January
      28,
      1997
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      everyone,
     
    

    
     
      As
      you
      know
      from
      the
      cover-story
      from
      the
      January
     
     
      14th
      issue
      of
      the
      Panther
      Prints,
      Chris
      Burns
      resigned
      his
     
     
      position
      as
      President
      of
      the
      UPEI
      Student
      Union.
      According
     
     
      to
      the
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
      constitutional
      job
      description,
      in
     
     
      the
      event
      that
      the
      President
      is
      absent
      due
      to:
      being
      away
      on
      a
     
     
      conference,
      resignation,
      impeachment,
      etc,
      the
      Vice-President
     
     
      External,
      Chris
      Gray
      (myself)
      shall
      assume
      her/his
      duties.
     
     
      This
      makes
      me
      Vice
      President
      External-Acting
      President
      of
     
     
      your
      UPEI
      Student
      Union.
      As
      Vice
      President
      External-Acting
     
     
      President
      I
      will
      continue
      my
      duties
      as
      VP
      External
      which
     
     
      constitutes
      communicating
      with
      groups
      outside
      the
      university
     
     
      campus
      that
      the
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
      is
      involved
      with,
      includ-
     
     
      ing
      the
      Canadian
      Federation
      of
      Students
      (CFS),
      the
      Maritime
     
     
      Provinces
      Higher
      Education
      Commission
      (MPHEC),
      the
      pro-
     
     
      vincial
      government
      (Higher)
      Education
      Department,
      the
      fed-
     
     
      eral
      government,
      and
      many
      other
      groups
      and
      organizations,
      as
     
     
      well
      as
      being
      a
      member
      of
      the
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
      Council,
     
     
      and
      the
      UPEI
      Senate.
     
    

    
     
      Some
      of
      the
      things
      that
      the
      Student
      Union
      is
      working
      on
     
     
      for
      this
      semester
      include:
      A
      CFS
      membership
      referendum,
      the
     
     
      state
      of
      the
      Building
      Fund
      Donation,
      revising
      the
      UPEI
      Student
     
     
      Union
      Policy
      Manual,
      updating
      the
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
     
     
      Constitution,
      and
      running
      various
      campaigns
      including:
      Stop
     
     
      the
      Cuts,
      Education
      Builds
      A
      Nation,
      Student
      Debt,
      Student
     
     
      Loan
      information,
      etc.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Student
      Union
      has
      many
      committees
      and
      is
      always
     
     
      looking
      for
      volunteers
      to
      sit
      on
      those
      committees.
      Some
      of
     
     
      these
      committees
      include:
      Policy
      Review,
      Constitutional
      Re-
     
     
      view,
      Building
      Fund,
      SUB
      2000,
      External,
      Internal,
      Finance,
     
     
      Budget,
      Organizational
      Review,
      Hiring
      Board,
      Handbook,
     
     
      Elections
      and
      Referendum,
      etc.
      The
      Student
      Union
      is
      also
     
     
      called
      upon
      by
      the
      university
      to
      find
      students
      to
      fill
      positions
     
     
      on
      many
      committees
      which
      may
      require
      a
      student
      representa-
     
     
      tive
      including:
      Library
      Advisory,
      Student
      Disciplinary
      Ap-
     
     
      peals,
      Information
      Technology,
      Orientation,
      Research
      Ethics,
     
     
      Animal
      Care,
      etc.
      Anyone
      who
      is
      interested
      in
      getting
      in-
     
     
      volved
      with
      a
      committee
      either
      Student
      Union
      or
      otherwise
      is
     
     
      more
      than
      welcome
      to
      drop
      their
      name
      and
      number
      off
      to
      me
     
    
   
   
    
     
      at
      the
      Student
      Union
      and
      an
      I
      will
      try
      to
      match
      them
      up
      with
      a
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      committee
      they
      might
      be
      interested
      in.
     
    

    
     
      If
      anyone
      has
      questions
      concerning
      the
      Student
      Union,
     
     
      we
      (the
      executive)
      can
      be
      reached
      in
      a
      variety
      of
      ways:
      e-mail
     
     
      cjgray@upei.ca,
      jseller@upei.ca,
      ljmackenzie@upei.ca,
      or
     
     
      wvenema@upei.ca;
      phone
      the
      office
      566-0530,
      or
      you
      can
     
     
      drop
      by
      the
      Student
      Union
      and
      surprise
      us
      for
      a
      visit
      (but
     
     
      remember
      all
      the
      members
      of
      the
      Student
      Union
      are
      full-time
     
     
      students
      and
      do
      not
      live
      in
      the
      Barn).
      The
      Student
      Union
      also
     
     
      has
      a
      notice
      board
      on
      the
      university
      computer
      network
      acces-
     
     
      sible
      through
      e-mail,
      and
      a
      web
      site
      accessible
      through
      the
     
     
      UPEI
      web
      site
      (http://www.upei.ca/~union).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Yours
      Sincerely,
     
     
      Chris
      Gray
     
     
      VP
      External/Acting
      President
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      @°
      The
      Panther
      Prints
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      is
      unfortunate
      that
      muck
      raking
      or
      “dirt
      digging”
     
     
      has
      replaced
      integrity
      and
      honesty
      as
      the
      new
      pens
      with
     
     
      which
      some
      journalists
      write.
      I
      will
      not
      reduce
      my
      com-
     
     
      ments
      to
      a
      tit
      for
      tat
      rendition
      of
      the
      morally
      questionable
     
     
      antics
      of
      the
      author
      or
      the
      logical
      inconsistencies
      which
     
     
      plagued
      the
      article.
      Many
      of
      my
      colleagues
      who
      know
      both
     
     
      sides
      of
      the
      story
      and
      as
      such
      are
      qualified
      to
      argue
      the
      facts,
     
     
      will
      do
      just
      that.
      That
      being
      said,
      I
      am
      going
      to
      take
      a
      more
     
     
      holistic
      approach
      in
      my
      analysis.
      More
      specifically,
      I
     
     
      would
      like
      to
      have
      an
      open
      discussion
      of
      two
      fundamental
     
     
      principles
      of
      journalism,
      as
      an
      injustice
      was
      irrefutably
     
     
      done
      at
      this
      level.
     
    

    
     
      I
      harbour
      no
      illusions
      that
      I
      hold
      a
      monopoly
      of
      truth
     
     
      on
      responsible
      journalism,
      but
      such
      a
      knowledge
      is
      not
     
     
      necessary
      here.
      The
      reader
      can
      decide
      whether
      the
      maxim,
     
     
      “consider
      both
      sides
      before
      passing
      judgement’,
      holds
      any
     
     
      credence.
      Some
      of
      us
      have
      either
      forgotten
      this
      golden
      rule,
     
     
      or
      are
      simply
      willing
      to
      let
      sensationalism
      supersede
      prin-
     
     
      ciple.
      The
      second
      principle
      I
      would
      like
      to
      address,
      is
     
     
      courage.
      Nameless
      sources
      are
      a
      nice
      touch
      for
      a
      police
     
     
      thriller
      on
      cable,
      but
      lack
      credibility
      when
      casting
      asper-
     
     
      sions
      on
      specific
      incidents
      which
      require
      substantiation.
     
     
      Ms.
      Caseley
      should
      study
      the
      methods
      and
      ethics
      of
      jour-
     
     
      nalism
      and
      be
      better
      prepared
      before
      she
      puts
      her
      pen
      to
     
     
      paper
      in
      the
      future.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ryan
      Mccarville
     
     
      Student
      rep
     
     
      Anthropology
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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