Letters
      To
      the
      Editor...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      past
      Sunday
      afternoon
      I
      decided
      that
      instead
      of
     
     
      spending
      the
      afternoon
      glued
      to
      the
      television
      set
      or
     
     
      in
      separate
      rooms
      reading,
      I
      would
      get
      my
      family
     
     
      together
      for
      some
      quality
      time.
      After
      looking
      over
     
     
      Saturday’s
      Guardian
      we
      decided
      to
      attend
      the
      U.P.E.I.
     
     
      Panthers
      basketball
      game.
      So,
      I
      packed
      my
      family
     
     
      into
      the
      car
      and
      headed
      for
      the
      university.
      Upon
     
     
      arrival,
      I
      was
      informed
      that
      it
      would
      cost
      $18
      for
      my
     
     
      family
      of
      four
      to
      see
      the
      game,
      apparently
      though,
      I
     
     
      was
      lucky
      as
      two
      weeks
      earlier
      it
      would
      have
      cost
     
     
      $26.
      After
      approximately
      two
      seconds
      of
      deliberation,
     
     
      I
      packed
      my
      family
      back
      into
      the
      car
      and
      went
      home
     
     
      to
      spend
      the
      afternoon
      glued
      to
      the
      television
      set
      or
      in
     
     
      separate
      rooms
      reading.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      these
      times
      of
      restraint
      it
      is
      a
      shame
      that
      a
      person
     
     
      cannot
      afford
      to
      attend
      a
      university
      basketball
      game.
     
     
      It
      is
      also
      sad
      that
      the
      Panthers
      will
      not
      receive
      the
     
     
      support
      they
      deserve
      due
      to
      this
      problem.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      H.
      Smith
     
     
      A
      Disappointed
      Fan
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Danielle
      in
      the
      dark.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Thank
      you
      for
      your
      letter
      to
      the
      X-Press
      November
     
     
      14,1991
      and
      welcome
      to
      the
      Robertson
      Library.
      I
     
     
      trust
      your
      future
      visits
      will
      be
      more
      enlightening.
     
     
      The
      energy
      saving
      timers
      have
      been
      installed
      for
     
     
      approximately
      ten
      years
      and
      we
      have
      had
      no
      queries
     
     
      as
      tc
      their
      function
      or
      use
      since
      the
      year
      of
      installa-
     
     
      tion.
      All
      timer
      switches
      are
      located
      at
      the
      same
      end
     
     
      of
      the
      stacks.
      Simply
      turn
      and
      you
      will
      have
      one
      to
     
     
      fifteen
      minutes
      of
      light.
      Ifsuch
      an
      action
      activates
     
     
      the
      water
      system,
      the
      shower
      is
      on
      us.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We
      had
      never
      entertained
      the
      idea
      of
      marking
      the
      area
     
     
      housing
      the
      collection
      as
      ‘‘BOOKS’’.
      I
      guess
      we
     
    
   
   
    
     
      were
      under
      the
      impression
      250,000
      books
      spoke
      for
     
     
      themselves.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Incandescently
      Yours,
     
     
      C.
      Merritt
      Crockett
     
     
      University
      Librarian
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      was
      upset
      enough
      about
      your
      stupid
      editorial
      on
     
     
      Nov.
      7,
      1991
      to
      write
      and
      attempt
      to
      set
      you
      straight.
     
     
      However,
      lam
      now
      even
      more
      angry
      at
      your
      treatment
     
    
   
   
    
     
      of
      my
      letter
      in
      Nov.
      21,
      1991’s
      issue.
      Where
      do
      you
     
     
      get
      off
      altering
      my
      letter
      by:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      1.
      Signing
      me
      ‘‘Anti-Alternative’’,
      I
      have
      never
      been
     
     
      ‘*Anti-Alternative’’
      and
      will
      never
      be
      “‘
      Anti-Alterna-
     
     
      tive’’
      if
      anything
      I
      am
      Pro-Alternative.
      For
      your
     
     
      readers
      information
      I
      wish
      it
      be
      known
      thatI
      signed
     
    
   
   
    
     
      my
      original
      letter
      ‘‘A
      long
      time
      CIMN
      veteran
      -
      Bob
     
     
      Stanley’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      2.
      Cutting
      my
      letter
      short
      (I
      understand
      about
      space
     
     
      limitations)
      However
      you
      printed
      the
      first
      half
      of
      my
     
     
      letter
      twice.
      What
      kind
      of
      space
      saving
      is
      this.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Thank
      you,
     
    

    
     
      Bob
      Stanley
     
    

    
     
      Dear
      Editor:
     
    

    
     
      A
      list
      of
      things
      that
      makes
      one
      goes
      ‘““hmm...’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      5.
      Yourknowledge
      of
      spelling
      -
      There’s
      English
      101
     
     
      classes.
     
    

    
     
      4.
      Poor
      lightening
      on
      campus
      -
      What’s
      new?!
     
    

    
     
      3.
      Doors
      that
      should
      be
      open
      during
      weekends
      but
      are
     
     
      not
      (eg.
      the
      computer
      labs
      -
      I
      had
      to
      waste
      my
      pre-
     
     
      cious
      20
      minutes
      waiting
      for
      the
      security
      to
      stroll
      to
     
     
      the
      building
      to
      unlock
      the
      door
      many
      Saturday
      after-
     
     
      noons.
     
    

    
     
      2.
      The
      lack
      of
      definition
      to
      ‘‘Computer
      Services’’.
     
    

    
     
      A
      lot
      of
      the
      computers
      are
      broken
      in
      the
      Robertson
     
     
      Library
      computer
      lab,
      the
      math
      lab
      and
      the
      Kelly
     
     
      computer
      lab
      since
      the
      beginning
      of
      the
      semester.
      I
     
     
      suggest
      the
      ‘‘computer
      services’
      remain
      idle
      no
     
     
      longer
      and
      do
      the
      job
      they
      are
      paid
      to
      do,
      and
      stop
     
     
      wasting
      students’
      time
      in
      searching
      for
      useable
      com-
     
     
      puters
      while
      they
      could
      be
      getting
      their
      assignments
     
     
      done.
     
    

    
     
      1.
      Various
      functions
      of
      the
      university
      are
      ripping
     
     
      money
      from
      students,
      eg.
      Marriott
      food
      services
      to
     
     
      the
      residences.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ree
      IA
      semi
     
    
   
   
    
     
      One
      who
      does
      not
      like
      to
      go
      **hmm...”’
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      X-P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      November
      28,
      1991
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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