VOI..5 No.16

CADRE

'fho student's paper“

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vGordon is a Junior, Polit- ical Science Major who "has developed a sense of pride during the first two years at UPEI." Through participa- tion in Winter Carnival and Octoberfest he "has develo— ped an interest in community affairs” in the political sense. ”

The current problem which Gordon sees are: a ath , which he claims is the res- ult of poor communication; lack of participation: and lack of community spirit°

Gordon was uncertain as to how he would deal with this with the exception perhaps of strengthening the Student Union's financial status.

In the realm of the finan- cial, the problems are, ac— cording to Gordon: wasted expenditure: e.g. Cadre is, as he sees it, not a real newspaper: if it were it wo- uld, he claims, make money rather than operate at'a lo- ss as he claims it does: so- me criticism applies to CSUR —- there should, he thinks, be a regular talk show fea- turing the president and the other members of the Student Union Executive. 1

Losses which occured in Or- ientation Week ($2000.), Winter Carnival ($800.). Go- rdon wants to alleviate this misspending of Student Union funds. He does not state specifically what procedure he will implement to strai- ghten outithese financial problems. V - Other problems Gordon sees are: lack of co—operation between Student Services and Student Union -- he intends to solve this through encou- raged co-operation. Reassess- ment of Student Loan Act so students will not have to borrow $1400. to qualify for bursary.

Committee spending: "comm— ittees should be free to sp- end their money as they th— ink necessary, however, if they run out of funds they are to receive no more and will, thus, close down."

Barb is the daughter of Nb and Mrs. Jack Stevenson, Charlottetown. A Sophomore and Business Administration student, Barb took her high school at Colnel Gray.

Barb has been interested in community activities th- roughout her university ex- perience thus far -- an ex— perience which has made her sensitive to student needs. Coupled with a confidence in her ability to lead, Barb feels she is the best candir date for presidency to deal with existing problems which are as she sees it: financ- ial difficulty; poor commun- ication between executive & students: no executive unity. What Barb proposes is to alleviate the above mentio— ned problems through a "re- turn to old—fashioned type student union": placing students needs topmost on priority list: decentrali- zation of power: establishing closer liason between‘comm— ittee heads and executive. At the academic level Barb identifies the following pr- oblems: gap between students and faculty: faculty listen but do not act E93 students. To alleviate this Barb in- tends to strengthen student senate representation and: encourage faculty to acknowh ledge student needs at the concrete level.

Another item on her list of priorities is to re-assess the present Canada Student .Loan Act to determine whet- her it is possible that a student may not need to bo— rrow $1400. before qualify- ing for a bursary.

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.Bruce is running for pres- ident because he wants to improve student participat- ion and give each student opportunity for involvement. The problems Bruce sees are 22.1111 and Apathy is due, he thinks, because of misinformation to the students. If the ex- ecutive were to advertise more and use campus media facilities to their advant- age, Bruce thinks apathy could be greatly reduced.

He also hopes to improve the current financial status of the Student Union to "take it out of the red".

Concrete suggestions for improvement were not forth— coming from Bruce. The qualities which make him the best candidate are? accord- ing to Bruce: leadership training which he's had th- rough Red Cross, Army reser- ves (which he is currently involved in). He claims he is confident and "will make the students make him bett- er".

The Student Union Executive requires co—ordination Bruce says: he would guide the ex- ecutive committee, require regular, written reports to him: students would have frequent access to him as- well as access to financial records within 24 hour no- tice; there would be regular statements in the Cadre.

In the academic sphere, Bruce felt he was "not up on academics as much as he sh- ould", however, he did state

, there was a faculty-student

gap which he pledges to overcome by such means as student-faculty "get-toget— hers“.

Bruce is in favour of a permanent liquor liscense and hopes to see it materi— alize.

His concluding remarks we- re to wish his opponents well.

PLATFORMS’pg.6