Sulient is the title of a broadsheet issued by some students recently. It satirically covers a number of student political topics. The title proved an unfortunate choice when its publishers wished to quote Salient editor Hugh Rennie. A spot check of readers showed that they all thought the reference to the Salient editor was a spelling mistake and "Sulient editor" was intended!

Sundays

Sunday Publication of Salient is still continuing, even though most students are unaware of this. Issues are now dated Friday and distributed during the weekend through Wellington by a commercial distribution firm. Last year Salient became probably the world's first Sunday student newspaper when it dated its issues Sunday and staff members distributed copies on Sundays. Several hundred members of the general public regularly read Salient.

Hostels

Palmerston North ratepayers have approved a £90,000 loan by a narrow margin. This loan will finance a £450.000 hostel scheme for Masscy University. The loan will be financed by a rates levy. The hostel scheme was fully detailed in Salient last year.

Anonymous

Last Issue was the issue of anonymous phone calls. A woman rang up to congratulate Salient on publishing details of Citizens' Rights She said she has had four children pass through university and knows that the police do sometimes infringe on individual liberties. She cited the case of her son, who, she said, had been arrested, roughed up by the police, not told what he had done wrong, thrown into jail for a night, not permitted to ring a lawyer, and then released after it was decided he was innocent.

Another caller begged Salient to mail copies of the front-page article to the directors of Truth (NZ) Ltd. He recited a long list of articles by Kevin Sinclair which he said were sensationalism in very poor taste. (The copies have been mailed.)