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UPEI SUN.'.|hursdav. Jan. 12, 1978. page 4
EDITORIAL v-
we were greeted back this semester by the good news that last year's year book Nexus Seventy Seven was finally ready. When students look at it they will discover it is not good news. Poor management really destroyed the memories that this book is supposed to have for all of last year's graduates.
The book is basically Collier's Picture Encyclope~ dia of University Life in 1977. It lacks in every way with the exception that it has a lot of pic— tures; but what good are pictures of U.P.E.I. teams if no names are given, no comment by either coach or manager. Who is interested in a picture,of Rene Levesque walking down steps if nothing says they were the steps of the Gym and he had just fin— ished making his first public speech outside of Quebec in canada since being elected. 'The list goes on but can be seen for oneself upon receipt~ of the book. .
The problem began last year when the first editor failed to return after Christmas. The Student Coun- cil decided to hire another editor and proceeded to do so. A staff of three lay-out persons plus three photographers wrote up a contract and presented it to the Student Council. This contract said that the photographers would get $200 each and $350 would go to the other staff members. Although the year book was contracted to be finished by June 20, 1977, the contract allowed photographers to use the Stur dent's photo lab until September. They were also allowed to finish up any left over chemicals for personal use rather than leave them for use this year. Council did manage to insist a clause stip- _ ulating that salaries would not be paid if the book was not finished JUne 20. n »
Council had to accept this contract for the simr ple reason that the photographers had all the known pictures for last year. (If one looks closely, the pictures do not cover a lot of first semester ac— tivities such as Orientation, Fall Fest or Football.) council either had to sign the contract or buy the pictures fnzn the photographers at professional rates or have no year book.
The problems sailed on. When JUne 10 approached, two of the photographers asked council for their salaries. The book was "almost" finished so they were paid. JUne 20 arrived and the year book was still almost finished, the editor saying that she was awaiting a photograph from one of the photo- graphers, he had not been asked for the picture. This was then straightened out.
When the editor of this year's year book (Nexus Seventyfeight) was hired in October, last year's year book was still not finished. The old editor ap-!
'peared and finished (finally) the job. A while
later the year book company, Josten's/National School Services phoned wondering where the year book was. The editor reported it lost in the mail; It was eventually found, printed, and is now being dis— tributed.
What.went wrong? Student Council did not hire
' enough people that September. In fact, photographers
should be hired the year before in order to cover events at the beginning of first semester. Per-
LETTERS
which'involved a lot of work, was definitely worth- while, as it benifitted many students. I am also sure that the Winter Carn-. ival will be a success, as I have seen the committee at work. '
I'm looking to the same type of involvement this year. Keep up the good work.
Dear Editor,
HOW pleased I am to see that some students have taken the initiave to organize extra curricular activities. A good ex— ample is the very sucessful Christmas party which was held in thtreal.
One realizes that the efforts which students put into organizing activities pays off. The Exchange,
»sonnel Board cannot begin hiring to near the end
of September thus, a possible one sixth of the schr olastic year could be lost.
When hiring an editor, an assistant editor or some- one else must be hired at the same time to ensure replacement if the editor does not return as hapw
ed. _ _- pefihe contract concerning the year book should be made up in advance and standardized so as to use A. the same format every year allowing easy handling due to familiarity. ‘ ’ »
Payment of salaries should not be paid until the yearbook is carpletely finsihed with no exceptions allowed. (It is a point in Council's favor that last year's editor did not get paid.)
Procedures such as these should be so standards ized that Student.Cbumcil would have to make pro- blems in order to have trrmu One Senior class has been disappointed; Let's make sure that this; year's Cbuncil or all future Council's do not fol- low in the steps of their predecessors. The time has ccme for new trail blazing.
the iiiaei sun be withheld. Deadline for all submissions is Friday noon. Office hours are 9:30 to l2:00 and 2:30 - 5:00 Monday and Wednesday, i0300 to l2:30 Tuesday and Thurs- day and moSt evenings. - The staff meeting is every Monday at 7 PM in
The SUN's office, fourth f floor Main, East end.- "
The UPEI SUN is a mem- ber of the Canadian University Press (CUP) with exclusive national advertising rights held rby Youthstream, 307 Davenport Road , To ron to , Ontario. .
The UPEI SUN aims to be an independent news- paper published weekly throughout the academic year by the UPEI Union, printed by the Journal- Pioneer in Summerside and distributed throughout the campus and 3 few select spots in Charlottetown.
Contents are the responsibility of the} editor.0pinionsare thOSe of the persons expressing them. All letters and art- icles must be signed even jt,the.name ’s to
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Sincere thanx to:
Iaurie Tierney
valerie Nbore ‘ ~ Maria Driscoll
JohnrNbore
for all the work they did on this week's issue.
Editor - J. Laurence Green Assistant Editor — Marsha L. Gaudet IayhOut manager - J. Gerald NbKenna ’Photographer - Iee R. Donnelly Graphic Expert - Barry 1. Chandler \ Acting Advertising managers
’ I was'shocked to see that
A pleased student '
- ‘ Larry Green & Gerald NbKenna:
ject. . UPEI veterans,especially
' se-who have had the éflflr' 1 ions nleasure of frequent— ‘ ing the Beaver Gourmet V Esstaurant,haVe tried in the past to escape the wrath
of Island winters by seeking refuge in Main Building. However,the new look studr ent Services offices have cut off this effective warmth and have forced the ‘hardened student to stay out- side in the frigid air,and in the first week of school,r the health service has rep—
Letters ccnt'd on p,'8
Dear Editor; , Upon my return to these hallowed halls of education,
the students of the Uhiversr' ity have been forced to pay the price of progress.It seems that Student Services has pooled the money from the residence fines to complete major renovations on their own office space.While the renovations are the next thing to a new Bunny Hutch for Hugh Hefner,I antmcre disturbed about the possible health consequences that may occur because of this pro-
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