he
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      n
      September
      of
      1969,
      Prince
      of
      Wales
     
     
      I
      College
      and
      St.
      Dunstan’s
      University
     
    

    
     
      closed
      and
      the
      University
      of
      Prince
     
     
      Edward
      Island
      opened.
      On
      October
      3,
      the
      first
     
     
      issue
      of
      UPEI’s
      first
      student
      newspaper
      The
     
     
      Cadre
      hit
      campus.
     
    

    
     
      1969
      was
      a
      different
      time.
      Headlines
      were
     
     
      the
      Vietnam
      War
      and
      ‘‘Nixon
      and
      Grass’’.
     
     
      Local
      news
      included
      discussions
      on
      whether
     
     
      UPEI’s
      having
      two
      campuses
      was
      a
      disadvan-
     
     
      tage.
      (Classes
      were
      being
      held
      in
      the
      present
     
     
      Holland
      College
      Charlottetown
      Centre,
      along
     
     
      with
      Holland
      College
      classes.)
      That
      was
      also
     
     
      the
      autumn
      provincial
      board
      exams
      met
      their
     
     
      demise.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Cadre
      was
      a
      fun
      paper,
      publishing
      no-
     
     
      tices
      on
      the
      turnout
      at
      weekly
      apathy
      meetings
     
     
      (none)
      and
      the
      Committee
      to
      Bring
      Bears
      Back
     
     
      to
      PEI.
      UPEI
      was
      also
      less
      restricted
      in
      what
     
     
      could
      be
      said
      in
      the
      paper.
      Today
      we
      must
      refer
     
     
      to
      certain
      Barn
      events
      suchas
      the
      one
      on
      Dec.
      16
     
     
      without
      mentioning
      the
      word
      ‘‘drink’’.
      In
      the
     
     
      early
      70’s,
      ads
      for
      ‘“‘beer
      bashes’’
      often
      ap-
     
     
      peared.
      The
      recipe
      for
      Molotov
      cocktails
      was
      in
     
     
      the
      premiere
      issue.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Not
      all
      of
      the
      old
      headlines
      look
      as
      out
      of
     
    

    
     
      place
      as
      the
      ones
      that
      use
      the
      word
      ‘‘mod’’.
      In
     
     
      1976
      students
      read
      that
      ‘‘
      Proposed
      Fee
      Increase
     
     
      will
      Deny
      Education
      To
      Poor’’.
      Tuition
      was
     
     
      sixty
      dollars
      per
      course!
      In
      1984
      headlines
     
     
      included
      ‘*NO
      Jobs
      Last
      Year
      and
      Now
      More
      of
     
     
      Same’’.
     
     
      _
      UPET
      has
      grown
      and
      expanded
      in
      twenty-
     
     
      five
      years.
      In
      1974,
      CIMN
      (Campus
      Informa-
     
     
      tion
      Music
      and
      News,
      if
      anyone
      was
      wonder-
     
     
      ing)
      began
      and
      in
      1983
      they
      were
      granted
      an
      FM
     
     
      stereo
      licence
      -
      as
      atop
      forty
      station.
      In
      1980
      the
     
     
      newspaper
      reported
      that
      we
      were
      getting
      a
     
     
      planetarium
      and
      in
      1983
      there
      was
      much
      talk
     
     
      about
      the
      building
      of
      the
      Atlantic
      Veterinary
     
     
      College.
      The
      next
      year
      we
      were
      informed
      that
     
     
      there
      was
      not
      to
      be
      a
      nuclear
      fallout
      shelter
      built
     
     
      under
      the
      AVC
      because
      that
      would
      imply
      that
      a
     
     
      nuclear
      war
      was
      possible
      and
      that
      it
      might
      be
     
     
      possible
      to
      survive.
      It’s
      hard
      to
      believe
      that
      we
     
     
      were
      all
      so
      tightly
      in
      the
      grip
      of
      the
      Cold
      War
     
     
      just
      ten
      years
      ago.
     
    

    
     
      Student
      groups
      wrote
      more
      of
      the
      paper
      in
     
     
      the
      early
      years,
      although
      it
      was
      not
      always
     
     
      enlightened
      literature.
      The
      engineers
      in
      par-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      25
      Years
      of
      Student
     
     
      Journalis!
     
     
      Lvolution
      M-IPress
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ticular
      have
      grown
      soft
      in
      the
      last
      few
      years.
      In
     
     
      a
      View
      from
      the
      Top
      in
      1982,
      they
      included
     
     
      recipes
      for
      Greenpeace
      workers
      and
      baby
      seals.
     
     
      IN
      1979,
      someone
      also
      felt
      it
      important
      that
      the
     
     
      library
      carrels
      in
      the
      first
      floor
      are
      shaped
      like
     
     
      swastikas.
      They
      still
      do.
      I’m
      not
      sure
      if
      this
     
     
      implies
      a
      threat
      or
      not.
     
    

    
     
      I
      found
      the
      back
      issues
      of
      the
      various
      Stu-
     
     
      dent
      Union
      papers
      very
      interesting,
      but
      not
     
     
      everyone
      agreed.
      In
      1977
      The
      Cadre
      begat
      The
     
     
      Sun.
      The
      name
      change
      was
      because
      of
      the
     
     
      “‘reputation
      of
      smut/trash
      at
      The
      Cadre’’.
      The
     
     
      Sun
      lasted
      until
      1983
      when
      the
      Netted
      Gem
      was
     
     
      founded.
      This
      name
      change
      was
      supposed
      to
     
     
      cut
      down
      or
      eliminate
      the
      interdepartmental
     
     
      rivalries
      that
      were
      common
      in
      the
      Sun.
      In
      1986
     
     
      the
      Gem
      took
      over
      where
      the
      Netted
      Gem
      left
     
     
      off,
      and
      in
      1990
      the
      X-Press
      was
      born.
     
    

    
     
      UPEI
      has
      been
      through
      a
      lot
      in
      the
      past
     
     
      twenty-five
      years,
      and
      The
      Cadre
      and
      its
      suc-
     
     
      cessors
      have
      been
      there
      to
      chronicle
      it
      all.
      One
     
     
      hopes
      the
      X-Press
      of
      1993
      and
      years
      to
      come
     
     
      will
      show
      that
      UPEI
      keeps
      getting
      better.
     
    

    
     
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      2,
      1993