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     Dear Editor: 
     
    

    
     When I read a newspa- 
     
     per I expect to find infor- 
     
     mata- 
     
     tive advertisements, inter- 
     
     esting columns and comical 
     
     comics. The Gem has these 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
        
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     qualities and more — OB- 
     
    
   
   
    
     SCENITIES. = 
     
     In the March 12th is- 
     
     sue there were three in- 
     
    
   
   
    
     stances in which a certain 
     
    
   
   
    
     four letter word appeared 
     
     —— even once in the form 
     
    
   
   
    
     of a “joke”. If the mental- 
     
     ity of the authors responsi- 
     
     ble for the articles has not 
     
     yet reached a mature stage 
     
     I suggest they refrain from 
     
     writing articles fora public 
     
    
   
   
    
     - publication. I would like to 
     
    
   
   
    
     think that as university stu- 
     
     dents, our vocabulary has 
     
    
   
   
    
     reached a degree where we 
     
    
   
   
    
     can express ourselves with- 
     
     out reverting to such igno- 
     
     rant grammar. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     Paradoxically, there is 
     
     a line in the "Gem box” on 
     
     page 3 which reads "We re. 
     
     - serve the right to edit sub- 
     
     missions due to space or 
     
     taste limitations.” I suggest 
     
     you exercise those rights. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Furthermore, there are 
     
     a total of five articies on 
     
     the subject of sex. It would 
     
    
   
   
    
     _ seems that sex is the central 
     
    
   
   
    
     theme ‘of almost: every is- 
     
    
   
   
    
     , sue. Some of those.articles 
     
    
   
   
    
     are inforriative. “However, 
     
     I’m sure. there: are. other 
     
     pressing issues of our soci- 
     
     ety which could be focused 
     
     upon. 
     
    

    
     Otherwise, congratula- 
     
     tions on another successful 
     
     year of The Gem publica- 
     
     tion. 
     
    

    
     Sincerely, 
     
    

    
     David Condon 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thank you for your 
     
     comments. 
     
    
   
   
    
     I agree that the illus- 
     
     tration that: appeared on 
     
     page 3 was much too direct. 
     
     It was. reprinted from.’The 
     
     Peak’, the student newspa- 
     
     per at Simon Fraser whiver- 
     
     sity and if was included be- 
     
     cause it tied in with what 
     
     was raised elsewhere in the 
     
     issue. It was a hasty desci- 
     
     sion on my part, and I agree 
     
     that it should not have been 
     
     printed. However, the ar- 
     
     ticle on assault. which was 
     
     printed by student news- 
     
     papers all across Canada. 
     
     used the words it did to 
     
     express the coarse attitude 
     
     some men still have towards 
     
     women. I did not edit the 
     
     article because I felt it ex- 
     
     pressed the extent of that 
     
     coarseness better than any 
     
     words that could have been 
     
     substituted. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Gem always tries 
     
     to print material relevant to 
     
     students at UPEI, no mat- 
     
     ter what issues the mate- 
     
     rial is about. The articles 
     
     on sexual. assault, censor- 
     
     ship, a university harass- 
     
     ment policy, and an at- 
     
     tempt to include the pill 
     
     with student health fees 
     
     were all relevant, and issues 
     
     I think students here are 
     
     concerned about. 
     
    

    
     Derrick Webber. 
     
     Editor 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Thursday, March 19th 19872