U.P.E.I. SUN Feb. 10,1983 could easily have been lost." I STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBER( an- onymous): "I've been a year book editor before, and if I didn't meet deadlines, I didn't expect payment. Wow, she didn't meet all the rec guired deadlines, so I feel she doesn't deserve full payment." * ON MOTIVES, PRINCIPLES REASONS AND JUSTIFICATIONS VICTOR MOORE: "Executive is concerned , because of the economci hard times, with tightening our belts a little. We've restrained 0 our own salaries. But this isn't a vendetta, and the executive has nothing to gain. It's just someth thing that came up." "(res mtion of Oct.3rd) Council had to send two people up there to help her finish. We incurred numerous debts...over one hundred pictures missing. Expenses incurred because of mistakes it sost us $1000. extra because the 'book was done wrong. Cynthia's still making $50. more than the pre- vious editor, when you take in cost of living, 12%... "We presented very definite guidelines\ for 152 pages there are only 148 a 4 blanks. Cynthia will say the 4 blanks are autograph pages." STUDENT UNION IS mainly concerned with principle 0 of the thing, maybe you will set a precedent. From now on, when you get a job with the student Union, you should do your best to fulfill it; I've seen a lot of pepple who if they can do nothing and get away with it, then that's exactly what they do." CYNTHIA KING: ial effects, such as fancy blue and grey lines, diff- erent screens, background, and fuzzy pictures were me meant to be there. Student Union is using this against me.” , "The camera, which cost around $500. I used to take "The spec- a lot of the pictures for '1" the face' A more reasonalb‘ the yearbook myself." ksum: $450. "I S aid 25. to t W3 P s s ay "John MacDougall on during senior week." "Student Union took it upon themselves to get two people to come up and help me. I'm v ery thankful, it . .AH.‘~'. .‘ .".\".‘. ‘ ‘.‘ ‘f. helped a lot." "I see their point about precedent, but they are going at it all wrong. ‘They should stick to their own editor." "The 4 blanks were auto- graph pages." BRIAN BRENNEN: not being made an example of, we're just protecting ourselves. It's cynthia that's making the forward motions. I feel she's tre ating herself unfairly." JOHN O'BRIEN: "Student 1, Council would be wise to not fo to the expense, bad press, or even pettiness of a court case. We're here to look after union - it might be wise to settle out-of -court.” JOHN GALLANT: (the year- book) is as\good as any I've seen, beyyer than any I put out. Cynthia was pretty gung-ho, she did a very good job. The sp— ecial effects added a litt. 1e 4 a few poor quality pix though. That can be the "Cynthia's yet, when you have to chOOSe say, four out of a possible five photos to put on a yearbook you may have to use some inferior ones. $450.00 Way too low. Trying to get the thing in on time, a full time job. I had an asst.ed as well. ON THE YEARBOOK COMMITTEE "$699,was a They obvi VICTORMOORE: ludicrous figure. ously didn't have all the in And you've gotta also r fled, along with a schedule of regular formation. consider the composition of the committee; only tow of the four took the.thing ser- Student Union a the year_ iously, and Cynthia ran Mike . , . . Trainor 5 campaign a year agtof editors be mtrodmed Howard Beattie (on the yearbook ccmnittee) : "I felt that with the work she put into it, $699 sl'ould be given to her. Work out the minimal wage, it's a lot nore than she was getting. " "The blame couldn't really be laid‘on Cynthia, anymore than on anyone else. Eric Martinello, the co. rep., was telling her to meet the first deadline. the rest really weren't all that nqxntants' Mike Trairor (chairman of yearbook camittee): "We looked into everything impartially in regard to time and effort, looked at man—hours involved. We did rot concoct a joke figure. was based on time and effort. “700 was not a ceiling; as a hypothetical, it could have been $1500. ,"We were provided with ample information, saw It . eVerything we needed to see editor's fault, more or les: We were totally premred to render a just decision. "I will still stand by our decision; it was made collefljvely,amd I by it. However, I. also respect Council's right to reject our proposal. "Most of all, I, we all thought that the lack of communication between the Student Union, the yearbook company, and Cynthia was the major problen." The yearbook ccnmittee meetings between the book staff, that a system Council did not feel the$699.and that mial payments was a fair assessment. were defeating their own purpose. probability of sane people looking into the fee - $700. before the contract null and void and turning around and saying $699. It's an ’ insult." ' BRIAN BRENNEN: CYNTHIA KING: suggested $450. ... he just picked it off the top off his head." -Arssxxxsan».¢ I mean, what's the $699.was a slap from the floor They be made after each deadline is met. These measures were passed unanmo' usly and have been adopted for this caning year's yearbook. So, while the controversy surrounding its predecessor is rot like to go away for a long time yet, hopefully the 82-83 to edition need rot worry that history will repeat itself. 4 WENDISCHET'SHNER THING' ANYWAYS? by: Margaret Koren For those of you wl'o may still be wondering what is that="silver thing" in between the gym and the Barn, ro it is rot a golf ball from outer space. Instead it is a Planetarium. So if you really want to see the noon and stars, even on a cloudy night, you can always do so at the UPEI Planetarium. This planet- ariun is primarily there for entertainment purposes; l'ow- ever,it also has much educ— ational value. Students in the Physics progran who are taking astroronyuse the planetariun as a learning aid. Elementary and high school students also cane to the planetarium to learn about astronany. The UPEI planetarium hopes to soon be part of the public school curriculum. Furthermore, the planetarium keeps people up; to date with astroromy, which is such a rapidly developing‘science. It Ill stickalSo has prunotional value for the university, draw— ing passers by here to find‘ out what the silver thing 18. Since the planetarium opened in July, 1981, there have been about 23,000 peo- ple to See the SI'DWS. The planetariun is especially popular in the summer with tourists. Right now there are siw different slows at the planetarium. At least one new stow is made every thr months on average. These slows range frcm Our Sky Family- a program especial for children (weel maybe ~ sane of you students would find it appealing). to more sophisticated things such The Universe of Dr. EinS World Urflmmm. usually public shows eaCh Fall and Spring and dur' the Winter, groups can private bookings to see shows, or to just have a tour of the place. So if any of you are interested in supporting the UPEI planetarium call' the plan etarium at 852—4121 (W83 or contact Professor Wonn ot in the Physics Departma1