Students
      Demand
      Action
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Nicole
      Bellefleur
     
    
   
   
    
     
      On
      Friday
      night
      October
      11th,
      a
      15
      year
      old
      Southport
     
     
      youth,
      Micheal
      Scott
      Miller,
      was
      struck
      and
      killed
     
     
      while
      walking
      along
      University
      Avenue
      with
      a
      friend.
     
     
      The
      accident,
      which
      occurred
      directly
      in
      front
      of
     
     
      UPEI
      has
      renewed
      concerns
      about
      the
      danger
      pedes-
     
     
      trians
      face
      while
      walking
      along
      that
      particular
      stretch
     
     
      of
      Avenue.
      Because
      there
      are
      no
      sidewalks,
      pedes-
     
     
      trians
      must
      walk
      along
      narrow
      shoulder
      of
      the
      road,
     
     
      which
      is
      even
      more
      hazardous
      during
      the
      winter
     
     
      months.
      In
      addition,
      approximately
      200
      students
     
     
      living
      in
      the
      Marysfield
      subdivision
      find
      themselves
     
     
      dashing
      across
      four
      lanes
      of
      busy
      traffic
      twice
      a
      day
     
     
      to
      and
      from
      the
      university.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Charlottetown
      City
      Council,
      with
      the
      help
      of
      the
     
     
      UPEI
      Student
      Council,
      is
      working
      to
      examine
      various
     
     
      solutions
      to
      the
      dangerous
      problem
      students
      face
     
     
      daily.
      Student
      Council
      president,
      Joanna
      Murphy,
     
     
      noted
      that
      no
      alternative
      has
      been
      ruled
      out
      and
      that
     
     
      everyone
      is
      anxious
      to
      find
      the
      best
      solution.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      the
      meantime,
      Ms.
      Murphy
      is
      urging
      students
      to
     
     
      sign
      a
      petition
      which
      will
      be
      sent
      to
      City
      Council
     
     
      demanding
      “safe
      passage
      across
      University
      Avenue’.
     
     
      She
      also
      invites
      anyone
      who
      is
      interested,
      to
      write
      to
     
     
      City
      Council
      expressing
      their
      personal
      concerns
      about
     
     
      the
      matter.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Grant
      for
      Cigarette
     
     
      Research
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      i
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      University
      of
      Prince
      Edward
      Island’s
      Professor
     
     
      Thomy
      Nilsson
      recieved
      a
      50,000
      dollar
      government
     
     
      grant
      to
      determine
      the
      legibility
      of
      the
      warnings
      on
     
     
      cigarette
      packages.
      The
      grant,
      which
      was
      recieved
      in
     
     
      January,
      is
      being
      used
      to
      purchase
      equipment,
      hire
     
     
      help
      and
      cover
      other
      expenses.
      Because
      the
      wamings
     
     
      were
      moved
      from
      the
      side
      of
      the
      packagetothefront
      |
     
     
      and
      printed
      in
      biggerlettering,asaconcession,the
      |
     
     
      cigarette
      companies
      were
      allowed
      to
      print
      them
      inany
      |
     
     
      color
      combination
      they
      wished.
      Nilsson,
      a
      psychology
      |
     
     
      professor
      at
      U.P.E.1.
      since
      1983,
      has
      the
      main
      objec-
     
     
      tive
      of
      developing
      a
      legal
      standard
      on
      the
      matter.
     
     
      Nilsson
      is
      currently
      conducting
      his
      experiments
      at
     
     
      Dalton
      Hall
      on
      the
      campus
      using
      methods
      quite
      simi-
      |
     
     
      lar
      to
      that
      of
      an
      optomotrist.
      i
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sorekrg
      cn
      Soren
      yor
      Be
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Originally
      Nilsson
      was
      not
      interested
      in
      the
      project,
     
     
      but
      when
      offered
      the
      oppportunity
      to
      work
      with
      the
     
     
      top-grade
      equipment
      he
      could
      purchase
      with
      50,000
     
     
      dollars
      he
      accepted.
      Nilsson
      defended
      his
      project,
     
     
      which
      may
      seem
      absurd
      to
      many,
      by
      saying,
      “‘Itis
      |
     
     
      important
      when
      you
      are
      selling
      a
      product,
      especially
      a
     
     
      potentially
      dangerous
      one,
      that
      the
      customer
      be
     
     
      warned.
      If
      you
      *re
      going
      to
      print
      a
      warning
      it
      isn’t
      any,
     
     
      good
      if
      it
      isn’t
      legible.’*
      He
      also
      stated
      that
      the
      appli)
     
     
      cations
      of
      his
      work
      are
      quite
      broadindetermining
      ~
      b
     
     
      that
      signs,
      warnings,
      ads,
      etc.
      may
      notbeobscured
      |
     
     
      through
      the
      usage
      of
      difficult
      color
      contrasts.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      mec
      Nc
      co
      ea
      end
      nn
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Kirby
      Ferguson
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      X-P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      24,
      1991
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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