With the January/February 1982 issue, what had been The New Pacific Magazine
became simply Pacific Magazine. "Our news is that we're not new anymore,"
publisher Bruce Jensen wrote in the issue. "The 'new' in our name designated
the excitement and pride of the new, evolving, vibrant Pacific Islands…But
some readers thought the 'new' indicated that the magazine was fresh off
the press. Now, entering our sixth year, we can't fairly be labelled 'new'
in that sense anymore."
- Notable Writers: "If measured by vigor and experience, Palauans will
soon be the most skilled constitution writers in all the Pacific," wrote
Donald R. Shuster. "In a short span of six years, Palauans wrote, revised
or revived seven constitutions in an amazing exercise of nation building."
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- Mad At Mead: "It is curious that the ill will toward (Margaret) Mead
should be so widespread," wrote Lee Cranberg. "All accounts agree that
she was welcomed and well-liked during her stay in Tau (Samoa). But
the affections seemingly withered when the repercussions from her book
started to lap the island shores…And so in Tau today, she is remembered
less for the fine points of her anthropology theory than she is for
a resented parenthetical comment she made about dogs in the dining area."
- Disastrous Relief: "A common concern…is that disaster relief itself
can be disastrous," wrote Michael P. Hamnett. "Case material from the
Pacific Islands Development Program survey reveals that, even after
minor disasters, imported food has been supplied for long periods by
islands governments or international agencies."
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