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Sudents attending So we urge you, student motorcycle but the situation we are faced with defies all lectures over the other side of canqius will riders: Do not buy red permits. It's the have to walk pretty briskly to get to logk, and has to be dealt with. We know cost of a new rear tyre, and we all know there's a war m Iraq and thousands of lectures on time! But that's not aU - you which would be of more value! will have to find a space to park first This children die each day in "third world" Over the last four years I've attended designated area has yellow lines painted countries, but this, too, is real As motorcy Uni, there has been a slow but steady aljouthvo feet apart So if you squeeze the cle riders, we should show that we are increase in the number of motorcycle "bikes in like spoons, youll be very lucky to organised and have a common goal So, riders attending UnL There has never park a maxunum of thirty 'bikes there. remember, show consideration when Choose any weekday any time after been a problem with a lack of parking parking, use your main stand (less space), 9am last year and you could count well up space. A distribution problem, yes. The and don't let the bastards wear you down. to 150 'bikes parked on campus - certainly Michie "bike park understandably is the Written by Pfor tjte UQMC most desirable area to park. Forthe more than thirty of those belong to UQMC meets Wednesday 6 Marth in the moment, the zoning has not come into students. old4ZZZsludtos. li is iheAGM, but parking force. We have a couple of weeks (hope- will be on the agenda, so ifyou want to have So how has this come about? Blind and iiiliy) to sort this out Thus, we encourage your say, come along, or call us: 368 2073 bloody-minded bureaucracy, that's how! motorcycle riders to use other 'bike park (Boundary Rd) or 8781937 (Usher Si) Tlie three areas which will become Red areas if they findMichi e 'bike area full, zones ($100 parking fee for bikes) - Resign! Resign! This is wJiat I ciy out lo which it usually is by lOam. Trying to park Commerce, Michie and Engineeiing "hike in a crowded area will not only piss off the BMT executive, and I shout out Resign! parks - have become so because they lie Although I don't believe in war again (;m the slim chance they missed it the admin, but is also a cause of damage to 1 support diosc who have pul their Ihres at within the car parking red zones. Hence it other 'bikes and will piss off other "bikers, first time). Why? fyouma y asic). Because is incomprehensible to tlie Bursar orthe risk to defend us. too! The other parking areas are well there is no Coke ia the main refectory. Yes, traffic section that these parking areas, Attack from the enemy we expect. located so you should be able to park there is Pepsi, a veiy infeiior substitute, especially the Michie "bike park, despite That is war. somewhere within reasonable range of and Diet Pepsi (a p-oduct I believe is akin logic and common sense, be designated as But that members of our so called peace lectures. There have been some problems to saccharine mfaced with wndow cleaner). any other colour. Someone drew a ring forces with 'bikes stolen from the 'bike park, Not only that, they Ve removed the auto around a map of Uni and coloured every Should ridiculean d besmall them which is another thing to whinge about to matic snack dispensers. This is intoler thing within it RED. That they should taigel them with flour admin. Surely, if they can employ people to able!" I screamed to my ftiends. What bombs So that's that, folks, no arguments. By run around and write parking tickets all misfortune would come 0/this year's and other missiles. the way, though, they have kindly informed day.'these people can afford to keep an eye executive, and all my worst fears were That is unforgiveable. us that the $100 paridng permits left over on our 'bikes for us? That might be asking realized! Shame! Shame! Shame! Surely supporters of peace could find a will be available to students. We at the for a little too much altruism on some PeterMurphy peaceful way to demonstrate. . UQMC are outraged!! Those three red mdividuals' parts though. That would be a sign of maturity. zones alone will park well up to two Finalfy, we have to hang on to what hundred "bikes, especially ifyou sandwich Let us put an end to violent demonstrations parking spaces we have left Over the Dear Eds, them in the way we're supposed to in the and flagburning s years, the Ag and Engineering 'bike parks _ Student car drivers trying to park at Uni Agarea Performed in the name of peace. have shrunk to half, making space for a this year will think theyVe got sometWng They do nothing for the cause. It's illogical for a student car user to pay handful of cars, of course. The STAFF to whinge about Ifyou think you Ve got it Let us also show respect for our armed $^0 and a student motoirycle user to pay Ijike area in front of the Forgan Smith rough, then spare a thought for tlie over twice that- $100. The use of motorcy forces. hundred-odd student motorcycle riders. building last year became a parkbg space They are not fighting for the sake of cles should be encouraged, not penalised. for ONE car. When admin finallysort s themscbes They use less paridng space and petrol, for fighting. The University Adtninistration {re out, they will be aUocating a SINGLE area chrissakes! For example, you'd be lucky to They believe that through fighting ferred to as "Admin" in this article - also for student motorcycles, situated way way park four cars in the "bike park designated They will achieve peace. like to note that "'bike" refers lo motor WAY over the far side of campus near the for students only. Nicole Mitchell bike) is notoriously impossible to deal with. Arts
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IGHTIWG THE MEDIA WAR lis conflict is justified. In battlefield but on the tions. The dominant im fj':;t.itisnecessary. Despots printed pge,and above all ages of this war will be the , of tlic ilk of Saddam on the television screen,.". talking heads of CNN and -lussem must not be al- Many people would dis NBC trying to piece to pwed to impose their will pute this verdict, the war gether some sense out of ITpon peaceful; largely de- • was decided by the US information that has only nceless neighbours. The military being unable to been released because it is tiions of the US '.ixl i nali- cope with a guerilla war useless. on offerees are backed by .that wasn't fought accord te govern'ments of all ing to theirrulcs, something Early in Febn^ary, the Iraqi tacked by politicians and such incredible odds. Tell the hircxl mouthpieces o' lose responsible Allies theyareattcmptingtocover army was reported to have all of the commercial me- them he's evil, and that thegovernment takeover I'hosc presence can only up decades laterasis shown taken over Kahfji in north d ia as being inflammatory, therefore destroying him. presenting the "truth" ir ave the world from even by Bush's statement that ern Saudi Arabia. Shortly even though they present and his people and releases, maintaining loy nore terror. Of course, 'this time we will not be afterwards, John Majorand right-wing war support economy is good. They'll alty from individual re ollateral damage mayoc- fighting with one hand tied George Bush both publicly stories as well as left wing support you all the,way. porters by tempting them :ur, but a few thousand behind our back like Viet- announced tjhat Saudi anti-war dips. But show them dead West with the occasional scoof iciderttal losses will save •forces had retaken the erners, they'll thinkof their orleak.Selfihtcrest,orevor 10 lives of tens- of thqu- town. Fairly straight for Even the presentation is brothers and sisters and being able to just eat an( ands of Western lives iri However many military ward, except for a story interesting. Any film from friends. Then suggest con^ pay for petrol, ensures tha ic ground attacks. Nu- authorities throughout the reported only once on the Iraq is preceded and fol scription - they'll realise the government 1 i ne is toec Icar weapons may be used, worid took hoed of what BBC world service in tho lowed by exhortations to they could be dead. Next- And it doesn't work onl] pt only in a tactical role. Elegant said and in 1970 a middle of the night. The remember that Iraqi cen comes good old Western on individuals - during th dispersion of fallout in the seminar was held in Lon reporter involved literally sors have passed the ma selfishness - they jump up first days of tho war th iesert will be relatively don at which it was con sneaked out of Riyadh, and terial. Why aren't we con and protest. Which of these ABC had their fundin apid, and ground-troop cluded thatcamerasshould hitched a lift towards Kahfji stantly reminded that all scenarios do we see on TV? publicly threatened in Pat lovement will subse- not be allowed on any fu- with US marines When the Western media is con Are we being manipu liament for daring to dist Tuently be facilitated to an turebattlefield.Other rules Ihey arrived, he found (as strained in the same way lated by the media or gree writh the Defense Di Jiormous extent. for war situations were he listened on his by Western governments? what??? partment's ideas about ir det'ermined to be to shortwave walkman to a CNN camera teams seem formation disscminatior If you're still reading, it's 12 hour old replay of to be happy to simply 'be TheannouncementbyKck The politicians and th probably with the same (A) Control access to the President Bush stating that there', in essence provid Chaney of a total ban on military have closed rank norbid fascination with fighting the town was in AUied ing entertainment rather media access to the war was to present what they war which you also swallow hands) that Kah^i was oc tha n d isseminat ion of facts of course the logical con you to hoar, and any joui ?entagon-sourced news (B) Exclude neutral corre cupied by Iraqi troops and opinion from both clusion of these policies. naiist who goes anywher jleases as presented by spondents busily firing shells at the sides. Pictures of a talking Face it, the air war was just besides the Defense Modii ourlocal TV stations. Why Marines who were stuck 10 head in the middle of an the prelude, the media ap Liaison office had better miles outside the city lim io you subject yourself to (C) Censor your own air-raid, or on the ground petiser, because basically watch out. his? Why do you actually its. Someone on the radio greeting returning pilots there isn't much room in •ther to read and watch was lying, perhaps. At this get far higher ratings than the back seat of a modem (D) Muster support, both stage, he was removed by So, SUPTORT the war, oi vhaf they are telling you? some boring analyst con fighter bomber for a TV OPPOSE the war, oi on Ihe field and at home in Marines who'd been or ''DCS every other viewer sidering why the Pentagon cameraman, journalist and DON'T DECIDE either the name of patriotism dered by US Med ia Lia i son id reader believe they also did something or other to soundman. However if way. But when you watch staff to transport him back ive your extraordinary influence public opinion. they get off their behinds TV, don't think that if it's lility to extract the facts (E) Label any dissidents as to Riyadh. There, he was and get out there in tho hot traitors not there, then it's not hap im what you know is clearly warned that he But ratings aside, perhaps sand there will be gore pening, or thai if you sec it, ;cly propaganda? should not stray into the it's because the media, be enough for everyone! But it must be true. Of course Even the?i.> rules only hark war zone, or he might be ing created and driven by of course tboy won't be al back to the rigidcontro l that you alrcady know that, bu me media, especially the shot accidentally. His re our desires and dreams, lowed anywnere near any it's probably more impor was present during Worid port on the BBC was fol knows us too well. They fighting until after its all lectronic media, seem to War One (where every tant now that the costs tc Jtrying toconvinceus that lowed by a Foreign Service know t>-at Western ideol- been cleaned up. If you some very powerfu 1 pooplt: ^ecan'f 3r security reasons. minds fine to mc, but the dividual is important, par- member that it's in tho in terests of those very pow We are a self-centred human beings and that erful people to gain anc was to falsifying casualty ue. The idea of deliberate bunch,andtherefbreit'snot when they are destroyed maintain yoursupport, but ..is-information is played figures after battles so that Tho same sort of thing surprising that the biggest the effects upon that crew don't forget that they'll bo lown. The idea that there recruiting figures wouldn't happcnsclosertohome. An protests against the war are horrendous, instead mighty annoyed if yot jght be another point of drop). ABC reporter says that he followed, in every country they are.portrayed as suggest they could bi !w is seen as undermin- was denied access to any in which they occurred, strange machines with a wrong. What tho military doesn't g the national interest in one at Duntroon, the conscription scares. Show life of their own. seem to havecounted upon ^me way as well. Brigadier in charge of people pictures of air-to- is the way which various Australian media control ground attacks in a far off the aftermath of the Vi media bend over back So why are the mcKlia try- si„,, ^^, n^, „r ^.j,; and even a Navy chaplain, country, they're appalled. mg to hoodwink us hke ^^j^ ^^^j,,^ j, ^^^ ^^^^ la m War, Robert Elegant, wards inorder to helpthcm mainly because he works Show people pictures of bng serving Asia export in their endeavours to de- this? Is there some world- , ^ for the ABC. In Australia, dead Iraqis, they're horri- wideconspii^Lytokeopthe P™^^" ^« ^' ^"""^ "^"^
lo expect TV to present us With information to chan- isn't. There's too much self announcmenf that ai itory the outcome of war 5 determined not on the wouldntsurrenderagainsl 'Theline willbethis..."and the media EDS
STODEMTS LOSE OUT TO EXECOTIVE SEKiflGE SLASHIHG OK so you're a full-time student you pay $210 year to the Student Union to provide you with services: due to persistent and unreasonable har groups involved - Murris, Women, Over assment. O^ou get: assment. seas Students, Part- Time Students and External Students (at least half of the - a lobbying campaign to increase Secu Activities, The BMT Executive has decided they will Univeresity population... described by the rity on campus. Refectories, effectively wipe out the Women's Area by Executive a 'minority groups') whether Welfare Office, not replacing the organiser. Instead the they want an Equal C^portunity Area? Or - workshops for women on subjects like Education Office, Executive has talked about 'reviewing' the is it a case of BMT knows best? car maintenance, self defence, women's Postgraduate Office, area for unidentified reasons. A review studies, women and eating disorders, committee was set up at a Executive meet - Does BMT know what Equal Opportu women's health issues, desk-top publish Union Resource Centre, ing packed-out with pnatesting students nity means? Equal Opportunity pro- ing etc. Clubs & Societies & Semper on February 28. Despite widespread stu grammesalUnivcr9ity,Stateand Federal You should expect more, but unless dent opposition BMT managed to elect a level all accept the need for special inter - a supportive meeting place and environ you're white, Anglo-Saxon, straight and review committee largely composed of est groups to organise autonomously. ment for women students. male, (he only thing you'll be getting conservative male students who are likely There is no precedent for the creation of from the Student Union this year is a tobe: such a hotch-potch area. - the continued operation and promotion refurbished refectory. a) unsympathetic to the women's rights of the Security Bus Service. area, If BMT were really interested in servicing In its first quarter in office the BMT Execu (b) ignorant about women's issues on students they would have bothered to do - Consistent lobbying for better childcare tive has wiped out services to Overseas, campus, some basic research. They have no objec services on campus. External, Part-time and now women stu (c) have not actually been involved in the tives for the Equal Opportunity Area ex dents. The Union is no longer providing Women's Rights' Area. cept that it self-destruct.Under-resourcing - Counselling, support and relerra] serv specific services to women students, exter BMT also displayed its lack of any respect and incompatible aims will ensure them. ices for ALL issues of concern to women nal students, part-time, overseas, or gay & for the Women's Rights Committee and students. lesbian students. These are all students Collective as well as the correct legal Un - BMT want to get men on the Women's who face specific problems with Univer ion procedures by electing a student to fill Rights Committee... they see 'Equal Op sity life ranging from harassment to bu If you dDn;'t want to see the Women's the organisers' position on a part-time ba portunity' as the way to do it. This is the Rights' Area go the way of the Externals, reaucratic difficulties with the University sis without consulting with the Women's equivalent of having undergraduate stu Overseas and Part-time Student Services, Administration. Right Committee. Clearly the review com dents on the postgraduate students com then sign the petition to save the area mittee is simply a stalling tactic while BMT mittee, non-indigenous students on the (available from Ihe Women's Rights The Union exists to provide services to finds a way of getting rid of the area. Murri students committee or indeed Law students yet the Union President told Students running the Engineering Under Room, first floor of the Shident Union Building-and come along to the pub Union Council that under the supposed The Equal Opportunity GhettorOne thing graduate Society. lic meetings held regularly every Better Management Team the " Union will the BMT boys have managed to articidate Tuesday at 1pm in the Women's have to cut back on student sertnces" . whati s the d esire to renovate the Women's Area The only excuse the BMT boys have given this really means is that students will have into an Equal Opportunity Area. This as the reasons to review the area is that Rights Room. to pay the cost of the Executives blatant soundsgreatonthesurfacebut when asked they feel intimidated by Women's Rights political leanings by losing services that to define what they mean by an Equal and are bothered by the fact that men's they desperately need. These will eventu Opportunity Area the boys are stumped. decisions aren't 'taken into account'. THE ally extend beyond services that the Ex They have murmured something about BMT feel so scared by the Worn ecutive ckdm are "Minority Groups " to creating an area for Murri students. en's Area that theyare willing to those that affect all of us after all STH- Overseas, Externals, Part-timers and abolish the following services WOMEN DENTS AIRE ALL A MINORnY GROUP Women (and whatever other 'riff-raff' they (rmember that refusing to re- -^-^ w ^»>- w v tin £«y IN SOCIETY AND THE UNION EXISTS can marginalise). But several questions staff is the same as abolishing IJ^ | € "• l| jlx N| TO REPRESENT THEM. must be asked about the Equal Opportu thearea); J.% M ^JH •»..Mf.«fi^,/ nity ghetto: AREA The Women's Rights Research Oi^an- - confidential support and ad iser, Lynne Rodgers, resigned on Maixrh 8 - Does BMT plan to ask the special interest vice on issues of Sexual Har WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU The Union is dependent upoti its staff for the quality of the services which tt offers.Anybody who has worked with a Union area will realise that it Is the staff who provide the area with stability, continuity and the professkDnalism neccessary for students to receive the full value of the services that they pay for. FREE TEA/COFFEE At present there is a very subtle attack underway on the quality of the services whfch the Union prpvWes. CHAT Using the catch cry of "cost-effectiveness" as an excuse, the Union Executive is attenpting to COMFY CHAIRS downgrade the Union services. RELAXING SPACE No-one was ever consulted about who wouW gain from axing the positfon of EXTERNAL/PART- WOMEN'S RIGHTS TIMERS/OVERSEAS STUDENTS ORGANISER. The tosers are the students who wouW have benefited from the skills a full-time organiser would have brought to those areas.For years Overseas CAMPAIGNS and Part-Time students have complained that they get little help from the Union and now when finally WORKSHOPS something positive was about to be done about It, they are left coki. EQUAL OPPORTUNiTY The resignatton of the WOMEN'S RIGHTS ORGANISER has now left them with another opportunity FEMINIST to destroy a service offered by the Union.TheIr plan to use a committee to "review" the positton means THEORY/UTERAfURE that the area has been left without any member of staff to took afler ongoing concerns such as the workshop programme and sexual han-assment counselling.Women on campus are left without a WOMEN'S SOUDARITY commitment that the Organiserwill be replaced. WOMEN'S ISSUES HEAUH As a result of these decistons both staff and students are left wondering whfch area will be next to go under the axe of "cost-effectiveness". This axe seems to leave students without access to their CREATIVrrY essential servtoes and bewiklered as to who supposedly t>enefits from these cuts. SYMIWHETIC WOMEN'S RIGHTS These transparent attacks are about what we can expect from an executive which contains members ORGANISERS who promote Voluntary Student Unionism, a doctrine which wouW destroy the Union, leaving students without services and representatkm while still having to pay fees but with no say in howthey are spent. AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS VICE PRESIDENT Until the Union is free of these blatantly political attacks it will never be able to get on whh its role of looking afterthe interestsof YOU the students. 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1. STUDENT CARD 7. THE BAG. (current) The Bag. Potentially the most annoying item you will ever own. My advicehereis The student card is your ticket to when acquiring a bag for use around tho excitement, adventure and library books. Uni, make it distinctive. A rucksack that The card can also act as your major form sings, or a satchelthat can tap-dance would of identification at a variety of reputable be useful in this regard. One of the late night entertainment venues. It makes annoying major problems with the a pretty nifty bookmark, or an excellent average bag is caused by the Age of Mass way of demonstrating just how bad you Production. Stop and consider this. look in photographs. Consider the number of Uni students, then consider the number of bags owned 2. THE MAP. by each student (roughly 1.33 bags *). "nien add in to fhis mental picture your A free map of the Uni is available at the identical looking bag in the massive pile University Book Shop neatly concealed in of similar bags. Proceed to shake this image a visitor's handbook. For first year around a bit, (jumping up and do vm helps students, there should have been one in here). Now once the pile is nice and neatly your enrolment book (there was one in CHEAPER mixed together, try to find your bag in a mine). The map has everything you need hurry. C5et my point? Unless you have an to find your way around the enormous intimate knowledge of your bag and its expanse of the Uni. The only notable BUS FARES markings, don't put it down anywhere problem with the map is the lack o f a little near another similar bag. Not if you want red 'you are here'arrow. Ifsomeonecould to find it again in a hurry. . (*Statistics comeup with a solution tothis it would be invented on the spot). most appreciated. FOR STUDENTS! Full-time tertiary 3. THE PEN. students can save 8. WATER. It sounds like a statement of the obvious, hundreds of dollars An interesting phenomen. Water has but i t al most isn't. You may scoff now, but with a Brisbane City become involved in several subversive wait until that very important lecture Council tertiary activities that occur during semester covering the exam questions in detail, student bus ticket. including the notorious MURDER game. and you're scrabbling around trying to Players of the gameareadvised to consult the Optional Extras list. borrow somethig to write with. You'll • Tertiary student tickets allow wish you'd taken my advice. I'll have the unlimited travel on any Brisbane The Uni also has one of the finest last laugh on this one. City Council Bus. swimming pools in Brisbane on campus. • They can be purchased either for Just the place to relax during the hot 4. A NOTE BOOK (A4 one semester or for a whole year. summers. SEMESTER TICKETS: or foolscap) Valid from 1 February 1991 to Students must provide evidence of Possibly the most useful development 30 June 1991, and from 1 July 1991 full-time attendance at an approved 9. OPTIONAL EXTRAS. to 30 November 1991. tertiary institution, and proof of since the stone tablet, the note book has identity, to obtain a tertiary student Water Pistol: For the chUdish and almost unlimited uses. Some more sedate YEARLY TICKETS: ticket. the MURDER players. and mundane people (normally non- Valid from 1 February 1991 to 31 January 1992. Towel: Defensive mechanism students) would say the primary purpose Bus Timetables of the note book is for notes. Not true. The HOW TO BUY TICKETS: Timetables are available from: against the above. note book is your mobile armoury in Tertiary student tickets are available from: • Public Transport Information Subject Textbooks: You mean times of paper plane fights in the lecture Centre, Ground Floor study at Uni? theatres and a portable defence shield • Customer Service Centre, Brisbane Administration Centre, Brisbane Administration Centre, 69 Ann Street, Brisbane. Uni Handbook: Heroes and during these fights. 69 Ann Street, Brisbane. • Queen Street Bus Station It can also work as a brilliant information- • Brisbane City Council Regional weightlifters only. Anyone gathering resourse. During lectures,it can Centres at: • Local Ward Offices considering carrying the Uni be used to quietly chat up the person Indooroopilly • Regional Centres handbook around with them sitting near you. All you do is write a few Westfield Shoppingtown • Garden-City Information Centre, Upper Mt Gravatt Garden City Bus should consider helping to carry choice questions eg. "Who are you?", Interchange Garden City Shopping Centre the weight of the world on their "What is your phone number?", "What • Public Libraries are you doing on Friday?" etc. and Chermslde shoulders. depending on your luck (and Myer Shopping Centre Enquiries, hand writing) you may bein withachance. Inala phone the A third use is for taking lecture notes. Inala Plaza Shopping Centre Wynnum Bus Hotline Wynnum Administration Building on 225 4444. Brisbane City
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A CEMENT BOX ODYSSEY From this pleasant Interlude where you get to ask Jai many questions Tlie Cotn«ntBo»Theatre and GaUeiy wally l«ic«iw windows, uneven concrete floors. Besser brfck walls and retaining Wall w^l* hol^dt and get .suprislngly sen^ble Firstly head toward the Schonell the tonnes of dirt of the building's foundations. It has had plagues of ants, cockles, answers, you pass into the foyer Cinema. There are signs everywhere solders, students and the odd mouse. _,,.., ^.^^.^ fhie gallery. for the Schonell so if you cani find it But for generations of UQ students who have trod Ihe boards, in this case, '»ment. this theatre is an Important part of university coping mechanisms. ^Whether as»««. a^st youll need orienteering lessons before director, writer etc or weT entertained audient (singular of audience) there are always If two coats of paint constitutes even attempting to negotiate the oppoflunities to visit or work at the Cement Box. ^....^ fir.t renovation then this space has just ^ first challenge Is to find it. Beware If! Many freshers have wasted first entrails of the Cement Box. been renovated and an exhibition semester trying to seek out the Cement Box Slle. of posters from the history of the Cement Box is showing. Vou can browse and glean an Mea of those m To attract her attention go lo the Mdge in the So you are at the Schonett. Snealt up on Nothing too exiting wtio preceded your own illustrious office and help yourself to one of the frozen ics ith e forecourt and concentrate really tiard, excursion Into the theatre. Plays blocks Imported especially from New WorW at Squeeze your eyes shut, sM your here Meander down |L»5,^"," like Tha Saliva Milkshake'; we Toowong. Those tend to have a calming effect tongue out the left side of your mouth, were most keen tohav e the poster on our new admin direct. Just a hint. The freezer m turn your head slightly to the left and the next sel of stairs. ElM-^/^jlf »• hung away from the coffee bar, refuses to do Its thing on the yellow ice blocks. cock your ears. Slowly you will be able "Hair'; no date attached, 1990 We have red, green and a gmngy orange cotour, to disfinguish the souneteoi lauding, perhaps?, and a play by Joe Gray so if you must have yellow bring it with you. m singing or the occasional dramatic sob with her mother's seal of approval ffoating up from the stairs on the left. 5! for ever preserved In laminate and "'mrr^''^J^t-^^y^^AuuuuM^i* ;5sS5si Follow the sounds i H is here that your guided tour '-^^ Your next step B to meet Bie mud1-n^xxe•fnend^^^ ends, The rest you must Jai Greenaway, the aciministrative dHector, Avoid experience for yourself not this vk:arious Semper arm chair getting these two mbced up as we need the poppet adventure. You can be to ftighleo tie rats, etephantsetc. You usualJy find Involved easily. Follow the her running around in ever decreaang drctes. simple directions above and Whidi. wtiie v«y Mfifeig forJa i who has only you couid be part of the excitement arid tradition been here a month and is in a constant state of which Is the Cement Box. Our !>T •theatre', can be very dsooncerting for new ( phone number is 371 7663. ^ >> POOL PARTY Believe it or not, organizing pool parties is our job Car Pool Parties that is!. Carpooling with a party of 3 or 4 people is a great way to IVIAKE NEW FRIENDS and a great way to travel lo and from Uni. So, if you're into having fun, drop in and see us or give us a call! But more importantly, carpooling can be worth HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS to you. In fact most people don't realize just how many hundreds of dollars they could save simply by regularly pooling with a party of three or four people. So, if you're into having money in your pocket come in and talk lo us or give us a call! ilBBSiiiiiiii Carpooling can also be very FLEXIBLE, CONVENIENT AND RELIABLE. Most people don't think so, but, chances are, the way we do iKliliSISKfilSl}^ things will surprise you! wm-^ \Mmmmm So, if you're into tailoring your travel to suit your needs, drop in or phone us! Carpooling HELPS OUR ENVIRONMENT and conserves scarce energy resources too. And, with 759'o of all air pollution in South East (Queensland being caused by private motor vehicles, that's important! So, if you're interested in doing your bit for our environment, come in or call us! In addition to this there are many other reasons for giving carpooling a try; from special parking discounts and privileges to special rates of car insurance. So, unless you're a filthy richsno b who hates people and the environment, it's worth your while talking to us. Ifs a FREE service and we can also help you out with all your public transport needs. HOW TO REGISTER You'll find The University of (2ueensland RIDESHARING PROGRAME in Room IS of the Steele Biulding. So, for carpooling as you've never imagined it before, come and see us or simply PH: 3651594 OR 3651593 and get as many free pool parties as you want! WAIl UNION ISSUES KISS THE OLD DINOSAUR GOODBYE STUDENTS, SCIENCE, SUSTAINABILITY The new Main Refec - Wow! (t walks all over the old Refectory, which was not only very ugly, but A National Tertiary Students' Conference also structurally unsound. Repairs and maintenance Australian National University, 24-26 April 1991 each year were costing the Union a fortune, and not allowing the Refec staff to produce the quality According to Greenpeace we position. As such, they have an of food students demanded. have fen years to turn around opportunity and a responsibility environmental degradation. to consider sustainability and its Pope John Paul II has spoken future implications. Quite apart Nearly 4 months and $2 million later the first stage of "imminent ecological is open and offering not only an improved dining from this, in the 90's all students collapse.' Undoubtedly in the vrill require some basic under environment, but also better quality food. last few years public aware standing of environmental ness of environmental issues issues, The role of our educa Stage 2, which includes three new shop spaces has increased dramatiQiIy. tional institutions, including should be leased and operating by the beginning of academic and research centres, May. In Australia, the Government, is undeniably of major impor in an attempt to find a balance tance as a means of educating The third stage, the real dining hall, will be opened between economic growth and the Australian public and in protection of our environment, by about the end of May, allowing the new Refec to providing technology and has put its faith in "ecologically information furthering our provide more sealing then did its predecessor. sustainable development." Yet common environmental aims. no-one appears certain of At a total of $3.5 million the renovations have proven exactly what this phrase means The Conference, over a three to be a very costly but very necessary and worth or what it entails. According to day period, will include speak while expense. the Australian Conservation ers representing ^e Govem John Biggs (Union Secretary) Foundation, sustainability ment (Ros Kelly, Simon Crean), would require "industrialised the Opposition (Fred Chaney), countries to substantially business (John Stone, Ian reduce their overall level of McLoughlin of the Business resource throughput, probably Council of Australia and the MONEY TOO TIGHT FOR EXPAIVM OF ONION by a factor of four to five." One Executive Director of the the other hand, the Business Australian Mining Industry As many students are aware, external studies is being phased out in the next few years Council of Australia assures us Council), environmental groups and shifted to Darling Downs. We now have fewer than 1,000 external shidents that "sustainable development (Dr Bob Brown, Philip Toyne shidying from here. In the past the Union has provided a full time paid staff member does not require radical and Paul Gilding of transformation in the way we Greenpeace), science (Ian Lowe, to field calls from external shidents. Due to the dwindling workload of the staff member, live and conduct business." In it was thought that something had to be done about the position. The new Executive Peter Ellyard, Dean Croft and an effort to resolve these more), and unions (Martin decided not to employ another organiser when the last one left in September, savine the differences, the Government Ferguson). The emphasis of the Union $40,000. has established eight working Conference, however, lies on a groups to 'workshop' these series of workshops designed to The previous Executive had a different idea. They decided to add in the Overseas and issues. allow a higher level of student Part Time Shidents' portfolios to fill up the workload of the Externals Officer. These participation. other two areas have never had a paid staff member before. So far, the environmental debate in Australia has in- The Conference will fund the voivea unions, ousmess, transport and accommodation The reason that this Executive have decided not to go for this idea was because these farmers, environmental lobby for 1-5 delegates (depending on shidents are being adequately catered for by the University Administration. The groups and any number of student numbers) from each politicians. Yet young people campus. Each student body is University has two International Shident Advisors, who deal with any academic or have had poor representation personal problem. External shidents also have liaison officers at the University. Part being encouraged to adopt a and they, of course, are the democratic system to select time students are rarely on campus during the day to take advantage of the Shident ones who vrill have to deal with delegates. If you're interested Union, but all are still welcome to use the existing Education Office. the repercussions of decisions in attending, please contact being made today. It was this Jane Brownbill (3711611). lack of consultation which If we are to keep within budget and prevent the raising of the fee at the end of the year, Please note that observers are inspired a group of ANU also welcome to attend the we rnust take every opporhmity to cut expenditure which is not absolutely essential. students to convene a confer conferences. The number of ence on sustainability. observers has not yet been lames Gifford (Union President) finalised. Union President The Students, Science, Sustainability Conference will The environmental catastrophe be held at the ANU from the in the Persian Gulf makes this 24th to the 26th of April and all conference even more timely. higher education institutions Canberra is not renowned for its have been invited to send exciting initiatives, but we "ScATioroSi"' delegates. The Conference believe it is an appropriate provides an opportunity for venue for a national tertiary .Jhe Summer holiday has been a very busy time for the Education Office. The Office has been involved Australian students from a student conference. Be there or in producing the Education Handbook and handling a large volume of appeals. There have also been range of academic disciplines be... many enquiries about entry to University and course requirements. to discuss sustainability and its The Education Handbook, v*hich is due for release shortly, contains helpful academic advice and future implications. This will For further information, contact should be retained for the whole year as a reference. It also contains a Resource Guide produced by the allow students to be heard in your student representative or Welfare Office, providing information about things such as Austudy, accommodation and employment; this important national debate the Conference working group and a subject section written by students, giving an insight into a variety of first year subjects. Tlie and to consider and enact their ongoing role. on (06) 249 4354, FAX (06) 270 handbooks will be distributed around campus soon and are free of charge. 2808, or write to "Students, Science and Sustainability Ifyou have any problems throughout the year, don't hesitate to contact the Education Office. The Office Tertiaiy students, given their Conference, c/- Dean of Sci is located at the top of the stairs on the first floor of the Union BuiIding.Luke Beny, the Education access to higher education, ence, ANU, GPO Box 4, ACT Resource Officer, is available on extension 230, and I am available on extension 226. enjoy a relative privileged 2601. Michael Schmidt (Education Vice President) JANE BROWNBILL (Environment Officer) ^ • ^ WAR jsa^^si^ UNION^. ISSUE^ S 1 RESIGNATION OFFDtS GAMES ROOM NEW OPPORniNITIBI RENOVATIONS The recent resignation of the becomemoresexually equita The Games Room, which is located at the back of the Union Complex near the Commonwealth Women's Rights Organiser, ble. Bank, is currently closed for renovations. In the past the Union has operated the Games Room, Lynne Rodgers, has presented which has offered poor quality and very old amusement machines, and has run at a loss of more an opportunity for the Un than $16,000. ion's Women's Rights Area to be made more relevant and The executive decided during the Christmas Vacation to renovate the Games Room and lease it accessible to|m|p female out to an outside operator. This will mean that while costs to students will remain low, we can students. expect a high turnover of good quality amusement machines. As well, the Games Room will continue to offer access to billiard tables as well as an air hockey table. Currently, the Area and the received funding of about » position of Women's Rights On top of the improvements to this popular shident service, the Union will in future make a profit $80,000 per year. Although Organiser, which is attended by leasing the Games Room to an outside operator. In total the Union will save about $30,0()0 this all students, men and women, by a wage of about $26,000, year, and this will increase in the future. contribute to the area's fund are under review. Although it ing, it has tended to focus on is envisaged that the Wom Matthew Boland (GENERAL VICE PRESmENT) extreme feminist issues, en's Rights' Area and the po which are of little concern to sition of an employed organ J the vast majority of female iser will notlje at>olished, the students. large expense in maintaining In the promotion of Lesbian the Area demands that it be nHltH TIMES AHEMI Rights, the Women's Rights made to address the concerns by Donna Sinopoli (Union Ti«asiirer) Area sponsored Women only of ordinary students. Last year's Executive left the Union with huge financialcommitment s but little demos and social functions Issues such as campus secu regularly, and has produced rity, sexual harassment, money in the bankto coverthem. As a result financial constraint is necessary a large amount of literature women's health, equal study this year and if the Union is to avoid going into overdraft by September cuts on lesbian issues. The area and employment opportuni will have to be made in all areas and belts tightened, the Executive being no also sponsored in 1990 the at ties and the availability of exception. A positive move towards cutting costs as the the Initiative taken by tendance of 12 women to a childcare on campus are is this year's office bearers in abolishing their free lunches (meal vouchers) and conference in Adelaide, sues that the executive feel are slashing other areas of expenditure in the Exec, budget. which largely addressed the of imjwrtance to most female problems lesbians face in our students. The review commit society. tee would like to receive sub We have made a commitment not to raise the Student: Union fee at the end However, where the ordinary missions from any interested of the year and to give students value for money, to this end, all areas and women oncampushave been menand women on whatthey services have kept their budgets at an appropriate and reasonable level and failed isin what the Women's feel are other important issues. the exec is constantly looking for ways to rationalise services and reduce Rights Area did not do Ms We have little doubt that this Rodgers consistently refused vi tal service can be made more costs even further by cutting out unnecessary waste for example. Both to include men in the area's useful to all women on cam Catering and the Cement Box theatre have new managers this year artd^re activities, or to accept contri pus, and we intend to make expected to break even. We have privatised the Games Room which will butions made by male stu the Women's Rights' Area generate substantial rental revenue after losing $16,000 last year, and dents. In doing so, she ig accessible to more than just a consistently costing the Union money. In conclusion times are tough and nored the fact that it is largely narrow band of the female difficult decisions will have to be made. male attitudes that must be student population. changed if our society is to Despite this, students can look forward to a year of more relevaht and usefiii MATTHEW BOLAND(GeneralVicePresidentt) services. •C< 1 •>irFi. /•I K •-5^x CLUBS & ctyas Mb soc(*r'« t»M* rut 'iAA%, fAsr wtf \iict .sMoff f\>*y> IP Tht urri SOCIETIES This year the Clubs and Societies Area will grant General Vice Pres a record $100,000 to affiliated clubs and societies. During the 1990 election campaign, the current executive promised to increase club funding in response to demands made by all club representatives at last year's General Meeting of Clubs and Societies. There are more than 100 clubs which take advantage of the resources and services provided by the Clubs and Societies Area. So far this year a number of new clubs have affiliated, and the area now provides funding for a record number. The executive feelstha t Clubs and Societies is one of the best ways that shidents can get some benefit for their Union fees. Whether it be a Faculty or Departmental Qub or a Recreational, Political, Welfare or Ethnic Club, most students belong to at least one club and many shidents belong to a number of clubs. One of our aims this year is to try and return some value to students from their Union. Cost cutting in other areas of the Union has allowed this increase in funding to be made. So far just under $20,000 has been granted to clubs for CWeek activities. To make sure clubs are able to take full advantage of this increase, interviews will be held for club executives early in the first semester, at which grant procedures and available services will be fully explained. Matthew Boland(AcHng Clubs and Socs Vice-President) In 1988 Matthevr Boland was on Victorio Brazil's TBA toam, in 1989 he ran vtrith the right winj toam FACT for tho position of Presidont and lost ...now Semper would like to welcome him back for a retum tour with the supposedly apolltkal Better Management Team. ^ scon (Arts) ELSPETH (Music) MARK (HM) I think we could have I found the reports The United States are held out wath sanctions about the Gulf very goingtoboiefitthemost for a bit longer. The upsetting, because it outof this War- fighting question you've really seems to me that the and then rebuilding. got toaskis why haven't military operations ANNA(BKFieen^) they just assassinated involved are treating it Despite what some people would have Saddam. Uke a game, like my PETER (Science) eight year old brother you believe, University Students have * ' would play with his a wide variety of opinions and views. I'll do it in relation to little friends from motorcycles. The thing school. I didn't really Here Semper tries to sample just a few is that there's a new law want to know that where bikes have got to General Schwarzkopf's of them by asking students what they ride with their lightson. favourite battle was Ifsgoingtosave lOIives Hannibal against the thought of the Gulf War. a year. I wonder about Romans, and that he's SIMON (Arts) PAUL ( Economics) the morals of our going to use those I suppose it keeps I think it's like a war movie on TV that just This is a television war. If Federal Government, tactics, because I don't doesn't stop. There's no end to it. It just keeps you thought that Vietnam when they can say we're students aware of think that's a very what's happening. Itlets going. And I'm a bit sick and tired of listening was bad, well, this is tiie going to save 10 lives a realistic way of dealing us know what might to it on the TV every day, and I'm a bit bored real one. In fact, there's a year by having our with war, which with the whole thing. lights on and creating happen to us if we join joke now that soon we'll actually means trying to the Army Reserve , Ifs worrying in the have the Coca-Cola Qassic al! this havoc for kill other people and back of my mind for motorcyderiders, while which a lot of students Contact Hour. trying to destroy do. sure. still sending 3 frigates another country. I think it will affect a STEVE(&iC|ineeiifig) to the Gulf. I just Whatever therightsand CAMERON (Arts) lotofstudents. People wonder where their wrongs of it are, I think I think the Gulf War is Some people get involved values He. will be going towards in it, like peace activists, it should be treated in a really sus, and really the new Peace Shidies but, in general, the student DAVID much more serious silly. And pretty major thafs just conw t)ody would disagree with ( Engineering) manner. pointless. in this year. I think it, but not do anything Even if Saddam took over that country, it's a worrying about it. nuisance in the back of your mind, too. »,,^BI / C^* what's he taken? Just material Especially me doing Govemment and thinking NIGEL ( Science) possessions.Maybe he will take your life, I was going to go into the DiplomaHc Service, i don't think it will really but ii you have God m^ Ifs changed my career options a bit. It really affect shidents that much. you've got the Heavenly Kingdom to goto l^s. There will be an initial af terwards.In the past Mth the Vietnam PASCAL ( Ag Science) furore, and then, students I think the media should stay out of it being the apathetic bunch War, students were prpt^ting for peaceJt'S; completely. that they are, it will iisually the stiidenteii^o stand lip a^ It makes the rads go fucking off their heads. probably all die down. what tiieybfeiieye . If you're a bit short, take your student card* down to Hungry Jacks Taringa for a big feed at a small price. 20% OFF FOR STUDENTS AT HUNGRYJACKS TARINGA * For Drive Thru orders please men tion Student Discount when placing your order. •* Student Card must be presented to obtain Discount. HUNGRir GOnA GET BACK JACICS TO JACKS ''**.2'^J?*J*T* "fP*^ on Jan.10 1990, that the contetvotive esHmates of chriBan casualties fromth e invasion of Panama were 2000 dead. AH this lo depose ONE man.How WAR many died to get rid of Saddam?i^ Prime Minister Hawke was quite one? One will go and twentynine will stay. Is this Viehiam War as: adamant in repeating the Labor govern equal treatment b^e ihe law? Such a system will ... a holy war against communism [and this end] open the door for the exercise of every kind of privilege justifies glossing over the moral implications of the ment's stance 1hat,*There wiH be no and and pressure, and in the end it will mean that means [including conscription] being used to achieve comcripdon" (and no children in poverty those selected will be young Mlous whose families it. Catholics moy not expect their bishops to give them lack influence and friends... specific guidance on conscription, for or against, but either-eds). The opposition leader, Dr The first unwlhng conscript to receWe widespread they do expect general spiritual guidance, the Hewson, was less specific in his com media attention was a Sydney school teacher. Bill White. religious and moral issues being presented fairly. When his application to become a conscientious objector But this, alas, is what we poor sheep look for in vain ments, refusing to comment direcdy, failed, he defied an army call-up notice on July 181966. He from our shepherds... petiiaps conscious of links between the was soon confronted wiUi Uie possibility of a long military By late 1972, wiUi a federal election imminent, botii gaol sentence. In September, White said: liberal Party's pro-conscription policy conscripts and draft resisters were creating problems for I am opposed to a state's r^t to conscript a person. I the govemment Newspapers reported a number of during the Vietnam War and subsequent believe very strongly in democracy and democratic instances of national service personnel attempting suicide. electoral backlash. ideals - and I believe it is in the area of the state's ri^t On September 22, The Age reported five cases, and four over the lifo cfthe individual that tbe difference lies days later. The Adelaide Advertiser claimed attempted Australia's fi-'st system of universal compulsoiy military between totalitarianism and democratic govemment suicides had occurred at both Puckapunyal in Victoria and training or conscription, was established by government KappokainNSW. proclamation on January 11911. The early scheme saw In November, the Attoraey-genenl, Senator Ivan young boys participate in army style drills in halls around Greenwood, agreed to a tele\nsion debate on conscription the country. While many were able to claim exemption on 'MKi:ihJi[>h\witii the then ACTU President, Bob Hawke. Greenwood a variety of grounds, many were fined for not registering still believed Uiere was mileage for the coalition parties in and between 1911 and 1914, some 5732 brief periods of To Fight Or Not To Fight? highlighting law and order as a major election issue. In Uie imprisonment were served. much publicised "Tliis Day Tonight" debate, Hawke Declaration of war in 1914 saw an initial offer to Britain of appeared better briefed. He handed Greenwood a list of an Australian arnied force of 20 000. In July 1915, the War public draft resistors who had not been prosecuted. Census Act authorised the stocktaking of both wealtli and Hawke claimed thatthe government had been selective in personnel. By mid-1916, Australian losses in the war in Europe prosecution underthe conscription laws. totalled 28 000 killed and wounded. Voluntary recruiting in In his first major speech of tiie 1972 election campaign. Australia began to lag. On August 301916, Prime Minister Labor leader Gough WhiUam gave an unqualified promise Hughes announced that a referendum would be held on the to abolish conscription immediately an ALP government question ofcompulsory overseas service. Although Hughes was elected. He also made a specific commitment to portrayed the anti-conscriptionists as disloyal, the referendum release all who had been imprisoned by defying Uie result on October 28 went against him. National Service Act Recruiting for war, now in its third year, was languish The final "It's Time" rally m Melbourne was held at tiie ing in 1917. in November, Hughes, now head of the St Kilda Town HalL Where Whitiam and Hawke spoke to a renegade Nationalist Party, announced that a second large audience. In the last djys. The Age gave qualified referendum would be held, and vowed to resign as FHme editorial sup^iort to an ALP win, for Uie firsttim e m over Minister if the electorate did not suRwrt his proposal. two decades. On election night the polls closed at 8pm. After a bitter campaign, the second referendum calling for WhiUam claimed victory on behalf of tiieALP . The conscription was rejected. m^ following Monday morning saw the defivery of telegrams After the outbnsak of World War II in September 1939, to draft resistors wUi the good news of their release date. the conservative Menzies govemment had at its disposal a The AustraL'an involvement in Vietnam ended shortly militia of 80 000. The Australian Defence Act imposed a after the change of government universal obligation to serve within the Commonwealth and its territories during wartime. Following the defeat of the conservative parties on the floor of the House of Representa i 3 tives in October 1941, John Curtin became Prime Minister. m~ The year is now 1991 and we are involved m a war While Curtin was personally convinced of the need for fought mainly over Kuwait's economic unportance. In conscription, opposition wtiiin the Labor movement was Austrafia could conscription ever be considered an growing, and when Curtin died in 1945, the new Rrime acceptable form of defence and training? Minister, Ben Chifley, ended Uie conscription scheme. The secretaiy of the state branch of tiie RSL Mr Bany In December 1949, the Liberal Party, led by Menzies, Qumn baulked at tiie words "compulsory military, defeated Labor. The outbreak of the Korean War in preferring to call it "national" service. The RSL believed August 1950 and the change of government saw the re- tiiat National Sendee should be inU-oduced, so Uiat uitroduction of conscription in Uie form of a National Aush^lians were made to participate m either military Sendee Traming (NST) Scheme. The scheme required 18 Ju.st when wc tlu)iight its irrelevcncc could no training or community service. year olds to do 176 days' brining in one of the armed longer be disputed, Fedentl Nationiil P.irty Leader, An Australian Defence Force spokesperson, as forces over a period of 5 years. In 1964, Prime Minister .Mr Tiiu Fischer, reopened tjic debate over con expected, reiterated current govemment policy on defence Menzies introduced a new conscription scheme very scription , •« hen he pledged hLs personal support personnel, saying tiiat "all defence forces must be made up different from Uie earlier part-time citizens' militia. Twice a lor pcaccthuc conscription. It forced Aiistndla'.s of volunteers". Anotiier anonymous senior military source year, all males reaching tiie age of 20 were required to political leaders to comment on coascriptlon at a said Uiat in reality most of the current militaiy establish register and a certain number would then be selected by time when war-ix-Iatcd Issues are controvcn?l:d. ment has little experience of the problems invoWed with ballot for two years' military training service. Neriman Kemaj investigates the history of tiie introduction of National Service. The leading proconscription lobby was the Returned conscription in Austndla. The Democrats supported the statement Services League (RSL), which, in its 1963 Annual Report, BoUi parties in Uie Federal coalition, when contacted, declared: said Uiat tiieyha d no policy on eiUier compulsory military It becomes increasingly obvious that if Australia is to White was impisoned by Uie military just before the service or conscrqDtion - not even a general statement in tiie meet its military obligations, we must have a system of November 221966 Federal election. The press entiiusiasti- context of a general defence policy. compulsory military serwce in one form or anotiier. As cally supported tiie Liberal Party's pro-war and pro- So that's tiie story of conscription in Australia, an issue members of the most priwleged country m the world, the conscription policies and after the election, Uie ALP was which in Uie past has pitted Australian against Ausb^an m RSL considers that this is tiie least we can ejqiect of left wth only 41 seats out of a parliament of 123. There is the defence of national versus persona] fiieedoms. An issue Australian citizens. general agreeement that Labor lost votes over its strong which, one would hope, after a review of flie disgustuig and The RSL found many enthusiastic supporters among anti-war stand. avoidable carnage of tiie Gulf War, could be laid to rest Federal Uberal Parliamoitarians, including Malcolm The July registi^tion period of 1970 saw Uiousands of Mackay, John Jess and Sir WUfred Kent-Hughes. Certainly, incitement leaflets distributed by opponents of Uie draft. tiiere is evidence that tiie RSL leada^hip had strong links The pamphlet read On part): wiUi Uie Liberals. As earfy as 1957, aTasmanian Labor DID YOU KNOW? Senator, Justin O'Byme, described Uie RSL as being EtUe DONT REGISTER POR NATIONAL SERVICE * In 1926, ifie Manifesto Calling for fhe Universal more tiian a sounding board for the Federal liberalOountry All male residents In Australia, whether bom in Abolition of Conscription was written and signed by 71 Party. In 1951, Bill Keys, who became National President of Australia or else^^iiere, who are about to tum 20 leading figures from 15 countries, including Albert Ein Uie RSL in 1978, had stood as an unsuccessfiU Libenal years of age, are uiiged to refuse to register for stein, Maholma Gandhi, HG Wells at\^ Berfrund Russell. candidate fertile Federal seat of Eden-Monaro In NSW. National Service when the law requires tfaem to do The Manifesto stoled that conscription was nota method Meanwhile, Labor was rallying against conscription. 80. Absolute non-cooperation with immoral laws is of maintaining peace, but ratfier served ta perpetrate war The Labor leader, Calwell, made fliis statement in Parlia the only way to change them. consciousness and war Itself. ment b 1964: • leading American righhwlnq economist and darling of the Liberal Party "dries*, Milton Frieman, vehemently Let me say unequivocally tkcd the Labor Party A number of Christian activists against Uie war m opposes conscription. He argues that a volunteer army opposes utterly and absolt^dy txinscription forthe Viehiam put Uieir names to Uie mcitement leaflet Anotiier is more consistent with hunrxsn freedom and also more youth of this countryM^^f^ overseas. But when it source of Christian support for the anti-war movement economically efficient than the draft. A voluntary amiy is Proposed to conscript one in thirty of the boys came from tiie Melboume CaUiolic Worker group, hi an eliminates the hidden costs the draft imposes on draftees, dip'ble each year, rank injustice will be piled upon editorial, Uie "CaUiolic Worker' attacked tiie Catholic increases re-enllstment rotes which decreases training utterfaUy. These boys are to be selected by some form bishops m general, and bishops Fox and Stewart in costs, and thereby increases overoll military effectiveness. of lottery, a lucky dip. Should it be called the unlucky partiailar. These bishops, the editorial said, viewed the Th« ones qrgqr BBC ha> bonnad 67 ^»ubversfvo^ songs, (nctudIng John Unnon's "Gi^f J i VAr .1 VI ^ ^ A^r%.^i ^ If you're too busy co get to a bank, youMI know all about the inconvenience of not having an ATM close by. And being stuck for cash is no fun, on or off campus. 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AKR IU44 V&R MKl.R Saddam Husslen has linked any resolution of the Gulf Crisis with 1ATV| a-n ^^^ missiles hit Tel The Zionist movement cent of the land. relations between the Israeli state VVnen ^^j^^ western emerged on a wave of ruling resolution of the and the Palestinians stemming governments indignantly class enthusiasm for the Palestinian problem. The United States government from this original displacement are not very different from those condemned Iraq for dragging an Etiropeanisation of the dark was greatly impressed with Adrian Skerritt argues Israel's achievement and existing in South Africa; by law innocent nation-state mto theGulf comers of the planet. conflict. that Saddam's gripe Is consequently Israel received 7.5 Palestinians havebeen prevented a valid and important billion dollars between 1948 and from owning theirown land, they Prior to thedevelopment modem are not allowed to stay in Israeli There is nothing innocent 1965. The United States nationalism, there was no one. government was highly reliant cities after dark, reactionary about Israel. conception that a religion had to upon oil and like Britain it saw in Israeli trade unions ensure that be bound to a particular piece of Arab labour is cheap and political so strong, Herzl managed to find its relations with Israel an From ils earliest days Israel has earth. In feudal times, religions prisoners are detained without an audience amongst ordinary excellent opportunity lo improve been up to its neck in Arab blood; flowed into one another, its buying power on the world trial, often dying in custody. Jews. it has in true colonialist spirit, transgressing politically distinct market. Another interrelated crushed Arab movements groups, without the slightest reason for the United States Palestinian resistance to Israeli Herzl understood that it would threatening to overturn the thought given to the idea that a wishing to transform Israel into oppression has always been be impossible to colonise Imperialist legacy, driven protected border might improve its watchdog in the Middle East determined but sporadic and Palestine without assistance from thousands of Palestinians from the quality of religious dedication. was to challenge the Arab marked by severe arguments a major power. It was convenient their land and over the last thrpe For mostjewish people there was nationalist movements posed to within tho PLO leadership about for Zionism that Britain realised years committed ten thousand no real difficulty in American hegemony. strategy. The emergence of the its chronic need for oil in 1920 troops each day to put down the understanding themselves as a Palestinian uprising in 1987 following a war which almost "Revolution of Stones' led by Russian or German Jew. Die idea otherwise known as the Intifada drained the country of its Throughout the 1950s radical Palestinian youths. After each act for a Jewish state developed as a represents a definite productive energy. Their interests nationalist movements spring up *of terror Israel is handsomely deformed response to anti- advancement of the Palestinian dovetailed perfectly when Herzl across Arab countries like Syria, rewarded by the United States. Semitism in Europe. The struggle against the Israeli state For the killing of twenty-one Palestinians on Temple Mount during January it received $1.3 The uprising has brought to billion in military aid and SI.2 the world's attention the billion in economic aid. Israel is a Saddam's Gripe plight of Arabs in the highly militarised state occupied territories and established vrith thcco-operation commercial expertise of a small approached Britain to finance a Egypt and Iraq in response to US dispelled any myths about of Imperialist powers, in order to section of the Jewish community Zionist settlement in Palestine. intervention in the area the historical right of Zionism safeguard Imperialist interests in attracted racistattacks from ruling Herzl h^d the money, and Britain particularly via its newly armed to Palestinian soil. the Middle East, particularly oil. classes looking for a scapegoat to would have the friendly force in fortress, Israel. Islam provided a And as every Palestinian can well framework in which Arab people explain away economic the oil-rich Middle East. This The Intifada has inspired all attest, the real obstacle to peace in could understand and express hardships. relationship gradually became Palestinians in the occupied the Middle East is not Saddam their discontent with a more strained as the settlement territories to mobilise and Hussein tnit Israel and the oil Europeanised Middle East and In modern Europe many Jews, asserted its own interest provided them with a new sense thirsty superpowers which back their hopes for a different future like cultural minorities in independent of Britain. With the of political and cultural identity it. with Arab self-determination as Australia, justifiably demanded influx of Jews during Worid War in the face of their estrangement the guiding principle. However that they be allowed to practise II, the settlement was in a position from their own land. For working religiousbeliefwasnotthecentral The Zionist settlement of their faith without persecution; to look around for more suitable people in other Arab countries rallying point for Arabs. AU of political rights were pushed for allies who couldn't constrain its the Itifada has become a potent Palestiite began as an them shared a common inthecontextofculturallydiverse expansionist tendencies. symbol of resistance against ' explicitly colonialist experience of Imperialist national life. In their efforts to imperialism. The example of the enterprise, drawing domination and it was this fight against racism, several Jews Palestinians has resonated inspiration and strategic Zionists welcomed the experience that gave rise to a real like Leon Trotsky in Russia and strongly in Egypt where students Holocaust. They saw this as a cohesion amongst Arab workers knowledge from the Emma Goldman in the United and young workers took to the chance to uproot all European despite national differences. Eiuopean conquest of Africa, States, extended their concern for streets demanding Israeli Jews and encourage their Asia, Australia and Latin alloppressed groups, establishing withdrawal from the occupied America. a long tradition of Jews "retum Home". Pan-Arabism in the fifties territories and an end to committing themselves to became a very concrete Mubarek's co-operation with the As the rapid development of democratic struggles. Jews who decided to fight Fascism phenomena. US. European economies threatening like those in Warsaw during 1942, looked upon Zionism as a fatal to burst the limits of expansion Zionists, rather than wanting to This situation was intolerable for In the course of their struggle deceiver of the Jewish people. within states, European improve the lot of Jewish people the United States especially they along with other Arabs Whenever Jews took up arms governments were forced to seek within Western society argued because such uprisings against Fascism they also found supporting the Intifada, have out new markets and raw thatjewsdonotbelongin Europe; threatened the cheap supply of developed a broad ranging materials. These expeditions into Europe doesn't want Jews and they had to fight a Zionist fifth column. This is a crucial thing to oil. The United States need for critique of their own society and the Non-Europeanised world Jews shouldn't want Europe. stability presented Israel with its the way Imperialist intervention were not only comprised of Racists were saying exactly the grasp about Zionism; not only is it indifferent to the rights of Arab greatest chance of proving itself via Israel has shaped it. The link economic advisors and same thing. The leading theorist worthy of the billions of dollars for most Arabs between their plannersbutalso well of Zionism, Herzl, first thought people, but it is also opposed to agricultural of military funding. The oppression. Imperialism and armed troops whose purpose was about Argentina as a place to the political emancipation of Jews. relationship between the two Israel is quite clear. to forcefully impose Imperialist colonise, however he quickly The Zionists convinced the countries was well summed up priorities onto indigenous changed his mind after he Pentagon to impose strict quotas peoples. The scale of oppression understood the power of the on Jewish immigration to the by Gerald Ford when he said in Their struggle to crush the caused by the industrialisation of religious myth associated with States, consequently clearing a 1967 "Ifirmly believe that thefale military power of Israel of Israel is linked lo the tmtioml ^)asically agricultural societies Palestine. Itistrue thatthe Jewish passage for Jewish movement to promises to usher in a new involving the mass herding of reHgioncan trace its origins back Palestine. security of the United sttttes. I period of Arab self- African people into the hulls of to ancient Jerusalem, but so can can nol therefore conceive of a determination. slave ships, the useof indigenous several other major religions. For In 1947, the United Nations situation in which the US women as prostitutes, the thousands of years a minority of passed a resolution to partition administration loill sell Israeli CXir attitude towards Israel here imposition of European Jews peacefully coexisted with Palestine thus laying the troops doion ihe Nile". in Australia can only bo based on languages, the destruction of rich Arabs in Palestine. Essentially foundations for the Israeli State. an historical understanding of then, the Zionist obsession wilh Jews constituting 30 per cent of and vibrant cultural formations, Apart from the raids carried out how Israel has been nothing but Palestine and the mystique the population would receive 55 the systematic genocide of black on Arab states struggling to throw an Imperialist outpost in the surrounding a Jewish "return per cent of the loan. This put the '• Australians,and the introduction off the Imperialist yoke, one of Middle East rather than on home" are an illegitimate newly formed state in a position of European diseases, is the most significant aspects of emotions manipulated by Zionist projection of modern nationalist to pursue its own interests now unparalleled in human history. Israel's history is tho and United States propaganda aimsontoancient writings which that Britain was too weak to Thus the colonialist experience d isplacement of an enti re people; concerning Israel's innocence. both textually and historically do intervene following its failure in not only entailed the creation of the Palestinians, following the not support such an India. Over the next two years, vast amounts of wealth to be massacres in 1948,750 thousand If there's to be real democracy interpretation. However the level Israel conducted a mass campaign shipped back to London, Paris PalostiniansbGcamorefugecsand in the Middle East, Israel can of racism in Europe was so high of terror against Arabs living and Madrid, but also the wore forced to live on a waterless notremaina militarised state and the pull of an ancient Palestine and by the end of 1949 strip of desert incapable of operating against the conscriptionof en tire cultures into homeland free of racial conflict they had conquered over 80 per the Imperialist drive for profits. producing healthy crops. The interests of Arabs. ISRAEL - AN IMPERIALIST OUTPOST Thero v/er« 58,132 American hx>ops killod in Vietnam and there have been 120,000 W^veteran s who have committed suicide since. WARJ5^A;«S^ Australia at war My fellow Australians, I know that the overwhelming majority of Australians will share my regret - indeed much deeper than regret - at the need for this decision. We all of us wish for peace. But we cannot have peace just by wishing for it or just by talking about it. We have to work for it, and sometimes, tragically, we have to fight for it. The great lesson of this century is that peace is bought at too high a price if that price is the appeasement of aggression." Prime Minister Bob Hawke 18 January 1991 another. The altogether. control of hope many such a vital For most of you reading this, it will be the first Right from the beginning of the A Peace That Was No hold is that resource to time in living memory that Australia, and the United Gulf War, the so-called "Peace Peace At All. the life and Nations will Movement" has been anti- well-being of indeed the world, has been at war. But for be able to American and anti-Israeli. While The Gulf War was about oil, but all the others the Gulf War is an event of tragic operate with demonstrators have marched on not only about oil. Like it or not, world's familiarity, while for some it is an event the power U.S. and Israeli embassies, the oil was the major reason that inhabitants. and effect United National involvement as Iraq invaded Kuwait, and unique in the hope it represents. In this article which was a legitimising factor has been perhaps, intended to annex The other Matthew Boland writes not from the premise originally consistently ignored. Given the Saudi Arabia! undeniable intended. dominant role played by such reason that that war is good, but that war is sometimes organisations as the Democratic The stability of the worid the global necessary. Socialist Party, Socialist Party of economy is fundamentally community Australia and International dependent upon oil. Witness the must act is to G i v e Socialists, this should hardly be effects of the oil crisis of 1973, uphold the principle that no surprising. It is absolutely With the threat of Global War Peace a Chance? which was sparked by an Arab- country has the rightt o overrun ludicrous to suggest that Iraq diminishing, thegreatestmilitary Israeli war, and 1979, which was and annex another. invaded Kuwait to advance the threat any country now faces is It is tmdeniable that the cause for Palestinian cause. Yet many created by the Iranian which we fight is just - the re- The expUcit aim of Saddam's not from nuclear destructionbut within the "Peace Movement" Revolution. Energy costs sky establishment of Kuwaiti Baathist ideology is to unite the from conventional regional continue to demand that the rocketed and the world economy sovereignty. The central issue of Arab worid behind a single conflict. The restraints on withdrawalof Iraqbelinked vrith shuddered. contentionisthemeans by which Baathist leader. The attempted regional conflict imposed by the the withdrawal of Israel from sup)er powers in aneffort to avoid theglobalconununity has chosen the occupied territories. To Oil is undoubtedly the most invasion of han by Iraq in 1980 to pursue this course. So far the demand a linked resolution of important commodity to world clearly indicated so-called "Peace both conflicts would be to further growth and prosperity. It isused Saddam's territorial Movement" m Australia complicate the mdependently as a raw material for a variety of ambitions. has been characterised by complex issues. It woiJd fiulher, industries, and provides more mindless chants, its Iraq's invasion of Kuwait give credence to Saddam's than 40% of the worid's daily objections have been on 2nd August 1990 was propaganda thatthiswaris more supplyofenei^. Currently, with easily dismissed and th^ an act of war. Although than just an exerdse in greed possession of the Kuwaiti oil have failed to offer any the world has chosen to and power. fields, Iraq directly controls realistic alternative. accept other acts of about one third of the Middle- "Give sanctions a go" aggression around the East oil reserves. This equates to appears to be the Thepresentconflict isnot another world, such as the well almost 20% of exploitable world movement's central instalment of the long-nmning worn example of the reserves. Even if Saddam never demand. However, the saga of the Christian Westagamst Indonesian invasion of intended to invadeSaudi Arabia, sanctions option, likeany thelslamic East. Thelraqi regime East Timor, that principle commentators have suggested easy solution, was no is a secular dictatorship, has not been invalidated. that the military threat posed by option. For a country composed of both Moslem and As Albert Langer, a Iraq forces on the Saudi border which has known Christian members. The Baath notorious activist in the would have provided Iraq with constant war for more Party itself was founded by anti-Vietnam movement, effective control of 45% of the than a decade, and has Christian Arat>s, and Saddam has has pointed out, in future world's oil reserves. suffered horrendous been soundly condemned by the Western allies will find other Islamic nations for his lack global war havebeen relaxed. It casualties, economic While countries such as the it much more difficult to resist of religious observance. But appears clear that Australia sanctions would compare very United States of America and pressure to actively oppose such above all, the U.N. backed would be unable to resist any sweetly indeed. The aim of Australia are not directly acts. alliance includes a number of serious military incursions sanctions is to apply economic dependent on Middle-East oil Islamic countries, including the without the support of our allies, pressure a nation to persuade supplies, both economies are ardently anti-Zionist State of principally the United States. it to change a prevailing policy heavily dependent upon the Why Australia Must (South Africa is agood example). Syria. stability and performance of the Thirdly, to implement effective In a country where Saddam's Japanese economy. Japan has no Participate collective security, the United military woidd have remained The decision to go towa r should domestic oil reserves and Nations must be supported and intact as all available resources never l)etaken lightly. However, imports about 80% of its oil from Australia has committed two ils resolutions enforced. were directed to maintaining the our Prime Minister has the the Middle East. guided missile frigates and a Iraqi armed forces, and the overwhelming support of the replenishment tanker to the The United Nations is the key to population suffered. However, Australian population in his Western nationsother than Japan multi-national task force in the this operation. Australia has the largest deterring factor in the decision to conunit our forces to are also directly dependent on Persian Gulf. Unlike Vietnam, chosen to participate in an event sanctions option is time. While the current U.N.sanctioned Middle-East oil supplies. the outcome of this war vrill have unique in the history of Iraqi troops remain in Kuwait, offensive. Together, with However, the real losers in any a direct effect on Australia's international conflict forthis very innocent Kuwaiti citizens contributions from more than 40 oil crisis would be the third- economic and defence interests. reason. The legal foundation for continue to be raped and other nations,our servicemen are world nations, such as Pakistan, mimlered,and Kuwait'snational fighting for the well-toeing of FirstIy,theGuIfWarismorethan our participation is solid. which used to import 95% of its identity systematically Kuwaitis and all the peoples of just a regional conflict. For International solidarity of the oil from Kuwait. A decline in our destroyed. With time, Saddam the worid. Whilenearlyall would reasons noted earlier, the kind which produced Security economy equates to a decline in Council Resolution 678 is unique, would continueto strengthen his prefer peace to war, to restore our standard of living. A decline economic consequences for the legitimate govemment of Australia could quite It has been suggested that with military forces and to develop in the economy of a third world the end of the Cold-War, new his chemical, biological and Kuwait we were simply nation leads to famine, disease conceivably be devastating. provided with no alternative. opportunities have been nuclear capabilities. Finally, with and very often civil war. Secondly, Auslralia must presented for collective time the alliance ranged against support the concept of collective international actions to uphold Iraq would undoubtedly Matthew Boland Qearly, we need feel no shame the principle that no country has weaken, until perhaps the in fighting to deny Saddam security. the right to overrun and annex military option would disappear GENERAL VICE PRESIDENT Before the war began the latest political controversy In Saudi Arabia was over whether or not women should be allowed to drive. A protest drive by a group of women including the wives WAR of several ministers led to harsh new lows being drafted to prevent women from driving LA/A^BO 5WIM5 IN T^iE BL^ODBATrt of A AMLiTARY BUKlKeR NEXT WEEK: CUNNINGLY DISGUISEP AS f, |i^£FoG£ m So-CftLLeP INNOat^rOVlLlANlS/// IUW^UAL LM4|Jk| •"..t/fV [OO oi i^RT ^UR OWN WAR WITH THES^COOL car-ouTs/ (JOSf PASTfe OH CftRDBOARD. COLOUR. Cur our, Tm ^iTCrt V T1 1 -1 1 FOLD OM THE MftiED LINE, ^UNND 'CM UP TRiG&eR / ^ (p AND UWtrt THE GUTS GO A QQSHeR!;) FINGER / ^JL H FiGHTCRft>BTftt»Tr», PftoTECTofI of < // auSTiCE/NOTOju) HurAAM Ri&rtTs ROTTEM (3i INTMEftMfRiCftNWA-f YuCKf PICTA1&P. Hi SAOPAfA? WHAPs culE,] i^fLl^l^^ , FLIRRV MD COMWTS A^ASS OENOCIDE? mP dSi'R^ KOHEST BUTCH PATUloT AWSSILE SUCH -• <• Hfi^ 90LLY SOiD MISSILE CHARM/ ^US military experts have told me there have been 100,00 deaths in Baghdad alone. • There are said to be over 300,000 in the country as a whole. I have no doubt as to the j i 117 >! 11 —«^^ JL^/^J^X* authenticity of these reports " , said SPD Bundestag member and retired Luftwaffe ^,^jJUmamLLmii f f7414 ^JS^^^SraE/^ /* • ••>.—<..._• ^«_.i Hewlett-Packard calculators have more functions than the student union. Tlu'SiiuIciit rnionmif^lii put on dozens <»fh;ii-l)-i|iu's,l):iii(ls and l);islu\slmt they'll never have as ituinylunctioii.sa.sa Ilewlell- raekardlnisiiies.sorseienlilic I'akiiJator, And their fiiiiclions aren't nearly a.s iiseliil for your (•areei: -XnllPealciilatorcanhelpyon solve any equal sou your leetviier sets, ciiiickly and aeeiiralely And ifyou pureliase an IIP scienlifie or liusiness ealeulator 01" infra red print er before .March 31 st 1991, you'll j^et a free haek- paek worth $20. Vet anotiier convenient HP Cunetion. If you're serious about a successful career, an IIP calculator is your mo.st essential, and functional tool. See your bookshop or contacit HP's Customer Information CcmreonO()882I()33or Melbourne 895 25.'i5 for your nearest dealer. *'irrcr valid w|iil.'~ls(iHl<.s last. HEWLETT PACKARD A better way. .IWTLMJI'iasi PROTESTORS PUSH PEACE BACK YEARS SUSAN FORDE AnENDED THE LAST MAJOR BRISBANE PEACE RALLYAND CAME OUT WITH AN UNCOMFORTABLE SENSE OF DEJA VU v'^ Sunday, February 24lh, ASIO and the establishment - the media I fTl "'^' ^^^ "'y °^ lapped up the violence, and reported the ^—^ • •' Brisbane travelled back in time. event to tho extreme detriment of the Back more than 20 years, to a peace movement. period of polilical activism, and social Real polilical activists should not be discontent now known as the Vietnam trying toimpress each other (alask which War era. Songs, marches, speeches. And members ofthisgroupnodoubt achieved), violence. but thegeneral, 'mainstream' population. Fortwmlcly, there tons only n small And the general puhlicis not going to listen to group of violent iudividunis in Sundai/'s n group of bakclava MAJOR ^':-- ^; ^;(Ot:u s<'-- '•I /H ismes ^ of the ^^acu "I thI h. r. "X ^'y#^ Sin« 1789 U.S. p™sid.nH h»v. »n.*«- n,ili«nr ohnxid mo™ Aon 200 Hme.. JI-, ,. , WAR,5^''5l'3S^ BRUGE GOlSTO THE CIRCUS QRCUS/ serkes/1. Def. The Biennial Oceanic Archi The much needed renovations to the Un tectural Educa ion Playhouse have been compIeted.The tion Conference. newly refurbished building includes areas 2, Rom. Antiq.A that used to be the University Audio - large building Visual Services. generally oval The renovations mean that the childcare or oblong sur facilities available on campus have im rounded by tiers proved, however a spokesperson from the of seats for the Union Women's Rights Area said that fa exhibition of cilities on campus are still inadequate for public specta the number of students attending Univer cles, races and sity and pointed out that there is still no the like. 3. Baby-change room on campus. Where: Instead of trying to cram as many children BRISBANE as possible into the playhouse the service AUSTRALIA. 4. offered is aimed at providing quality care Hosfe; The Stu instead of quantity.The Playhouse was dents of the opened by the Vice-Chancellor, Brian School of Archi Wilson on February 23rd. tecture, Univer sity of Queens land. 5. QRCUSY: befitting or suggestiriga THEFT ON CAMPUS circus, esp. in FREE There Is nothing more frustrating and enraging than having your personal property having spec stolen. University Security notes that unfortunately students tend to drop their guard 1991 ACTIVITIES WALLPLANNERS tacular qualities. while on campus, and are less conscious of keeping an eye on their possessions. With 6. More Info. a 1991 enrolment of almost 24 000 students the University presents potentially rich Available from pickings for those of the Ilght-flngered persuasion. However a few simple DOs and tine Activities Department contactCIRCUS DON'Ts can reduce the chances of having your gear or money ripped off. Downstairs in the Union Building Corrunittee, Department of The most common complaint Is the theft of wallets and purses. Usually they are left unattended In library cubicles, in bags In hallways, on refec tables, In lecture theatres Architecture, ! and offices. Hang onto wallets, purses, handbags etc AT ALL TIMES, NEVER leave them University of . unattended, and sadly, don't assume all fellow students can be trusted. WOMEN'S RIGHTS PROTEST Queensland Q. , A group of (Tide and fe people who had no ex The worst time for thefts Is during exams - students are often distracted and less 4072. male students protested perience of the area, It attentive, and the libraries and hallways, strewn with bags, are a veritable supermarket against the Union Ex consisted rrwlnly of peo telephone 07 365 for thieves. University Security Is aware of at least one organised group who operate ecutive's attacks upon ple wtx) were not even i on campus al exam time (speclflcally around Connell and Mayne). Also a particular the Women'sRights area convercant v^dth ttie cur 3537 J Individual who cruises the corridors with a clipboard, in an attempt to look vaguely by attending an Execu rent Job description of facsimile 07 365 official, Is known to be back on campus and has already struck at least once this year. tive rneeting atwNchttie the Women's Rights Or 3999 supposed review com ganiser let alone If you do happen to 'lose' your wallet/purse any credit cards should be cancelled mittee was to be competant to review the IMMEDIATELY Financial institutions have strict requirements regarding PIN numbers selected.Despite the future of the position. and when the money's gone It's gone for good with practically no chance of recovery. You presence of these stu Oneof thestudents com should report ALL losses to University Security on 365 1234 or at their office on dents theexecutlve went mented that despite Services Road. It's always possible that your property has been handed In to them. ahead v^^th Its ptans to having run as the sup appoint ttie committee posed Better Manage Olher Items that tend to vanish when you look the other way are bikes and occasionally ment Team they ap motorcycles. This has been particularly prevalent in the Mill Street and Commerce The students resented peared to be Ignorant of carparks over the past 3 months. At the start of every semester bikes disappear en the fact that ttie the basics of staff rela masse never to be seen again. The Unl Bike Shop suspects an organised group ( not jus t committee consisted of tions and management. the Inevitable )oy-rlders) regularly visit the campus and also houses in the area. Cyclists are advised to lock their bikes securely. Never leave them overnight at train stations or ferry terminals and try not to leave them in the same place day after day. ; Nor are bikes safe on your premises - lock them IN the house. Thieves might be amoral, unscrupulous, contemptible excuses for humanity but they're not necessarily stupid so don't make it easy for them. If, desplteyour bestef forts, they do manage to penetrate your defences and get something report It to the police but you may have to badger A Shackle Lock worth$35 from the University them to act on it. Bikeshop. Thieves do not restrict themselves lo just petty pilfering either. Last year the campus Just put yourname and telephone number on Commonwealth Bank was held up, there has been an attempted break-In at the Credit Union and $ 10 000 wort h of gear was recently stolen from the Bike Shop. The Unl vers i ty a piece of paper and drop it in the competi is not an isolated community. It Is virtually a suburb and highly accessible to the public tion box at the Bikeshop. (the onerous parking fee notwithstanding). Being robbed Is a huge and often avoidable pain In the nether region so don't make yourself a target and Ifyou catch anyone In the Entries drawn on Friday the 15th of March. act beat them senseless In the absence of witnesses beiore turning Ihem In. MARK HODDER ^ LOCAL ISSUES ROUND TWO: ROCHEDALE DUMPS ow THE COUWCIL Rory O'Connor loolcs at ttie figlitback by Southside resi dents over Sallyanne's dump decision and the people who are doing the fighting. The Brisbane City Council may have Brisbane convinced the mammoth Rochedale dump is proceeding smoothly but thou sands of dump opponents are si lently plotting the death knell for the multi-million dollar project. In the Supreme Court this week a David and Goliath battle has started as Rochedale dump oppo nents take on City Hall and the multi-national giant, Pacific Waste Management. The City Council has already signed the contract for Pacific Waste Management to develop the 194 acre site which will t>ecome the Bristane's rubbish for the next 30 years. But the Southside Action Group Inc will argue in court that town planning technicalities and im proper tender handling is the final stage of a 10 month battle to keep the country's biggest proposed landfill dump out of a sleepy semi- rural suburb 20 minutes south of the dty. Action Group chairman Jack Grimm is digging-in for what he describes as a "people's battle." 'T believe the people can vnn," the former Vietnam veteran explained. "And I believe Sallyanne is bloody scared. If she though she had it sevmup why is she spending $300, 000 in marketing to sell this thing to us with newspaper advertise tion for the campaign. puter science major. He admits there were tunes when ments?" He admits his family has felt the We didn't just pass - he wrapped he thought about giving up, but there is no tuming back now, he Although the $300,000 budget for strain of the months of planning up the four year course in three and campaigning. said. selling the dmnp to the population years and finished with honours. "My wife Beverley is a wonderful is not confirmed, it dwarves the Then he headed Down Under after The Action group have thought woman but it has been pretty hard their attack out carefully. estimated $100,000 that has been marrying his Innisfail born wife on her," he said. He pointed out that a fight by con painstakingly gathered by anti- Beverly in Las Vegas. servationists to save caves a Mount dump families. It has also been a strain on his son, Australia was a boom country, but a Queensland University student not for geologists. Etna used by the rare ghost bat The campaign has cost these vol and his daughter who studies at So in 1976 he found himself selling came to an abmpt end when it unteers 1000s of hours and dollars Sommerville House girls school. cartons of XXXX for eight dollars could not raise the $45,000 Supreme as they pumped out anti-dump But this Texan-bom 40 year-old is in Brisbane's Spring Hi^ Hotel Court security. stickers, T-shirts and placards. used to pressure - and is not one to "They were not big on hiring But the Rochedale dump fight But the fightha s also taken its toll give up the fight when the going American geologists to sell beer," would not suffer a similar fate by on Jack Grimm. gets tough. Grimm recalled with a smile. not being able to raise $60,000 for For the last year he has had to eat, He learnt how to handle himself Then he moved into computer its court security, he said. sleep and breath the Rochedale during his 12 month tour of Viet consultancy and picked up geo The Action group raised about dump decision. nam as a United States marme. graphical consultancy work along $30,000 last week with a $50 a head He has spend countless hours And he is notadverse to hard work. the way. antidumpdinnerandaction which badgering journalist firom his car- After the war he put himself Ever the community worker, he attracted about 150 guests. phone, planning meetings with through a geology degree at West spent his spare time starting a local locals and sifting through legal Texas State University wath a com scout group. documents to find more informa 1 i^ .-A....WARJS^AWe^ SUBSIDISATION CLAIM The predicted unprofitability of logging to QFS^ from the expansion of the nationai park rein- forcesconservationists^claims thatthe State Gov ernment is subsidising the timber industry. Mr Doug Yuille said the govemment was sup porting the mdustry because the costs of Forest- ry'smanagementofloggmgoperationswasgreater than the royalties paid by the timber industry^ Island. sustainability and impact of Discussron Paper tend to There are ottier logging on the island. d isfavour Forestry's claims. substantive issues such as The Joint Conservation On page 128 (volume 2) environmental damage Groups' spokesperson, QFS state that selective from tourism and the Adrian Jeffries, said the harvesting of desirable importance of the timber main problem with logging trees improves the forest. industry to the Maryborough is. Taken on this statement region." The Forestry De alone, it appears that QFS "Also, to place a partment's claims that log regard sustainability from a moratorium on logging ging is sustainable and not commercial rather than would be pre-empting tiie harmful to the envi ecological viewpoint and inquiry and if logging was ronment in the long term that the department sees a suspended the effects on are not based on sufficient forest in terms of trees, not the timber industry would scientific research. Vie as a complex ecosystem. be cripf^ing.' lack of research justifies a It is also ironic that QFS In December last year a ban on logging until the end state its fire management compromise between the of tiie inquiry'. practises are important to conservation groups and Mr Jeffries said old growth the island whereas another QFS was reached after trees used as habitats for government department, many hours of consultation. hollow dependent animals the Department of Environ Forestry agreed to move such as the powerful owl ment and Heritage, submit back into previously logged and possums were being that 'all tail forests are in areas forthe duration cfthe cut down and the new trees urgent need of research Inquiry but would not agree wouki take up to 20D years with regards to fire man- The Fraser Island to the cessation of logging. to become suitable habi agemerjr(DEH p.79). Then, surprisingly. Forestry tats for animals c^ain. Whatever the findings of placed a self-Imposed ban "No studies have th e Fraser Island inqui^ are on logging trees greater be done to predict the ef in April, the State Govern Inquiry: A Useless than 1.4m In diameter {at fect of the reduction of ment will be under discre breast height). habitat trees on o I d tion from different pressure While this move protected growth, tree dependant groups to implement fa someof the older trees, Mr animals'. vourable recommenda Compromise? Jeffries said the consen/a- The Joint Con tions, given the govern tion groups were at a loss servation Groups have ment's outspokenness of as to why Forestry chose enough research to dis the National Party's han State Government policy changes are tiamstringing the figure of 1.4m. prove Forestry Depart dling of the outcome of the The compromise culmi ments claims and there is Fitzgerald Inquiry into cor initiatives to conduct a fair inquiry on Fraser Island. nated many months of also historical evidence ruption. disagreement between the outiining ihe changes in However, only the Tlie'Queensland Forestry Service (QFS) submitted in the inquiry's two parties but it afforded tiie character of the island Queensland Forestry each relief from the ex brought about by 120years Service and the Queens Final Discussion Paper that tlie Governments actions will make tremes of no logging or of logging,'\\9 said. Con- land Timber Board have logging unprofitable to QFS. k>gging virgin forest until the servatk)nists object to the stated they will abide by the Inquiry is finished. two types of logg ing earned inquiry's findings. The Joint Conservation out on Fraser Islandrselec- The government is under • 'Despite the increases in stumpages negotiated by the QFS, it Groupis s (JCG) and QFS, tive loggingof indivualtrees no obligation to act on any ^parent Uiat with the reduced area available for logging following the extentwo of the Inquiry's main and dear cutting of one or of the recommendations sion of the national park boundary, a profit will not be achieved on the Fraserparticipants , have been in two hectares of blackbutt made by the inquiry's Island operation.' basic disagreement on forest. chairman, Mr Tony The govemment first changed its policy direction after gaining office in Decem many important ecological Several comments from Fitzgerald. ber 1989 from declaring Fraser Island all national part( (which would have meant: points, including the submissions in the Final an end to logging), to significantly increasing the size of the existing nationall park. Conservation groups l)aulked at the government's adoption of a softer policy Instead of its previous hard-line policy. The govemment responded by setting up the Commission of Inquiry into the NONTEZUNiTS Conservation, Managenwnt and Use of Fraser Island and the Great Sandy Region with the aim of addressing allot the issues and lr)terestson Fraser Island. (iicjasteofmcitico LICENSED MEXICAN RESTAURANT Atwut 400 submissions were recieved from various groups including conserva where loca s meet to eat tionists, forestry, mining, fishing and tour operators. WiWemess Society's spokesperson, Mr Doug Yuille said the government's widening of the logging Issue Into an inquiry and its failure to place a moratodum VALUE MEXICAN on logging favoured the timber industry members of the Australian Worker's Union (AWU), an Important Labor Party power base. EALS IN BRISBANE 'It appears the govemment has pmmised the A WU Viat logging would Open 7 Days a Week continue yet it has launched the Inquiry in an attempt to satisfy the public and consen/ationists'. For Lunch and Dinner 'By broadening the temis of reference of the inquiry, the govemment is diluting the logging issue and taking the issue away from the public spot-TAKE AWAYS AVAILABLE UNTIL 6.30P.M. lighr tie said. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL • CREDIT CARDS NOT ACCEPTED The Premier's Social Policy Adviser, Mr Tim Graw, saU the govemment set up Moglll Rd, TARINQA • Ph. 870 3900 the Commlsston of Inquiry because tegging was not the only issue on Fraser In the Taringa Circle - Secured Undercover Parking for 180 cars J WAII '^S^ Doc span ^rlcan -born blues harmonica player began playing with Chicago bands in the late 60s and has kept on ver since. Gaining his nicicname from a period as a paramedic in Cook County Jail he has played with the i * » t t t < f » ' ' ' ' _ i.B. King and Gladys Knight and the Pips. Since coming to live in Australia he has toured extensively supporting the legendary Screamin Jay Hov/kins and during March he is coming to Brisbane . You can lub d'Art at the Waterloo Hotel most Friday nights . We hove 5 FREE tickets to give away to some lucky Ll-z-.-^.\i^^^.'^^ Ian come on down to Semper and tell us the name of the other nightclub at the Waterloo Hotel. strange hallucinat,-ons, Comina ^017,^6 imSotion OTAS^^ ^^^^^^^ 1^K%^,^* '^"^^ """^ "^^^ ^°"^ '^'<^^°'^ ""ageiy and director metwho had killed 3olomen anSe^Item In Ko^^ ..'^'. *"^ ^""^^.^ °" .*^« *'* «°^ "' <= Mextean man the we hove ten .oublepossesto give awavto.heMggg-:-^-^;yg^ Jai Greenaway is fhe driving force behind the new look Cement Box Theatre. Since tokina over as Manaaer nf tho th^^t ^ ch K ^ .\. the widespread problems of apathy and lanoronce on camous and tho wWAr rvvr,nv^?«lL f «!. ? f^ ^"® theatre she has confronted the Ws ^e hopes to rel^e me'SoJ^days^SS Cement^^^^^ ° thing of the past in making this happen she needs your help so drop Into the Cement box and aSl how yo ^' '^'^®'' ^"'"^ ^^ '"^^^^^'" ihxM fry VA • •','^v. I' ' «•'• rVili !%• i."j l^ ^^ Z.^ m ^'•• T.^? ;v>vi--;.K-' ?'!*•-'?'." .;K^.- .'i ?.-;>• ^sH)5 ' m' Last time Michelle Shocked came to these shores to promote her album Captain Swing she only reached as far north as Byron Bay. Those of us il who made the trek down to catch her said that it was well worth It to see her unique blend of jazz, folk and blues as well as a dose of political awareness. Once again she Is coming to Auslralia and this time you won t have to go very far at all In order to get there as she II be playing on campus at Mayne Hall. Whereas at Byron she somehow managed to get Paul Kelly onto stage with hen this time she will have his band The Messangers supporting her.lf you want io see Michelle Shocked, we have two FREE tickets to give away to the Mayne Hali concert just drop down to SEMPER on Monday 11 th of March at l.oo and tell us what Michelle's first album was called. O-Week: What Can I Soy? Not surprisingly the groovers in Activities have been hectic with the preperations for and running of the "O-WEEK OF LOVE" festivities. Wednsday Market Day was the biggest and also the smoothest in recent history with everything from camel rides to club displays and ice cream stalls with Brisbane band "The Ziggurants " featuring.Wednsday night was a big event for those at the l.C.C. pool party but an appreciative crowd of 500 enjoyed the rough and tumble humour of the "Empty Pockets" from the BIG GIG live in the Bistro. Thursday nighl was ol course the "FRESHERS WELCOME TOGA PARTY"-possibly the biggest Toga Party in history in the best venue this side of the Colosseum. The Joint Effort concert on Friday night was a sell-out to round off O-WEEK. Almost 2000 enthusiasts rocked to the sound of T.I.S.M. and Pop Will Eat Itself with support from The Crystal Set and 1990 student Battle of the Bands winners The Mad Parade. 0-Weck + 1 "the Love Continues" -kicked off well with the Welcome Back Band "Puzzlehouse" playing to apizza-munching, Pepsi-swilling audience. J Tuesday lunch saw two lucky students win the two trips to New Zealand at the S.T.A. Fun Flights Day in the Frisbee Distance Throwing Competition. A good crowd and plenty of media saw Professor Brian Wilson and other celebreties have athrow as well as U 6000 O-Week Bags ...No Problem!! to sec the world freestyle frisbie champions The California Girls in action. The success of 0-Weok is largely due to the tireless I( support of the 0-Weck helpers whose hearts were with us many times that their bodies were agin us {inside joke...eric) Things to look out for this semester are thr comedy WIi\ and band bananzas in WOUF WEEK March 21-28, first semester Workshops and heaps more such as Activities have 5 Wednsday lunchtime bands. FREE FRISBIES MOST OF ALL KEEP ACTIVATED! to give away jusl drop in and tell Eric Crooke (/licfii'i/ics Vice President) Gal/in where the Leo Ryan (O-Week Director) winners of the throwing '' competition will be going Puzzlehouse play CUBAilA WUXt WHM AIWM. JIKTII on. W JJIWO HAWAII $5.00 Specials for UO Shjdenis Off If VAilO UNJU Jill IMKK I99II Tl Na(hos + Power's Bitter/ il Wine/Softddnk ^5.00 S] Lofqgne + Power's Bitter/ A\ Wine/Softdrink ^5.00 [Q] Hawamm Steak Sandwich [Ol + Powef'jfl/ffer/Wne/ Soffdnnk^5.00 •A'S'ruWiOursnWKT The Toga Party! 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St Johns Ambulance First Aid, Basic Car Maintenance, Bar Course, Aboriginal Culture, Music is a Business or How not to get Shafted In the Music Industry. telephone (07) 3711611 fax (07) 371 4359 MOVIE OWNED & OPERATED BY QLD UNI STUDENTS UNION ^-_«» * ENCORE $4 $6 $8 SJSM WIDE CITY RELEASE $5 $7 $9 XnONEll COFFEE LOUNGE RANGE OP C0-2-CITY PLEASE $7 $8 $9 OPENS Vi HOUR BEFORE 1STSESSI0N TILL 10PM ADMissioras (OR FILMS COVERING 2 SESSIONS)' GUIDE DOWNSTAIRS ART GALLERY 3711879 •NO SCREEN ADVERTISING • UNIVERSITY GROUNDS AT ST LUCIA • AIR CONDITIONED • FREE CAR PARK BEHIND THE SCENES IN HOUYWOODI NOMINATED 1991 OSCARS BEST ACTRESS A (Isrcoly funny cxarredy. Under the sorcerer's wand ol Director Mike Nichofs, Streep proves she is our lines! comedian and with Shirley MacLaina they appear to have the lime ol their lives. Based on Carrie Fisher's novel, rt is a darii hugd comic lals of a chernical/y dependent 'OSFCARDS Hollywoodmotherandherdaughter. It Irequently echoes the archetypal Hollywood story (A Star is Born), but manages to stay on the edge FROM THE EDGE ^ I going for brinio humour about brittle people. Nichols finishes the film ^^ILVS"^'"" finale -a lllm within a lilm. f 1.4n « WEEK SEASON 14-W FEB ($g $7 »S) * MERYL STREEP SHIRLEY MACLAINE IHE MOST IMPBESSrVE MOVIE OF THE YEAH "THE SINGLE MOST IMPRESSIVE Sat in a hypor-reai mythical world of 1920 gangsters, it is the most mature of Joel and Ethan Coen's films to dale. (Blood Simple/Raising MOVIE OF THE YEAR..." Arizona). Although it has numarous cinematic and literary influences {The Conformist/The Glass Key) the Coen's have stirred the mixture into something completely their own. Gabriel Byrne and John MiLLEP'S Turturro play the gangsters with Albert Finney as a watchful mobster hopelessly infatuated with Marcia Gay Harden. As usual, the Coens never do anything you've seen before. (1.54) CROSSING® t WEEK SEASON «> FEB-6MAn ($9 87 gS) A FILM BY THE COEN BROTHERS ItBi'S EPIC AOVENTUDE NOMINATED 1991 ACADEMY AWAfiDS f 2 OSCARSf In his directorial debut, Kevin Costner brings an amazing degree of grace and feeling to this elegiac tale ot man's adventure of discovery Inc BEST FILM ACTOR DIRECTOR amon^ the Sioux Indians in the primitive Dakota Plains of the 1860s. Beautifully filmed, ft is a compassionate, romantic and excKing epic that combines Ideals andttue human emotions and a loving recreation KEVIN Dancer witb ol a fascinating vanished culturo. Surely this year's most nominated film in almost every category with Costner possibly receiving a triple nomination for Best Director, Best Actor and Best Film. (3 hours) ttMABCH - lO APRIL t» «• «7 COSTNER WQI^^ES NOW THE MAFIA EPIC CONTINUES Two epics, two classics, two films that changed Ihe standards of OMINATED 1991 OSCARS BEST FILM DIRECTOR! motbn picture excellence (90 Oscars) now become atriology under tho masterlui direction of Francis Ford Copfwla. Set in 1979, Michael Corlaone appears to be tired ot the continuing battle for supremancy in the gangster underworld. He wants to make a deal with the church and renounce his criminal connection, Coppola has worked again with Mario Puzo creating a riveting script and an ensembia cast including Diane Keaton. Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach and George IheliiiiyiEr^ Hamihon. (2.45) t> FEB - is MAB <» <• THU-WED 7 - »S MAR THUR - V7ED 21 - TO CONFIRM 7PM ALICE 9'' MAR 7PM ALICE TRiPLE-M 7.30 AWAKENINGS 7.30 WHAT HAVE I DONE SESSION TIMES fNCOM EVERY WEDNESDAY THE 9PM AWAKENINGS 9PM GODFATHER III JNION COMPLEX IS THE PLACE IN THIS GUIDE 9.45 EDWARD SCISSORHANDS FSOMllffi DIRECTOR OF 9.30 ALICE . . . 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One aspect of the of if you push what could be a sick and THB BMPTY POCKBTS. continuous assessment was putting on tasteless idea out to a nonsensical or an The banning of the Empty Pockets was productions which students had to have extreme conclusion you end up with not over any outrageous stage antic but some part in, be it actor, stage manager or something funny." over somethingquite different "The great thing Python and comparatively socially did was to get rid of acceptable. punchlines, get rid of the The Advertising Standards expectation of having a Council ordered the Toyota beginning, middle and Hilux commercial, which fea end to the joke where its tured the Empty Pockets belt- like watching an episode ingeachotherintoutility trucks of Hey Dad. You go right and smashing their heads with we've had our last com an iron bar, off air twice for mercial break and we excessive violence. know Nudge is going to Strangely enough the duo got say the funny bit at the their name from a line out of end," said Matt P. Billie Holiday's tender song "And he doesn't," adds God Bless The Child. MattQ. After the first banning in April The pizza and the beer last year the commercial re flow. Madam Bones turned albeit with a black box Brothel plays upstairs covering the point of impact but the en whatever. The continuous assessment ap and the conversation moves onto the state tertaining ad soon left the screens again. pealed to the shorter Matt because it meant of Australian comedy. "Apparently you're not allowed to show he could fail gradually over a number of "Australian TV suffiers a lol from just intentional violence so they'd rather have years without anyone noticing. copying what the Americans do, " said six year old kids selling cars - which is He nearly did Journalism, apparently the MattQ. really responsible," said the shorter Mat hip course at the time, but decided the "Fast Forward suffers from just getting thew. queue was too long. laughs out of copying ads and using the There is a sense of irony in the fact the a Hnding their career options limited in Perth parodies they use. pair who consider their live comedy to be the pair made the move to Melboume. Thebasis of their parodies, likethe Addams alternative getting banned in their first It was The Big Gig that really put The Family, are things that were funny any real mainstream outing. Empty Pockets in fronto f the Mr And Ms way. They are already caricatures, ones "We're sorry! We just assumed every- Averages, talcing them from the relative that you remember really well and done bodv was like thinkine adults and would obscurity of the Melboume club circuit by great actors like jbfm Aston - brilliant know that we were taking the piss." con and giving them, in Matt P 's words " a guy, he was funny, and you can't have tinued the shorter Matt. permanent notice up on the Safeway noti parody that way. We wouldn't mind so much , its just if ceboard." You've got to use something that was they hadn't banned the ad it would be on "The live act is on the extreme, a bit bizarre dead ly serious to start with and then try to the air for another year and we'd be get but they put you on the telly and suddenly parody characters." adds Max P. ting the money for it," said the taller Matt. youbecomemoremainstream even though "We don't do character comedy" sang the The credibility decrease factor in doing you're ideas haven't changed that much." two Matts in response to an obviously something like an ad was something that "We write for the medium. The stage is misguided question about any future the two Matts considered but shrugged more immediate you get away with a lol comedy in that field. off. more. You can do a lot with TV. You can "It's pretty limited, "explained the shorter "We were reluctant because of that Rock achieve a hard edged pace with editing Matt. "It plays off people's..." and Roll image of not selling out for and sound effects. If wedid the Lager Boys "...cliched stereotypical misconceptions..." commercials or anything like that," said on stage like TV we would need 11 people prompted the taller one. MattQ. off stage handing us the hammers, saws, "You've got a boogah hanging out of your "We meet Paul Hester in the street and he iron bars and other stuff." said the taller nose." exclaimed the shorter guy and con said no you're in comedy and thats what Matt. tinued, "...people's past knowledge of youdo.Wesaid -Rightthatsgood enough The Lager Boys would be the pairs most things that ha vegone on and catch phrases, for us - give us the cash." well knovm routine, thats the one where Things like that limit it." There is a lot of satisfaction in going so two blokes in blue singlets yell and do By now the band upstairs has finished and mainstream," he said. violence to each other as once seen on the the taller Matt has come back with the The Empty Pockets got together four years Toyota ad. news that it was a minor bit of snot and not a boogah. The unexpectedly erudite pair ago after not being able to find acting "I didn't have a violent childhood but I have to "warm up" - well its certainly not work. watch heaps of violence" said Matt Q, a rehearsal, they sort of bounce off each They met at what is now Curtin Univer "I'm a big Bruce Lee fan. Everyone thinks other(verbally) for a little while. sity while doing Theatre/Arts courses its The Three Stooges that the violence Now wheredid The Empty Pocketsget the which they failed to finish. comes from but its mostly people like Jerry inspiration for their material from? "Be careful this could happen to you if Lewis, Lee, Vanessa Redgrave and stuff "Weird experiences like this." they an you don't get your degree" said the like that. swered. Turner, as Paddy's pretentious brother Martin, was both pious and imperious. A^^^^^^J^ OOI^ Brisbane Arts Theatre Together they tended to overshadow the other performers whose characters Fred^Vessdj^ uie dii^ of tfus jwoduction of Peter Kenna's 'A Hard God', were a bit one-dimensional and unconvincing. says he enjoys plays that give a small peep at a few days in peoples' lives. The problem with the lives of ordinary people, in this case the Cassidy family, is Set in Sydney in 1946 the play examines Australian Catholicism and its that for the mostpart Ihey are just that,., ordinary. The charactersand the plot attendant conservative morality in the face of personal hardship. Issues are justaren't substantial enough to evoke sympathy among the audience or hold raised but no thing is resolved, leaving the audience a bit up in the air. It should its interestfor two hours^ I'm, sure that somewhere inside 'AHard God' there be noted that 'A Hard God' is the first play in a biology called The Cassidy is a strong and engaging play struggling to get out. Unfortunately it was all Album' so perhaps themes are explored more fully in later chapters. a bit tbb much like an episode of The Sullivans - lots of b>aggy suits and Brylcreem and BEX for every physical ailment Overall the show was a bit flat and indifferent but perhaps it was first-night nerves. The set and costumes are very authentic, lighting simple but effective Having said that, some of the cast should be commended for strong perform and both the audience and the cast seemed to enjoy themselves. If you're of the ances Sat lifted tiiemedioa e plot Gordon Shaw as Paddy Cassidy, the weak Irish-catholic persuasion (and even if you're not) and you're into that post-war husband driven from his oym home by a philandering wife, all but stole the era when women were sheilasand men were larrikins, go and see it. The season show with his mournful, hang RED HOT + BLUE BOXCAR HAPPY MONDAYS A tribute to Cole Porter Vertigo Pills, Thrills & Bellyache ttiere has been a I f you believe what the hype sur- growing ten Ir rounding these guys they ore dency for record • ' on© of Brisbane's hidden suc Wonderful connpantes to get togettier a diverse cess stories. Supposedly getting rove Sinrply wonderful. IDescrlbed rottier well group of barxjs in order to mal I, is o ilttt© knovi/n fact ttrat the ttie single I / Addiction are o four- ten years ago ttiere /1 recent tourby Concrete Blond© 'i Touch JClV\^ C some ttiat come from was o group of to follow up on tti© succ©ss of Although Myself •/ w€ f f w 4^ L.A, They are led by Over Queenstand Univer their singles 'Caroline' and 'Joey' was was played to deotii by certain radio tho vocalist, Perry Farroii, on ex-male sity sludentsin Brisbane who formed o tn fact their socond stopover In Bris stattons, it is not tti©bes t song from ttieir prostittjt© wlio bears a mane of long ttiln bond coiled tti© Go-B©tweens. They bane In 1990, Earlier in ttie yeor ttiey newest release. This album Is surety ttie dreadlocksOfyou look at ttie cover, he's wer© very prominent on ttie local hod performed at Griffith University to o Divinyis' most commercially viable re th© on© on ttie left). His vocals ore scene writing some of the most small butdedkioted oudlence. Such is cording so for, some soy ttieir best. highpltched, butnotfoisetto noro metal evocative songs about Brisbane and the fickle finger of fot© (n th© music Personally I loved It, from tiie simple, Robert Plant-like scream. He also writes releasing some superb olbums such industry thot on this tour ttieir support soulful tunesond clean guitarto Chrlssi© the lyrics, which ore often enlgmottc in OS 'Spring Hili Fair' before making oct was Andy Prieboy someone who Amphtett's breottiioss vocols. Th© loss meaning.Thot's ttie singer. ttiot Inevitable move down soutii. ttiey would hov© b©©n supporting a of drummer Jeff Horrls ond o change of Now ttie bond Itself, A normal guitar/ Since ttien ttiey hove produced some couple of years ogo. record companies hos not lessened bass/drums outfit. Their music can be o ttie iDest Austtoiion pop music and in those days you woukj have known tti© impact of ttiisolbum, Ev©nlf you'r© quick, gultor attack (with the help of ttie hove received acclaim ttiroughout him as the singer Vi4io took over from not a fan, you will be, after listening to guitarist Dovid Novorro), or a skjw, well ttie world. However ttmes change, the iegendory Stan Ridgeway as the this record. orchestroted. Yet, becouse of ttieir re- ttie Go-Betweens ore no more, hov lead singer of Woll of Voodoo. WhI le he fayed rhythms, ttiey never get boring. ing finally split up and its members was with ttiot bond they hod hits vi/ltii SCATTERBRAIN You could describe tiiem os ttie heir to hove oil embarked on ttieirseparat e endeavours, such as Grant songs such as 'For SWe of Crozy* and Here Comes Trouble ttie legacy of Led Zeppiln: no sexist, their cover of tti© Beach Boys 'Do It macho bullshit, wank and lyrics about McLennon's collaboration witti Steve Agoln'. Wall of Voodoo come up with Elvis, insteod ttiey'v© kept tti© good ef Kiiby from ttie Church to form Jock o truly blzorr© opprooch to music tiiot fects, tike instrumental texturing, o sense Frost OS seen at tti© recent LIvW Festt- was to set a high standord for the LA of style, the obllity to stretch out o song vol. seen© from which Concrete Blonde over6lghtminutes,and most importantiy Anottier was Robert Forster's embork- later ©merged. to make o song 'heovy' wittiout tripping ing on o solo career witti ttie release over ttieirow n feet. This is why ttie bond This has obviously carried on into of his newoIbum'Danger Inttie Past.' Is so big in ttie college seen© of L.A. and Prieboy'ssolo work Virtthth© new album w/hich establishes him as o great Aus America, ond hiove even hod some ef having songs thotrangefromthectioius ttoiion singer/songwriter, A position fect on ttiemolnstt'eo m charts over ttiere. of "Where'dollthedlpgo'In tti© bizarre he hod already laid ttie foundations After a few infroductory Spanish words, 'New York Debut of on LA Artist (Jazz forwitti hlswork witti tineGo-Betweens . PenyForroIiscreams "tierewegol... Gol Crowd)' to ttie haunflngiy ©vocotiv© In this album he allows himself to be ... Gol' While ttie band kicks Into geor. 'Tomorrow Wendy' .WHI© liesomeflmes more dork and brooding ttian his work So begins tiie flrst song 'Stop". A quick, appears ready to slip bock Into Wall of witti the Go-Betweens, He expresses repetitive burst of noise, just to start out Voodoo mould he somehow manages himseifwltiioutttierestraintofagroup, 1/ I ail heord tti© sin- ttie album, and what a great album it Is. to keep an Indlvkiuoi sound through somettiing which resulted in the al lOL/ VP gle'Don'tColIM© In tiie some, speedy vein ore ttie next out tills oIlDum. most schizophrenic noture of ttieir '^^^ ^ ^ Dude' from Scot- Iwosongs: 'NoOne'sLeoving' and 'Ain't work which tlie conttost between ttie terbrain's debut olbum, a catchy fu No Right', all possessing a great guitar bond'ssongwriters Grant and Robert THE HOT SPOT sion of metal, rock, rap, pop and eve solo by Navarro, Ottier songs of note are had led to. While ttilsalbu m may not Soundtrack rything In be^veen. This is o fun band, one like the lO-minute 'Three Days',and be to everyone's taste itdoescontoln yet ttieir lyrics often contain a serious tiie quirky, ettinlc flavourof ' Of Course', Hil. ,:( I.,I r,1. some ©vocative and well written message - 'Goodbye Freedom, Hello witii violin by extra Chortle Bishorot. Basi songs. Throughout it Robert makes full THE HOT SPOT Mom' deals with tti© rampant pro- cally, It's a great album, because it's by use of his talent for writing songs ttiot censorship movement In tiTe US. Despite a great band, but also because of ttie stand alone as being closer to poetry Scotterbraln's various musical influ- production.There or© lot'sof loyersmixed ttian most pop songs. ^^Xi. ©nc©s, tills album would appeal to In, wittiout getting smug. P.M. ttios© who like tiielr music faster and louder ttian ttie crop commerclol sta tions tend to dishout. The band Is ploying at Mettopolls on FrkJoy March 8. BLACK CROWES Shake Your Money Maker —f soixidtrock to the latest / fl /2I rtiovie directed by cult flg- lixa^^w^'iMmsn • ' IC? ure Dennis Hopper (Easy Rider .Colours) brings together some of HOODOO GURUS Miss fteelove '69 the greats of tti© jazz ond blues worW. Haven't heard onyttiing from ttieseguy s in quit© o while, but ttils single was Witti most of th© guitars coming from worth tti© wolt. This has to be ttiegroovies t release of ttie yeor so for - It hasn' t tti© Iegendory John Le© Hooker fresh been off my stereo since i got tt. Ttie single contains two oddiflonoi frocks: from his Grommy award winning album 'Stomp T?i© Tumborumba' and 'Bralnscon'. All three tunes are In frueHoodo o "The Heater' in collaboration witii ttie Gurus style, yet witti somettiing more. Dave Faulkner's vocals ore in fine form truly amazing Miles Davis on tiumpet and ttionks to some funky guitar from Brad Shepherd, 'Miss Fr©©bve "69' will this looked Ilk© on© of the great stick in your head ot leost until ttie new album 'Kinky' Is in ttie stiopis, soundttacks to come out of 1990 (not hard wtien the competttton is shit such DeSDltG ^i"^^d^ "t^y OS ttie Righteous Brottiers). Ttie draw I some critics as SCREAMING TRIBESMEN. Ayia back of most soundtracks in tiiat ttiey a poor imitation of ttieRollin g Stones.Ttie Some would soy typicol Tribesmen, but ttiis single hos a rougher edge ttian are meant to be heard as background Block Crowes' debut recording has post recordings. Mk:k Medew's vocals or© pretty exfreme - you eitfier really musk: ttiroughout o Aim instead of as gained tiiem a huge following In tti© US. like ttiemoryo u really don't, For iTKiny people Medew represents oil tiiatlsleft songs In ttieir own right. On ttiisalbu m Th© album is o good example of bluesy, of tti© Screaming Tribesmen, but It b ttie inclusion of Brian Ivtann on lead guitar ttiot proves to be Its stt'ength making hard-edged rock'n'roll, My favourite ttiot nnokes ttils latest offering worth a listen. good listening os o complete piece no track Is 'Hard To Handle' which i suspect J.F. matter what the occasion. R.H. Is o cover of on Otis Redding song, j p^ i^ Jl.... \i\\\.S^MR£K Diince^ with WoLyEs In retrospect il seems fitting that Dances With Wolves - To Mel or not to Mel is the quostion. a film that seemed literally to come out of nowhere - AWAKENINGS V\^elher 'tis nobler in should have grabbed the swag of Oscar nominations that Awakenings is not a film for those who like action, mind to suffer the it has. horror adrenalin highs. slings and arrows of It is a sentimental, tear round the eyes, film,though outrageous box ottrce Not thatOscarnominationsarc necessarily a signof artistic it doesn't indulge perversly in illness or disability returns or creative merit, but the commercial factor that motivates like some films do. Or to take arms their selection exercises a powerfully pervasive influence Its about the more courageous, selfless parts of against a sea of movie on the type of films that Hollywood decides to sink its human nature and the beauty and novelty of what critics. millions into, and if in this respect only then Dances With most people take for granted. O that this too too solid Cannes Award would melt, Wolves will have done the film industry, or more Awakenings is the true story of a doctor's fight to help the victims of a disease that caused them to thaw, and resolve itself into importantly the public at large, a great service. basically become human stautues with most people an Academy Best Film Bonfire thinking they were as good as dead. Award. The fact thatinanageof Batman and Schwarzenegger first- It is in part a true horror story - there is an agony in OGod (Bill, Ivan, John) How Vanities time director/co-producer/actor Kevin Costner could seeing those human statues in the hospital and weary, stale, flat, but If you have read Tom receive financial backing for a three hour epic Western knowing that they came so close f o freedom due to profitable Woolfe's novel you are going wilh a third of the dialogue subtitled Sioux Indian says as his efforts. Seem to me ail the uses of to be disappointed by (his much for Costner's reputation with the moneymen as it Though the thingsthegood doctordid for his patients this tiim. nim. does for the fact that Hollywood has totally lost the ball- came from his motivationand hisempathy, Isuspect Our aged incumbent, Woolfe'splot, particularly the Franco Zeffirefli, has thus ending and ihe characlers, game, flailing madly around for the next big thing. and would hope that the real life doctor would have done things that relied more on his training and not cut thy Bard's script back differ significantly from that just on intuition and luck as in the movie. Anyone by two hours, rearranged of the film. Tom Hanks, as In spite of all the industry machinations and cynicism put in Sayers position, if they had the motivation, scenes and, this is the Sherman McCoy, a "master (references to fhe film as ''Kevin's Gate' in a resurrechon of could have done what he does in the filman d whats beauty of auteur, even of the Universe" tycoon and the Michael Cimino nightmare that sank United Artists in the good of X years amount of study if that happens. changed the words. Bruce Willis as Peter Fallow, Ihe eighties) Costner has not only brought the film in on Williams starts off badly trying to be the awkward, Casttng young Gibson in a dmnkcn journalist, both give time and for the relatively modest budget of eighteen people shy Dr Sayers. Heisstilltrying unsuccessfully the lead is, to this critic, shallow performances. The million dollars (consider that Dick Tracey cost over fifty) to shake off Mork. But he findshi s feet and puts in purely a financial decision. most pathetic performance Sure, he has more draw though comes from Ihe actres'? but hasproduced a film historical sweep, emotional power a fine performance. powerthan Sir Olivier, but I who plays Sherman McCoy's a very real visual beau ty; in short a film whose strengths and jusl don'l think he cuts the socialite wife. are its subtleties, a rare thing in American cinema these cheese for a role ot this The roles of Willis days. magnitude. (To tell you the and Hanks should have been truth I'd love to see Sir reversed to do any kind of Withina rather bland-soundingstoryline Costner fashions Laurence in the role again, justice to Woolfe's work. a film that gallops along, rarely letting up in either visual dead actors just turn me Ifyou have not read the book on). you will probably enjoy the richness, wrycharacterisation,off-beatscenario orstunning it's quite an intelligent movie a bit more, Tlie plot spectacle- choice though, as most runs this way - a rich man and Kevin Costner has longbeen touted the archetype American people, especially the his mistress run over a young hero - (inevitably) male, moral but with a quiet inner younger set, wouldn't have blackhoodlum after he uies to rob them, they keep it quiet strength, an almost naieve Liberalism, and a strong jaw seen the film wlhout Mel or unless they were leather for obvious reasons, but the line, and in Dances he adds the layer of the Western dustered into submission by mayor, the local black power frontiersman mystique to that persona. their English teacher. Reverend, and the District Most of them will expect Attorney all uy to h>eal up the But for my money the real stars are the Indians. Graham "Lethal Dagger 2". And incident for political gain. A down and out reporter trying Greene (definitely no relation) and Floyd Red Crow basically Mel does deliver to gel back on top of things Westerman are real scene stealers as medicine man Kicking "Hamlet - Beyond Thunderdome" in many oi beats Ihe story up inlo an Bird and warrior Chief Ten Boars respectively. These are his scenes. However, to this important issue and things start no cardt)oard characterisations bu t complex and welldrawn critk:, the main reason for falling down for the rich man characters, and the actors are more than equal to theirroles, this production wasthe foul fi-om there. The reporter who particularly Mary McDonnell as Stands With a Fist, the Robert De Niro restrains his character well and puts and pestilent congregation relates Ihc slory, as the subject white woman whose adoption as a child by the Sioux tribe in an extremely convincing peformance as the first ot Hollywood accountants. of his award winning novel, cases Dunbar's communication with them (these patient to come out of the state. Even when his Films like this delight not feels bad about wh at happened charac ter turns into a paranoid, inciting the coincidences!). me - no, nor Mel's acting but accepts the success it dangerous interns to rebellion against the hospital, either. brings anyway. he retains credibility. The book is supposed to be But, it's a nice thought if nothing else, and I'll.certainlybe Williams and De Niro work woll together though P.S. Watch Mel's eyes throughout the film. No, Ihedefinitive New York novel cheering on Dances With Wolves at the Oscars., but please, De Niro's screen presence upstages Williams even but this is not the definiuve when WiiUiams has thi? dominant part' CM. not for the intensity, it's no sequels, eh Kevin? Gavin Sawford just that he never blinks, j New York movie. This fdm lost millions in America, il was a huge flop The past year has seen succeeded.Fromitslushbeginning performances combine bul it did teach the filmmakers films which wjllprobably lo the inevitable blood drenched vvith superb that if they do a film of a lurn oul to be classics of conclusion this movie continues to photography and 00 .1 bestseller they either do il the gangster/mafia reach thcstandard that he originally settings to make liVlRACT faithfully or Ihey don'tdo it at genre.Thcrewasthesuperb set with the first Godfather. Godfather3astorywith all. "Coodfellas" from Martin Continuingwiththesagao/Micheal impact that surpasses Scorsese, the raved about Corleonc (Al Padno) as he strives t^g fact that it is the Ifyou have read Ihe book don' t Miller's Crossing " from to look after his "family",a word sequcltoaapairoffilms edward see the movie. On the bright that talented duo the Coen which throughout the series has IV^OVP MRH side, Ihe photography is brothcrsandofcourscthcrc led to much bloodshed.This final neariyzuyearsoiQ.K.n. excellent, it is very slickly was the final part otFrancis episode begins with the Don 5C1550RHAND5 done and Bruce Willis doesn't Ford Copolla's Godfather Corleone receiving a decoration kill anyone for a change.S.S. series. from the Catholic Church as he tries Edward Sdssorhands is a modern day fairy tale/love sloiyi Apparently Copolla to finally make hisfamily legitimate Director Tim Burton (BeetIejuice,Batman) gives us a visually stunning, comic book wanted tocontinue with tho however ho becomes involved in bright, filmtha t entertains v«thout any obscenity uttered, blood shed or breast bared. same fabric as that which the Vatican bank scandal which Even though the title role is not demanding JohnnyDeppdoesa good job looking lost and made the other Godfather revealed a web of corruption and sensitive and his make up paloured face suits the film perfectly. movies and in this ho has intrigue leading up to the highest Looking like an English romantic/ punkcrossover with a dash of lawnmowerbeauty care wi hout a doubt levclsofthcCatholicChurch.Sb'ong Dopp wanders round as the stranger in a strange land that his character is. Edward Scissorhands was the creation of a strange inventor, a role which could only could bo played by Vincent Price. Having given his invention scissors instead of hands ho then conveniently dies leaving Edward to be taken from his Gothic castle hideaway by an Avon lady.The use of a generic suburbia whose caricatures of characters mask WIN FREE MOVIES some great social comment is wild especially the colour coded sets, We huve 5 free ticket.s to Edward Sci.s.sorhaiul.s, AwakcniniJi.s, iii\d Tho filmi s structured as the explanation an old lady gives to her granddaughter of why it snows and its a beautiful and moving explanation. Dances With Wolves to give away just come down andtell us who Edward Scissorhands leaves a bit of moisture around the eyes, a smile on the lips and a directed Johnny Depps previous movie glow around the heart .It is a soppy film but it has a hard satirical edge that makes it really worthwhile ^M. ^^Aift>^^ iiT/in ^ FOOD The First Casualty just how old Ihcse tricks are, going back The Terrace , a new licenced cafe restaurant has opened In lo the very first war correspondant Pa(JcJington. Phillip Knighdy William Howard Russell in the Crimean The meats are reasonably priced (Meals $4.90 to $16.90, Beer, Pan War. Based upon the qoule by Senator wine and mixed spirits are $2.50.) A IVforeton Bay Bug Salad was Did you know that during the insurgency Hiram Johnson in 1917 that "The first in Rhodesia that the London Daily casualty when war comes is truth". $9.90 and my friend got Crumbed Calamari ($4.90) and a Terrace Telegraph's Brian Henry, the Daily IMail's The author tries to show that war Platter ($6.90). For desert I went for a 852 shooter ($4.50), a con-espondants lose (heir impartiality Peter Norman and (he Guardians's Henry selection of fine cold cuts, cheeses and contdiments. in war situations.However he fails lo Miller were all the same person? That The shooters are potent, ranging from Kamikaze $3.00 to Test even after the end of World War Two the realise that il is impossible for a Tube $4.50, as the name in(Jicates this evil brew is served in a VS military was trying to conceal the correspondant to remain truly neuO-al extent of the di-saster at Pearl Harbour by in a conflici which involves their own test tube. claiming that ships lying on the boltom of country.ajid Ihat in tiie light of this A diverse crowd seems to frequent the Terrace. much of his criticism falls flat.Despile the harbour were only damaged? Couples and groups mix, play backgammon, sipp coffees, (his (he book makes interesting reading- Ifyou didn't than you should check out eat and enjoy the atmosphere and range of music. this book NOW! Here we are wilh the fora generation that still seems to see Staff were helpful and efficient and most friendly. Our waiter biggest war since World War Two and the almost unrestricted reporting of the media and the military are up lo their the Vietnam War as the norm when Patrick was Irish and in Australia for the season. old Iricks. In this book Knightly shows Knightly shows us that in fact it was The restaurant centred around an open veranda that provides an abberation, a fact demonstrated great city, mountain and Given Terrace views. by events in Kuwait. I recommend the Terrace It has a 10% discount for students and is located upstairs, 183 Given Terrace Paddington, opposite the DR. HUNTERS. Paddo Tavern. THOMPSON Ifyou take this reviewto Terrace you will recieve a complimentary SON'GSOFTHl-lDOOMED Carafe of wine with your meal. BOOKS OPEN 12—12 V ^>'". Nen lIceicH Eite ol siidtils m OiicDiil C i 1 If . V i e w s MOfiEfvOrC ON THE DEATH or THE /*M«CW0eEAM iiaw Opposite Paddo Tavern 183 Given Terrace Paddington SONGS OF THE DOOMED Ph. 369 8111 The Gonzo Papers Volume 3 Dr. Hunter S. Thompson* Anyone who is old enough to reiT»errtber seeing Richard Nixon on TV and reading about hinr\ in Rolling Stone will recognise the Doctor. Even if you're not that deaepit, perhaps this book is worth a look. Being the third in a series, SONGS OF THE DOOMED may be a strange place to begin your exploration ^fie Wine's on ns! of the twisted mind of this acid/cocaine/mescaline/ether-snorting, whiskey- sodden, gun-toting, desperado lunatic dope fiend. After being thrown out of the USAF for releasing 'sensitive' material in 1957, H.S.T. has led his faithful readers on a search (via the pages of Rolling Stone, Esquire, Playboy and the original and unsurpassed Gonzodassic: FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS,) for just what it is, goddamit, that all of us bom since the 50's are searching for - Now wilh every meat at Ronumy Cafe students receive "The Dream," the final reason for it all - and as for Gonzo, if you have to two glasses of chilled while wine - un the house, ask read on. Sunday. Moiuiay and Tuesday eveninj^.s. All of which makes our fabulous Gypsy cuisine ami As H.S.T. said himself, how anyone could write about someone eioing that informal atmosphere an even more palatable and many drugs and all those crazy things and expect anyone else to actually refreshing experience. believe it is just as crazy as it really was. Then again, he xvas tl\e man who depicted Nixon as a Right-Wing, power crazed despot who "fucked pigs and And that's not all'. sold used cars with cracked blocks" BEFORE Watergate. He xoas the man who Each Saturday night from 7.30pm you can enjoy a ran as a Freak Power candidate in a US election,and lostby a handful of votes. hearty three course roast dinner with all the He IS the man still calling for US President George Bush to be hauled out in trimmings for just $15! front of fhe law for his role as head of the CIA throughout Irangate. He is a writer espousing the "New" journalism - being part of his subject, which And there's more! makes for pretty interesting reading when that subject is scoffing drugs, or Each Sunday 4-6pm our Storyteller will entertain gun-smuggling from Cuba, or the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. Gonzo was you wilh The Travelling Tales she has colledeii in there, with his sidekicks Raoul Duke ("When the going gets weird, the weird her journeys. turn pro.") and Mr. Natural ("Just do it"), from tlie Fall of Saigon to drunken orgies in Palm Beach. It says something for the power of his writing that both Great food, geat value, great venue and these quotes are recognised by freaks and yuppies alike. great entertainment - now at Romany Cafe, Toowong. The first two books in this series, THE GREAT SHARK HUNT and GENERATION OFSWINE,aTe samples of his writing collected over the years. SONGS, on the other hand, contains much original work. There is a tone of tired reflection in these original essays, seemingly bubbled to the surface by his own ruminations on his recently publicised 'LSD Shock Sex Drugs Crime' show trial in a hick town in Colorado called Aspen (formerly only known for as a haven for yuppie skiers and other freaks). After living his subjects and drilling into the heart of the American Dream, Hunter S. has decreed that the "Dream is Dead". Dangerous shjff too, examining the dream and only to find out that it's gone, especially with a head full of acid. At least if he pursues his almost subconscious imitation of Hemingway lo its bloody end, he'll have left behind some fine writing for this generation to work out what the hell went wrong. u)t •• - ^ THE APVENTURE.S OF Ti M TAM KELLOGGSAHVUR •Hie in+rep'' There was a sign at Jonestovm behind Jim Jones' dead body and it said KILL KILL , KILL ti^ei^W}r even faster than crack "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat il" Send them off to war THOSE WHO DO NOT REMEMBERTOE PAST ARE CONDEMNED make sure they don'l come back TO REPEAT n? Give them tanks that fiall apart and helicopters that crash Which sacrifice would you rather 2000 DIED IN PANAMA Your hot car or your LIFE!! cause the STEALTH can'l shoot straight EIGHT HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR BATMAN PLANE DlEFOROIlSUCKEni and it doesn't even work!!! No surprise when their idea of national security is Bom on the firecrackerFourt h of July screwdrivers costing 1800 bucks Raised on football and MTV Never felt what it is like to have to light lo stay A little sand in the engine can stop a naval destroyer free! Vietnam just a Tmie Ufe BOOKmemoty Saddam Hussein knows this but our networks don't report it as we The mask is off again This time nobody cares Die for Oil Sucker ! DIE FOR OIL SUCKER! It is hard to keep dancin' when SUCKER! your legs are blown away. SUCKER! MEFOROILSUCHERI fs it really worth it in Oils SUCKER! day and age SUCKER! To come oul the winners of^OWd You too can get your face WAR THREE k^^^ shot ofl THINK ABOUT IT! ^^^^B|mis Race tycoons ^^^Kre to get a REAL Once we take over that place, IHr ^^^ WE'LL NEVER EVER ^^|Kold War's over it was BE ABLE TO LEAVE !! W^ aU a MIRAGE Bush talks aboul We could use that money - we bombing a path to got problems to solve Baghdad 75 miles wide But we're not allowed a chance at And if the BIG BAD WOLF that peace dividend still Won't give up we're going Because our psycho Presidentfs got to drop liit nuclear bomb his head in the sand And after that well just waltz right in to colonize their hearts and minds Saddam Hussein so egocentric he even But the ARAB PEOPLE wiii be so replaced damned mad Mickey Mouse on watches with his own lace We'U be lucky to get out of there AL^Ti Last spring he was OUR tyrant -we thought we could use Afler that do you think any Arab country will sclJ us We supplied him ALL his guns and his NERVE GAS TOO I Think of the cost to keep our army there Right now its the world's first tabloid war When the only way to get oil out of the ground will be soldiers guns There they are on CNN slinging mud back and forth treating Arabs like SLAVES Ifall wars were treated like gameshows GREAT I Or was that all part of the PLAN The world would be a much happier place HOW LONG DO YOU THINKTHAT COULD POSSIBLY IJ\ST!! But it won't last long with these egos involved One shot at Saddam and he's going to bomb Israel They've found a scam to replace tlie COLD WAR Alter that Hiroshima will look like PICNIC Its called DIE FOR OIL SUCKEnt Andwe'UALL SUCKER! DIE FOR OIL SUCKER! SUCKER! SUCKER! SUCKER! Whaf s so sick aboul this is tliere's a better way Stop selling guns to Arabs and to ISRAEL! YOU TOO CAN GET YOUR SPINAL CORD SNAPPED Don't need to keep ourselves hostage to oil To save the greedy kings from the greed of IRAQ Use our Star Wars knowhow to build solar powered cars. Give your life for a countiy where women can'l vote ONE CLERKATTHE PATENT OFFICE MIGHT BE AUL IT COUID TAKE And people still get their hands and heads chopped off!! To find a blueprint for a solar car General Motors shelved away In Saudi Arabia they stone you to DEATH But OH NO that's too simple and there's MONEY to be made! For sleeping with another person's husband or wife ^• Mama Mia • Fernando Dancing Queen Name of the Game Hasfamanana Rock Me # So Long Hey Hey Helen KNEE TOUCH 0) Gimmie Gimmie Tropical Lovebnd ARMS DOWN ID u K^>£> ARMS UP (3) %. ARMS DOWH (IIHI) TME*GRCAT«ABSA«REVIVAC ARMS UP W MJ.F. WEEK . + SUPPORT W EEK OF UNI FUN Thursday Slst march HOLT ROOM BISTRO Bjorn Again & Support JUMP TOGETHER Holt Room Bistro $8 & $10 (5) 8 tiU late J^fonday 25th JIfarch Thursday March 31 The Great Court Shopping Trolley Race. The Contest of Pygmies vyith prizes for fast^^st and slourest contestants as well as SLAP FLOOR best costumes. Tuesday 36th JHarch classics Statues Competition 1pm Michelangelos and Leonardo move overt! "The Classic Statues Competition" gives you the chance to impersonate your favourite JUMP TOGETHER (•nd) piece of statuary. At the fountain between the Undergraduate and the Steele Buildings. Scavenger Hunt - Entry is $5 for a team of y^ ^^ up to ten people and you could win $200 worth of alcohol. So get a tecim together now. Wednesday STth March HEEL STEP Free Lunchtime Performance Direct from Holland for "The Comedy Bananza". The Flying Dutchmen, 1pm. Forum Area. Drop down and view the pickings at the judging of the scavenger hunt. Weflnesday night - Comedy Bonanza STEP TOGETHER Holt Room Bistro "to fee announced" 1«) When I Kissed the Teacher • Honey Honey On & On &On • The Winner Takes if oli I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do • Take a Chance Does You Mother Know • Dum Dum Diddle PARTS OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENT MISSING OR ILLEGIBLE