The Sun, Thursday Sépf.7]5,.l977, Page 3 v The Student Unibn By-electir ons will be held Wed. Sept. 28th. The student council made that-decision at their first meeting on Sun. Sept.4 Ilth. The positions open are-President, 2 Senators, I BOard of Governors plus one education representati- ve. Nominations open,Wed. Sept. lhth and close ept. 'lst.' As the position of Chief lectoral Officer was vac- :nt, Council decided to =ppoint one immediately. ommunications Officer _ ike Mahon telephoned last ,ear's Electoral Officer .ue Hornby and requested hat she fulfill the posif ion. She agreed and coun- il passed the appointment. The Day Care Center has .een moved from the Barn to arian Hall. Renovations onsisted of a fire escape, coor, staging and a closet -eing~built for the day are. The student union new ’-.paper been moved to fourth loor Main Building aja- ent to CIMN. The yearbook I ~hoto club plus lab are ex- -ected to be situated in ain building as well. n. he University administra- ion will provide the Stu— ent Union with $1000. for he costs of the various e-locations and renova- ions. » . ‘ Concern was expressed _ ver the University ad- . linistration attempting to , ot come under the juris- Iiction of the Landlord nd Tenant Act. Student nion lawyer John Carr ill be invited to a uture council meeting 1, * QFFICIAlY-f FOLKS On September lh,-l977 I knowledged written receipt two resignations from memr rs of the StUdent Union Coun~ Gerald McKenna tendered his signation as Vice-President d acting President effective -sday, September 20, l977- rald expressed his intention run for the position of Pre *sident in the upcoming dent elections, and cited s,as the reason for his ~ignation as Vice Presi- ~usan E. Partridge announced resignation as a Senator, ective immediately. Susan ed personal reasons for , being able to continue in s capacity. " Speaker, S.U. .2" A _‘ -' Gordon'F. Coffin and are being run through the University switchboard. The number is 2-hl2l, ex- tensions 395 and 396. In the » past, the Student Union has had extravagant long dis- tance telephone bills. A Through the switchbgard, long distance calls cannot be plaCed past l0:00 p.m. and at the end of the month the Student Union shall be ' provided with a detailed I list of all calls. The motion was passed that a TV would be bought by the Student‘Union and placed in the Panther Lounge. The maximum spent on the set was set at $850.00, with $200.00 allocated for the installation of cable tele- vision. Comptroller Mike Kennedy explained that the TV would provide entertain- ment—for students and the“ lounge would be used to a maximum by day and night. 1.5m, rod $614 TO BE . Nououcsr YOUNG MAN! ‘IHE J £2,nMAr IS THE J08 .77 it In a statement late Wedr nesday afternoon, Gerald McKenna, acting President of the UPEI Student Union, announced that he was re- signing his position on the Executive. Mr. McKenna went on to say that his reason The Student Union has ap- to discuss what this would mean to students living at the University residences. The Student Union will be required to present a brief before the spring session of the legislative -assembly if they wish the University to remain under' the Landlord and Tenant Act.' Student Union Treasurer_ John Neville and Communica- tions Officer Mike McMahon will meet with Larry Green, editon of The SUN and CIMN 'station manager Maurice Roberson, on the advertising rates for the Union's media.- . This year's advertising ‘manager, John Fleming is selling full page ads in the SUN_for $2h.00. Last year's full page rate was $lk0.00. Several Council members be- lieved the present rates to be rather low and a meeting was warranted. PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENTSASSOC- , we mvem’ HAD AN HONEST ONE IN A LONG TIME ,' latest Rn! .Ilimps Ship for resigning was that he was planning on running in the upcoming by-elections for the position of Pres- ldent. Mr. McKenna was chosen as Comptroller of the Union [last November following the ‘ Derek Key, ex- Stud- ent Council president, ‘ resigned from the pres- . idency~after a term of only one month. He was elected into office . _;April I977 and was the- first UPEI Student Union president eleCted for a Second term. ‘ In his letter of resignation to the speaker of the Student Council, Key cited lack of co- operation between council members and members of the c0uncil executive as the reason behind his early departure. IHEpTRENDTHSET’TER‘ - Although, supported by an "excellent" ex- ecutive, Key said, "at the end of a meeting, where Supposedly each of us are to be working for the benefit of the '“ union, algroup of coun- cillors pride themselves in defeating resolutions proposed by the execu- tiys-Jf I Key's resignation took effect May I. He' has been helping out vice president and acting president, Gerald McKenna,” whenever need bei " ‘ RESULT :counm ELECTIONS. roan smizs; plied to the L.C.C. for ex- tending the pub hours in the Barn to 8:00 to l2:00 rather than 7:00 to ll:00. They ' have also requested that the \ East end of the Barn be lic- ensed as the dances and other evening activities have been moved to that sec- tion of the building. Satur- day afternoon pubs during home football games have also been requested by the Union to the commission. The UPEI Student Union Executive shall travel to 'Mount Allison on Sept 2A and 25th. The executive will meet with Mt. A's student executive to compare student policies and campus police. Other topics will concern common goals and Student Union business management. The.chairman of the UPEI social committee will also be in attendance. Cheryl R. Cannon '1 Juew HAD A TEIMBLE resignation of Terry Parsons. He then ran for the position of Vice-President in the General elections in Febru- ary, was elected and took I over this position immediate- ly due to the resignation of . Paul Currie as V.P. Mr. McKen- na then took over as acting :President for the summer months on May lst due to the resignation of Derek Key as President. Mr. McKenna stated that his resignation was nec- 'essitated by the fact that he could not be nominated for an EXec. position while he was already holding another posr ition. 'Nominations for the by-el- ections opened Wed.'0ct. IA and close- Wed. Oct. 2lst. Mr. McKenna's resignation is effective Tues. Sept. 20. Positions open in the by- election are:_ President Vice-President 1 Arts Rep. l Education Rep. , 3... Sen 9393 mini Board of Governors