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' °EDITORIAL°

"Hey, did ya read the Sun this week?"

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"No, was there something in it?" , his!!!nihillislssslscsosioos ‘ ' I met with the SocL

and I was very impres

"I don’t know, I was just wondering." I w0u1d like to extend an apology to the U.P.E.I. with their activities t As editor of the Sun, I took a good hard look at the Music Society and have planned for the com paper last week, and a conversation such as this wouldn't department. Year- ' ' surprise me in the least. ~ During National Resretfully»

I had stated in last weeks editorial that sections such Universities Week they were as "View From the TOp" and "The Business Society Report" had to appear at a recital held a place in our university paper. Well...I will not take on the second floor of the back what I said..., because as the paper stands now, it is Barn. 1 neglected to inform about the only thing going for the paper. That is part of them the event was cancelled

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It is really sad to see that the only reason many of publicized enough. the student read there university paper is to see who toped who in the weekly mud stinging contest.

’ Jim Mutter

V.P. Internal

Both of these sections would be great if they could

only contribute to the paper instead of using it. _ " - t “ YEARBOOKS ARE

Because of situations such as this, the Sun is facing

hard times. It is high time the Student Body stoped for a V w I I moment and asked themselves just what they want from their ‘ I N . .

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We are rated 53rd with the Canadian University Press . (CUP) for content and style. 53rd? For all of Canada you say? Not Bad?... Well, I guess it wouldn't be bad if there ’ were more than 53 papers registered with CUP! 1 h c a n P I c k e d You just lost interest, right? Who wants to board a up at bu rn' sinking ship right? Well, this ship may be sinking, but it ‘

isn‘t SUNK yet. Mon. to Fri between

If the good ship SUN is to survive, there will have to be change. —

First order of business. We need a staff! I would like to take a moment at this time to apoligize for not responding to the one note slipped under my office door, and the two people who came to see me about working on the- paper. I do appreciate the offers of help. 'For anyone interested, my office has now been posted. I will, within the next week or so, be putting on a recruitment drive. This should, hopefully, aleviate most of the staffing

problems.

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. . . ‘ . * Sun Policy * As a newspaper and yearbook veteran, I m familiar with e..*,*§,,,***,** the pattern of plenty of volunteers in September dwindling to,a struggling handful by October. I'm fully aware that as people realize the extent of their academic course load they

shy away from extracurricular activities.

The U.P.E.I. SUN aims 'Deadline .for an to be an indepentant submissions is Monday noon newspaper published weekly Any artical arriving lter by the UPEI Student Union. unless on agreement with th The views expressed in the editor, will not be printe Sun are not nessessapily in that edition of the Sun.

those of the UPEI Student

Union, the editor, or collective staff. We 387 reserve the right to edit material for space or legal reasons,‘ or if ‘ it is main.

considered offensive to our ‘ 3 readers. The Editor

Second, the paper should have equal representation of all aspects of campus life. Ideally there should be someone on staff from every faculty, club and society on campus. Sadly this is not the case. We now have one science student and a handful of business students on staff. Not really equal representation, eh?

Phone 892-“121, ext

Office - Fourth' floo

If we were to see the resolution of these two problems, I am sure the rest will take care of themselves.

In closing, I am asking students to help me by telling: me what they would like to see in their paper. Any comments. would be greatly appreciated. '

'All letters must be D. Richardson.

signed but anonymity may be granted upon request.

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Thank You D. Richardson

Editor of the Sun