February
      11,
      1997
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘What's
      i
      in
      it
      for
      me?’
     
     
      When
      it
      comes
      to
      UPEISU
      Inc.,
     
     
      the
      answer
      is:
      poeine:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      r
     
     
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      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      agree
      with
      the
      thoughts
      expressed
      (re:
      ‘Panther
     
     
      Pride’)
      by
      Peter
      Gillis
      in
      the
      January
      14th
      issue
      of
      your
     
     
      publication.
      I,
      too,
      was
      insulted
      by
      the
      letter
      that
      was
      sent
     
     
      tome
      by
      UPEISU
      Inc.
      in
      December
      and
      wanted
      to
      object
     
     
      to
      such
      wasteful
      arrogance.
     
    

    
     
      When
      I
      first
      enrolled
      at
      UPEI
      five
      years
      ago
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      (which,
      in
      turn,
      would
      p
      ith
      ‘valu-
     
     
      able”
      part-time
      jobs),
      (
     
     
      to
      (“soon”)
      build
      a
      nic
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Five
      years
      (and
      si
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      veral
      hundred
      dollars
      i
      in
      ‘union
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘what’s
      in
      it
      for
      me?’
      attitude”.
      Sol
      have.
      And!
      now
      find
     
     
      myself:
      wishing
      I
      had
      spent
      my
      five
      years
      here
      displaying
     
     
      ‘what’s
      ini
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
         
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      cause
      students
      to
      neglect
      their
      studies
      (b
     
     
      of
      them
      get
      to
      go
      on
      nice
      trips!).
      Worst
      of
      all,
     
     
      )
      real
      nstipated,
      hyr
      I
     
    

    
     
      >
      it:
      1
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      practically
      self-
      imed
      body
     
     
      mandate
      fo
      sneak
      sea
      ehind
      |
     
     
      bribe
      us
      and
      make
      us
      feel
      sel
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      i
      yn
      ees
      SeouneE
     
    

    
     
      ass
      i
      applying
      the
      peas
      ‘ta
     
     
      _
      *
      ~
      The
      student
      council
      is
      more
      a
      ‘pet’
      of
      the
      UPEI
     
    

    
     
      administration
      (how
      else
      could
      you
      explai
      th
     
    

    
     
      of
      the
      Pre:
      ident
      of
      U
      t
      UP.
      In
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      discovered
      that
      I
      was
      required
      to
      pay
      ‘union
      dues’
      to
     
     
      UPEISU
      Inc.
      and
      was
      told
      that
      my
      money
      would
      be
      used
      —
     
     
      to:
      maintain
      and
      operate
      the
      Barn,
      the
      Student
      Union
     
    
   
   
    
     
      dues’)
      later>
      UPEISU
      Inc.
      asked
      me
      to
      “reevaluate
      the
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
      armie?’
      oe
      Ifmy
      classmates
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ut
      at
      least
      some
      :
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Letters
      Ao
      the
      =
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Sacred
      Cows,
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Panther
      Prints
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      faLcCor
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      has
      become
      increasingly
      apparent
      that
      Peter
      Gillis,
      in
      his
      article
      Sacred
      Cows,
      has
     
     
      fallen
      into
      a
      cynical
      pit.
      This
      is
      a
      pit
      that
      contains
      people
      who
      have
      lost
      their
      faith
      in
      the
     
     
      democratic
      system.
      From
      his
      articles,
      Gillis
      has
      made
      his
      lack
      of
      faith
      quite
      clear.
      He
      has
     
     
      constantly
      denounced
      the
      democratic
      system
      and
      the
      people
      who
      have
      been
      elected
      to
     
     
      power
      in
      it.
      The
      latest
      target
      of
      Peter
      Gillis’
      attacks
      has
      been
      Chris
      Gray,
      Vice-President
     
     
      External
      and
      acting
      President
      of
      the
      UPEI
      Student
      Union.
      Gray,
      spelled
      G-R-A-Y
      and
      not
     
     
      G-R-E-Y,
      had
      taken
      the
      reins
      of
      the
      Student
      Union
      for
      little
      more
      than
      a
      week
      when
      the
     
     
      attack
      on
      his
      presidential
      ability
      started.
      Personally,
      I
      find
      it
      difficult
      to
      comprehend
      how
     
     
      a
      man
      can
      be
      condemned
      a
      week
      into
      office.
      Perhaps
      the
      root
      of
      the
      problem
      is
      Gillis’
     
     
      disdain
      of
      anyone
      in
      politics.
      For
      a
      man
      who
      believes
      the
      best
      use
      of
      his
      vote
      is
      to
      simply
     
     
      walk
      out
      of
      the
      election
      office
      with
      his
      ballot,
      I
      fail
      to
      see
      why
      he
      cares.
      He
      has
      not
      offered
     
     
      any
      solutions
      to
      any
      situation,
      political
      or
      otherwise.
      In
      fact,
      Gillis
      has
      painted
      himself
      as
     
     
      nothing
      but
      a
      complainer.
      Mr.
      Gillis,
      if
      you
      are
      not
      part
      of
      the
      solution,
      you
      are
      part
      of
      the
     
     
      problem.
      People
      such
      as
      Chris
      Gray
      at
      least
      have
      the
      initiative
      to
      put
      themselves
      in
      harm’s
     
     
      way
      and
      try
      to
      attain
      the
      goals
      of
      UPEI
      students.
      I
      guess
      everyone
      is
      not
      as
      fortunate
      as
     
     
      Mr.
      Gillis
      who
      obviously
      watches
      too
      many
      Mr.
      Dressup
      reruns
      and
      looks
      to
      Casey
      to
      solve
     
     
      all
      ofhis
      problems.
      Inthe
      real
      world,
      society’s
      problems
      are
      solved
      by
      the
      people
      in
      politics.
     
     
      These
      people
      deserve,
      at
      the
      very
      least,
      the
      chance
      to
      succeed
      or
      fail.
      That
      is
      all
      I
      ask
      for
     
     
      our
      acting
      President.
      A
      little
      respect
      for
      someone
      who
      is
      trying
      to
      do
      a
      difficult
      job
      under
     
     
      difficult
      circumstances
      that
      have
      not
      been
      made
      any
      easier
      by
      Mr.
      Peter
      Gillis.
     
    

    
     
      Jason
      Shreenan,
      4th
      Year
      Science
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ed.
      Note:
      I
      am
      responsible
      for
      the
      misspelling
      of
      Gray's
      name
      and
      not
      Mr.
      Gillis.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Building
      Fund
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Editor,
     
    

    
     
      I
      am
      aware
      of
      the
      con-
     
     
      troversy
      surrounding
      the
      build-
     
     
      ing
      fund.
      It
      seems
      a
      band-
     
     
      wagon
      effect
      has
      occured
      in
     
     
      the
      instance
      of
      large
      numbers
     
     
      of
      students
      requesting
      a
      re-
     
     
      fund.
      Who
      can
      account
      for
     
     
      this?
      The
      dynamics
      of
      bu-
     
     
      reaucracy
      and
      student
      politics,
     
     
      to
      name
      only
      a
      few
      factors,
     
     
      are
      so
      fluidand
      unaccountable
     
     
      as
      to
      make
      a
      definitive
      answer
     
     
      almost
      impossible
      to
      deter-
     
     
      mine.
      I
      know
      you
      have
      to
      try
     
     
      to
      figure
      out
      why
      this
      has
      hap-
     
     
      pened
      and
      wish
      you
      luck
      in
     
     
      finding
      one,
      but
      it
      will
      be
      quite
     
     
      the
      project.
     
    

    
     
      The
      fact
      is,
      notwith-
     
     
      standing
      all
      the
      rhetoric
      about
     
     
      rights
      to
      education,
      government
     
    
   
   
    
     
      obligations,
      and
      so
      on,
      the
      con-
     
     
      tinued
      development
      of
      the
      uni-
     
     
      versity’s
      facilities
      is
      in
      our
     
     
      hands.
      That
      is
      not
      entirely
      a
     
     
      bad
      thing,
      for
      I
      think
      that
      we
     
     
      should
      demonstrate
      our
      com-
     
     
      mitment
      to
      higher
      education
      in
     
     
      a
      meaningful
      way.
      Twenty
     
     
      dollars
      is
      not
      an
      excessively
     
     
      burdensome
      way
      to
      do
      that.
      I
     
     
      reel
      at
      the
      realization
      of
      how
     
     
      far
      in
      debt
      1
      am
      --
      the
      banks
     
     
      must
      be
      crazy
      to
      have
      loaned
     
     
      me
      so
      much!
      Yet
      I
      still
      give
     
     
      monthly
      to
      my
      undergraduate
     
     
      university
      and
      faculty,
      Queen’s
     
     
      (Arts),
      by
      monthly
      automatic
     
     
      debit.
      I
      feel
      I
      owe
      it
      that
     
     
      help...and
      that
      gesture.
      The
     
     
      same
      goes
      for
      UPEI,
      though
      I
     
     
      have
      only
      been
      here
      a.
      few
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      months.
      SoI
      won’t
      request
      a
     
     
      refund
      and,
      in
      fact,
      have
      en-
     
     
      closed
      a
      cheque
      for
      $20.00
      to
     
     
      demonstrate
      my
      belief
      in
      this
     
     
      little
      university,
      its
      future,
      and
     
     
      the
      role
      of
      its
      own
      students
      in
     
     
      promoting
      that
      future,
      even
      ifit
     
     
      is
      only
      by
      giving
      little
      amounts
     
     
      omoney
      that
      add
      up
      to
      a
      big
     
     
      gesture.
      If
      a
      system
      of
      auto-
     
     
      matic
      debit
      exists
      for
      UPEI
      as
     
     
      it
      does
      for
      Queen’s,
      I
      will
      also
     
     
      undertake
      now
      to
      make
      a
     
     
      monthly
      donation
      commenc-
     
     
      ing
      September,
      1997.
     
    

    
     
      Thank
      you
      fortaking
      up
     
     
      this
      matter
      with
      us
      all.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sincerely,
     
     
      Robert
      D.
      Bradford