s and F atures.

By Shannon Younker

e thing has been constant at UPEI through past ten years. Since 1985, Dr. C.W.J. Eliot s been President of UPEI.

In July, 1995, President Eliot’s term ll be over. For the past twelve months UPEI s been looking for a new Chief Executive icer and Head Academic. In November of 93 the Presidential Search Committee was pointed by the University Senate and Board Governors. This committee was chaired by an Margaret Munro of the School of Nurs- g and Dr. Philip Smith of Psychology. The ‘0 student members were Paula MacFadyen d Patricia Embleton.

The short list of recommended candi- tes was released by the committee on inter- mpus mail Wednesday, September 14. These ndidates are:

r. Roger Barnsley, Vice President (Academic) d Professor of Psychology at St. Thomas niversity,

r. J. Colin Dodds, Vice President (Academic d Research) and Professor of Finance at St. ary’s University,

t. A.T. (Tim) Easley, Dean of the School of atural Resources and Principal of Frost Cam- s at Sir Sandford Fleming College, and

r. Elizabeth Epperly, Associate Professor of nglish and Chair of the L.M. Montgomery stitute at UPEI.

This list represents the results of nine onths of work by the committee. By January 994, committee members were requesting

suggestions and advice from the university community at large. In the spring. various town hall meetings were held for different

constituent groups on cam- pus -- students, faculty, staff, and alumni. While the numbers in attendance were not high, Dr. Margaret Munro, commit- tee co-chair was happy with the results. She ex- plained that stu- dents who had concerns, com- ments or ideas probably went through the Stu- dent Union and faculty members through their representatives, so the few peo- ple who made suggestions were speaking

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Dr. Elizabeth Epperty

ecommendations of the Presidential Search Committee hort list of candidates published

has a concise idea of what they want in a new President.

The characteristics ofa good President, suggested by committee members and the university community at large, are aca- demic and ad- ministrative leadership, the ability to work well with gov- ernment while still represent- ing the position of the Univer- sity (especially important at UPEI where such a large proportion of our funding comes through government), good commu- nication skills -- especially with students, and the ability

for many. She was also pleased that the same __ to represent UPEI in public. Dr. Munro men- recommendations came from many different tioned that the University community should groups across campus, suggesting that UPE) be able tolook at the President and say ‘‘Right,

I’m proud to be associated with the same university as this person’’.

Also important is vision. Dr. Munro says *‘Not only should the new President have a vision for where universities are going in the twenty-first century, but he or she should have avision for where this university is going. The new President should also have the skill to engage the rest of us (the university commu- nity) in that vision.’’ Not surprisingly these characteristics also describe Dr. C.W.J. Eliot.

More than forty people either applied or were nominated for the position of President of UPEI. The four candidates that have survived the competition this far will be on campus in late September and October. The Presidential Search Committee is finalizing an itinerary that will allow students and others in the community to meet each of the candidates in both formal and informal settings. There will bea presentation by each candidate which will be open to the general public.

The final recommendation will be made to the University’s Board of Governors in November. The Board of Governors will be making the final decision, depending on vari- ous schedules, by the beginning of 1995.

The X-Press would like students to let us know what you want in a new President. Drop us a message in our mail slot or through e-mail (XPRESS@UPEl.ca). All sugges- tions will be passed on to the Presidential Search Committee.

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car Editor:

I am writing to clarify some things

ported on in the article and to come forward the source used in ‘‘Registration day: whose isiness is it?’” which was in September 13th sue of the X-Press.

The article reported an incident which ok place on registration day in the field use. The issue was which companies were Zitimately present at registration.

Each year the Student Union is ap- oached by many businesses and groups to tup in our building, the Pit, the Breezeway in ¢ Robertson Building, at Frosh week and at ass registration. All of the businesses that proach the §.U. are givenachanceto present ho they are and what they have to offer idents. Our policies on these requests are fferent for each of the five locations.

The policy on groups setting up at reg- Tation day is by far the most exclusive of ese in that we do not, under normal circum- inces, allow for-profit businesses to set up. e usually let non-profit groups like the Boy’s d Girls Club to set up provided that there is ough room for campus student groups, i.e. MN, Psychology Club, and Debating Soci- y.

This year we were approached by the EI Purchasing Department to have a space

for Island Tel. The reason they wanted to set up was to allow students to sign up for their local service instead of having to go to the Island Tel building on Belvedere Avenue. We were also approached by Unitel to have a space to market their long distance service. We wanted to experiment with having Island Tel present to make things more convenient for students but we did not want to take sides in the competition between these two rivals. The bottom line on this is that we were hoping to provide an extra service to students.

The other two incidents involved two other businesses in Charlottetown. The first one was in the morning with Little Christo’s. They were giving out cards at the front door of the sports centre. Employees of the sports centre pointed out their presence to us and

asked us if they should or should not be there.

I spoke to the Little Christo’s representative and asked him if he would be willing to pay for the insertion fee to have his discount card inserted in the handbook under the same ar- rangement as the student SMT discount and the student magazine subscription offer. The offer was declined and the representative left.

The second incident took place in the afternoon. The Student Union booth was

vacant for about thirty minutes at noon while the members of the student union executive working at the desk went for a quick lunch break. During that time students could just walk up and take a handbook from the stack left on the table. I returned to the booth at approxi- mately 12:45 to find someone inserting Play- house flyers in our handbook. This was being done without our consent. I asked the person to stop and suggested that they were not authorized to be there. We were busy that afternoon so I’m not sure if the guy left or not but we did not let him work from our desk. The Playhouse approached us about a week before registration to put inserts in the packages given out to all Frosh. We turned them down because most first-year students at UPEI are not of legal drinking age. We were not contacted by the Playhouse before registra- tion about having an insert in the handbook and this is no fault of the Student Union. During the last three weeks of August there were four people in our office daily 9-5. Beyond this we have some major con- cerns with the ethics behind what took place on registration day. The Playhouse in our minds was essentially breaking the law. In our eyes they were giving out tickets for free beer.

Moreover they were not discriminating be- tween the people above 19 and those below.

Finally, there is also a campus policy that the only bar allowed to advertise on cam- pus bulletin boards, and be promoted on cam- pus etc. is the Panther Lounge. The three exceptions to this are the Yearbook, the X- Press and, in other years, the Student Hand- book. The Student Union decided for reasons based on the GST that it was not worthwhile selling ads for the handbook this year. Besides that, the Student Union stopped selling adver- tisements of any kind to the Playhouse in 1992 when they did not pay for advertisements bought in September of that year and previously.

I hope this helps to demonstrate that Shannon’s article was in fact researched and truthful. I found that it also questioned Student Union policies on this situation and we will be examining this along with the Registrar’s of- fice to come up with a set policy on business at registration day. We will be interested in the feedback the X-Press receives from the Student Body from this article. If you want to contact me directly my E-Mail address is: AMACPHERSON@UPEL.CA.

Andrew MacPherson UPEISU President