The
      Cadre
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      6
      April
      1999
     
    
   
   
    
     
      News
      3
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Insurance
      policy
      up
      in
      flames
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
      smokes
      Barn’s
      fire
      insurance
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      SARAH
      MURPHY
     
     
      with
      files
      from
      K.
      Rawlines
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      phrase
      “burn,
      baby,
     
     
      burn
      —
      disco
      inferno”
      will
     
     
      earn
      you
      no
      popularity
     
     
      points
      at
      the
      UPEI
      Barn
     
     
      thanks
      to
      a
      recent
      decision
     
     
      made
      by
      the
      UPEI
      SU
     
     
      council.
     
    

    
     
      At
      their
      last
      meeting,
     
     
      the
      council
      announced
      that
     
     
      the
      current
      fire
      insurance
     
     
      coverage
      of
      the
      barn
      will
     
     
      not
      be
      renewed
      for
      the
     
     
      upcoming
      year.
     
    

    
     
      Student
      union
      ex-
     
     
      ecutive
      explains
      that
      there
     
     
      are
      two
      reasons
      for
      not
      re-
     
     
      newing
      the
      current
      fire
      in-
     
     
      surance
      policy.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “There
      has
      already
     
     
      been
      one
      fire,
      back
      in
      the
     
     
      80s,
      and
      if
      there
      were
      to
      be
     
     
      another,
      it
      would
      be
      un-
     
     
      likely
      that
      we
      could
      get
      in-
     
     
      surance
      on
      the
      new
      Student
     
     
      Union
      building,”
      said
     
     
      Pauline
      Tran,
      Vice
      Presi-
     
     
      dent
      Internal.
     
    

    
     
      Tran
      adds
      that
      the
     
     
      cut
      also
      has
      financial
      ben-
     
     
      efits.
      “By
      cancelling
      the
      in
     
     
      insurance
      we
      also
      save
     
     
      $3000.”
     
    

    
     
      The
      Barn
      has
      been
     
     
      used
      as
      a
      “temporary”
     
     
      home
      for
      the
      SU
      for
      over
     
     
      20
      years.
      During
      this
      time,
     
     
      it
      has
      been
      victim
      to
      the
     
     
      abuse
      of
      several
      genera-
     
     
      tions
      of
      students.
      The
      con-
     
     
      struction
      of
      the
      new
      build-
     
     
      ing
      is
      scheduled
      to
      begin
     
     
      in
      the
      spring
      of
      2000.
     
    

    
     
      Winston
      Tremere,
      a
     
     
      representative
      of
      The
      Co-
     
     
      operators,
      Charlottetown,
     
     
      believes
      that
      it
      is
      unlikely
     
     
      that
      an
      insurance
      company
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      would
      refuse
      to
      insure
      the
     
     
      new
      building,
      and
      that
      al-
     
     
      though
      not
      necessary,
      fire
     
     
      coverage
      on
      such
      a
      struc-
     
     
      ture
      would
      be
      safer
      than
     
     
      none.
     
    

    
     
      “There
      is
      no
      reason
     
     
      why
      the
      Student
      Union
     
     
      could
      not
      get
      insurance
      on
     
     
      the
      next
     
     
      building,”
      maintained
     
     
      Tremere.
      “Just
      because
     
     
      there
      has
      been
      a
      fire
      [with
     
     
      the
      Barn]
      isn’t
      reason
     
     
      enough.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Some
      students
      are
     
     
      concerned
      about
      the
      safety
     
     
      of
      the
      building.
     
    

    
     
      “You
      would
      think
     
     
      they
      would
      come
      up
      with
     
     
      a
      better
      way
      of
      saving
     
     
      money,”
      said
      one
      student.
     
     
      “Cancelling
      fire
      insurance
     
     
      on
      a
      building
      where
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      smoke
      and
      drink
     
     
      isn’t
      a
      very
      smart
      idea.”
     
    

    
     
      Another
      student
     
     
      questioned
      the
      Student
     
     
      Union's
      ability
      to
      hold
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      liquor
      licence
      in
      the
      event
     
     
      that
      the
      fire
      insurance
      cov-
     
     
      erage
      was
      to
      be
      cancelled.
     
    

    
     
      Ken
      Hicks
      of
      the
     
     
      Liquor
      Control
      Commis-
     
     
      sion
      says
      that
      UPEI
      SU
      is
     
     
      not
      forced
      to
      have
      such
      in-
     
     
      surance
      to
      hold
      a
      liquor
      li-
     
     
      cence.
     
     
      “There
      is
      no
      require-
     
     
      ment
      for
      fire
      insurance
      to
     
     
      obtain
      a
      liquor
      license,”
      he
     
     
      says.
      “It
      is
      up
      to
      the
      estab-
     
     
      lishment,
      although
      it
     
    
   
   
    
     
      would
      be
      foolish
      not
      to
     
     
      have
      any.”
     
    

    
     
      Students
      also
      com-
     
     
      mented
      that
      they
      “feel
      un-
     
     
      easy”
      at
      the
      thought
      of
      fre-
     
     
      quenting
      the
      building,
      fear-
     
     
      ing
      that
      if
      a
      fire
      was
      to
      oc-
     
     
      cur
      personal
      injury
      may
     
     
      result
      from
      the
      incident.
     
    

    
     
      “If
      someone
      was
      to
     
     
      be
      injured,
      they
      [the
      Stu-
     
     
      dent
      Union]
      would
      prob-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      *
      Continued
      on
      Page
      4
     
    
   
   
    
     
      CIMN
      funding
      partially
     
     
      reinstated
     
    
   
   
    
     
      management
      guardedly
      optimistic
     
     
      about
      station’s
      future
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      KAREN
      RAWLINES
      _
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Following
      three
      years
     
     
      of
      operation
      on
      a
      shoestring
     
     
      budget,
      UPEI’s
      CIMN
      radio
     
     
      is
      now
      looking
      optimistically
     
     
      towards
      a
      new
      year
      of
      broad-
     
     
      casting
      with
      more
      money
     
     
      than
      they've
      had
      since
      a
      Stu-
     
     
      dent
      Union
      cut
      funding
      in
     
     
      1996.
     
    

    
     
      At
      a
      recent
      SU
      coun-
     
     
      cil
      meeting,
      CIMN
      manage-
     
     
      ment
      put
      forward
      a
      request
     
     
      for
      increased
      funding
      in
      the
     
     
      amount
      of
      approximately
     
     
      $9,000.
      Although
      they
      did
     
     
      not
      receive
      this
      full
      amount,
     
     
      most
      were
      pleased
      with
      the
     
     
      allotted
      $5,350.
     
    

    
     
      Jason
      Gourley,
      the
      sta-
     
     
      tion’s
      general
      manager,
      is
      en-
     
     
      couraged
      by
      the
      funding
      in-
     
     
      crease,
      noting
      that
      the
      re-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      cently
      approved
      budget
      is
     
     
      $3,850
      more
      than
      their
      pre-
     
     
      vious
      one.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Over
      the
      years,
      the
      sta-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      tion
      has
      been
      plagued
      by
      stu-
     
     
      dents’
      criticism
      regarding
      the
      *
      Continued
      on
      page
      4
     
    
   
   
    
     
      small
      range
      of
      transmission.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      OS
      a
      a
      er
      ee
     
     
      better
      connection
      in
      the
      Pit.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -Photo
      by
      Richard
      Haines