pread apathy, both social and' 
     
     rody. Upperclassmen who started 
     
     of for better spirit at these 
     
    
   
   
    
     ihave generated a "big univer- 
     
    
   
   
    
     hric consultations from etude 
     
     .:U0 reported), documenting 
     
    

    
     ety among the student body. 
     
     efabout student government or 
     
     The liquor license issuem 
     
     :udent political consciousness, 
     
     nger but no Change in political 
     
     Rents. 
     
    

    
     we most significant social in- 
     
     t (dances, carnival, etc.) a ' 
     
     other intellectual-events on 
     
     ant interest. ‘ j 
     
     1y Island students is split be- 
     
     in the women's residences, 
     
     heir weekends at home with their 
     
     'higheschool clidues prevail, 
     
     pniversity. 
     
    

    
     lem among both male and female 
     
     59, although present,is slight 
     
     pus. 
     
    
   
   
    
     rtain of employment following 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     W12. 'Many faculty deplore student passivity and apathy, at- 
     
    
   
   
    
     tributing theSe to the Island way of life. Few expect to see 
     
    
   
   
    
     significant change in the near future. 
     
    

    
     13; Considerable diversity exists among faculty regarding 
     
     student—faculty relations. On'the other hand, some faculty re— 
     
     gard students as social or intellectual inferiors and see the 
     
    
   
   
    
     academic community as an eSsentially exclusive one, with only a 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘few exceptional students eligible for admission. On the other 
     
    
   
   
    
     hand, a few faculty regard students as social or intellectual 
     
     equals and deplore the separation in evidence. students, for 
     
     the most part seem to regard themselves as social and intellec- 
     
     tual inferiors, what seems significant is that many avoid non— 
     
     essential contacts with faculty and fail to see themselves as 
     
     becoming, social pr intellectual equals. Of course, the roles 
     
     played in the classroom tend to support and perpetuate this 
     
     view. 
     
    

    
     In View of the generally pessimistic nature of expressed 
     
     opinions, the committee undertook to provide an on—campus loca- 
     
     tion available to students and faculty for social interaction. 
     
     The coffee shop in use last year, despite its cramped facilities, 
     
    
   
   
    
     poor decor, noise and untidiness, served as such a central loca« 
     
    
   
   
    
     “tion. Accordingly the Student Union was approached by the com- 
     
    
   
   
    
     mittee to open the student lounge as a place of interaction. 
     
     Thanks to their efforts, this was accomplished as of March 8. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The first week saw moderate use made of the facilities — some 
     
     focuased interaction (i.e. poetry-reading, folksinging)will be 
     
    
   
   
    
     needed to enliven the atmoSphere further. It is hoped that all 
     
     faculty who feel concern for the quality of academic life at 
     
     U.P.E.I. will undertake to.contribute suggestidns to the com- 
     
    
   
   
    
     mittee in the future. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dr. Dan Weiner