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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume. 33, Number 7. 27 May, 1970

Critic: — Editor Resigns

Critic:

Editor Resigns

The Editor of Critic, Peter Dickson, has resigned because of differences with members of Otago's Publications Board.

The Technical Editor and other members of the staff of Critic have also resigned from the staff of the newspaper.

Mr Dickson said the differences arose at a meeting of the Otago Students' Association's Publications Committee. At this meeting he had presented a proposal to amend the Critic budget to provide for a $960 loss in 1970. All of the members of the Executive on the Committee, said Mr Dickson, were opposed to his proposals. After a great deal of discussion and compromise on both sides the members of the Committee found themselves divided over the sum of $20. This conflict could not be resolved and Mr Dickson then told the committee that he would resign from the editorship.

Mr Dickson said that the trouble arose from the fact that "there was a conflict of interest with the Publications Officer (Richard Weatherly) in that he was trying to save money and I was trying to spend it." Mr Dickson said that this was the attitude of the President, Errol Millar, as well. He said that he had tried to explain his editorial policy to the Publications Committee but had been ruled out of order when doing so.

Critic is the only student newspaper in New Zealand without a direct grant from students or a student executive. It has been operated as a profit-making, or at least break-even, operation by Otago students from its inception. For purposes of comparison, Craccum has a budget of $8000 (excluding advertising) and Salient a budget of $5600 (excluding advertising). Critic is financed solely by advertising revenues.