W Maureen Hartman

Another Student activity l'bit the dust" as the ’ vast semestersdr‘ew to a. Elose.'"“The Exchange" , (UPEI's coffee Heuse) had , been happening every t Wednesday night frtﬂl'

9:00 - 12:00. It featUred local talent playing.folk,y rhythm, and blues music.

When asked about the , folding of The Exchange, Manager loveless attributed it to two , Basic reasons. Firstly, 'mhe participation of the students was really poor; K the students were simply ' ’ not interested in par- " ’ acipating in the Coffee reuse".' It seemed to be ' areflection of_the age~ old complaint-of apathy on adversity campuses.‘" Secondly, no one seemed ﬁlling to put a lot of time and effort into The _ . Exchange. The burden was hit on one person to;

:00k the goodies, set up atirem0ve-the speaker wstem and to advertise.. Hess chores generalLy

*ook a day- and'a half to aromplish, which hindered, shrues and cramped leisure

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time. like many activities on every campus, there was

.enthusiastic aid in the ’ beginning, but this_help

dWindled to nothing as the semester progressed. Love—

§Lless stated that he also had to do most of the

scouting for entertainers.‘

'Very rarely did they cone . to him, wanting to perform.

Leveless speculated that the poor turnouts may have been due to conflicting activities , such. as ‘ classes_(moSt classes were finished by 10 P.M., which still left two hours to unwind at The Exchange),

activities at the Chaplaincy

Centre, and the—Pig and other pubs (in. the sense

'that a few students'set’

aside only one weeknight per week to abandon their V studies and get out for

a breather). It may be interesting to note that,

~V after asking other students why they had never attended.

the Coffee House, scne replied that.they were uni aware of its existence.

' iWhen asked if A.C.T. ’

had had any part of The' Exchange, Loveless replied that there was "no‘out-

With election day 'rapfdly closing in, candidates, We on the move. trying to garner every possible mte., Although thegUniversity is in Hillsborough dding, many of the students from outside the greater marlottetown area will.be'going home to vote on Mection day, and on campus last week hoping to gain me suppert of—those students from the Cardigan V ﬁstrict. was Dan MacDonald, Liberal candidate in that

ﬂding. ‘

Mr. MacDonald, accompanied by his wife,.Poily,f woke to students in the lounge at the Robertson' Libraryfor approximately l5 minutes, and then

mened.the flbor for-questions.

in a short andr.

mformal speech, MacDonald critiCised the budget , OFthe P.C. government and Called the l8¢ per gallon excise tax on gasoline unfair, especially to farmers Md fishermen. 'He also attacked the fisheries» V DMicyiofgtheypresent government, claiming that it'

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.decided. started again in a different

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ward religious expreSsion", but that many people may

have received "certain . impreSSionsfof a Christian

bent", because of some of the conversations overheard He also conjectured that it appealed more to the offecampus crowd, who ‘

tended to be nore mature.

loveless outlined a few

»ideas on the future form

of the Coffee House, but nothing definite had been If it was to bet

form, the entertainers

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would be expected to perform on a volunteer basis. In the past, they had received the entire

, prOCeeds from the door,

and it tended to be rather embarrassing if there

was onLy two or three dollars to pay the per—

,former for three hours of

work.

Whatever the reasons for the folding of The Exchange, the absence of alcohol and the prevalence of apathy seem to be ~

-involved.

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would be harmful to the inshore fisheries of Prince

EdWard Island.

The former Liberal cabinet minister

referred to his experience in Ottawa as the Minister of Veteran's Affairs, and suggeSted that Canada now needs a government which is seasoned and

experienced.

in answer to a question concerning Liberal policy on.oil'price increases, MacDonald stated that their policy would net mean an across the board increase, but rather, it would be designed so that those best

able to pay would be penalized the most.

He did not,

however, go on to describe the policy in any detail. ‘ One student made reference to the move by the U.S.

to re-instate the military draft, and asked the-

candidate what his position would be on a similar

type of draft or registration for Canada.

MacDonald

stated that he hoped the present world situation _ Could be settled by peaceful means and would support involuntary registration only as a last resort. '

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‘WHen asked whether or not he felt that the move of the D.V.A. would only be of short term benefit to Prince Edward Island, MacDonald replied that

»although many of the Veterans are literally “dying , off”! care of family members will be on-going for “After that”, MacDonald says,

"the Department of Fisheries would fit awfully nice in that building." _ r ' ' Mr. MacDonald ended his visit to the university by urging all students tO‘exercise their franchise on election day, “no matter what candidate you vote