6
      UPEI
      News
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Cadre
      +
      6
      October
      1998
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Administration
      commits
      to
      committing
     
     
      oral
      policies
      to
      writing
     
    
   
   
    
     
      BY
      ERIN
      FAGAN
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      administration,
      in
     
     
      conjunction
      with
      the
      UPEI
      Stu-
     
     
      dent
      Unionand
      other
      campus
     
     
      groups,
      will
      be
      working
      this
     
     
      year
      to
      draft
      written
      policies
     
     
      concerning,
      among
      other
      is-
     
     
      sues,
      the
      presence
      of
      off-cam-
     
     
      pus
      organizations
      in
      the
     
     
      Breezeway
      and
      “the
      Pit”
      ac-
     
     
      cording
      to
      Interim
      UPE]
      Presi-
     
     
      dent
      Lawrence
      Heider.
     
    

    
     
      These
      changes,
      accord-
     
     
      ing
      to
      Heider,
      comeasaresult
     
     
      of
      misunderstandings
      sur-
     
     
      rounding
      anumber
      of
      unwrit-
     
     
      ten
      policieson
      campus,
      which
     
    
   
   
    
     
      he
      attributed
      to
      “a
      great
      oral
     
     
      tradition”
      at
      UPEI.
     
    

    
     
      “This
      was
      fine
      when
      it
     
     
      wasasmalleruniversity,
      but
      it
     
     
      has
      grown
      more
      complex
      and
     
     
      we
      need
      to
      write
      these
      policies
     
     
      out,”
      Heider
      stated.
     
    

    
     
      Some
      of
      the
      greater
      con-
     
     
      fusion
      surrounds
      one
      largely
     
     
      unenforced
      “oral”
      policy
      con-
     
     
      cerning
      commercial
      entities
     
     
      and
      political
      groups
      being
      pro-
     
     
      hibited
      from
      certain
      areas
      on
     
     
      campus.
      In
      spite
      of
      this
      gen-
     
     
      eral
      policy,
      solicitors
      such
      as
     
     
      the
      Imaginus
      poster
      company,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Island
      Tel,
      and
      credit
      cardcom-
     
     
      panies
      have
      been
      regularly
      sta-
     
     
      tioned
      inthat
      environment.
     
    

    
     
      Recently,
      conflicts
      re-
     
     
      garding
      a
      Youth
      Reform
      Club
     
     
      and
      the
      visit
      of
      three
      Reform
     
     
      Members
      of
      Parliament
      have
     
     
      sparked
      examination
      of
      this
     
     
      policy.
     
    

    
     
      “There
      is
      an
      unwritten
     
     
      policy
      that
      only
      campus/Stu-
     
     
      dent
      Union
      sponsored
      organi-
     
     
      zations
      could
      be
      inthe
      Breeze-
     
     
      way,”
      Heider
      said.
      “There
      is
     
     
      no
      question
      there
      oughtto
      bea
     
     
      written
      policy,
      and
      it
      is
      not
     
    
   
   
    
     
      satisfactory
      that
      we
      do
      not
     
     
      have
      one.”
     
    

    
     
      Heider
      stated
      that
      he
     
     
      believed
      that
      most
      who
      know
     
     
      him
      are
      aware
      that
      he
      believes
     
     
      strongly
      in
      the
      freedom
      of
     
     
      speech.
     
    

    
     
      ““We
      wantto
      supportthat
     
     
      kind
      of
      thing,”
      he
      said.
      “The
     
     
      university
      should
      bea
      place
      in
     
     
      the
      community
      to
      learn
      about
     
     
      new
      ideas
      and
      perspectives.”
     
    

    
     
      Heider
      said
      that
      Neil
     
     
      Henry,
      UPEI
      Vice
      President
     
     
      Finance,
      was
      working
      with
     
     
      Matt
      Gray,
      UPEI
      SU
      presi-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      dent,
      to
      draft
      a
      clear
      policy
     
     
      which
      can
      be
      accepted
      by
      all
     
     
      sides
      of
      the
      issue.
     
    

    
     
      “We
      need
      a
      policy
      that
     
     
      everyone
      can
      understand.
      .
      .
     
     
      policies
      which
      are
      well
      thought
     
     
      out
      so
      that
      we
      can
      know
      what
     
     
      the
      situation
      is,”
      said
      Heider.
     
     
      “Tf
      itis
      the
      right
      policy.
      ..we’ll
     
     
      have
      to
      support
      it.”
     
    

    
     
      Inaddition,
      other
      policies
     
     
      which
      will
      be
      drafted
      include
     
     
      those
      concerning
      faculty
      rights
     
     
      and
      responsibilities,
      with
      re-
     
     
      spect
      to
      consultation
      groups.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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