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The series started in a storm and ended in a storm, with relatively calm weatherin between. I 1

‘Let’s hope the selection of a new President for our univeristy, which started last spring with controVersy surrounding the non-renewal of current President Peter Meincke's contract, doesn't follow the pattern of its vital public lectures. . v

Everyone has been carrying on in a very civilized manner through the whole process - - almost too civilized.

But then again, picking a President isn't meant to be a circus, it it?

Certainly for the candidates, it wasn't. Six men (and oh, there's a small storm in itself) fly to the lsland on successive Sundays, meet with the Search Committee for President, , meet with faculty members, meet with the Board of Governors, meet with the public, meet with students, meet with everyone on campus who’s interested, and for two in- tense days are asked over and over and over to state their views on liberal arts, the Vet College, tenure, research, affirmative action, and the role of Presi- dent itself. ‘

Certainly l wouldn’t do it and then admit publicly, as black sheep candidate David MacDonald did, that I wasn’t even sure I would take the job if it were of- fered to me. .

One wonders if his hesitation was in place before he got here, or if it developed soon after.

.Still, with all the frantic activity, constant monitor- ing, and overused muscles, the candidates are no doubt gladly esconced in their respective niches, their trial over.

‘Now the Search Committee's can begin.

Now, heaven forbid a decision has to be reached, among those ten men (same comment as before) from the Board and Senate. -

Just as one might suspect, few people, especially students, realize the urgency of care about the results of this deliberation. ‘

Sad.

Sad because for many people the university is ex: emplified by its President, and in many far-reaching debates what the President has to say on or off the record has a frightening power. Community rela:

- tions, government discussions, university association meetings: in all these, the President is U.P.E.l.

No matter how the hockey team is doing.

So until the Search Committee, after hearing and reading submissions from those who have seen the candidates, makes its recommendation to the Board

oi Governors on March 25, we’ll be left wondering-

and hoping. . Hoping that reason will prevail and the best can- didate will be asked to “Comefeel our warmth.” Because if it‘doesn't and he isn’t, U.P;E.l. may be in for a long, cold, stormy spell. '

Comment — house party

Blanchard Hall is having (will have had, by the time this is printed a house party,-in honour of the U.P.E.l. teams that ranked first this year.

The Panther teams have done very well this year, and for that they are to be congratulated. But a couple of things

about this party bother me.

Once again, a reminder that the iadics‘ team also put a

v good deal of time and effort into their sports. Could they not ‘i-c reiiicmher too, and maybe even given a free beer?

Let 's gitc i'iieni a vote of confidence too, and next year “he; could become winners on a national scale. But they won‘t do ‘i \‘illllOlll support, and don’t they deservesomc recognition?

The organizers are probably hoping {o finance the freebies

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Not secretive

Dear Editor:

As acting President at the last Student Union Meeting, I feel compelled to reply to comments made by' Nils R. Connors in the past issue of The Netted Gem. I hope this will not appear as a defen- sive reply indulging in pointless rhetoric, as Mr. Connors feels that we, Stu- dent Council members; practice so well.

First it appears that Mr. Connors feels I that the

Council has apreoccupaa tion with petty matters of _

missed meetings and im- peachment procedures. I cannot stress enough the mportance of Council neetings and in order for students to be represented properly, Council members must attend.

Also, by picking up a copy

of the Student Union Con- stitution, which is'available free to everyone on cam- pus, and 'refering to Article 14, section E, one Will note that attendance at a .Coun- cil meeting is‘ mandatory.

‘ Thusl would like'to sugj gest that to be represented properly is not a “petty” matter.

lvdo not feel there is secrecy surrounding the allocation of money within the Student Union, as the budget for the year was passed in an open council

LETTERS

meeting first semester.

Mr. Connors feels deci- sions are often made under conditions of secrecy and usually without any gauging of student opinions.’ All council members, including executive, are required to be full time students and therefor I find it impossible to make decisions without taking into account other students.

Furthermore, all council meetings are open to the general public and in the past year we have gone into closed session only three times when it‘was not re- quired.

The first occasion was concerning a student at another Student Union in the Atlantic reg’ibn,'the se- cond to discuss a proposal [from Saga and Student Ser- vices, and the third to discuss a small line item of the budget.

l cannot speak for the rest of council as to why they voted to move into closed sessiOn, as a motion of. that ,type is . nondebatable, but can-reply for myself by stating that I feel council could be more objective because of the

number ofgroups involved. ‘ Also, I did not want to see‘

one group played off with another. The personalities involved and closenessof the general election played a part in my decision. as well. ,

Mr. Connors stated he would like to see the finan- cial statements of the Stu- dent Union published in

Netted Gem. This request could be easily fulfilled by speaking to the Editor’of

the paper. lf she felt it necessary, the Council would be‘more than willing to comply. .

I realize the Student Union is the publisher of the paper, but the ex- ecutive does not feel we have the moral right to dic- tate what the paper should print, as no one should at- tempt to control the press.

Another option open to Mr. Connors is to drop down to the Student Union office where he can pick up all the statements he would like to see. i .must warn anyone that requests the in- formation that the Student U.nio'n '_Tr‘ea‘5urer must 'be given’24 hours notice to in- sure all statements are up to date. '

This clause can be found in the Constitution under Article 8 section D, “powers and duties of the executive."

In closing l would like to encourage. all students to attend council meetings, as well as take an active role in the upcoming elections to be held on March 13'and 14. Any information concer- ning Student Union meetings and there whereabouts can be directed toward Michelle Dorsey, Student Union President at extension 395 or any executive member; Your irrput is always welcome and appreciated on any matter concerning students. '

Sincerely,

Howard Beattie

Vice President Internal UPEI Student Union

Aggravating scoreboard

Dear Editor,

I wish. to make a minor complaint about an aggra- vating detail from the UPEI- UNB hockey game on Sunday, Feb. 11.

I do not know who is responsible but at various times during the game the scoreboard indicated such false scores as l3, 14, 24. and 93.

While I had no difficulty remembering the score, it was ' {mstratingi‘fOI people" Who ‘ had left their seats temporarily, " especially since these sundry

wrong numbers were left uncorrected for lengthy periods. ‘

Generally, it was annoying! This, I admit, is minor

and it may well not be the _ ‘

fault of anyone at UPEI, but if one does use the score- board,‘why lie? ”

I would think that some- one in the Panther organiza- tion should be interested in seeing that both the score- board and the operator there- of, are functioning at full capacity' when the playoffs begin. ‘ -' ' r

A “class” team deserves a “classact”. _ -

Thank You!

Panther Fan

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for the team members with the money from extra beer sales to the jock-watching girls they will most likely attract to such an event.-

This is disgusting.

These guys are human and, believe it or not girls, none of them is perfect. Whether they enjoy being idolized or not, they do not deserve. it any more than anyone else. Sure, they’re good at their sports, but everyone has a talent. Why don’t th: exceptional academic, musical. or other talents receive the same treatment? ' .

Equality is a nice word, but in order to add some meaning, women have to stop treating men as superiors. Females are great at complaining about being treated as inferior, but when will they realize they sometimes bring it upon themselves?

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‘Volume 2, Issue 19.. . ' . Thursday, February 28 ’ Groan, grumble, gripe, growl gracious us, how absolutely icky it is to be back after our lovely week off. Oh well, only five 'more issues and Six weeksof classes left sorry. Noone Wants to be reminded. Today we are Robert Bodrog-Goodland, Glen Boswall Kaberi Dasgupta, Carol Doiron, Lori Anne Heckbert, Ross Hartingef (Sports Editor), Jim Lai, Ron Lewis (Advertising), Brian Linkletter, Brian MaeLeod (Photography), Jonathan Orlowski, John Pendergast (Constitutional Expert), Nancy Ross, Carolyn Ryan (Editor), The Shadow, Bob Stanley, Phil Stanyer (Advertising),.Jill Warburton Dave Yorston (Photdgraphy), and Michael Zinck.‘ ‘ I i ’

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