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receive these salaries jus— -

tify themselves by earn- ing them? Certainly, yes.

Most people that want to occupy certain offices forget to look up the re- sponsibilities attached to their desired offices. Every position that has any kind of status and renum- eraticns obviously has an equal amount of responsi— bility. People should do some homework about their desired positions before contesting for elections.

Many times in the past, many student Union officials have stood up during ques— tion periods in Student Un— ion meetings to give such excuses as, and I quote, "you should understand that we are students like your- selves, and have register— ed for the same and even more courses than you". This is mere trash from an official that campaigned to be voted into an office.

It shows that many offici— als do not know a B from

a bull's foot about what is involved in their offices before contesting for them. How can you blame them? When some officials had never been to more than one Student Union meeting, much more knowing the content of the constitution, be- fore being elected. Watch out for such individuals during the campaign week and make sure that they never get elected, for a stitch in time, they say, saVes mine If any person has 6, 7, 8 courses or whatever, such a one should give room to those with 4 or 5 courses who want to earn some money by working for the Student Union, to do so. It is high time people knew that the Stud— ent Council reserves the right to seize any salary that was nor 1vbre— over, the council has tight- ened up of late and wants to let its two meetings as fou- nd in the constitutionmear. two meetings and not some- thing else. ,I‘ am referring to those officals who would not attend the meetings for which they get paid.

Back to our voting. It is most unfortunate that this article is getting pretty lengthy,but I beg you to bear with me. My other articles in the sub- sequent issues are going to be a lot shorter than this. But for now, read and get enough information for our

all—important election. It »

is high time we stopped casting our votes solely

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on the posters that we read. We should get to know the persons whose faces appear on the posters and know whether the information on the posters is compatible with the abilities and cap- ' abilities of these faces, its beauty or ugliness not withstanding. After all, it is one's suitability for the job that matters and not, I repeat 3% one's physical appearance.

'Ihe following are some pertinent qualities we should‘ look' for in the per- sons that we want to en- trust the management of our affairs with, according to the constitution. 'llne first is the President. As the chief executive of the Union, he is the Official Spokes- man of the entire members of the Union. In addition, he is‘a member of the Senate, presides over all the Un- ion's meetings or asks the Speakertodosoonhisbe- half, appoints advisory committees to study topics which the Student Council consider pertinent. 'Ihese are just a few out of his 14 official assignments. Moreover, he is to- perform other duties as required. For this office, you need a person that is tactful, diplomatic, devoted, smart, andmost importantly, ar- ticulate. He should be very capable of self expre— ssion and must be very ver- sed in human relations.

He also should be matured.

The Vice President is ~ responsible for the co-or— dination of the activities of all sub-committees of the: Student Union such. as the committee on the Winter Carnival. He assumes the role of the president on his absence. He is also responsible for most topics about community, provincial, national and international- organizaticns as they af-

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finese do not exhaust the list of his responsibli— ties. Yet its occupant re- ceives one of the least salaries of all the Exec- utives. MS is not tlne point I want to make right now, but this point should be noted for future ref- erences. Our prospective Vice President should be tactful, very. energetic, very smart, very, capable of self expression, and a]:- so must have some knowledge of human relations Watch for those. ‘ , The Treasurer is respon- sible for the administration of our Union fund. ' In add- ition to being a member of the be—all and end-all bo—

ard of governors, he is the

chairman of a financial committee carposed of him- self and as many others as the Council approves. He is to submit on demand, a financial statement of the funds of fine Union in not less than one month. Does- n't it sound great? 'lhis office needs a tactful, careful, hardworking, bus- » ineSS inclined, and arti— culate person. This fel— low must also have a stan- dard reputation for hOnesty and sincerity. . ' The Commmicaticn's 0ft ' ficer is responsible ’ for all internal and external communications of Stu— dent Union. He is supposed tobeinchargeoftheSun,

the CIMN Campus Radio He 1 makes sureth the armuai so

Student Directory is issued as quickly as possible, to facilitate communications. What do you about

his qualities. He must be very versed in‘current af— fairs of nOt only U.P.E.I., but also P.E.I., Granada

and as many countries of ‘ the world as possible. His pen must also be mightier than his sword. »

' 'Jlne comptroller is respon— sible for all physical as-

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setsoftheUnion—the'BaIn and everything that is in it, etc. He is in charge of the coffee shop and the Campus Police. < 'Ihese are just a few of his respon— sibilities. This person should have a very high re— putation for honesty and sincerity. He should, if

' possible, have sOme know

ledge of general business. Watch out for these and other qualities that you.

' might deem necessary.

The Senator is the person you give the authority to speak for youin the Uni- versity Senate, which is purely academic Ire Senate handles such matters as course requirements, course evaluation, course contents, lecturer evalu- ation, and a couple of ot— her important things. The Student Senator is also a member of the Student Coun— cil. We all know thatour primary purpose for being here is to study. Nbst other events are by the way though they are equallv im- rortant. Nbst students would like to have one of the best course contents and, certainly the best professors in the country.

ically your Student Senator

has as his goal. _ Finally our chief elec-

torial officer has one of the most beautiful faces on Campus. In addition, she is very smart, cheerful and frienle. So play no tricks. lest you be caught at yournwn detriment. Go to the ballot box, throw in your vote: where you wish and disappear immediately without any further dealings I also want to-warn the ag— I ents of the candidates—to behave themselves very well. 'Ihey should remember the Watergate affair. If Nix- on's tricks were discovered those of any prospective Student Union Official would certainly be discov— ered. Moreover, any agent that misbehaves or cheats runs the risk of disqual- ifying his principal. SO

Let's have a better and more matured Student Union in U.P.E.I.E Your co-oper‘ ation is highly-needed now' and can change the course of events lnere for good and will definitely usher in a new era in the his- torv of this great insti- tution. It‘is true that Rmewasnotbuiltinaday but it is equally true that the plan of the city of Kane was thought of bV more in a day, an hour, and even a second.