Yet another introduction
Outside the window, snowflakes are gently juggling with each other, milling around in white confusion and bumping off the sides of buildings before giving up and dropping reluctantly to the ground '
That was for all the English majors out there. Don’t worry, I promise not to do it again.
Hello. I‘m the new editor of your newspaper, and my name is Carolyn Ryan.
That’s right, I called it your newspaper, and for a good reason.
Because it is. _
What’s a student newspaper without students? Students to pick it up, read it, criticize it, and give a damn about what goes in it.
Now some of you may see the staff of a newspaper as a tightly closed clique, loftily deciding what to put in the paper each week accordding to personal likes and dislikes, and resisting all comers.
We aren’t going to be like that.
Right now there are only a few of us doing this (fill in adjective) job each week. Don you honestly think we wouldn’t fall on on knees in gratitude if some new faces (with bodies attached) walked through that door? We would bless you, call our first-born children after you, climb Mount Stewart for you!
Getting back to your ownership of this paper — this means that you do get an input on what goes into it. A lot of you, have expressed wishes to see more humour in the Gem, and a return to the Engineer - Business rival columns.
Okay, you can have it, as long as we can find writers to accommodate you. That was the problem last term — no one submitted anything along those lines, so nothing was printed, and the word got passed around that we didn’t want articles like that.
Of course, you must realize that we are legally responsible for anything we print, no matter who writes it. So, if an article contains something libellous, we have to cut it out — for our protection and yours. And we do insist that articles submitted as humour are funny. Otherwise, they would defeat the purpose.
If you keep it above the belt and don’t get too carried away with four—letter words merely for the sake of four- letter words - fine.
Even if you don’t have time to work on or write for the paper, please, oh please read it, just as you’re doing now. You’ll find out what’s happening at UPEI and on campuses across the country, and it doesn’t take very long.
You’ve read this. Now, honestly, the effort wasn’t too painful, was it?
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“e N etted Gem
Volume 1, Number 7
January 12, 19%
Yes, we’re still alive, though depleted in numbers this week (something we hope changes very soon). Held captive in the Nelrea’ Gem office this week are .lohn Pendergast, Ruth Edgett, Jonathan Orlowski, David Doiron, Leah Parker, Gus Hillstrom, John Dongan, Parker Grimmer, Sharon Leighton, HoWard Beattie, and editor Carolyn Ryan. We try to count our blessings, but we wish you‘d come up and be counted as one of us, too (staff meetings Wednesday at 6 pm.)
i he {Veiled Gem is the weekly student newspaper of the University of Prince Edward Island. Views expressed therein are not necessarily those of the Student Union. We reserve the right to edit copy for space, style, or legal reasons. Letters to the editor must be typed, double-spaced, and submitted before noon on Monday. Letters exceeding 500 words in length are prone to cutting and much abuse by the collective staff. All letters must be signed by their author(s). Our office is located on the fourth floor of the Main building. Our telephone is 892-4121, extension 387. Th. .Vcrled Gem is now a full member in semi-good standing with Canadian University Press.
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Dear Editor,
This letter is designed to inform you and the campus community about an injustice committed against the residents of Marian Hall.
Upon returning from the Christmas break, many Marian Hall residents were greeted with an unsavory surprise. On first appearance it seemed to one resident that his room had unlawfully'been entered and ransacked. He immediately noticed that his flags had been removed from his walls and his furniture was misplaced.
As it turns out. the UPEI Security Force is taking a new route in providing security to this'campus. They have gone from ticketing parked cars to entering residence rooms and confiscating personal and private property.
It seems, as rumour would have it, that a member of the Force went from room to room in the dorm, removing flags from the walls, and packing them into garbage bags. After some discussion the Director of Student Services, the Residence Manager, and the
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Director of Security, the flags were ordered returned. Unfortunately, Security had not kept track of where they had obtained the flags.
Most of the flags have now been returned to their proper owners, no thanks. to the UPEI Security Force. Residents of Marian Hall had to sift through the flags to find their own. ,
Ironically it seems that not all the flags in Marian Hall were “Hot”, as was assumed. Many of them were purchased by the residents
’for decorative purposes. In
my limited understanding of Canadian Law, it doesn’t seem to me that it is a crime to own a flag. I also don’t believe that this act is pro- hibited in “it” lvll’livPrSlty by-laws.
it IS 1984, and although I am already tired of the specu- lation we have been bom— barded with regarding Orwell’s novel, I can’t refrain from making my own superficial comparison. 4
Jack Keefe
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Arts Rep / reports
As your elected Arts repre- sentative to the Student Union Council, I would like to take this opportunity to review for my constituents what I have been doing since my re—election in March of last year.
This being my Senior year at UPEI, I have been some- what eager to participate in as many student activities as possible. Though many students on campus may that a councillor’s only responsibility is at- tending meetings on every second Sunday, this ‘is not our only duty.
As a result of being a Council member, I have been appointed to many com- mittees that require student
input. Like my other col- 7
leagues, I feel that to repre-
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remain active to allow our voice on specific student issues to be heard.
Some of the appointments 1 received this year were to the Search Committee re- sponsible for the selection of our new Dean of Arts, and the Selection Board, which
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must be available through t academic year for reeo mending job applicants to Student Union.
I also had the Opporturj to attend the CFS confere‘ in Ottawa in November, 1%
at which 1 represented U as a voting prospect member. The conference itself was an enlight’e‘n experience.
Throughout the semes I also took part in Univer. Week and attended a I meetings for both the C stitution Committee and UPEI Women’s Organizati
My ‘ participation I semester will, however. minimal, and work will allow Ii time for extra activiii Therefore, my time will all more opportunity to am questions concerning stud affairs as well as anythl related to the Arts Faeul
Also, at this time l we like to, extend my- con. tulations to Carolyn R)’ the new editor of the lI Netted Gem. As a 9:” councillor, Carolyn, in opinion, will be an adJ asset to our univerS newspaper.
Thanks for your supPO and have a great semester?
Margaret Archib, Arts Representa“