Letters
      To
      the
      Editor...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Mr.
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      have
      suffered
      through
      your
      editorials
      every
      week
     
     
      since
      September.
      This
      week
      I
      picked
      up
      a
      copy
      of
      the
     
     
      X-PRESS
      (Still
      the
      Gem
      to
      me)
      in
      anticipation
      that
     
     
      this
      week
      you
      may
      have
      finally
      written
      an
      editorial
     
     
      that
      is
      somewhat
      relevant
      to
      student’s
      concerns.
      This
     
     
      week
      however,
      I
      was
      not
      only
      disappointed,
      but
      also
     
     
      enraged.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Mr.
      Editor,
      I
      can
      understand
      some
      of
      your
      concerns
     
     
      such
      as
      the
      lighting
      problem
      on
      campus,
      which
      is
     
     
      being
      solved,
      but
      some
      of
      your
      other
      concerns
      are
      out
     
     
      in
      the
      left
      (or
      should
      I
      say
      ‘‘right
      -
      wing’’)
      field.
      So
     
     
      far
      I’ve
      gathered
      that
      a)
      there
      is
      no
      parking
      problem
     
     
      in
      campus,
      b)
      non-smokers
      pay
      tuition
      to
      have
      a
      non-
     
     
      smoking
      campus
      (I
      thought
      it
      was
      for
      an
      education)
      c)
     
     
      CIMN
      is
      a
      horrible
      radio
      station,
      and
      d)
      feminists
      are
     
     
      a
      bunch
      of
      lying,
      self-serving,
      ball
      breakers.
      By
      the
     
     
      way,
      was
      your
      brother
      hired
      unfairly
      by
      maintenance?
     
     
      I
      consider
      myself
      a
      mature,
      enlightened
      person
      that
     
     
      can
      pick
      and
      choose
      views
      that
      fit
      with
      my
      own
      mor-
     
     
      als.
      I
      also
      try
      to
      be
      aware
      of
      what
      is
      happening
      on
     
    
   
   
    
     
      campus
      and
      in
      the
      education
      system
      as
      a
      whole.
      Since
     
     
      you
      are
      involved
      with
      many
      things
      on
      campus
      such
      as
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Senate
      and
      Council
      I
      would
      imagine
      that
      you
      have
      a
     
     
      general
      idea
      of
      what
      is
      happening
      at
      this
      university.
     
     
      So
      where
      are
      your
      editorials
      on
      tuition
      costs
      rising,
     
     
      student
      loan
      problems,
      transfer
      payment
      cutbacks,
     
     
      CEC
      closing,
      safe
      passage,
      etc,
      etc?
      Perhaps
      you
     
     
      don’t
      care
      about
      these
      things,
      but
      many
      students
      do,
     
     
      and
      I,
      for
      one,
      think
      that
      the
      editor
      of
      a
      school
      news-
     
     
      paper
      has
      a
      mandate
      to
      represent
      student
      concerns,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      particularly
      an
      editor
      that
      is
      representing
      students
      on
     
     
      Senate.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      One
      last
      note,
      the
      feminist
      movement
      which
      was
      born
     
     
      out
      of
      radical
      action,
      like
      all
      great
      movements
      (de-
     
     
      mocracy
      for
      instance),
      has
      put
      women
      where
      they
      are
     
     
      today.
      However
      there
      is
      still
      much
      work
      to
      do
      if
      we
     
     
      are
      ever
      to
      achieve
      complete
      equality.
      Feminists
      do
     
     
      not
      hate
      men,
      in
      fact
      many
      men
      are
      feminists.
      Femi-
     
     
      nists
      simply
      hate
      the
      abuse
      of
      patriarchal
      power,
     
     
      which
      you,
      Mr.
      Editor,
      are
      guilty
      of.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      An
      impoverished,
      smoking,
      feminist,
      with
      a
      parking
     
     
      problem.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      P.S.
      Please
      back
      up
      your
      quotes
      with
      references.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Whata
      great
      idea,
      CIMN
      Radio
      will
      be
      fantastic,
      and
      ©
     
     
      it’s
      so
      simple,
      why
      didn’t
      I
      think
      of
      it.
      All
      we
      have
      to.
     
     
      do
      is
      play
      Top
      40
      music
      and
      students
      will
      love
      us,
     
     
      who
      needs
      this
      alternative
      crap
      anyways.
      We
      will
     
     
      finally
      have
      a
      ‘“Real
      Radio
      Station’’,
      competitive
      to
     
     
      anything
      else
      in
      Charlottetown,
      wow.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Well,
      I
      think
      it’s
      time
      to
      take
      a
      reality
      pill.
      Okay
      ina
     
     
      non-regulated
      world
      your
      idea
      might
      have
      a
      slight
      :
     
     
      chance
      of
      being
      true,
      However
      we
      don’t.
      CIMN
      hasa
     
     
      licence,
      which
      is
      issued
      by
      the
      C.R.T.C.
      (Canadian
     
     
      Radio
      and
      Telecommunications
      Commission).
      All
     
     
      Radio
      and
      Television
      Stations
      in
      Canada
      must
      have
      ~
     
     
      one
      to
      Broadcast.
      CIMN’s
      licence,
      like
      all
      other
     
     
      university
      stations
      in
      Canada,
      is
      an
      alternative
      li-
     
     
      cence.
      This
      gives
      artists
      who
      do
      not
      get
      exposure
      on
     
     
      commercial
      Top
      40
      Radio
      Stations
      a
      chance
      to
      be
     
     
      heard
      and
      also
      insures
      that
      Student
      Subsidized
      Radio
     
     
      does
      not
      compete
      with
      Commercial
      Stations
      who
      are
     
     
      attempting
      to
      make
      a
      living
      ina
      highly
      competitive
     
     
      industry.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      CIMN
      Radio
      Management
      has
      set
      a
      goal
      of
      Broad-
     
     
      casting
      on
      FM
      airwaves
      (We
      are
      currently
      on
      cable
     
     
      FM).
      This
      would
      require
      a
      new
      licence,
      more
      costly
     
     
      equipment,
      and
      much
      more
      alternative
      music.
      The
     
     
      alternative
      policy
      at
      CIMN
      is
      only
      the
      first
      small,
     
     
      very
      small,
      step
      toward
      what
      would
      have
      to
      exist
      to
     
     
      broadcast
      open
      air
      FM
      with
      C.R.T.C.
      approval.
      As
      —
     
     
      CIMN
      exists
      now
      the
      amount
      of
      truly
      alternative
     
     
      music
      which
      is
      played
      in
      relation
      to
      the
      amount
      of
     
     
      popular,
      ifnot
      Top
      40
      music,
      is
      well
      below
      what
      the
     
     
      licencérequires.
      CIMN
      gets
      away
      with
      it
      because
      we
     
     
      do
      not
      hurt
      anyone
      and
      are
      too
      small
      to
      be
      aconcern
     
     
      to
      the
      C.R.T.C.
      brown
      shirts,
      However
      if
      CIMN
     
     
      dumped
      its
      alternative
      policy
      and
      freely
      played
      all
      the
     
     
      Top
      40
      ‘‘most
      students’’
      want
      to
      hear,
      eventually
      it
     
     
      would
      effect
      other
      local
      Top
      40
      stations
      markets
     
    
   
   
    
     
      which
      would
      most
      definitely
      trigger
      complaints
      to
      th
     
     
      C.R.T.C,
      and
      the
      end
      of
      CIMN.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THE
      ANTI-ALTERNATIVE
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      X-P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      November
      21,
      1991
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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