CIMN
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      management
      of
      CIMN
      would
      like
      to
      express
      its
     
     
      views
      on
      the
      Nov.
      7
      editorial
      regarding
      the
      policies
      of
     
     
      CIMN.
      Instead
      of
      maligning
      the
      management
      of
      the
     
     
      X-Press
      to
      somehow
      improve
      our
      image,
      we
      would
     
     
      instead
      like
      to
      explain
      a
      few
      facts
      that
      Mr.
      Large
     
     
      seems
      to
      have
      over
      looked
      in
      writing
      this
      editorial.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      CIMN
      is
      asub-organization
      of
      the
      Student
      Union,
      as
     
     
      is
      the
      X-Press.
      We
      do
      not
      feel
      it
      appropriate
      that
      the
     
     
      X-Press
      use
      its
      editorial
      space
      as
      a
      medium
      to
      berate
     
     
      other
      S.U.
      organizations.
      Especially
      when
      the
      edito-
     
     
      rial
      in
      question
      1s
      based
      almost
      wholly
      on
      the
      opinion
     
     
      of
      one
      person.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      writing
      this
      editorial,
      Mr.
      Large
      did
      not
      consult
     
     
      with
      the
      management
      of
      CIMN
      to
      get
      a
      balanced
      view
     
     
      of
      the
      situation.
      Ifhe
      had,
      he
      likely
      could
      have
     
     
      gained
      an
      understanding
      of
      the
      complexities
      of
      run-
     
     
      ning
      an
      organization
      that
      must
      be
      responsible
      not
      only
     
     
      to
      the
      students
      of
      UPEI,
      but
      a
      government
      body
      called
     
     
      the
      Canadian
      Radio,
      Television,
      and
      Telecommunica-
     
     
      tions
      Committee.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      CRTC
      requires
      radio
      stations
      to
      have
      a
      certain
     
     
      format
      and
      in
      college
      and
      university
      stations,
      that
     
     
      format
      tends
      to
      be
      alternative
      music-
      a
      niche
      that
      is
     
    
   
   
    
     
      rarely
      filled
      by
      commercial
      stations.
     
    
   
   
    
     
          
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Without
      this
      alternative
      format,
      groups
      such
      as
      REM
     
     
      Red
      Hot
      Chili
      Peppers,
      Look
      People,
      the
      Crash
      Test
     
     
      Dummies,
      Extreme,
      or
      even
      Men
      without
      Hats
      would
     
     
      not
      have
      recieved
      the
      exposure
      that
      later
      allowed
      then
     
     
      to
      become
      commercially
      acceptable.
      In
      fact,
      The
     
     
      Barenaked
      Ladies,
      an
      alternative
      band
      from
      Canada,
     
     
      has
      entered
      the
      retail
      sales
      chart
      without
      the
      support
     
     
      of
      amajor
      label!
      This
      is
      due
      almost
      entirely
      to
      the
      ©
     
     
      alternative
      format
      of
      university
      stations.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      If
      UPEI
      students
      wish
      to
      discover
      the
      bands
      that
      will
     
     
      become
      Top-40
      in
      the
      future-
      bands
      that
      could
      not
     
    

    
     
      exist
      without
      the
      support
      of
      alternative
      stations-
      they
     
     
      can
      tune
      into
      their
      own
      station-runby
      DJ’sthat
     
     
      instead
      of
      regurgitating
      music
      thathasbeenover-
      —
     
     
      exposed,
      are
      challenged
      to
      search
      out
      and
      expose
      new
     
     
      music.
      Music
      that
      often
      can
      be
      found
      in
      the
      Top-40_
     
     
      charts
      at
      a
      later
      date.
      Reading
      the
      alternative
      charts
      0
     
     
      the
      past
      proves
      this
      very
      point.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      If
      the
      editorial
      columnist
      would
      like,
      in
      the
      future,
      to
     
     
      consult
      CIMN’s
      management
      to
      question
      the
      alterna-
     
     
      tive
      policy,
      we
      invite
      him
      or
      her
      to
      do
      so.
      The
      resul
     
     
      would
      produce
      a
      more
      balanced
      and
      faireditorial.
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
      R.
      St-Pierre
      M.
      Hanus
      C.
      Cheverie
      G.
      Genge
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Continued
      from
      page
      11...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      To
      the
      indigenous
      peoples
      of
      Latin
      America,
      and
      for
     
     
      that
      matter
      those
      of
      Canada
      and
      the
      rest
      of
      the
      world,
     
     
      the
      planned
      festivities
      marking
      the
      discovery
      of
      their
     
     
      lands
      are
      viewed
      with
      frustration
      and
      anger.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Juan
      de
      la
      Cruz,
      a
      Blivian
      peasant
      union
      leader
      asks:
     
     
      ‘*Why
      would
      we
      celebrate
      five
      hundred
      years
      of
     
     
      oppression,
      humiliation
      and
      degradation?’’
      Handy
     
     
      agrees.
      ‘‘Itis
      not
      useful
      to
      celebrate
      the
      arrival
      of
     
     
      Columbus,
      it
      is
      something
      that
      should
      be
      mourned.’’
     
     
      But
      celebrate
      is
      what
      Canada
      and
      many
      nations
      of
      the
     
     
      world
      will
      do.
      An
      estimated
      forty
      million
      dollars
      will
     
     
      be
      spent
      of
      the
      Canada
      pavilion
      for
      the
      ‘‘Age
      of
     
     
      Discovery’’
      Expo
      92
      in
      Seville
      Spain.
      Canada
      will
     
     
      participate
      because
      it
      makes
      good
      business
      sense.
      As
     
     
      the
      Government’s
      promotional
      material
      explains:
     
     
      ‘*Canadians
      have
      always
      excelled
      in
      using
      expositions
     
     
      as
      amedium
      to
      communicate
      the
      significance
      of
      their
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      X-P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      November
      14,
      1991
     
    
   
   
    
     
      country
      and
      their
      achievements
      in
      many
      areas
      of
     
     
      endeavour.”’
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      So
      the
      party
      will
      go
      on,
      celebrated
      by
      some
      and
      |
     
     
      mourned
      by
      others.
      At
      this
      point
      it
      is
      difficult
      to
      tell
     
     
      whether
      my
      brother’s
      children
      will
      grow
      up
      admirin{
     
     
      Columbus.
      Somehow
      I
      feel
      they
      will
      be
      more
      inter-
     
     
      ested
      in
      Schwarzkopf
      and
      friends
      Gulf
      War
     
     
      paraphanalia.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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