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Last week saw our first real flurry of letters to the editor, and controversial letters they" Not surprisingly, they have prompted Once again then, I find myself having to turn this page over to It is pleasant, however, to have this kind of reader response, so please feel free to keep those letters coming.

‘ Letters 8 -Opini0ns

were too. some responses this week.

the opinions of our readers.

To the Editor,,

This letter is in regards to a remark made last week in Campus Comment about Student Union fees being too high, especially when you don't get your yearbook for two years.

First, I'd like to say that I know this was only a passing comment, but in talking to students around campus I find that this is the general feeling. Everybne is mad because yearbOoks are always late_ coming in.

Yearbooks are late coming in, but when for the last two years the sum total of staff on Nexus has been 3 people, what can you expect? In 77—78 one person was working on the yearbook. When this fellow became\ sick and production was delayed the Student Union fired him, so they had no one to finish the book. In September following, the members of the SU did a splendid job in finishing the book and it came out last May (hence books from 77—78 are available at the SU office). Finally, for all you students who are Sitting on the edge of your seats waiting for Nexus 78—79, relax. You ve got a bit of a wait. Last October, when Diane McGuirk\ was appointed as Editor of Nexus she had a meeting and lb people showed up ready and willing to work, myself included. The next week she had 2 people, herself and ME. (All is vanity.) What happened all the rest of those students? All we can say is that they didn't like the idea of spending a bit of their free free.time to help out.

Diane and I felt like saying the hell with it, but we decided that we wanted a book, so we went at it. The first problem we encountered was with the publishing company.

They forgot to send us

our MSTC boards, so there was our first deadline

shot because we couldn't

do our colour section. Second problem, lack of \ photos. You can't do a Yearbook without photos.

So April came and the book

wasn't_finished. Pictures

of senior week and Convocationfi

along with some for Winter

Carnival didn't get printed

till August. '

So there you have it.

All you folks that are

mad because yearbooks are

late get off your butts

and do something to help

out. I mean 2 people out

of 1500, get serious.

Students at UPEI are not

that busy that they can't

give an hour or two out

of their week to help out

if they want a yearbook. Respectfully Yours Editor of Nexus 79—80 John Gallant

PS We are still looking

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Contents are the responsibility of the ‘ editor. Opinions are _' those of the persons expressing them. All - ,letters and articles '.must be sigled even _if the name is to be withheld from publication;

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'Déadline for all ,, 'submissions is Monday noon. 4 ’ ’

' The staff meeting is every Menday at 7 PM in The SUN's office, fourth floor Main, East end. '

‘ A' sincere thank you , and a helluva lot ,of - gratitude to:

‘ JAN ANDERSONU VALERIE WALKERI GEORGE BARRY "

LOIS PURSEY

LACHLAN MACQUARRIE ' TODD MACLAUGHLAN DERWIN BANKS

PAT INGRAHAM

KEVIN GAUTHIER

MAUREEN MATT ADAMSON \

CLAIR ROBERTSON

, for all the work they "’did on this week's 'issue.

._ _‘ ,n. ' ' Todd MacLaughlan ..Richard Lee ”

Pat Ingram

for people to help out in production of this year's

book. Come to the Nexus‘ office, Mth floor Main, on

Monday night. or call me

_at 96h—2505.

Tb the Editor:

The main topic of the Student Union meeting on Sept. 28 was the recommendations of the Personnel Board. These recamefidations have been the topic of some controversy on campus this week. The Personnel Board is purely advisory board to Council and all their recommend- ations have to be approved by a majority of votes on council. For those persons who feel that they have been unjustly discriminated against by Personnel Board, remember. that their recommendations were approved by Council's decision. _

'Ihe Persmnel Board in - my opinion has done a good job of selecting candidates for the positions available on Student Union.

Another point which must be brought up is that many of the” controversies have been brought about as a result of the system, not

as a result of the Personnel

Board' 5 recommendations .

The system is under revision at the moment and hopefully we 4 am as unbiased as v anyone can be.‘_

the revisions will better suit the needs of the , student body as awhole.

Personnel Board's recamned— f'ations, think about the time that went into the decisions and put yourself in their position.

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To the\Editor:'

of the SUN 3 people ,wrote to you with their of the Personnel Board ‘ ' and its operations. ‘We would like to correct many of the false :ierressims they gaVe, especially for people who know nothing about Personnel Board and would not know the truth for themselves. - -’

consists of 5 nenbers of the student body who conduct for all nm—elected positims with the Student Union,

Before yoh criticize the

Sincerely , Sharon Timms Vice—President U.P.E.I.S.U.

In last week's edition

The Personnél Board‘ ._

and then make recommend— ations to the Student ~ Council as to who- should

be hired.’ interviews which we have

For the-set of

just finished holding,

there were only 4anenbers of the Board present, since one was still 'to be hired,

Trying to think' objectively, Ii‘would haw; to say that

In the

selection process the criteria we follow are

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quali 'Vficati'ms, interest and enthusiasm of the applicants, as stated in V the omStitutian. _ decisicn lnekingprocess is anmg 5 (4 in this case) so were is no way that somacne could get away with recamending someone because "they know the Personnel Board", as ‘ Miss P.O.P. bradley suggested. As can be expected, 4 people don't

‘ always agree on the sane person, so our decision making process involves a lot of discussion. until everyme agrees, so hope— fully all pros and cons are brought out and weighed. Perscnnel Board, outgoing chaimen of Oomcil \ committees, Boards, etc., are invited to sit in on interviewslas nah—voting ‘ nenbers. their applicants, especially those they have worked with before. -

The

’Along with “the

Thesepeop-Zbe give

inicns on ‘the

This is not to say that

the Personnel Board is infallib' le. all Heads of Oonmittees, Head Bar-bender, Cairpr Police Chief, etc., are

. told to report to Personnel Board if , perhaps, the best person was not hired, and they are not doing their job properly, so that we can review their perform- ance, and, if necessary, reconnend that they be, relieved of their duties,

That is.why

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