Editorial
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      opinions
      expressed
      in
      this
      column
      do
      not
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
      necessarily
      reflect
      those
      of
      the
      staff
      of
      this
     
     
      newspaper,
      or
      of
      the
      Student
      Union.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      For
      reasons
      beyond
      our
      control,
      this
      publication
      has
     
     
      -been
      coming
      out
      Friday
      afternoon
      instead
      of
     
     
      Thursday.
      I
      would
      like
      to
      stress
      the
      "beyond
      our
     
     
      control"
      bit.
      In
      actual
      fact,
      we’ve
      been
      sending
      the
     
     
      paper
      out
      to
      the
      printer’s
      shop
      an
      extra
      day
      earlier
     
     
      than
      in
      past
      years,
      hoping
      the
      longer
      interval
     
     
      would
      ensure
      an
      "on-time"
      paper,
      but
      to
      no
      avail.
     
     
      Having
      the
      paper
      out
      Thursday
      is
      a
      high
      priority
     
     
      with
      me,
      as
      Friday
      afternoon’s
      kind
      of
      quiet
      at
     
     
      UPEI.
      Well,
      thanks
      to
      Jo-Anna
      Murphy,
      VP
      Internal,
     
     
      we
      should
      be
      circulating
      Thursdays
      now.
      Jo-Anna
     
     
      managed
      to
      swing
      a
      deal
      with
      a
      courier
      company
     
     
      to
      get
      special
      delivery
      of
      the
      paper
      from
     
     
      Summerside
      (where
      it
      is
      printed)
      to
      town.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      week’s
      editorial
      wasn’t
      meant
      to
      be
      dedicated
     
     
      to
      the
      technicalities
      happening
      with
      the
      paper,
      but
     
     
      there
      is
      a
      connection
      between
      our
      production
     
     
      schedule
      and
      this
      babbling
      editor’s
      blurb.
      It
      all
      has
     
     
      to
      do
      with
      a
      little
      label
      most
      of
      us
      are
      wearing.
     
     
      The
      print
      on
      this
      label
      reads
      "STUDENT".
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Part
      of
      the
      reason
      we've
      been
      having
      some
     
     
      problems
      with
      the
      printer
      is
      this
      printer
      is
      already
     
     
      booked
      printing
      other,
      seemingly
      "more
      important"
     
     
      publications,
      and
      they
      are
      the
      only
      printers
      on
      the
     
     
      Island
      who
      can
      meet
      our
      needs
      (sort
      of).
      Now
      I
     
     
      can’t
      really
      blame
      the
      printer.
      These
      "other
     
     
      customers"
      are
      probably
      paying
      more
      for
      their
     
     
      printing
      and
      have
      larger
      circulations.
      But
      I
      can’t
     
     
      help
      thinking
      that
      part
      of
      the
      reason
      we've
      been
      set
     
     
      aside
      is
      because
      we're
      just
      a
      STUDENT’s
      paper.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Last
      week,
      I
      was
      speaking
      to
      Rodney
      St.
      Pierre,
     
     
      station
      manager
      of
      CIMN,
      when
      I
      first
      thought
     
     
      about
      this
      STUDENT
      label.
      As
      former
      assistant
     
     
      manager
      of
      the
      radio
      station,
      I’m
      pretty
      familiar
     
     
      with
      the
      technical
      problems
      that
      crop
      up
      at
      the
     
     
      station,
      and
      again,
      many
      of
      the
      problems
      are
     
     
      beyond
      the
      station’s
      control.
      The
      radio
      station
      has
     
    
   
   
    
     
      a
      relationship
      with
      Island
      Cablevision
      similar
      to
      the
     
     
      one
      this
      publication
      has
      with
      its
      printer.
      Island
     
     
      Cablevision
      has
      "more
      important"
      customers,
      and
     
     
      again,
      the
      STUDENT
      organization
      gets
      pushed
     
     
      aside.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      know
      of
      many
      people
      who’ve
      gone
      apartment-
     
     
      searching
      only
      to
      be
      turned
      away
      by
      prospective
     
     
      landlords
      who
      refuse
      to
      house
      STUDENTS.
      I
      know
     
     
      of
      people
      who’ve
      had
      to
      pretend
      they
      WEREN'T
     
     
      students,
      in
      order
      to
      get
      the
      apartment
      they
     
     
      wanted.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Is
      there
      a
      stigma
      attached
      to
      being
      a
      student?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      There
      is
      another
      way
      of
      looking
      at
      it.
      Wearing
      your
     
     
      STUDENT
      label
      doesn’t
      always
      mean
      you'll
      get
     
     
      treated
      like
      a
      second-class
      citizen.
      Sometimes
      you
     
     
      even
      get
      preferential
      treatment.
      Look
      at
      the
      CFS
     
     
      Student
      Saver
      Card:
      you
      get
      discounts
      for
      being
      a
     
     
      student.
      My
      hairdresser
      cuts
      my
      hair
      and
      charges
     
     
      me
      15%
      less
      than
      her
      non-academic
      customers.
      A
     
     
      very
      sympathetic
      policeman
      reduced
      my
      speeding
     
     
      ticket
      when
      he
      found
      out
      I
      was
      a
      poor
      struggling
     
    
   
   
    
     
      pupil.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      main
      point
      here
      is,
      whether
      we
      like
      it
      or
      not,
     
     
      students
      are
      a
      distinct
      group
      of
      society.
      It’s
      up
      to
     
     
      us
      to
      make
      that
      distinct
      group
      a
      positive
      thing,
     
     
      rather
      than
      an
      unfair
      disadvantage.
      That’s
      just
      my
     
     
      opinion.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Kristine
      Suzuki
     
     
      Interim
      Editor-In-Chief
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Please
      Note!
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      As
      Monday,
      October
      8th
      is
      Thanksgiving,
      the
     
     
      submission
      deadline
      for
      next
      week’s
      issue
      will
      be
     
     
      Tuesday,
      October
      9
      at
      3pm,
      for
      that
      week
      only.
     
     
      Next
      week’s
      issue
      will
      be
      distributed
      Friday
      instead
     
     
      of
      Thursday,
      for
      that
      week
      only,
      because
      of
      the
     
     
      shifted
      submission
      deadline.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      4,
      1990
     
    
   
   
    
     
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