A
      Lonely
      Student's
      Response
      toa
     
     
      -
      Possible
      Professor's
      Strike
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      y
      .lama
     
     
      lonely
      student
      because
      I
      am
      single
      -
      I
     
     
      am
      a
      single
      student.
      I
      say
      this
      because
     
     
      it
      is
      true
      -
      I
      am
      only
      a
      single
      student,
     
     
      and
      as
      such
      I
      would
      not
      want
      to
      speak
     
     
      for
      any
      student(s)
      other
      than
      myself.
      I
     
     
      am
      nothing
      more
      than
      a
      single
      lonely
     
     
      student,
      because
      I
      do
      not
      know
      what
     
     
      other
      students
      think
      about
      the
      possibil-
     
     
      ity
      of
      a
      professor's
      strike,
      but
      I
      would
     
     
      like
      to
      find
      out.
      What
      I
      would
      not
      like
     
     
      is
      to
      remain
      a
      lonely
      student
      forever-
     
     
      more,
      and
      this
      vision
      haunts
      me
      at
     
     
      night,
      and
      I
      can't
      sleep
      -
      not
      even
      with
     
     
      my
      special
      blanky
      and
      my
      seventeen
     
     
      year
      old
      pet
      donkey.
      So
      I
      need
      a
      few
     
     
      friends
      to
      talk
      to,
      to
      help
      me
      out
      of
      my
     
     
      loneliness.
      We
      students
      need
      to
      talk
     
     
      about
      what
      is
      going
      on
      concerning
      the
     
     
      possibility
      of
      a
      professor's
      strike,
      and
     
     
      what
      role(s),
      if
      any,
      we
      students
      might
     
     
      consider
      taking.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      While
      the
      issue
      remains
     
    
   
   
    
     
      unclear
      and
      the
      pressure
      continues
      to
     
     
      build,
      a
      large
      bunch
      of
      single
      lonely
     
     
      -
      students
      are
      trying
      to
      do
      their
      school
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      work,
      and
      keep
      their
      heads
      in
      their
     
     
      books.
      The
      professor's
      must
      keeps
     
     
      their
      thoughts
      on
      teaching,
      as
      well.
     
     
      Already
      over-loaded
      with
      work,
      they
     
     
      must
      now
      think
      about
      this
      dour
      possi-
     
     
      bility,
      while
      some
      also
      dedicate
      large
     
     
      amounts
      of
      time
      and
      energy
      to
      the
     
     
      actual
      negotiations.
      This
      only
      helps
      to
     
     
      distract
      them
      to
      a
      larger
      degree
      from
     
     
      giving
      us
      students
      the
      quality
      of
      edu-
     
     
      cation
      we
      are
      here
      for
      and
      which
      we
     
     
      deserve.
      We
      are
      already
      over-paying
     
     
      by
      far
      too
      much,
      and
      will
      be
      paying
     
     
      by
      far
      too
      much
      more
      if
      the
      profes-
     
     
      sor's
      get
      what
      they
      want
      -
      the
      adminis-
     
     
      tration
      does
      not
      have
      any
      money
      for
     
     
      the
      professor's
      and
      someone
      will
      have
     
     
      to
      foot
      the
      bill.
     
    

    
     
      Instead
      of
      money,
      there
      is
      the
     
     
      new
      Student
      Center
      which
      has
      failed
     
     
      to
      act
      as
      a
      central
      hub
      for
      campus
      and
     
     
      create
      a
      sense
      of
      community.
      It
      shuts
     
     
      down
      in
      the
      summer
      and
      over
      break,
     
     
      instead
      of
      keeping
      the
      campus
      alive
     
     
      with
      activity.
      There
      is
      also
      the
      Aquatic
     
     
      facility
      which
      is
      late
      and
      over-budget.
     
     
      There
      was
      a
      re-sodding
      of
      rugby
      field
     
     
      over
      the
      summer,
      which
      was
      ruined
     
     
      before
      it
      was
      used,
      and
      simply
     
     
      because
      it
      was
      not
      taken
      care
      of.
     
     
      Along
      with
      this,
      there
      are
      plans
      for
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      Cadre
      January
      8,
      2004
      page
      5
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      new
      dormitory
      next
      year
      in
      light
      of
      the
     
     
      destitute
      condition
      of
      Marion
      Hall
      -
      at
     
     
      the
      same
      time,
      UPEI
      is
      having
      trouble
     
     
      keeping
      their
      dormitories
      filled,
     
     
      though
      the
      condition
      of
      Marion
      Hall
     
     
      may
      be
      a
      factor.
      This-year
      the
      Kelley
     
     
      Building
      has
      seen
      renovations
      done
     
     
      inside,
      while
      the
      tradition
      of
      replacing
     
     
      it's
      roof
      continues
      on
      every
      year.
      I
      also
     
     
      noticed
      work
      being
      done
      to
      the
     
     
      library's
      breeze-way,
      and
      the
      of
      the
     
     
      Duffy
      building,
      either
      on
      one
      of
      it's
     
     
      outside
      walls
      or
      it's
      roof.
      The
      admin-
     
     
      istration
      has
      no
      money
      left,
      none
      to
     
     
      give
      to
      the
      professor's,
      and
      if
      the
      pro-
     
     
      fessor's
      do
      get
      what
      they're
      asking
      for,
     
     
      you
      can
      guess
      that
      it's
      going
      to
      be
      us
     
     
      students
      coughing
      up
      ever
      more
     
     
      money
      next
      year
      -
      we
      will
      be
      in
      no
     
     
      need
      to
      hold
      on
      to
      our
      already
      famine
     
     
      ridden
      wallets.
      We
      students
      have
      been
     
     
      caught
      between
      a
      piece
      of
      petrified
     
     
      wood
      and
      something
      really,
      really
     
     
      hard
      and
      angry.
     
    

    
     
      But
      could
      it
      be
      that
      the
      admin-
     
     
      istration
      may
      have
      guessed
      it
      would
      be
     
     
      the
      students
      paying
      for
      these
      problems
     
     
      in
      the
      end?
      I
      would
      almost
      say
      that
      I
     
     
      hope
      not,
      but
      then
      I
      would
      ask
      myself,
     
     
      what
      is
      the
      alternative?
      If
      the
      adminis-
     
     
      tration
      could
      have
      foreseen
      such
      a
     
     
      thing,
      then
      there
      is
      a
      blatant
      problem
     
     
      here
      in
      the
      form
      of
      disregard
      towards
     
     
      the
      student
      body.
      If
      the
      administration
     
     
      could
      not
      have
      foreseen
      this,
      then
     
     
      there
      is
      an
      even
      bigger
      problem
      -
      if
     
     
      the
      administration
      does
      not
      actually
     
     
      know
      how
      their
      actions
      are
      going
     
     
      effect
      students
      in
      the
      future,
      then
      who
     
     
      does?
      How
      much
      foresight
      does
     
     
      administration
      really
      have
      here?
      I
     
     
      would
      like
      to
      know
      why
      they
      would
     
     
      see
      fit
      to
      expend
      so
      much
      money
     
     
      while
      facing
      suck
      large
      and
      escalating
     
     
      problems
      with
      the
      faculty
      association,
     
     
      which
      has
      been
      going
      on
      for
      almost
     
     
      four
      years
      now,
      if
      I
      am
      correct.
     
    

    
     
      But
      surely
      there
      are
      reasons
     
     
      for
      this
      expenditure.
      The
      administra-
     
     
      tion
      is
      likely
      trying
      to
      "build"
      on
      cam-
     
     
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