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DEAR CADRE, _

The inclusion in the Cadre of the page "View From the Top" contributed by a.few engineering stu— dents has, with every ' p justification, provoked some contrOversy;raising, among other things, the respons—_ ibility of the Cadre to its student readership as well as to others beyond the campus. ‘ ‘

Jhe few engineering students involved, as well, as the Cadre staff (see Journal—Pioneer, Friday Dec. 3rd 1976, "Letters To the Editor") argue that censorship is unfair because it restricts freedon (presumably free— dom of speech,press,etc) which, their arguments lead us to believe, would be undemocratic. Yet, the very thing they are arguing. for conStitutes a denial of free dOm of the press and democracy. ’They are arguing to protect the "right" ofl this tiny minority tb in—

ist, and discriminatory, issues on the majority of the Cadre readership. .Women

the readers intelligence is insulted, and Arts stu- dents are discriminated against. This is clearly not in the interests of the overwhelming number of students. , -

The Cadre's respond sibility is to the maje ority and to protect and promoterthe‘majorities interests. To print "View From the Top" (it would be more accurateiy titled ‘ "View from the Bottom"!)

2 flaunts the very rights that l are hypocritically up-, held by these engineering . students'and,‘untortunat—f ely, in the Cadre staff.

,There is anOther mis-

I conCepttion about the Cadre Q being the responsibility, 0f the editor and those who contribute to it.’ The Cadre is properly the res sponsiblity of_the Student‘s Union. (The editor is re- SPonsible to the latter. The union must see/to it that its paper, the Cadre, Promotes the interests,of the majority,and not allow it to be dominated‘by a

few wh0~wou1d use it for their aims at the expense 9f the majority. This

18 the only way the Cadre can be democratic and

resPonsible to thoseeit is SuPposed to serve. '

The Student Uhibn along.

flict their sexist, chauvin—‘~

Vto report that they were

I _ ‘more than successful. The are treated disrespectfully,

' lest,very.good for a univ—

’ Although, the number of

'Board, he was around to

‘ an additional thanks to

, and Kenny Higgins also

_ offer my appreciation.

-. The Cadre, Friday, April 1, 1277, pébe 5

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with the editorial staff, . havenot only the right; [I but the duty_to censor“the Cadre's content,as they exercise their responsibil— ity to uphold the democratic rights of the majority

of students.

In conclusion I add,

as a reminder, that our hard-won democratic rights

to freedom of speech, press, asSembly, etc. cannot last long if we mistakenly ~maintain'the dangerousvview that "anyone may do as he likes" up to and including anti-democratic acts, practising sexism, chauvin— ism, racism, and discrimin- ation.t H

Democracy can only be su6* :tained and extended by

rooting out that which seeks to destroy it. .Fdr Peace 5 Democracy

Stan DaltOn

,.. Thanks emotions

The General Elections are over for another year,and I am overwhelmingly pleased

would like to extend my thanks to Mariella Schaad and to Derek Key.

During the General Election,,many people were around to make the

Xlong hours of ballot counting a little easier. Many thanks to Gordie Pierce who was on the Electoral Board and Gordie Coffin, another Beard 'member who also worked the polls and helped in the re-count. These two game up much of their time and the beginning‘ of the election party to count ballots.for five hours, also the Board thanks goes to all the Scrutineers who part— icipated in the Counting of the ballots for their cadidates. '

To the Cadre and to CIMN who covered the elections, advertised them, and took care of the Susan Hornby. commnication part of the Chief Electoral OffiCer election, especially to - ' '. “' "' Tony Reddin, Maurice Ro- ' ' ' gerson and Richard Webber, thank you very much. You wmhmhtmkwaam handled this end of the

Velection very well.

My thanks goes out to you the students and to each and every one of the can- didates. You all ehlped -make the election as ex— citing and as close a fight as was possible.

I have left this next name until the last be— cause he, more than

anyone else, made the

election as successful as it was. Jim Picone of- fered his help for the election and became my chief advisor and right— hand man. He was always always ready to offer , advice and ehlp during a few little scirmishes thnsughout campaigning week. He helped, during ‘_the whole time, settle a few problems here, annoyances there and many decisions and questions all over. When I had a question, Jim could always find the answer. Jimmy ' thank you very, very much, without you, I weufld'nt have made it. ‘ In closing,I would like to congratulate the success- ful candidates,and wish - them the best Of luck. You are a fine enuncil and next year looks promising. Best wishes to all,

voting turnout of over 600‘ people was very good or, at

ersity election.. The meeting in Duffy the Mon-' day before the election

for campaign speeches and introduction of candidateS‘ was extremely orderly.'

students present was not ’ overly high, participation was commendable and worthy of praiSe.

I would like to ex— press my sincere thanks to may.people who helped Out not only in‘the General Election but in elections rall year. While Gerald McKenna,\who was running for election could not remain on the Electoral

help me all year. He was also, for the most part, the only help I had. I might also add

Gerald for being on‘

and for every by-election which, obviously, did notw carry with them nearly the glory and excitement that . the Feb. 23 election did., During the year,Pat Foley

helped count ballots and to them I would like to

For help in running pollsgand advice on the legality of many mattersJ

mnuuhamhappym.