ARCHIVES U. P. E. I.
ISSUE 7' OCT. 23, iéso
~3.U. tosettle Feud
dollar at the door. ‘ In other business, Council On the recommendations of the Personnel Board hired Frances Smits as Assistant Editor of the SUN and Mary DriScoll as a Member of the
CAMERA CONFLICT
by Frances Smits
Formal action is finally being taken in the feud be- tween Derwin Banks, chairmar of the Photography Club and
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Personnel Board. Sue Stephenson was appointed electoral officer and Janet Braam deputy. Ten— ative dates for the Winter Carnival were set for
Feb. 2nd -7th.
McAIeer reported that $8000 had been set aside by the SU for investment in the Capital Savings Bond so that future Unions will have money available for capital expenditures. (e.g. A new SU Centre) An Invest- ,ment Committee of Roger Black, Dept. of Education; Claire Bradley, Board of Governors Representative; G.D. Clough; and John McAleer was approved to‘ invest the money as they see fit.
By Maureen Hartman Council will buy a camera for Student Union use only 't Was decided unanimously; in a Meeting of the Student Union C0uncil Sunday evening.
The camera is to be bought with the condition that one third of the money is to- come from the SU and two thirds from other areas. (i.e. The Photography Club) The camers is to be insured from the day bought.
Monday and the recomen- dation was a small claims court as was that of Bank' s lawyer.
During the first stud-
The decision that a new camera' be bought finally repre- sented some formal action in the ongoing feud between the Denwin Banks and the Student Union which began Sept. 25th when beer was thrown onto Banks' camera at a Main Event. , ' Phillip Brown, President of ‘the Student UniOn said that a camera oeuid be bought for approximately $625.
In other Council news,
canteen in the games room is now open and run by Sandra Warren. to a question of why she did not go through the .Personnel Beard, McKenzie
The above Contract was
Neil McKenzie, Comptroller of the SU reported that the
In response
said that Warren was hired by the man who owns the games
the Student Union.
During the Student Union meeting Sunday evening, the motion was passed that the
Student Union would buy a
camera for Student Union use only and that it be bought
under the condition that
one-third of the money come from the Student Union and two-thirds from Other areas.
On Sept. 25, beer was
ent Union meeting Sept. 28, the matter was» brought up but nothing Was done,
After the second S.U. meeting, the executiVe and councillors were under the impression that the matter was being handled and all was going well.However, Banks has not as yet gotten the
thrown on Banks' camera by a non-student during the Main Event “Finnigan”.
licence number from the C.P. Chief Bruce Hickey. The licence is needed to get the address of the culprit.
Banks claims that there was no purchase order available at the S.U. Office Monday and S.U.
not brought before Council for approval_because signat Signature of the contract
' With the new door policy,
, was imperative according to Brown. The speaker, Ithe only way to track down the culprit was through
Brendon Bulger, recommended . _ _ ‘ that the new contract which h's l'cence number~ - _ The next day, charges had
'5 expect 5 .1] , is expected to replace the ~ t' "0t been Ia'd’
One member asked if it
would be cheaper to rent
one, but Derwin Banks, 2 head of the Photography
Club replied that the cost would be in the vicinity of $50 per week.
'John McAleer, treasurer of the SU asked if an alter-
old one when it expires the 3lst of October, l980 be brought before Council
before regotiation. Alumni, Holland-College
and Nursing students will now be allowed to attend
native method of acquiring. a Camera could be employed. (e.g. perhaps a camera company could be found to fund part of the Camera as beer cempanies do.) No action was taken on_McAleer's suggestion. A ' I ~ _ Brown also mentioned that an expensive dryer is gathé ering dust and could pos-, sibly be‘ sold. The p’rob- ' lem lies in that the dryer is very out dated, and it seems unlikely that anyone will want it. ' I '
the same price as UPEI st students. They can also
own School I.D. but still
must be signed in by UPEI , students and pay an extra
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By Nancy MacDonald
0n_0ct. II, a double bare relied couch valued at ' $300 Was stolen from‘the UPEI Barn. ‘ V The robbery is believed to have taken place during a stag.party hosted by mem- bers.' This was not an
"Alumni sponsored event. There were no C.P.‘s on duty that night as it was believed that those persons holding the event would be responsible for the conr duct of those present.
On the morning of the.l3th the theft was noticed and
Student-union functions for
get into events with their
cannot sign others'in. All . other non-student,~exclud- ing those mentioned above,
therefore the photogra- pher asked what was to be done with the bill.
According to Banks, the S. U. said that the photogra-
phers camera was his own responsibility. The phot- grapher_then resigned as student rep. on coun- cil and all photography on campus.
The S.U. called their lawyer the following
seccurity was called in. Nancy, are you sure it was oniy discovered on the l3th? Mean while Neil McKenZie contacted some of the people present at the party and advised them that if anyone took it as a prank and the couch vas
' returned immediately, no
charges would be laid. Needless to say the couch has not turned up.
If this item is not found
McKenzie Or
president Phillip Brown and S.U. Business man- ager Mickey Place claim Banks never requested one.
As of yet there are
no photos for the yearbook of Fall-
Fest, Intercollegiate Harness Racing, soccer, and fall intramurals. Also, the S.U,, as of:
vet,has no camera.
\
the SU is out one expensive Piece of furniture as the theft iSn't covered by insurance because there “as no evidence of a break in. The SU Exc. have stated that a tighter security system will be used in the future to prevent this
from happening again.
Mean while the search goes on, so if anyone has ary information contact Neil Seccurity.