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      COVER
      STORY
     
    
   
   
    
     
      nite
      controversy
     
    
   
   
    
     
      po
      Oct.
      24,
      2007
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Poster
      $
      taking
      aim
      at
      former
      staff
      rekindles
      bad
      blood
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Adam
      W.
      Morrison
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      the
      time
      you're
      reading
      this,
     
     
      the
      Cadre
      is
      up
      and
      running
      again.
     
    

    
     
      But,
      with
      no
      Cadre
      being
      pub-
     
     
      lished
      in
      September
      and
      the
      first
     
     
      edition
      being
      published
      in
      mid-
     
     
      October,
      students
      and
      faculty
     
     
      began
      to
      wonder
      what
      had
      hap-
     
     
      pened
      to
      the
      Cadre.
     
    

    
     
      Wanting
      to
      know
      where
      The
     
     
      Cadre
      went,
      several
      posters
      were
     
     
      distributed
      in
      the
      W.A.
      Murphy
     
     
      Student
      Centre
      asking
      for
      assis-
     
     
      tance.
     
    

    
     
      They
      read,
      "Looking
      for
      the
     
     
      Cadre.
      Last
      run
      into
      the
      ground
      by
     
     
      Rob
      Walker."
     
    

    
     
      Asher
      Fredricks,
      a
      Student
     
     
      Representative
      on
      the
      Board
      of
     
     
      Governors,
      put
      up
      the
      posters
      at
     
     
      the
      insistence
      of
      other
      students.
     
    

    
     
      It
      should
      be
      noted
      the
      posters
     
     
      weren't
      his
      original
      idea.
     
    

    
     
      Fredricks
      said
      it
      has
      to
      do
      with
     
     
      the
      fact
      students
      hadn't
      seen
      an
     
     
      issue
      of
      the
      Cadre
      published
      this
     
     
      Academic
      year.
      :
     
    

    
     
      "T've
      had
      many
      students
      ask
      about
     
     
      it.
      A
      professor
      asked
      whether
      the
     
     
      Student
      Union
      had
      cancelled
      the
     
     
      paper.
      There
      are
      people
      who
      read
     
     
      the
      paper
      and
      the
      posters
      came
      out
     
     
      of
      frustration.
      It's
      not
      being
      angry
     
     
      or
      bashing
      the
      paper."
     
    

    
     
      The
      poster
      weren't
      up
      very
      long.
     
    

    
     
      Rob
      Walker
      was
      the
      previous
     
     
      Editor-In-Chief
      of
      the
      paper.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      During
      the
      last
      academic
      year,
      the
     
     
      Cadre
      butted
      heads
      with
      the
     
     
      Student
      Union
      over
      the
      printing
      of
     
     
      the
      annual
      budget.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Cadre
      argued
      that
      students
     
     
      had
      a
      right
      to
      know
      to
      know
      how
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _UPEI's
      finances
      are
      distributed.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Student
      Union
      argued
      that
     
     
      any
      student
      can
      view
      the
      budget
     
     
      once
      an
      appointment
      with
      the
      min-
     
     
      ister
      of
      finance
      is
      made
      and
      that
     
     
      the
      budget
      is
      non-printable.
     
    

    
     
      Secondly,
      Walker
      also
      wanted
      the
     
     
      Cadre
      to
      have
      autonomy,
      which
      is
     
     
      essentially
      the
      right
      to
      self-govern-
     
     
      ment.
     
    

    
     
      In
      response,
      the
      Student
      Union
     
     
      developed
      a
      committee
      to
      discuss
     
     
      the
      idea
      of
      autonomy
      for
      the
     
     
      Cadre,
      and
      has
      yet
      to
      rule
      it
      out
     
     
      entirely.
     
    

    
     
      When
      reached
      for
      comment
     
     
      regarding
      the
      accusatory
      posters,
     
     
      Walker
      was
      at
      a
      loss
      for
      words.
     
    

    
     
      "Someone
      took
      the
      time
      to
      get
     
     
      poster
      material,
      make
      them
      and
      put
     
     
      them
      up.
      How
      long
      did
      that
      take?
     
     
      And
      then
      they
      didn't
      even
      put
      up
     
     
      the
      posters
      themselves,
      they
      were
     
     
      too
      afraid
      they
      were
      going
      to
      get
     
     
      in
      trouble.
     
    

    
     
      "This
      is
      where
      Fredericks
      stepped
     
     
      in
      as
      protector
      of
      freedom
      of
     
     
      speech.
      Of
      course,
      he
      strongly
     
     
      feels
      that
      way
      about
      me
      too,
      but
     
     
      God
      forbid
      he
      actually
      goes
      out
     
     
      and
      expresses
      his
      own
      opinion."
     
     
      said
      Walker.
     
    

    
     
      "Also,
      if
      someone
      were
      to
      bet
      me
     
    
   
   
    
     
      $20,
      I'm
      95
      per
      cent
      sure
      I
      know
     
     
      who
      made
      those
      posters."
     
    

    
     
      Melanie
      Bernard,
      the
      Cadre's
     
     
      Managing
      Editor
      last
      year,
      says
      the
     
     
      Cadre
      was
      never
      run
      into
      the
     
     
      ground
      when
      they
      worked
      there
     
     
      and
      issues
      were
      released
      when
     
     
      there
      was
      enough
      content
      to
      do
      so.
     
    

    
     
      "Staffing
      was
      our
      biggest
      issue
     
     
      and
      we
      dealt
      with
      it,
      as
      opposed
      to
     
     
      the
      current
      management
      at
      the
     
     
      Cadre
      who
      hasn't
      been
      able
      to
     
     
      retain
      or
      recruit
      staff."
      ;
     
    

    
     
      Bernard
      also
      says
      while
      the
     
     
      poster
      is
      attacking
      last
      year's
      editor
     
     
      in
      chief,
      the
      real
      story
      is
      the
      Cadre
     
     
      not
      being
      published
      yet
      this
      year.
     
    

    
     
      "This
      does
      not
      reflect
      last
      year's
     
     
      management.
      It
      reflects
      this
      year's
     
     
      management
      because
      the
      Cadre
     
     
      has
      yet
      to
      be
      published.
      The
      per-
     
     
      son
      who
      wrote
      the
      poster
      was
      try-
     
     
      ing
      to
      attack
      last
      year's
      staff
      but
     
     
      really
      all
      it
      is
      doing
      is
      showing
      the
     
     
      incompetence
      of
      the
      current
      man-
     
     
      agement."
      said
      Bernard.
     
    

    
     
      "The
      Cadre
      was
      not
      run
      into
      the
     
     
      ground
      by
      last
      year's
      staff.
      It
      was
     
     
      run
      into
      the
      ground
      by
      the
      current
     
     
      editor
      in
      chief
      who
      has
      no
      experi-
     
     
      ence
      and
      no
      idea
      what
      he
      is
     
     
      doing".
     
    

    
     
      Cadre
      Editor-In-Chief
      Liam
     
     
      McKenna,
      who
      didn't
      know
      of
      the
     
     
      posters
      until
      they
      were
      taken
     
     
      down,
      describes
      his
      reaction
      to
      the
     
     
      posters
      as
      mixed.
     
    

    
     
      "I
      certainly
      understand
      why
      peo-
     
     
      ple
      wonder
      where
      the
      paper
      is
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      think
      had
      it
      been
      anybody
      else,
      I
     
     
      might
      have
      not
      cared
      so
      much.
      But
     
     
      the
      fact
      this
      was
      perpetrated
      by
      a
     
     
      member
      of
      the
      Cadre's
      Board
      of
     
     
      Directors,
      with
      the
      knowledge
      of
     
     
      the
      Vice-President's
      activities
      is
      a
     
     
      bit
      alarming,"
      said
      McKenna.
     
     
      "When
      you
      consider
      they've
      had
     
     
      minimal
      contact
      with
      the
      Cadre
     
     
      this
      year."
     
    

    
     
      As
      for
      why
      the
      Cadre
      was
      not
     
     
      published
      until
      October,
      McKenna
     
     
      contributes
      it
      to
      several
      factors.
     
     
      Excluding
      the
      Editor-In-Chief
      and
     
     
      Managing
      Editor
      positions,
      there
     
     
      was
      no
      executive
      staff,
      said
     
     
      McKenna.
     
    

    
     
      "I
      had
      to
      hire
      all
      my
      own
      staff,
     
     
      which
      is
      about
      five
      positions.
      It
     
     
      took
      several
      tries
      to
      get
      the
      proper
     
     
      staff."
     
    

    
     
      McKenna
      wants
      to
      make
      it
      clear
     
     
      he
      isn't
      making
      excuses
      for
      the
     
     
      paper's
      lateness.
     
    

    
     
      "However,
      with
      the
      release
      of
      the
     
     
      first
      edition,
      we
      will
      be
      back
      to
      our
     
     
      regular
      schedule.
     
    

    
     
      Fredricks
      wasn’t
      away
      the
      paper
     
     
      had
      gone
      to
      print.
     
    

    
     
      "At
      the
      time
      the
      posters
      were
      put
     
     
      up,
      I
      didn't
      know
      the
      paper
      had
     
     
      gone
      to
      publish.
      Also,
      we're
      rub-
     
     
      bing
      in
      people's
      faces.
      Only
      four
     
     
      were
      printed
      and
      put
      up
      in
      the
     
     
      Student
      Centre.
      I
      took
      the
      posters
     
     
      down
      on
      Wednesday
      and
      today's
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘the
      twelfth
      and
      still
      no
      paper.
      It
     
    
   
   
    
     
      should
      have
      been
      published
      in
     
     
      early
      September."
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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