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ber of the4Canadian - for all submiSsions is I University Press (CUP) _ Friday noon,. ' ix 3 .with exclusive national. _The sfaff meetingeis ~ l . advertising rights held L 'evefy Monday.5t.zgggiin ' ‘ by Youthstream..3lo" ~. The SUN's office, f6ufth‘ DaVeﬂPOVthoada TOVONtOx ; lﬁZEﬁrﬁein, East'endn' 1‘ Ontario. -. ~. vAsirberetharﬂtyouénda- '. ‘Wzaims .to_ helluva lot of 7 - be an independent news-. ' .to: .‘ 7 I ‘1 ‘ ' paper published weekly ANN HIGDON ' DERWIN BANKS _ ' throughout the academic ' KATE O'CONNOR RICHARD LEE ‘ , _ f "4* year byathe UPEI Union, VALERIE WALKER LOIS PURSEY We on the Sun staff feel we have the world's \ - Printed by the ____J°U"na" . GEORGE BARRY , JANE VICTOR i

Pioneer in'Summerside and distributed throughout - the campus-and g few_select

best readers. It is more difficult, though, to know what those readers feel about us. Do they

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realize what goes into the creation of the Sun? Do‘ they understand what makes it tick? spots in Charlottetown. PAT INGRAHAMLAN These are thing I'll never preach about, but I . "903tenIS‘are the TODD MACLAUGH would like to tell our readers of two important réSPONSibilitY 0f the PAUL MOORE organizations, »' editor.0pipionsare those I am referring to Cup (Canadian University of the Persons @XPréSSing ‘ Press) and Youthstream (the national advertising- ‘ them- Al‘ ‘etters and art? 'fbr all the ‘nlin . éﬁifo.. agency for university papers). Both, along with iCleS MUSt be‘Signed an,this week's iifhg¥. jf—..

their potential relations to this year's Sun, leven if the name is to have frequently been upon my mind. Now I am ; 'f ‘ .. ' "' 3 ‘.Editor ; Jahn S. Cairﬁs coming to you, our readers, with my thoughts. u * oto ta h ' , .

Let's consider Cup. It is a national organization I ~ g p ets ' DerwtngBaPk$_ . based in Ottawa and with regional branches. It TngfMQCLaughlan A influences the Sun most through a news service -' Advertising MahaR::hfr§ Lee G ~.; and newspaper exchange. This allows us to receive '. Typist _ P t Ih :ah ev?n auth}§r and print items from Cup staff and from other ‘ V : ..n a 5 am ' university papers. It is beneficial. Let's . : PrOOfreader - Lachlan MaCQuarrie make no mistake about that. The Sun needs outside material.

Youthstream, the Toronto based national advertising organization, is at least equally important. Its task is to solicit ads, and to channel them, along with the resulting revenue. to campus newspapers. Only due to Youthstream, do youwfind things like Colts cigars, Howick jeans, and Julius Schmid contraceptives hailed within out pages. Some such ads may be notorious and even controversial, but theyTall help support this-newspaper. They reduce the financial burden of the Sun upon both the student union and the- student body. Youthstream gives the Sun a one- two punch allowing it to collect from national ads while also selling local ones. It is true that it costs money to be a part of Cup, but that money is refunded by Youthstream advertising. _

As important as Cup and Youthstream are, however, the Sun must maintain independence from them. This independence is what I want to'truly stress. Cup may send us articles and Youthstream may send us ads, but what we ourselves write and ‘ ‘ '. V. ’ . ._. a? advertise has to be more important. Though - ’ r ’ *"3 } ' items from Ottawa or Toronto may have some relevance for us. only things dome at UPEI and in the Sun office make our student paper unique and useful. ’

This is why it pleases me so much that, except for some cartoons and the national advertising, last week's Sun was written exclusively at UPEI. There were no Cup stories. There were no articles fr0m.other newspapers. To me this is the way the Sun should appear. True, \ the outside writing will be used again, but the spotlight will hopefully stay with UPEI authors.

The writers of this university have so far ‘r y » ,y responded to the Sun's need. I thank them for v . . i ; , ’ A "t , that, and I desperately hope that their productivity ‘ ' WIN”? What-um pol”? ' continues. A complete outburst of UPEI journalistic ‘ ’ \g « \ talent may mean that some regular features will have to appear only every two weeks. Heck, though, let‘s cross that bridge if and when we come to it. For the present let it suffice to say that the Sun is best when UPEI students are filling it. The paper is for our students, and I'm delighted to say it may also be by them.

Actually there is a bit more editorial policy' than our monkey friend would have us believe. ‘ Part of it is to have as large a Sun staff as possible. You are welcome to become a part' of it. Why don't you come up to our office on the fourth floor of,the Main Building and join us. ‘