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of the photographers, Gordie Pierce and Kenny Adams, told Marlene that they had to leave and

neededtokncwif’sheneeded

any none pictures. After leafing through the . pictures, Marlene guessed that she had The photographers received y their-pay and were not seen again. (Gordcn Coffin, as was pointed out, did not ask for his pay.) As it‘ eventually turned out, there were almost no pictures of first semester events and just barely enough for the rest of the year.

After finally receiving pictures, Marlene began to finish the book. She worked on it frcm June to September, and finally

shipped it to the publisher ’

in early October.

Now, .I think it is tire to give credit where credit is due. Marlene did complete the yearbook on her own, without help. At the same tine, she was taking 'sumer courses at the and holding down a full-tine smmer' job. ‘ She had absolutely no yearbook experience prior to flxe Nexus '77 and agreed to work 01 the book 01 the understanding that she was to be trained by and work under the other :two editors. Shebad no— body tc ask questimsto, since the publisher's . representative stopped visiting the canpus in June. She did not have enough pictures, and I absolutely none of the first

_ seIrester. She did not have any written reports of 7 sports, events, or activities through the year. She did not have anybody with yearbook experience to help her. And finally, She worked all summer ‘ knowing full well that, according to hen contract with the Student Unicn, ‘ sir-1 might not get paid one cent for her efforts.

NcwIwillargue that Nexus '77 is not the type _ of yearbook thatUPEI stu- dents are accustared to. '

.But it is similar in style ‘ to yearbooks produced in

several large Canadian and American universities. All pictures and no words is not necessarily a rotten way to put a yearbook to— gether. .

So thank you, Marlene, for producing our yeafiiook. Criticism, as editor Green has pointed out, is direc— ted at the book, not at you. Whether or not that criticism isjustified is a matter of personal taste. Some people liked the book, some people didn't. You can't please everybody. Sane people don't like the Sun. ’ .

As a final note, I might say that whatever mistakes Darlene made, they were more than offset by her courage and persistaice in producing Nexus '77 by her- self. She did her best, and the final result was a yearbook as acceptable as any other produced.

'lhe editor worked hard and will be rewarded for it.

It constantly anezes me how people who contribute absolutely nothing to a

venture such as Nexus or

the Sun or CIMV or Winter " Camival constantly feel that they the right to criticize the effort of people who care enough to try their best. My sugges- ticn is, if you don't want to get involved, then'take what you get and be satis-

‘fied with it, because it

probale is better than what you have a right to expect. '

Kevin Gauthier

DearSir: _ Wewerepainedtoread

(how your inexperience led

you into a trap assid- uously avoided by most senior editors. You wrote

cont'd from ‘1)

and U.P.E.I. SeCurity say that. as of yet no onerhas been charged. sex-lets who received blows are nOt willing to step forward a but they do expect some 13 people to'be charged} (he r person said students are - ‘ not willing to step for— ‘ ward because they are being] threatened if they take legal action. .

Although anbulances

were on the scene and did take people to the hospit—

I.

a1, no one was admitted. Rumors that the Stud— ent Union will lose its liquoriicause are cdtpl— etely false. A student

” union representative said:

"the liquor inspector was there (at the gym) UP to ten minutes before the fight, and was very pleased with the way things were going." He also pointed out that the fight broke out after the bar was closed.

'Ihe UPEISIN,’11rnir‘s-day,Feb.2,1978,page 5

Suez Canal; Government waste/indecision/ inefficiency/arrogance ; ,civil rights in Uganda; I could go on. They can be penned without. thought and with a dearth of information and yet you choose to write at length about an issue , which begged to be persmalized. We fore— see sides forming up,

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about the unfortunate Year Book episode - an issue, which couldbe, and promptly was, personalized. 'lhe issue quickly became one of ingratitude for the labours of those who toiled through the night rather than insuring an earlier finish next time. 'lhere are indeed safe subjects for editors: menplcynent; cost-of— living: welfare abuses; alcoholism; the Panama/

camps commen

Gaudet

Marsha

UPEI has just come through Winter Carnival '78, where "Item is no Business Like Snow Business? Was it a success?? Well we were just as curious as you,and once again I dragged my taperecorder and cameraman around the campus and posed thisquestion: "What did you think of Winter Carnival '78?"

MARY mam,SEI\IIOR "I didn't get to attend all that much of it .I thought. it was quite good.I thought it was very well planned.

. Publicity was very well done I want to put my plug in.

for Canpus (‘abaretJ thought ‘ that was excellent and very well dme. "

JAY MACPHAIL,AU’IO VISUAL DEPT.

"Kind of disappointed in it. I didn't see too much spirit around,not very much adver— tisement for it,not much get up and go.I wasn't to much though.I wasn't down to theBarnduringthedaysoI didn't see what happened there."

JENNIFER 'IWEHDLEJRE‘SI-WN "I thought it started off really well and when the fight that was too bad and it sort of " put a damper on things and gives people a bad inpression of UPEI but I'think that was \sort of remedied by Campus Cabaret.0verall I think it was really good."

MARCEL DUPUIS,JUNIORI "It was a very successful Carnival.I got all I wanted out of it.'Ihere wasn't that much time to plan it and with the tine they had I think' it was very succcessful in that sense.‘Ihere was enough publicity. "