UPEI STUDENT NEWSPAPER OCTOBER 9, 2002

editor-in-chief Matt “Super Mario Bros. 2” STEWART

production manager/graphics Thomas “California Games” LLOYD

copy editor Catherine “Ice Hockey” SWEET

news editor Tara “Tetris” STEWART-STANLEY

entertainment editor Brodie “Super Punch Out” MacRAE

sports editor Alex “RC Pro AM” FIELD

photographer Brad “Skate or Die’ DEIGHAN

reporter Mariéve “Double Dragon” MACGREGOR Julie “31 in 1” VEINOT

advertising manager Natasha “Paperboy” MacKINNON

distribution manager VACANT

contributors Shawn “The Legend of Zelda” WOOD Dan “Super Dodgeball” MacRAE Joel “Batter Up!” GILLESPIE Nick “Top Gun” GORMLEY

The Cadre is the official newspaper of the UPEI Student Union. 2,000 copies of The Cadre are printed 10 times per semester. There are meetings open to anyone Mondays at 4:30 in room 213 in the new Student Union Centre.

The deadline for submissions is Friday at 4:00 PM.

The opinions expressed within The Cadre do not necessarily represent the views of UPEI or the UPEI Student Union Inc.

Letters to the editor: mjstewart@upei.ca

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Editorial 4: The Hangover -and- Roger Younker

And after all, what were we supposed to do? I mean, two-hundred and seven years-old. Two-hundred and seven! Not a milestone that comes along everyday. When's the last time you heard of someone celebrating their two-hundred and seventh birthday?

This was the case at UPEI’s campus bar this past Saturday night. Shouts of joy seemed to echo endlessly as the evening progressed. "Happy birthday, Alexander Keith!" — Indeed. Happy birthday.

The folks at The Wave are learning rather quickly how to throw a fantastic party. Having said that, I must confess that while I’m writing this editorial, I’m not in the best shape to be doing so. I’ve left it too late, and now my brain isn’t working properly. I’ve left it too late, and we'll just have to hope for the best. I’ve left it too late, and I need a strong cup of coffee and an asprin...

Prince Edward Island has just become a very different place. After twenty-five years as the main-man on CBC's supper hour newscast, Roger Younker has decided to call it a career. Friday, October 4th, marks Younker's last show as Prince Edward Island's _

most well known journalist.

Let's face it— Roger Younker is an Island icon. Seriously.

With the search for the new host of the Prince Edward Island edi- tion of Canada Now already underway, the CBC hopes to have someone new in place in the very near future. But honestly, is anyone ever going to be able to replace Roger Younker?

Yah, alright, I know I'm sounding pretty cheesy here. Maybe that's the hangover talking.

I'll admit it. I wasn't the biggest fan of "Soup to Nuts", and I'm relieved that I will never again witness Roger battle it out with freelance-jour- nalist Jack McAndrew — but Roger Younker brought something special to Compass. Something that will be very hard to replace. If not impossible.

He has become, over the past three decades, the most trusted source of news on an Island where everyone's business ends up becoming everyone else's. That's no small task, and Roger was able to fully embody the role.

Matt Stewart, Editor-in-Chief

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