September 21, 2009

The Panther Post

Keeping the Bastards Honest

PANTHER POST

Comrades!

A spectre is haunting UPEI — the spectre of the Cadre. Replaced instead with the much inferior Panther Post voted in by either the ironic or the illiterate, we need to reconsider the democratic system. How is it that 4% of the UPEI population changed the name to one that.

Kate MCKENNA Editor in Chief would be voted down in any local high school? And with the reconsideration of democracy, we should AS WELL question the failing capitalist system. Once upon atime, we could . Sebastian BAGLOLE afford to eat. Now we cannot. We Marxist Correctives have finally found some time in the

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light. You know what’s better than being hungry? Communism! You know what newspa- per knew that 30 years ago? The Cadre! Let us embrace our roots. Let us change our name

Al MacLEOD back. Sports Editor Our incredibly supportive boss, Mazen ‘Z’ Ellaz,VP Finance (give him a high-five if you John Thomas MCKENNA see him, courtesy of the student paper), understands our plight and has agreed to put the name

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to a vote, yet again. Though we prefer to seize power and give it to the proletariat, we agree that a vote is the best idea while we’re all still full time students. Please, please vote for The Cadre. Other, bigger newspapers will stop picking on us if we have a slightly tougher, more

Editorial Staff ideologically driven name. Christian LEDWELL Connor SIMPSON So basically, what I’m saying, is quit Stalin’ and change our name to something less awful. Laura STEWART Change it back to our rightful name. Embrace our history, don’t deny it. We are and always will be The Cadre. Reporters Brittany BANKS Louise COCKRAM KM Patrick GRECO Natalie HUNT Dylan ROSE Kate VanGERVEN

Contributors, no less beloved

Patrick CALLBECK www.pantherpost.ca Garrett CURLEY fie ; ‘ Be iY: Check out Garrett Curley’s interview with Mr. Lahey Asher FREDERICKS from the Trailer Park Boys exclusively featured on the Conor LEGGOTT : . ; hiascatikt HORA: website. As well, there will be breaking news on the Josh PITRE alcohol policy, video content, and so much more. Jillian STEWART

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