The
      Panther
      Prints
      September
      24,
      1996
     
    
   
   
    
     
      2
     
     
      Capital
      Campaign
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Continued
      from
      page
     
    
   
   
    
     
      support
      nearly
      one
      quarter
      of
     
     
      UPEI’s
      student
      population.
     
     
      The
      Cass
      Science
      build-
     
     
      ing
      will
      be
      completely
      gutted,
     
     
      although
      the
      sound
      outer
      struc-
     
     
      ture
      will
      be
      preserved.
      Reno-
     
     
      vations
      to
      the
      building
      are
      nec-
     
     
      essary
      because
      it
      no
      longer
     
     
      meets
      today’s
      strict
      environ-
     
     
      mental
      standards
      and
      scien-
     
     
      tific
      safety
      codes.
      Classrooms
     
     
      and
      offices
      will
      be
      built
      to
      en-
     
     
      able
      Cass
      to
      be
      used
      as
      a
      gen-
     
     
      eral
      sciences
      building,
      includ-
     
     
      ing
      space
      forengineering,
      math,
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      and
      computer
      science
      .
      Space
     
     
      presently
      used
      by
      those
      facul-
     
     
      ties
      in
      Memorial
      and
      Duffy
     
     
      will
      be
      used
      to
      expand
      the
      de-
     
     
      partments
      of
      psychology
      and
     
     
      biology.
      Founding
      members
     
     
      of
      the
      science
      departments
      at
     
     
      St.
      Dunstan’s
      University
      and
     
     
      Prince
      of
      Wales
      College
      will
     
     
      have
      floors
      in
      the
      science
      fa-
     
     
      cilities
      named
      after
      them
      in
     
     
      recognition
      of
      their
      contribu-
     
     
      tion
      to
      the
      university
      commu-
     
     
      nity.
     
    

    
     
      Renovations
      are
      set
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      begin
      later
      this
      fall.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Write
      for
      the
     
     
      Panther
      Prints
     
    
   
   
    
     
      and
      become
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Universities
      Rejoin
     
     
      MacLean's
      Survey
     
    
   
   
    
     
      manner
      this
      year,
      allowing
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      to
      read
      the
      raw
      data
      and
     
     
      form
      their
      own
      opinions,
     
     
      rather
      than
      just
      ranking
      the
     
     
      schools,
      says
      Morris.
     
    

    
     
      "We
      have
      seen
      some
     
     
      changes
      in
      the
      methodology
     
     
      and,
      although
      the
      methodol-
     
     
      ogy
      isnot
      perfect,
      at
      this
      point
     
     
      its
      better
      to
      participate
      than
     
     
      not
      to
      participate,"
      said
      Don
     
     
      Barnard,
      vice-president
      of
      the
     
     
      UofR.
     
    

    
     
      "It
      gets
      more
      informa-
     
     
      tion
      about
      the
      institution
      to
     
     
      people
      across
      the
      country."
     
    

    
     
      Morris
      admitted
      that
     
     
      promoting
      the
      university
     
     
      across
      Canada
      was
      a
      factor
      in
     
     
      the
      decision
      to
      rejoin.
     
    

    
     
      "Memorial
      is
      looking
     
     
      further
      afield
      to
      attract
      stu-
     
     
      dents,
      (we're)
      looking
      to
      other
     
     
      regions
      of
      the
      country,"
      he
     
     
      said.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Victor
      Dwyer,
     
     
      Maclean's
      education
      editor,
     
     
      said
      the
      magazine
      is
      delighted
     
     
      to
      have
      the
      universities
      back
     
     
      in
      the
      survey,
      which
      he
      says
     
     
      makes
      schools
      accountable.
     
    

    
     
      "There
      is
      a
      full
      spec-
     
     
      trum
      that
      gives
      you
      a
      picture
     
     
      ofall
      universities.
      I
      think
      that
     
     
      is
      good
      as
      students
      are
      be-
     
     
      coming
      more
      finicky
      about
     
     
      where
      they
      go
      (and)
      as
      uni-
     
     
      versities
      are
      asking
      them
      to
     
     
      pay
      more,"
      Dwyer
      said.
      -
     
    

    
     
      But
      while
      universities
     
     
      may
      feel
      the
      survey
      is
      better,
     
     
      Canada's
      largest
      student
      or-
     
     
      ganization
      is
      still
      calling
      it
      a
     
     
      farce.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Canadian
      Federa-
     
     
      tion
      of
      Students
      was
      opposed
     
     
      to
      the
      survey
      from
      the
      begin-
     
     
      ning
      because
      of
      its
      arbitrary
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      and
      artificial
      nature,
      said
      na-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      tional
      chair
      Brad
      Lavigne.
     
    

    
     
      "All
      it
      does
      is
      benefit
     
     
      those
      institutions
      that
      do
      well
     
     
      in
      the
      criteria
      that
      the
     
     
      Maclean's
      editorial
      staffhave
     
     
      described
      as
      being
      important
     
     
      while
      harming
      others,"
     
     
      Lavigne
      said.
     
    

    
     
      Lavigne
      criticized
      the
     
     
      rankings
      for
      punishing
      uni-
     
     
      versities
      that
      promote
      acces-
     
     
      sible
      education
      and
      ignoring
     
     
      things
      like
      sexual
      harassment
     
     
      policies.
     
    

    
     
      "These
      rankings
      have
     
     
      to
      be
      taken
      with
      a
      grain
      of
     
     
      salt.
      They
      mean
      very
      little
      and
     
     
      they
      help
      push
      a
      particular
     
     
      agenda,"
      Lavigne
      said.
     
    

    
     
      "It
      is
      a
      very
      American
     
     
      based,
      American
      style
      oflook-
     
     
      ing
      at
      it."
     
    

    
     
      Maclean's
      ranks
      school
     
     
      in
      three
      categories:
      Universi-
     
     
      ties
      with
      medical
      schools,
     
     
      schools
      with
      a
      variety
      of
      pro-
     
     
      grams,
      but
      no
      medical
      school,
     
     
      and
      smaller
      institutions.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Maclean's
      survey
     
     
      hits
      the
      racks
      each
      November
     
     
      and
      has
      been
      among
      the
      maga-
     
     
      ine's
      best
      sellers
      ever.