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The Cadre

¢ 24 November 1998

This is your educational neighbourhood

By MELISSA DOUCETTE

Poverty. If you have a student loan, you probably know all about this condition. A single student with the maxi- mum amount allowed for a student loan lives at 70 percent of the poverty line. In other words, students have another 30 percent to go before they reach the poverty line.

Kraft Dinner, Mr. Noodles, and Rice. The sta- ple food for students living at home. Why? Well, first and foremost, they’re EL CHEAPO. Did you know that some stores sell Mr. Noodles for $1 for four packages? Oh, and the KD also has a child- hood nostalgic bonus.

Campus Caring Cup- board (CCC). Accepts food donations from November 23" to the 27". Helps needy UPEI students make it through the semester.

Oxford English Dic- tionary (OED). Perhaps the most prestigious dictionary in the English language, it comes in seven LARGE vol- umes. The OED is also avail- able on-line at UPEI, and can be accessed at any com- puter on campus through the Library entries. Looking up dirty words at four in the morning (when you are sup- posed to be studying, writing papers, etc.) is an hysterical experience. Picture some very, very proper Brit being forced to come up with a sanitized description of all your favourite obscenities. Did I mention the numerous contextual examples given of each word? Believe me, when you’re sotired you can see air, dirty words on the OED are funny. You’ll feel like you were in grade five again.

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World University Serv- ice of Canada (WUSC). A social justice group that is con- cerned with the international community, as well as home. Every year, WUSC sends stu- dents to another country to learn about other cultures and the sig- nificant obstacles they face. In past years, the P.E.1. chapter of WUSC has sent students to Peru, where they brought much needed text books.

Best Buddies. A pro- gram that allows special needs individuals to take one or two credit courses. Each person is paired with a UPEI student — their buddy.

MAPUS. Mature and Part-time University Students. This association helps to provide the substantial university popu- lation of MAPUS students with a voice. From what I’ve heard, the MAPUS lounge in the Li- brary is exxxcellent.

CIMN. UPEI’s campus radio station, heard at 700 AM. They’re great for requests, and the fact that they don’t play Hanson or the Backstreet Boys demonstrates the existence of a

higher power.

Sub-organizations (suborgs). Suborgs of the Stu- dent Union include The Cadre, CIMN, and Nexus (the year- book), and provide students with important services. But since I’m writing for one of the suborgs, you may not want to take my word on it.

Honourary Degrees. Given to members of the com- munity in recognition of their positive contributions to society. Students at Memorial Univer- sity in Newfoundland threatened to revolt when rumors hinted that Jean Chretien would be given an honourary degree. They may have been a little upset that

Chretien’s government has cut $7 billion from post-secondary education alone.

Federal Minister of Education: Oh, | forgot. There isn’t one!

Libby Davis. An NDP Member of Parliament for Vancouver, BC. She recently introduced a private member’s bill to reverse the changes in bankruptcy legislation that pro- hibit students from declaring bankruptcy for ten years.

Organization of Eco- nomic Cooperation and De- velopment (OECD). A con- glomeration of nations, includ- ing Germany, Canada, France, the United States, Great Brit- ain, and 24 others. 17 of the 29 countries have zero tuition, and 27 of the 29 have a national system of grants for students. For the latter, only Japan and Canada are countries without this benefit.

APEC 98. The yearly summit of Asian leaders. If you recall, students who didn’t like APEC 97 were pepper sprayed (they had a problem with Suharto, among others). Chretien is attending APEC

98, but he isn’t as jocular this time around. You see, the Malaysian government jailed one of their ministers, and it made Johnny sad. Apparently, it’s not okay to imprison politi- cians, but it is okay to murder citizens. Not to be confused with the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council.

East Timor. Formally a self-governing state, inthe 70’s it was invaded by Indonesia, under the leadership of then President Suharto. It is esti- mated that hundreds of thou- sands of East Timorese have been murdered since the take- over, including students. On one occasion a few years ago, students were peacefully pro- testing the occupation of their home when over 200 were gunned down. Many were imprisoned and tortured (some had sulphuric acid injected into their bodies). Just this year, at least six students were killed during a memorial for their murdered friends.

Jakarta, Indonesia. Site of a massive student pro- test against Suharto’ srule. The strength of their combined voices was the catalyst for Suharto’s recent resignation.

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