You’ve seen the picture. Tiny farms dot the countryside like patches on a crazy quilt. The rust-red hills roll like waves onto pristine beaches before eventually meeting the sea. Populate the whole place with quaint rural people, and you’ve got the image PEI has been selling to the world for more than a century. Especially to tourists. "There's been remarkable consistency over time in how tourism promoters have tried to package PEI,” explains Dr. Ed MacDonald, Chair of the Department of History at UPEI. “They sell a way of life that grows out of the landscape. Not only is that seductively simplistic, but one can argue that it's less and less true." Join Dr. MacDonald for a public discussion, “Package Deals: Exploring the History of Tourism on PEI,” Tuesday, January 12, at 7 p.m. at Mavor’s in the Confederation Centre for the Arts. Research on Tap is presented by UPEI’s Office of Research Development.

SPEAKER: Okechukwu Igboeli, Biomedical Sciences TITLE: Development of models to study P-glycoprotein-mediated drug resistance in sea lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis

Applications to the Research Ethics Board are due on Friday, January 8, 2010. If you have any questions, please contact Lynn MacPhee at 620-5104. Forms can be found at http://www.upei.ca/research/reb_forms

Panthers host UdeM

Men's Hockey host UNB

Women's Hockey host Saint Mary's

Learn how to Scrapbook for Free as part of Campus Wellness Only taking 16 - must sign up with Anglea Marchbank

Co-ed Dodgeball Sundays 8 pm to 10 pm Maximum of 4 teams Registration Deadline January 9 Start Date: January 10 Registration Information: Registration forms are available at the Sports Centre Front Desk Registrations for all programs are accepted in two ways 1. As an individual ( we will place you on a team) 2. As a team To register or for more information contact Janice Robertson 566-0305, robertson@upei.ca

The UPEI Faculty of Arts will celebrate the publication of ten new books by UPEI faculty during a public book launch today. All are welcome.

The UPEI Relay for Life Committee will hold an on-campus registration day on Friday, January 8, from noon to 2 p.m. Registration stations will be set up in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre, the AVC and Robertson Library. The Committee is challenging all students, student societies, staff, and faculty to get involved in the university’s Relay for Life, which will take place on March 12, 2010, in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre, from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. The team that raises the most money will be treated to a lunch with UPEI President Wade MacLauchlan (to be confirmed). Our goal this year is to exceed last year’s total of $20,000 to fund cancer research and support services for people living with cancer. Join us as we celebrate, remember and fight back!