels and the sound

of engines swept the univer-

sity with more energy than any party The Wave could ever throw.

It was obvious what brouhaha in the vicinity of the soccer fields was. In anticipation of the 2009 Canada Games it was deemed appropriate to build an arena to accomodate the myriad of competitors to walk onto the campus. A worthy cause, indeed. I’m no opponent to forking over some dollars to our deserv- ing athletes. The Beijing Games showed that you can put a price on pride and by forking over a few extra bucks for our Canada — Games it could prove bene- ficial in the grand scale of things.

One thought haunted me though. After building such an elaborate track and field stadium, what will its use be at the conclusion of the Games? Our fair university is without a track and field team, after all.

I began barraging whatev- er poor soul I could find

EDITORIAL

UPEI Cadre

Tm simply slightly bitter.

The Other Side of the

By Lucas McInnis

Story

You see, I’ve taken a couple summer courses and it’s proven to be quite the nui- sance to get to my class. No matter which way I went, it would seem, was the wrong - way. And what would be right one day was no longer correct the next. I know it’s all for good

with questions. The natu- ral answer from most was that UPEI would simply

_ have to incorporate some

form of team in order for the building to be made worth while. Glorious. Problem solved. Everybody’s happy. Except me, of course. —

Not that I was particularly unhappy, just not complete- ly finished with my ques- tioning.

It wasn’t the stadium I was now inquiring into, but rather the work on campus

that began on account of the

Games.

Our quaint school campus was being torn up to make it eventually more appeal- ing to the eye, as it would seem.

Now, I know this doesn’t seem exactly like a sin. There’s no reason to impeach or fire anyone over a simple sprucing up of our

school, but with the redoing of our entire grounds I couldn’t help wonder how much money this was cost- ing us students.

True, the money must be spent somewhere, I guess. And what better place should the provincial uni- versity spend its funds than representing the province on the whole? My question was, is it all entirely neces- sary?

I could be wrong. Maybe the expense is worth it. But it’s the numbers that plague me. I never thought the campus looked poorly. I'll

concede the new grounds

look nice. But I wonder if it was worth it. What does it get us when the games fin- ish? Will I really feel better walking class to class with the new-and-improved cam- pus than I had with the old style? Is all this work and money really worth two

reason. It may even prove to be the best thing to hap- pen to the school all year. I just want to make sure whatever happens, it’s noth- ing less than a step forward.

weeks of glory?

I’m sure there was nothing but good intentions in the decision to do these renova- tions. But when the Games come to a close, will we still even be talking about it? Lucas McInnis is the editor-in-

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