Student Papers

The Students' Association produces three publications.

• Salient
• Spike
• Cappicade

Salient is the student newspaper and this appears fortnightly during the term. The Editor and Business Manager are appointed by the Publications Committee and these are ratified by the Executive. The rest of the staff is appointed by the Editor, and he has control of what appears in the paper. Students are invited to join the staff of Salient. The paper circulates down town and at the Training College. Circulation is pushing 2000, readership is over 4000.

Cappicade is a magazine of pornography and entertainment designed to give a good impression of varsity to the community. The Capping Committee supervises the business aspects of Cappicade including payments to the printer, advertising receipts, and distribution. The technical aspects such as copy, layout, and sale of advertising is handled by Publications Committee.

In order to obtain sufficient sellers, various Inducements are offered. The average sales are 23,000 copies, of which up to 5000 are sold outside Wellington. The profits vary from £500 to £1000 depending on sales and avertising space sold.

Spike Is a mainly literary publication which appears at irregular intervals every two or three years. The Editor is appointed in similar manner to the Salient Editor.