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THE "RED RAG"AT ITS LATEST STAFF MEETING.

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so inherited the majority of the work. But some;m how, even though the democratic experiment must." be deemed a failure, the Cadre did succeed in making it through the year without any major civil war. _

It would seem then that the Cadre staff and others involved with the paper have learned something from last year's experience. With the election of-three former key members of the Cadre staff to positions on the Student Union Executive, relations between the newspaper.and the executive (which were not always healthy in‘ previous years) should at least stabiliZe. with

Did you know that last year, the Cadre was one of a small handful of university student papers that operated on the principle of com— plete staff democracy? By that we mean that, in theory, anyone who was a member of the UPEI Student Union could become a staff member of the Cadre, with the same privileges and voting rights as anyone else who worked on the paper. There was supposed to be no editor, no boss, and no elitist structure whatsoever— every de— tail from "determining editorial policy" on down to "what articles should go where" was bas- ed on the expressed wishes of the majority of Student Union members working on the specific an UHderStanding 0“ eaCh groups part that we edition of the newspaper, are not each other's natural enemies, we should

We say "supposed to be" because, unfortunate- be able to get down to doing something concrete.*‘ 1y, it didn't always turn out that way: , As for the Cadre staff, it seems to be the ‘

' is in the general consensus of the old staffers that some F sort of structure will be needed, if only to im-

The democratic process, whether lt operation of a newspaper or of a nation, must I . prove the effiCiency of the day—to-day operae. tions. We have not, however, thrown the deomo—

constitute more than the freedom to express a cratic concept into the ash heap! On the con4‘~

dissenting opinion. If a democratic system is tc

fulfil its intended function, than everyone con- trary, it is hoped that everyone will realize that they are more than welcome to join the

nected with it must accept the responsibility w Cadre staff and to participate in the decision-

to voice a dissenting opinion. It is only

through this method that the democratic system . making process. Hopefully, his democratization will grow to the extent where the staff will ‘““

can encourage the growth of internal criticism- vote "no confidence" in the editor, buSiness

that is, the pruning of extremism. In other

words, those staff members who were, by nature, manager, or any other executive of the paper— if the need arises. As you can probably see;

creative and who were aggressive in their ac- tions, came to dominate the group while those . who were hesitant in expressing their opinions\ theFe 15 room for improvement in the Cadre but, belleve me, we're doing our best! ‘_—-_ If you don't like what we're doing or if you'

suffered much frustration— not because their ideas were any less suitable, but only because . they failed to express themselves or failed to ?h?nk You can d9 better: Please.C0me over and , oppose ideas which were contrary to their own. 301“ our §taff 1” the dungeons 0f Memorial Hallie” Usually, since one faction dominated the inter— and exerClSe Your democratic rights. They can probably use it! - 1..

nal decisions of the paper, by default, they a1-

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