had also reached a total of seven this year. They were awarded llcnt'c. and varied according to the number of times a paper wh, and submitted written reports which were included in

“mm statement “The major role of the student press is to act . 1 press avoids". The clause saying the “primary purpose is an “i A...” was also added, almost unanimously. This was the year ,|‘ how (1UP should function. Co-opcration was poor, financial “as understaffed. Sellar and national secretary Barry Rust ml at national ad co-opwas discussed. H. national vice-president7s duties extend to fieldworking was “Md in January I967 after years of talking about it, with the 'tlit‘ spring term' i r plenary sessions, thedebates which worked out the above . Our-category fee scale was instituted, fees ranging from S 150 ml office staff and the position of national secretary hocamc mlay’s bureau chief, handling the news service and the tclcx

all. At the 1967 conference, objectivity was openly termed a of Ethics. Democracy ran rampant as all executive positions i-t‘llH‘. After much discussion, the trophy competitions were lurm-n months to enable a carry-over in staff and a summer it 5 “’0 W Paper-

t‘t‘ made S 85 a week, and the budget of $ 32,200 wag passed

t. but only the Atlantic Region decided to elect one for the numlet serving as the relay point for CUP stories. About 20

Defination of Terms

Canadian University Press (CUP) —a co-operative press service whose members are the newspapers of Canadian

post-secondary institutions and are also various community

or alternate papers across the country. CUP boasts it’s the oldest student press association in the world, which is a true statement. It also claims to be the oldest national student organization in Canada. CUP provides member papers with a thrice weekly news service, a features service, a cartoon service, the opportunity to participate in a national advertising co-opcrative, a national conference, regional conferences, fieldworkers and an exchange of papers with other members. ‘

Youthstream —a consolidation of CUP membership into one marketable advertising package in order to increase national advertising revenue in each paper. Youthstream, like the CUP national office, was set up by the member papers with their. own best interests in mind, and thus functions solely to benefit the CUP membership. The best way to understand Youthstrcam is in terms of quantity: it pays an advertiser or his agency to deal with us now because , instead of having to deal with some fifty or sixty different full-time ad managers or part-time student ad salesan or women, people often hard to locate, hard to pin down, the agency simply makes contact with our

‘ representative in Toronto, and with one insertion order and

tomato conference decided to do away with this post. CUP'E h.» which act took place Jan. 29, 1969. omfi: work was also hv \lt'('-pl'CSlant was to do features. u- now know it. mumcnt and a special session which lasted until 11:30 New -1 up. ARCUP officially legislated its reg'onal field secretary .- proposal to unite the national office with a residence for th- liting what would be in effect a co-operative arrangement no: ut-lmns to consider bringing more technical and community >[ll‘t the members. ‘ i I provided the beautiful setting for the 1970 conference. The (in the paper, were all major areas of concern. More and more ('lllt‘lll over past years when the national executive had done u-t-it'ir- commissions. V . utmnal office staff, bringing, among the benefits, the first fees utter. the fancy name for the former secretary, now important r t'ut'll of the members of the executive. r>ltlp category for alternate papers; paying only a minimal fee, ' without voting privileges. The motion paved the way to the next conference. ’ t prejudice to avoid,.and the national executive was mandated c. where possible. press were the focal points of debate of the 1971 Wolfville in educational function in their community” to be full voting tion. ' d to cut back the news servicefrom- six to three times a week, . 'l‘hc Varsity was mandated to prepare a working paper on a fees were also to be charged according to category." / ' in the standing resolutions reflecting CUP’s attitude towards on too was to be prepared. ' pvt-live members. Finances have rctaken their original position I considered. why it was important that it existed, but docs notimgke any

with a minimum of fuss and bother, places ads in all the member papers. (See also the note on responsibilities.)

CUPOTT ~ the national office, a collection (usually motley) of newspaper folk elected at the national conference for a term of one academic year more or less to function as petty bureaucrats, distinguished accountants, glorified news-hacks, underpaid hasslch and cetera.

The Go-op —— usually refers to Youthstrcam, the advertising co-operative. Some starry-eyed dreamers still call CUP “the co-op”. .

The Membership —thc members of Canadian University Press, ..you, the viewer/reader[writer/editor. This is an interesting example of a curious mathematical phenomenon: CUP is the papers and nothing else. It does not exist separately from them. You~’rc it.

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The Regions — almost arbitrary national divisions intended to make bureaucratic chores easier to manage. Years ago news stories were telegrammcd to members of each region by one paper which was “in charge” for that region. By

now the regions facilitate the division of labour with-

regards to fieldworkers. The'rcgions today are the West (WRCUP), Ontario (ORCUP), Quebec (QRCUP), and the Atlantic Region (ARCUP). Because of the limited number of papers in QRCUP, it is ficldworked by the national ficldworkcr, and its members are invited to the ORCUP regional conference.

Regional Conferences —— a weekend version of the national, the regionals usually take place in the autumn. They are short, sweet, useful, and relatively painless. In the old days, much of the legislation put before the Plenary Session of the national conference was initiated by the discussion, mandates and resolutions of the regionals. There is still some overlapping, but generally regionals are a time of introduction — to other CUP papers in the area, to technical questions and to national office people who attend the rcgionals whenever possible.

Travel Pool — a means of getting at least one representative from each newspaper to the national conference. Each paper pays a set amount into the travel pool and receives one return ticket from its city of publication to the conference. This means, for example, that a paper from the far west would not have to pay a ridiculously high fare to get to a conference in the east while a neighbouring eastern paper would pay no fare at all. The travel pool can best be described as an equalising mechanism. It is important to watch for notice in house organs regarding rebate procedure.

Fieldworkers — a nomadic cluster of other news-hacks, also elected at the national who spend their divided time among the member papers, helping with any problems, offering advice and technical assistance, and generally getting a far more realistic picture of the ways things are with the membership than the isolated and miles-from-anywhere national office gets. “

The National — the national conference, held annually between Christmas and New Year's Day. A time of stress and struggle, torment and triumph, of policy~making, oath-taking, muckraking and back-breaking.

-initiatives in the U.S. this , year,_only the California

one obtained the support necessary to achieve a posi— tion on the ballot. Attempts failed in Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and Florida, but

the' Michigan initiative may be able to

signatures 1974 State

ballot.

inhabitants. The California Marijuana

Initiative (CMI) is described

by Los Angeles County Co- ordinator Lawrence Skinner as "one of the most ideal solutions for one of the greatest problems in recent times." / .

The proposition does not affect present laws govern— ing the sale of marijuana. "It does not deal with the complexities of trafficking . marijuana," Skinner said,£ Id I; ’"and avoids the problems .feared by many people that ,marijunno‘will eventually

be advertised as being sexy, or something similar." ‘ > “Some supporters believe Id that approval in the refere ' endum will give police a mandate to concentrate on the trafficking of marijuana

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CMI has not only achieved what many regarded as "impossible" with the actual initiative, but in a drive to register voters, they trained

“fill deputy régistrars, and registered more than‘20,220 voters.

A: first, people'were "paranoid, and thought they

would be arrested," said Skinner but working within the law this

time has avoided any hassles from police.

A sign on the steps up to the quaint CMI office pleads with visitors to "Leave your stash outside" and the only plants in the building are VharmleSs ones, in terms of evidence.

Support has come not only from the underground media, but also from two television stations — KNBC in Los Angeles, a network affiliate, and KPIX in San Francisco —

_ which have broadcast editorials

condoning tolerance of mari- juana.

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Skinner predicts a number of police officers may also lend their support by giving their opinion on the refer— endum through a judge, to protect their anonymity.

The initiative has already received support from the Police Officers for Justice and the San Francisco Deputy Sherriffs' coalition.

The campaign has spent a total of $80,000 on the initiative, and plans to ex— pend the same amount during the final two weeks on a last ‘burst. Part of the money will be spent on radio spots. Most of this has come through small private donations, with an additional grant of $15.000 from Amorphia, the marijuana foundation.

The remainder should be covered from showings of the

film "Reefer Madness" by the Playboy - backed NORML (National Organization for the Repeal of Marijuana Laws).

'The heart of the campaign still remains with those who struggled to collect signa— tures through the paranoia of the early days.

And if proposition l9 succeeds —

Simple: ,"I think we'll get into doing something for pot prisoners", says one volunteer, "amnesty or something."

by Phil West

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