UPEI STUDENT NEWSPAPER

December 4, 2002

editor-in-chief Matt STEWART

production manager/graphics Thomas LLOYD

copy editor Catherine SWEET

advertising manager Natasha MacKINNON

distribution manager Lennie MacPHERSON

contributers Aimee ARSENAULT Andrew MacPHEE Cat WILCOCK Chris DOIRON Claire HENDERSON Denise REISER Gary VINCENT Jay COLLINGS Jonathan SMITH Julie VEINOT Lesley-Anne BOURNE Matt STEWART Millie TRAINOR Richard LEMM Ruth MATHIANG Stefanie RICHARD Alex FIELD Chatherine SWEET Thomas LLOYD

The Cadre is the official newspaper of the UPEI Student Union. 2,000 copies of The Cadre are printed 10 times per semester. There are meetings open to anyone Mondays at 4:30 in room 213 in the new Student Union Centre.

The deadline for submissions is Friday at 4:00 PM.

The opinions expressed within The Cadre do not necessarily

represent the views of UPEI or the UPEI Student Union Inc. Letters to the editor: mjstewart@upei.ca

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Editorial 10: Not Really an Editorial... More of an Introduction

Why is that now that this Creative Writing issue has been compiled, I can’t squeeze out another ounce creativity for the Introduction? What is there to say? We’re tapped out.

We put out the call all over campus and you responded with poems and short stories. Some contributors are familiar to The Cadre, and others are Cadre virgins. All were welcome to the publishing love-in we call the Creative Writing Issue.

The basic point is for you to delay your studies. You know you have to remember why hexavalent chromium is toxic,

ft. ee I hove. three papers due this week and four exams coming up. ‘eS a

but staring at the wall always seems so much more appealing. We hope this at least marginally more entertaining.

It’s kinda nice to think that we’re not all reduced to scholastic automatons by this . time of year. Usually, I’m a total zombie by now. That’s the one thing this issue is missing: a piece of work about the living undead. Oh, well, the next Creative Writing Issue is in April.

Catherine Sweet, Copy Editor

I hove five papers and three exams! We have a lot

of work to do.

Naw! Lets work on Ccfeative

writing for The Cadre.