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liclon system to * ligt . up ourlives
By Carolyn Ryan starting. next week, UPEI udents will be able tolsee at
glance (or a 5-minute ong stare) exactly what is king place on campus.
And it will be in colour, .. for those with minds that en’t easily tantalized ‘ by ere words.
Student Union VP Internal 'm Mutter says that a elidon computer informa- on' system will be in peration by Monday in the Obertson Library Lounge, iving‘ ‘students continually pdated information eetings, activities, speakers, ports events, financial aid, ub-organizations, employ- ent" opportunities and ything else people want to ublicize‘(within reason). And what’s more, the hole package. including
on .,
equipment, installation, in- surance, computer time, page creation, and labour, will cost,the Student Union only $100r $15 aweek.‘
The Computer Centre is donating the computer time, and is letting. us use their display terminal and de- coder, which are worth about $3000, free of charge. 4
Mutter says the- project began about threeweeks ago, when, walking by the Com— puter Cente one day, he noticed “UPEISU” flashing on a screen and decided to investigate. , '
He spoke with attendants there, who had put the pro- gram in the system early in September to show its capabilities. And that v was the start of something big.
Telidon, according to Glenda MacDonald from the
Computer Centre, is a video system originally meant to provide private users with information about a variety of services;
However, the system proved too expensive for at— home use, and the Federal Department of Communica- tions, who developed it, has been scouting around for alternative ways to utilize it.
The Student Union execu- tive has felt for a long time that there is a void in getting current information to stu-' dents in an interesting fashion. With the Telidon system, Mutter says the 3-5 minute recurring progression of pages can be updated within an hour in emergencies.
Otherwise, those with announcements are asked to bring them to the Barn by Friday for installation for the
Debate over committee
By Ruth Edgett . Student Council members ave agreed to add an dministrator to their com-
ittee to investigate the long— /
erm effects of the Vet allege, but they can’t agree n whether that administrator hould be Dr. Reg Thompson.
Council established a stu- cnt-faculty committee at ts Feb. 5 meeting. That will esearch the economic and cademic impacts of the vet allege“. Three _students were ppointed to the group, and the Faculty Association was asked to pick two more members. ~
At last Sunday’s meeting, council was told President Peter Meincke and Dr.
Liberals
By Ruth Edgett
Robert Hanf and his Campus Liberal \Club re- ceived a round of applause Sunday from Student Union Council members after they
finally voted to accept the
group as a sub-organization.
The motion to recognize the club was the third in as many council meetings and was carried only after changes were made in the Student Union criteria, for accepting sub-organizations.
The Liberal Club was refused recognition at two previous meetings because
several council members said ‘
they, felt accepting a group with obvious political sympathies could be seen as
Thompson, the vet college dean, were concerned that the administration is not represented on the committee. SU President Jack Keefe said Dr. Thompson has asked to be included on the com— mittee because he feels he can contribute a good deal of information.
While some councillors agreed Dr. Thompson would be an ideal committee
member since he is the resi- dentlexpert on vet colleges, others saidhis presence could give the group a bias and might even intimidate some faculty members from articulating their worries about the college.
After a good deal of debate on the "merits
‘choice of Professors
of.
having Dr. Thompson a member, the council voted to strike one faculty member from the committee and add an administrator. Keefe said he will ask the administration for two recommendations, and council will be able to vote on the preferred person. He said he expects that Dr. Thompson will be recom—. mended. .
Student members of the committee are Keefe, Michelle Dorsey and Ken Baker. The Faculty Association was to ratify Wednesday its interim Ian MacQuarrie and .Gary Webster. With the new com- position of the committe, only one of those professors will be a member.
lucky This time
partisan. ~
Under . new system pro- posed b SU President Jack Keefe and VP Internal Jim: Mutter, the'Liberal Club was classified as a interest group. It will fit into the second tier of a two—tier system that separates groups representing faculties and classes and those with political ideals but which have legitimate in- terests in UPEI.
Tier One groups will be reclassified 'as academic organizations or classes, and both categories will be
.referred to as sub-organi-
zations. _ _
Under the new system, interest groups will have to apply to council for the
traditional $75 previously granted sub-organizations matically. _ Such groups will be required to approach council if they want to use campus facilities for fund raisiers, and advertising by radio or newspaper on campus will be purchased at full price. As well, the Student Union will not take responsibility for interest groups. ' Academic organizations and classes will continue to enjoy the privileges they had previously. This includes the
that was to all auto-
right to purchase advertising. ‘
in the campus media at half price and use of facilities for fund raising events.
following ‘ week. Special forms will be available, and there are four lettering sizes to choose from.
Mutter q stresses that the graphics, which are “very visual”, can be manipulated to emphasize special items.
When asked if the sytem could be used for advertising, Mutter agreed that it was possible, but that the SU plans to finish this semester
with no ads, since they have no need of the revenue while the Computer Centre so .kindly continues to donate the computer time. '
The terminal will be in- stalled in the central column of the lounge, facing the Plexiglass window, allowing as many students as possible to read it at any time. It will operate during. regular library hours.
Of course, a question of pressing and heartfelt interest to every student on the UPEI campus should be: What will this mean to our dearly beloved Netted Gem? Will this bring another tearful example of computer— induced redundance?
No, says Mutter, because the Gem is needed for news and longer items.
Whew.
The student newspaper of the University of L
The Netted Gem
Volume 1 Number 13
Now that ther rm is almost over, we’d like to introduce you to the Student Union executive for 1983-84. From left: VP External Kim Gass, VP Internal Jim Mutter, Treasuer Stephen Bishop, Council Speaker Mike Trainor, and President Jack Keefe.
Executive interviews are on the following pages: President, page 7; VP Internal, page 4; ’VP External, page 5 and Treasurer, page 9.
in writing the articles in this issue about the candidate for executive positions on the Student Union, interviewers had a list of questions which was used for all interviews. This was done to give all candidates for positions a fair chance to express what they fell to be important -— and besides, it made our job a darn sight easier!
Therefore, any differences in articles for the candidates of any one position are due, not to leading questions on our part, but to candi- dates ’ interpretations of the questions and issues.
For more information on candidates’ positions and platforms, we encourage you to attend the executive speeches, to be given in the Robertson Library Lounge on Monday, March 5 at 12:30.
' These are the people who want to represent you. You choose -—
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It’s a mess out there!
With elections approaching next week,
juSt remember: these days many student
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we don ’t want-to do it for you!
And above all, please remember to drop by the ballot box in the Library from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7, and make ‘vour presence felt. _ ,
(P. S. We ordered the article for each position in alphabetical order.)
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