By'IomSch'neider

Tuesday afternoon and just another day at the legislature. An unmarked truck is 910le backing up to the Province House doors. Not- an unusual sight since renovations have been going on inside the building. But this ‘ truck is different. Suddenly the back door flies open, releasing a dneering horde of protest- ers. A cascade of people pours from the truck waving sloganed signs such as "WE're ned as hell and we're not going to take it anymore" . Soon more people arrive and after rallying their forces

S..U. elections weredull

by Nanci Waugh 'Ihere is only one

word that describes the , Student Union Elections 1981, DULL. Many have been wondering why, and there seem to be a number of possible reasons. The first is quite “obvious: many positions were ace-A ‘ laimed,_ particularly the

positions of President and I Treasurer, along with council

positions of science

briefly, the gmlp

' descends into the building,

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the figures used by the opposition and thestudents

streaminqthrough the doors were incorrect,

and up the stairs to :the Legislature Gallery.

‘ 'Ihese are university students, concerned and angry with the way the provincial government is administering federal ‘

1 higher education funds.

Figures 'used by the

students and opposition party in confronting the provincail goiiemtent show

a discrepancy (over 3 million

' dollars in the last year)

between federal allocations and actual provincial spending. When asked to explain this situation

the Minister of Education, Fred Driscoll, stated that

those mrm-ing positions an opportunity to build a campaign. Time, no doubt,

was one of the main factors

why there were no issues set forth this year.

Studait Union President Phillip Brown, however, claims that the provincial ngernment is merely trying to smoke screen the issue by throwing different figures around. Brown stated that the issue does not end here and that this __ protest is only the beginning of students enquiry into higher educaticn funding.

'Ihe student union is concerned with seeing that this problem is sorted out,

' beginning "with positioning

a student on the Established Programs Financing .(EPF) Committee. , The present EPF agreement expires on

Speeches held in the

Library lounge at least made people aware that an election

was going on, but there were no microphones. A Combination of people

thursday, april 2, 1981, page 3

April 30, 1982. lb this end,

7 the student mion has

received a commitment from Driscoll to look into getting

[astudentcnthenextEPF

Committee.

Although the protest on Tuesday had no immediate effect an alleviating the students' financial concerns, it was a success in other ways. Student support for the protest march was very good despite the weather, showing both government and students that apathy is not the number one course on campus. 'lhe govenment now knows that students are actively concerned with higher education funding and will not just sit back .

" and take whatever happens

without question .

talking, eating, passing through, and using the vending machines made the speeches impossible to hear. No wonder there were no questions asked.

For those of you who have been able to endure this column the results are: v Vice President Internal

Larry leBlanc 105

Sue Parlee 278 Vice President External

representatives and business Patti Bradley 2' 3

representatives. g Debbie Dinelle .141 T It would seem too that Senator,

elections were not held at Dave MacFadyen 267

a good tine. With the date Lachlan MacQuarrie 108

so close to the end of the _ Arts Reps-

senester, most students were». Mary Driscoll 105

more concernednw1th finishing THE EXEC'S L-R. Jane Ings r

Iallpﬂ papers, assigmlents, NEW I, — Clailrle Macﬁlille 58 tests. E ections should Sue parlee P - . Mars a Smi

be held previous to the g ’ attl Bradley' Terry Palmer' Bruoe kaeY' Sandra Warren 40

March break, or at the very latest (and probably a better date) the second week after March break, with noninations closing the Friday before Break begins. This gives r

“lanthanum”

Student Work . Abroad

Programmes l98l ‘

It has often been said that there is no better way to get to know a foreign country than to work there. For the post 7 years The National Union of Students (NUS) and its affiliated service organization The Association of Student Councils (AOSC) have been successfully operating Student Work Abroad Programmes (SWAP) in foreign lands with a little help from our friends at Employment and Immigration Canada and the governments of participating countries. SWAP provides selected Canadian students between the » ages of la and 30 the unique opportunity to benefit

Thanks from King Brown

future, student represen- tatives from either UPEI or Holland College are ‘ to sit on the Provincial team responsible for

- negotiating the new EPF Agreenent (comniument from the Minister of Education, Fred Driscoll) . These two obvious accou- plishnents are a big step

I graciously thank all UPEI and Holland College Studnets for participa- ting in Tuesday's march down to the PEI legis- lative. Sore may have felt little was accom- plished, but the truth 18, we did achieve sore- ‘Fhing. The Government 18 now aware of the fact

students know and are forward in Provincial/Post- . .e: culturally and educationally through .mploymgnt concerned about their Seomdary institutions ‘ "panama overs-cs. dllfgdgf 1y The Perfect Way To Save On Your Holiday Oversees. gzﬁgwugyvm Philip 3mm Travel-Settle Down To Work A While - Travel Again. @3353?