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CRACCUM VOL 55 1581 ISSUE 6 April 7th EDITORIAL SRC REPS or
Points Are Awarded For Intelligent Play SRC is grudging minions along to r In any undertaking, in its final analysis, one always asks what the point Administration Boi is, and realizing that in most cases there is no point except perhaps volunteer comman survival, one concludes that the undertaking is, yes, pointless. That (1 pm SRC Loung Anybody who is realized, it remains either to carry on regardless or else give up in despair. John Broad, the F President Reagan's would-be assassin, apparently motivated by little more the meeting, but t than a desire to impress a film star he had never met, carried on: a sign of what's more they lunacy. There were those who said on hearing of the assassination attempt: they tried. The CAB is resj "Good...A pity he missed...Wowee..." and so on. Nothing I could write affairs of Craccunr here would change those comments, but I ask if those people would have meets weekly. It ii the lunatic courage to take their convictions to their pointless conclusion. AUSA Executive I Prince Charles is on tour and show here, vital preparation for his Finance Committe ascension. Otago University has decided to award him an honorary degree the Editor of Crac General Meeting ( of Doctor of Literature (D. Litt.). The Otago University Students' Association, or at least that part of it represented by Chris Trotter, the • your Bursary Cheque. editor of Critic, their substitute for Craccum, is opposed to this move. Mr STUDENT G j Trotter, perhaps annoyed at his own inability to spell, considers that this conferment is both outrageously expensive (as it is) and a symbol of Nominations wi You can bank it selection in the N university education for the rich and well born (as it is seen to be). I have to compete in the no idea of who else Otago has conferred honorary degrees on; I do know to be held in Bucl that Auckland has awarded the Queen Mother an honorary Doctorate of on cam pus. sports; Laws, as well as sundries to twenty five others. Why? I don't know. In the Athletics US they call these honorary degrees 'Kudos', Greek for 'glory'; Bob hope Tennis The Bank of New Zealand is Because we’re right here on Sw im m ing Hope got an honorary degree a while ago. The ulterior reason for it all is right on campus to help you campus we understand Badm inton probably simply that it's one sure way of guaranteeing that the recipient with banking services. Wheti student money problems too. Fencing actually comes on to your campus. Thrills. your bursary cheque arrives We always have a sympathetic Squash Unifems, by various representatives, have made it known to me that they To be eligible f there’s no need to wait until ear, backed by helpful and must have a tte n d will no longer reply to letters from Agent Grapefruit and Co. Why? You can you’re down town. Call into practical advice. Anytime Tournament w he guess that one quite easily: it's pointless to reply to someone like our on-campus office. If you you’d like to talk things over held (unless then Grapefruit. This doesn't vindicate the Citrus in the slightest, it simply haven’t already a cheque or just call and arrange a time. member of th e rt assesses him at his true worth. savings account with us we it exists) e x c e p t > Assassinations, honorary degrees, newspaper correspondence: what is can very quickly open one. the nominee is a Ask for Noel Austin level. the point of this editorial? It is not to say that everything is pointless, You’ll find it so much more University of Auckland Branch All nominees r although it sometimes seems that way, but to urge you to at least think of convenient to bank with the Phone: 774-024 level and prefers what the point in anything may be. Hinckley would not be in jail, OUSA Bank of New Zealand. All nomination would not be in general meeting, and Agent Grapefruit would not have to nominee's Stude or the relevant h be in cognito. There are undertakings which have a point: hopefully the Additionally it products of tertiary education can recognize them, otherwise they are women's volleyt doomed. Mental survival in an affluent age is just as difficult as physical Anyone wanting survival was in less prosperous times. Eggs Bank of New Zealand write to; — Dak. «EJ k I Here when vcyou need us - on campus The President N.Z.U. Volleyl p.O. Box 508' Wellington.
THE PAPER WITH TEAM MAN
Applications a Manager of the to attend the W Bucharest in Jul er. um...puncH ? Catering Co. The positio n r got on the line. “They really rushed of up to fifty s ti By JENNY SHEARER It turned out that for it . . . then they at the ve n u e . I* Craccum s cover, based found out it was Crac individual m ana) "YOU'RE not mad at us, on the front page of cum.” representative v Bucharest. ara you?" Sunday News, was the Mr Kirkpatrick is con That was the hesitant sincerest form of flat sidering using a cover Applicants sh T inquiry when Sunday tery. from the Times of Lon at managing tot 8 News rang about a "Our technical editor don as a follow-up. experience in a< I March Issue of the Uni- is right into tabloid lay And perhaps Craccum get along w ith | I versity of Auckland’s out,” he said. will have produced a account. t- student newspaper Crac- “And the Sunday crossword by then. THISWEEK'S The success* ‘cum this week. News cover is a really any expenses b >• The cover looked effective sort of cover — the Executive o | vaguely familiar. .. easily recognised and comprehensive 5 But the compliments punchy." If they only knew..... | flew when Craccum edi- And, of couse, it was a arrangements. massive success. - Ed. SPECIALS! The applicatii * tor David Kirkpatrick ahould be s e n t The A d m in is Cover: "Flowing Craccum", W. Mcllhagga New Z ealand P.O. Box 51( Taxing Overseas Students...... 5 Cold Servery Debating on the Move...... 6 The Insurance Cos. Covered...... 7 Meat Pies Fable of the Association...... 9 CONTROLL Fightback Liftout with Centrefold...... 11-14 Vi reduced from 55c to 52c An excellent Talking with Dreams...... 15 Multinationals v The Lovely Margie...... 16 Chile & USA. Gabba Gabba Stockhausen...... 17 Hot Servery Correspondence (4 Pages!)...... 19-22 Lust...... 23 Watersports & Bays...... 24 Sausages Organised b> Welcome. CRACCUM is registered with the Post Office reduced from 25c to 22c Vol. 55 1981 Issue 6 April 7th as a newspaper. It is published by the Craccum Administration Board for the Auckland HAVE YOL University Students' Association; typeset by many wonderful people on our own Health Food Bar At present v Thanks again to all the troopers, especially Compugraphic; and printed by Wanganui willing to teacl the Tanczos, still alert but not so hot at pinball. Newspapers Ltd., 20 Drews Avenue, situation. Cop Wanganui. Opinions expressed herein are not Sara again typeset through the night, with help All Fruit throughout co necessarily anyone's, including the Editorial We hope to in from novice but still ace Victoria. Upstairs the Staff, and in no way represent the official reduced by 3c each selection of op cast of thousands, ably led by Mr Faulls, policy (should there be any) of the Association. (Examples fror produced this, with Geraldine, Darryl, Paul, beekeeping, vs Editor...... David Kirkpatrick So if you h« Kaaren, Jim, Scotty, the other Paul and heaps Technical Editor...... David Faulls know-how, PI more. Jason is still bringing home the bacon. Advertising Manager...... Jason Kemp B W.E.A. A fine ship and a good crew sailing in her: Assistant Editor...... Paul Grinder Distribution Manager...... Graeme Duigley 21 Princes S1 Craccum rules! Artist in Residence...... William Mcllhagga Ph.372-030
2 Craccum April 7 1981 NOTICES
FOOD CO-OP PRICE GUIDE SRC REPS ON CAB AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OVERSEAS W e (2 Germans) want to visit New Zealand 9/4/81 SRC is grudgingly allowed to send two Monday April 13 1-2pm for about one year. Who is interested in Beans, 10c = .070; Beetroot, 15c each; minions along to represent it on the Craccum Venue: Executive Lounge, 1st Floor, Studass getting to know us and giving some Brocoli, 10c = .100 season starting; Brussel Administration Board, and will pick its two information about New Zealand? Especially we sprouts, 10c = .080 season starting; Cabbage, volunteer commandos at the April 8th meeting Help free our 'adopted' Indonesian prisonerl need information about possibilities of working 40c each; Capsicum, 5c each; Carrots, 10c = |1 pm SRC Lounge). Contact: Paul Hitchfield 600-004 (President) at the University in Departments of Medicine, .300; Cauliflower, $1.00 each; Celery, 40c Anybody who is interested should really see Pharmacology and Biology. each; Courgettes, 30c each; Cucumber, 10c John Broad, the Publications Officer, before W e are looking forward to your response. each; Garlic, 10c = .030; Ginger root, 10c the meeting, but they don't have to, and PARENTS CLUB Thank you = .040; Kumara, 10c = .325;Leeks, 20c each; what's more they probably couldn't find him if Lettuce, 50c each; Marrows, 20c each; Wolfram Steinke Mushrooms, 10c = .030; Onion, 10c = .400; they tried. Hello everyone. W e started a club last year The CAB is responsible for the business Querenburger Hohe 97 (015) Potatoes, 10c = .600; Pumpkin Crown, 40c for parents and their children. You can join affairs of Craccum (such as they are) and each; Pumpkin Butternut, 20c each; Rhubarb, whether you are a student or staff member, a 463 Bochum meets weekly. It is fiercely independent of the 10c each; Silverbeet, 10c = .155; Spring solo-parent or a 2 - parent family. W e aim to Western Germany AUSA Executive but not especially so of the onion, 10c = .040; Sweetcorn, 15c each be a Resource group and an active body on Finance Committee and is answerable only to WANTED TO BUY season ending; Tomatoes, 10c = .100 much this campus in Education Fightback, etc.. W e the Editor of Craccum and the Association in Young or baby male cockatiel and birdcage dearer; Watermelon, 60c each season ending; can help our members with information on Grapes, 10c = .050 season ending; Egg plant, General Meeting (in that order). stand. Ph.768-516 Childcare facilities, courses and lecture times, 20c each; Apples, 7c each Kidds Orange; welfare, grants, beneficiaries rights, etc.. W e CAR FOR SALE Bananas, 10c each; Oranges, 15c each; Pears, are also a Support group for our members. STUDENT GAMES Ford Prefect 100E, very tidy inside and out. 12c each. During the year we will organize outings and Engine perfect. Genuine reason for sale: quick functions on a large scale for everyone and sale for $650 only. Ph TGN 4632 Nominations will close on April 10 for smaller get-togethers in different areas. This selection in the New Zealand Universities team will include arranging transport to social FOR SALE to compete in the 1981 World Student Games events, group concessions and children's Women's leather shoes. Clark's "Crayons" - to be held in Bucharest in July in the following activities. Our general meetings are held once flat style with strap - Lilac with white trim. Size sports; a month on the second Thursday at 1pm in the 7. Only worn twice (too small). Cost $24, will Athletics Counselling Lounge above the Post Office. sell for $15. Ph.768-516 Tennis Get your name on the membership list as soon Swimming as possible and keep those $1 yearly WANTED TO BUY B adm inton subscriptions rolling in. W e have a Textbook: Taylor, Walton & Young, "The Fencing noticeboard in the quad above the milkbar that New Criminology", Ph. 768-516 Squash will keep members informed about social To be eligible for nomination the nominee events and important issues. Feel free to must have attended the most recent University advertise on it about Buying and Selling Items, Tournament where the nominee's sport was etc. held (unless there is a suitable reason) and be a W e offer friendship and understanding. 'We member of the relevant university club (where are definitely not a bunch of oddballs or it exists) except where another club of which Commies. Don't knock it until you've tried it'. the nominee is a member competes at a higher A function we have planned for next time is a level. Hangi at a farmlet in Henderson on the 26th All nominees must be recognised at national April, Sunday. There is ample room for level and preferably hold an N.Z.U. Blue. children to play and be themselves. However - All nominations must be forwarded by the we need to have advance notice of the number nominee's Students Association Sports Officer of people intending to come because the food or the relevant N.Z.U. Sports Council. must be prepared in advance. To cover the Additionally it is proposed to send men's and cost of the food there will be a small cover women's volleyball teams. charge per adult of $3, children under 14 years Anyone wanting further information should are free. Come out for an afternoon's drive. write to; This is a chance to get to know other members SCM The President, better and to relax over a few drinks before Tuesday April 7 1-2pm, venue: Room 223 N.Z.U. Volleyball Council, having dinner prepared by someone else. Let's (Music Room) 2nd Floor Studass. P.0. Box 5081, make this social event a success to pave the The Great Gospel Rewrite led by Stephen j Wellington. way for other functions. After all if anyone Payton. Contact Stephen ph. 606-010 can the kiwi can. Remember - it's on Anzac TEAM MANAGER weekend, the next one after Easter. For further information contact Lynne - Phone: Applications are invited for the position as 695-850. W e also take this opportunity to Manager of the New Zealand Universities team thank Lindsay for the wonderful afternoon we to attend the World Student Games in all had at the get-together at her place. Bucharest in July. (The address and directions, plus the phone The position requires management of a team number on the day for the next venue will be of up to fifty students during preparation and posted on the noticeboard). at the venue. Most sports will provide individual managers and an N.Z.U.S.U. Lynne Allen. had done. One day Wayne will realise representative will provide some assistance in TH E W EEKLY that Studass involves some politics Bucharest. SNOOKER CLUB amongst his mass of overburdening Applicants should have had some experience Come along to the Annual Genera! Meeting at managing touring sports teams, but BULLSHIT administrivia. on Thursday 9th April and join for only $1.00. Exec, did not approve an experience in administration and the ability to Meetings are held once a week or once a get along with people will be taken into fortnight (still to be decided). Competitions are A continuing saga of cut-throat application by three volleyball players account. held at these meetings and the winners and excitement and gallows humour to be helped in their way to NZUSU The successful applicant will not have to pay 2nd and 3rd places receive prizes - namely interspersed with large doses of pure eligibility. However they were any expenses but will be expected to furnish money. unadulterated boredom. acquainted with how Volleyball Club the Executive of the N.Z.U.S.U. with a * See you in the Billiards room on Thursday comprehensive report on the games and The Exec, meeting on Thursday enabled large numbers of 9th April at 6.00pm arrangements. If unable to attend phone Martin at 592-424 night arrived with 2 Yt pages of non-students to use the Rec. Centre The application, including a 'curiculum vitae , PROGRESSIVE CLUB agenda and 60 pages of information for long periods of time. This is should be sent to: to be surmounted. The Administration Officer, Are you concerned about the trend to occurring while many students New Zealand Universities Sports Union, consefvatism in NZ? Tania’s “ uWoon After a struggle just to apporove cannot use the Rec. Centre when P.0. Box 516, attacks on Maori activists and HART, rising previous minutes Exec, got it's teeth they would like to. Palmerston North. unemployment? into the meat. About 30 people The Capping Programme was B e active and fightbackl Join the Applications must be in the hands of the representing the Maori, Samoan and largely approved by Exec. Capping Administration Officer April 30th 1981. Progressive club. Next Meeting Tuesday 14th April, Exec lounge, 1pm. Togan student clubs arrived at will be well run this year. If we don't fight, we ioseP 7.00pm. They came to haul your Heather's Fightback Rally was CONTROLLING INTEREST President, Wayne, over the coals approved with our resident An excellent film on the role of the concerning his report on the reactionary (Jonathon Blakeman) Multinationals with three case studies. Brazil, Education Fightback dance. Wayne dissenting again. The rally in Albert Chile & USA. BLOOD DAYS had made a number of racist Park will be well publicised and really Thurs. 9th April The NZ Blood Transfusion Services will be in statements in the context of his informative for both the general Exec lounge, 1pm the SRC Lounge on: report which had angered these public and students. The Government Monday 13th April 10.00am-4.00pm clubs. He had also made numerous will (with lots of luck) take some Organised by the Progressive Club. All Tuesday 14th April 10.00am-4.00pm pointless statements and notice of this one. Welcome. Wednesday 15th April 10.00am-4.00pm impractical recommendations in the Oh, a note of sadness was brought Thursday 16th April 10.00am-1.00pm same report. up. Kenneth Wong has had to resign Come and give a pint, have a cup of tea and have y o u a s k il l t o t e a c h ??? After hearing three speakers from a bikkie and get lots of little green pills to as Overseas Student's Officer consume on Saturday nites. Help your faculty the combined clubs Exec, voted not because he has been unable to raise At present we are compiling a list of people win the blood transfusion gnome. to receive Wayne's report. Wayne $1500 for his fees. This shows just willing to teach skills to others in a one-to-one apologised to the people at the how much the discriminatory fees situation. Copies of this list will be distributed meeting for the statements contained affect overseas students. Kenneth throughout community groups in Auckland. MOTORCYCLE CLUB in his report. As well he promised to must be thanked for all the work has We hope to include the widest possible 1. MEETING - Wednesday 1 pm Old Grad Bar selection of opportunities for people to learn. 2. FUN RIDE TO WAIWERA - for all size rewrite his report, stating only has done for overseas students. (Examples from our present file include motorcycles on Sunday 12th. See Motorcycle relevant facts and write an apology to Later on Exec, adjourned until beekeeping, welsh and economics). Club Noticeboard for details. be printed in Craccum. Friday at 2.00pm to go on and...on So if you have the interest and the Throughout the meeting Wayne and... on.... ate.....yawn., know-how, Please contacts us at STUDENTS AGAINST THE TOUR and Heather Worth (Education W.E.A. SOCRATES 21 Princes St. SATT meeting 1 pm Friday 10th Exec Lounge. 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The Nationalof New Zealand Limited Bank w ______Share a world of experience______L_ 4 Craccum April 7 1981 In the pursuit of my employment The Effects of $1,500 related to my qualifications I will have The discriminatory fee of $1,500 for to meet the standards demanded by overseas students (except those from potential employers of university the South Pacific) took effect in graduates. In the competitive arena 1980. The most evident impact was THE of job seekers back home in on Malaysian students, being the Malaysia, employers considering biggest overseas student group in taking in university graduates, expect New Zealand. as a minimum standard, a degree The graph below shows the decline with Honours. in the number of Malaysian students Before embarking on a course of since 1977 as a result of the 45% study in New Zealand, I had to cutback and the $1,500 tuition fee. $1500 consider the costs involved. There Subsequently, the total intake of were a limited number of overseas students to NZ universities opportunities available to me with register a directly proportional regard to further study or job decrease. training. The costs and benefits of According to OSAC's (Overseas each option had to be weighted. The Students Admission Committee) FEE major factor that had to be report, of the 240 places allocated to considered was the extent to which Malaysian students only 162 my family was able to support my eventually came, i.e. 33% below the Graph shows the yearly intake of efforts financially. quota. If we take the base year at overseas students. I have a younger brother and four 1976, just before the 45% cutback, sisters. My father has recently retired the 162 represents only 30% of the Note 1: The Government intake restriction from military service. The two elder 1976 intake. The drastic drop in the policy was announced on October 1976 by the of my sisters have jobs which earn number of Malaysian students being then Immigration Minister Frank Gill. The them enough with a little left over for able to come is a cause of serious cutback was to the effect that the number of the family. concern. What happens to the 70% students from any one country in any one year When the decision was made that I who were denied the opportunity? to be limited to 40% of the total intake. 'The official reason was purportedly to admit should study abroad, it was with the Through a case study of the students from Middle East countries, but the hope of my eventual return home to Malaysian students in particular, this fact is, as the graph shows, no increase in a job which would earn enough to article attempts to examine the harsh demand from anywhere else, and the total ease the financial burden my parents repercussions these discriminatory intake of overseas students has dropped from face in supporting the younger 743 in 1976 to 284 in 1960. policies had in general on overseas members of the family. students and their families. After four years in New Zealand, ^.OVERSEAS STDgSMT-g the other options which were The Malaysian Students previously available to me back The Malay Peninsula was under ^ home, are now out of my grasp. direct British rule for more than a ___MALAYSIAN There is no hope whatsoever of my century. After the 2nd World War, 2 0 9 ** ^ 2 ^ 3 family being able to raise the $1,500 when the anti-colonial struggle was at 162 necessary to allow me entry into the its height, Britain knew that it could Honours course. The finance no longer contain the Independence required to keep me in New Zealand movement, and has to resort to during these past few years without indirect control through a class of the additional handicap of an local elites. That marked the first 1976 1977 1973 1979 1980 astronomical $1,500 has already wave of overseas students, but they proven to be a burden on my were mainly the children of rich ie. at 3,300 a year for a science (Language Achievement Test for parents. aristocrats and business tycoons. degree. NZ and Australia followed Overseas Students), there is no I am presently facing the prospect The picture changed somewhat in suit last year by imposing a indication that the Government is of being left stranded in a limbo the 1960-70s. 'Independence' and discriminatory fee of $1,500 a year - a holding out the olive branch. We being just short of sufficiently 'development' entrenched the elites stunning 600% increase. To the must not be caught off-guard. We qualified and, possessing who in turn bred a string of many middle and lower-middle class must be ready to get all out to qualifications which are totally professionals and technocrats. In a family (where the majority of vehemently oppose any possible irrelevant to whatever job I may have developing country like Malaysia, a Malaysian students currently in NZ increase before it is too late. to settle for, when I return home. glaring gap exists between the rich belong ) earning between To this effect NOSAC is running a The thought that I have striven so and the working masses , whose life $3,000-6,000 a year, even these two petition to the NZ Government to hard for four years, and received so hovers around the brink of poverty, countries are now out of their reach. protest against the unjustifiable and much from my family, has all been in despite generations of unflinching Thus, only children of the wealthier discriminatory fee policy and to vain, leaves me with a strong feeling toil. If they have no hope out of this families could afford to come, with demand an immediate freeze on the that I and my family have been destitute whirlpool, their dream lies the exception of a handful who fee with the view of eventual deliberately cheated by some cold that if they work hard and safe managed to borrow and work their reduction of the fees to the level of and totally unconcerned bureaucratic enough, perhaps one of their children way here. This discriminatory fee the New Zealand students. machine. could have a high education and policy in effect widens the disparity The feeling of total helplessness to climb out of this underprivileged gap and aggravates indebtedness of influence my own fate, penetrated caste. But how many of such THE FIGHT CONTINUES AS LONG families in Malaysia. The official deep and is causing me increasing dreams could come true? AS DISCRIMINATION EXISTS. reason given for the increase was anguish. My family has pinned all I Malaysia, like many developing that 'overseas students' are generally their hopes on me and I have tried countries, largely through the effect A t the end o f 1980, N ZU S A made from wealthy families' only add insult not to disappoint them. They look to of colonization, has her development a submission to the Human Rights to injury to the helpless victim, (see me to bring some comfort into their priorities distorted. By as late as Commission on the imposition of box) lives and hopefully better the 1970 there was only one university. discriminatory fees for overseas prospects in life for my younger To-day there are five and a few students. The following is one of the brother and sisters. Inhuman effort Where we go from here? technical colleges. Even then, there personal testimonials of overseas on my part of the intervention of are only places for about 30,000 The NZ General Election is only 6 students affected by the $1,500 fee, some unseen benevolent being is not tertiary students compared with months away. It will never be a included in the submission. going to return to me my hope and 40,000 University students alone in better time to do some lobbying I am a Malaysian student now in confidence in the future for myself NZ, with 1A the population of among the MPs, especially those in my fourth year of study. I am very and family. Malaysia. The result was (in 1977-78) the marginal seats who will be extra close to completing a degree of I can only make this anguished out of the 26,000 eligible applicants sensitive and 'sympathetic' to a well Bachelor of Science. Last year appeal to whomever is willing to hear to the Universities only 5953 were organised pressure group. We should (1979), I obtained the requirements my plea. An army of automatons has accepted ie. 1 in every 4. Of the approach both the National and for entry into an Honours course in fed in the data from their files on me. remaining % and many other opposition Members of Parliament. my majoring subject, Biochemistry. They have apparently come up with thousands more pre-university Labour Party had on record said they The courses I have undertaken this the result that my continued students, only a very small will rescind the fee when they form year are only necessary for meeting education in this country is somehow percentage will be fortunate enough the next Government. the required number of credits for my an economic liability to somebody or to go overseas to countries like UK, From the nasty experience of UK, degree. other. Australia, NZ, etc. To the rest, it it should not be a surprise that the My decision to pursue Biochemistry There must, however, be a thinking NZ Government may at any time means an end of their academic v as the major subject in my degree and feeling being among you who pursuit, a shattered dream and the announce an increase to the 41,500 was based on the intention to pursue, pull at the strings attached to my life. fee. More likely, it wilfbe an beginning of a lowly paid menial job study up to the level of honours and If you would look at your facts and if they can find one. escalating increase pegged on the possibly further. However, nearing figures again, very closely, I am sure To the sector of Malaysian rate of inflation of this country 11 the completion of the degree, I am you will find at least one good reason students who resort to going Already rumours are rife that the fee faced with the prospect of having to why I should be given a fighting overseas, the past few years have will be savagely increased to $2,500 pay out of $1,500 (over twice this chance at least, to complete my figure in Malaysian currency) in fee in become increasingly difficult. Britain next year. chosen course of study. now requires overseas students to Although we applaud the withdrawl order to be allowed entry into the bear the 'full cost' of their education (rather belately) of the racist LATOS Mnnm ire rnursA
Craccum April 7 1981 5 NORTH EAST
With all the urgency of law-making the parliamentary-style debates The Debating Society decided, in their own Alice-in-Wonderland way, that "This House supports the death penalty, Goes Walkabout but at the same time... a little of what you fancy does you good." No With everything from an have enjoyed Glasgow's welcome, life doubt many politicians would have International Frog-Jumping Festival to suddenly becomes too enjoyable to been disheartened at the opposition a World Series Marble Tournament it forfeit! to the proposal that "This House seemed only inevitable that such an For one week over a hundred would rather be dead than red." ancient pastime as university debating young debaters talked, drank, ate, However, when one encounter would found its own global laughed and sang their way through fellows from such distant universities championship. So it was that in everything from sight-seeing tours to as Princeton, St Andrews, Alberta January of this year the universities Burns Suppers. And when the and Oberlin somehow the petty __ Justwhu of Canada, Australia, England, debates were not being punctuated aspects of local politics are lost, Scotland, the United States, Ireland by whisky-drinking competitions or Our treasui views become comprehensive and WHO WANTS A sent their competitors for the First bannock-munching thb histrionics distributor every problem assumes global World Debating Competition. were truly amazing. FIGHT? proportions - and solutions. Both on -comes up Enduring its usual financial The eventual winners both in team Not I. But I sometimes wonder if the floor of the chamber and at the problems, the Auckland University and individual events came from the I'm alone in my timidity: everyone bar of the Union Pub world Debating Society could not have University of Toronto. Auckland did else seems occupied in "the fight (or understanding and communication even begun to consider sponsoring a remarkably well considering the struggle) for" something or other. take on a new, and very personal team. However, two itinerant standard of debate, and the rusted Where does all this belligerence come meaning. Some dismiss it as the members, past-President, Jeremy manner in which the team was from? game of youthful idealism. But, Steel and President, Stuart Bugg assembled and prepared. Stuart One source is misunderstanding. certainly such gatherings cemented happened to be on the other side of Bugg managed to gain a place in the Consider an example: many people in speaking ties with the the globe avoiding the heat and Merv individual semi-finals. New Zealand deplore the invitation of Commonwealth and English-speaking Wellington. But, as the losers' cliche goes, it is the South African rugby team, world. Thus, after a few hasty telephone not the winning that matters so much because it appears to endorse The next Competition will be held calls and numerous expletives (not to as being there and taking part. The apartheid. Others argue that a visit in January 1982 in Vancouver, and WHAT IS P mention the usual Debating Society "internationality", the comaradery, by a team selected "on merit" would the following year it is planned for entrepreneurship) the "Presidential the friendships and the hospitality: support attempts to eradicate somewhere in Australasia. Economic p Team" assembled their brains at those were the aspects of the week apartheid from South African rugby, (Auckland?). Add to these annual types: kinetic Oxford University. For several days that were remembered most. and should therefore be encouraged. affairs the regional Australasian terms that I w they made adjustments to their For most people the sight of clans In other words, one side discusses Championship (this year in Physicists in p semantic equipment, gathered their of students persuading and assaulting ridding rugby of racialism, while the Melbourne) and it does indeed seem familiar with t jokes and adapted to the rarified each other with a verbal holocaust other is concerned to get a message that the Debating Society will be on a warned that I atmosphere of northern hemisphere may not seem particularly unusual or th perpetual walkabout. It is to be manner slightl intelligentsia. Then, words in hand, entertaining. But at the World through to all South Africans: their hoped that the future travels can which they ar they set out for the final "push" and Competition the results of the many aims differ, and disagreement is match the character and pleasure of all, what exac the dreaded unknown of the North. confrontations were both picturesque hardly surprising. Glasgow. economic pov Fortunately the "natives" were very and humorous rhetoric; there was Another source is society, espec friendly and the hospitality little of the limp verbosity that often oversimplification. "ALL MEN S.G.B. economic pov impeccable. It may be that you can pervades New Zealand parliamentary RAPE", screams a wall in Courthouse control over t see Venice and die, but once you debates. Lane. If that's true, either I'm not a assets. Poter man or rape isn't what it's cracked up arises from as to be. You think that's frivolous? NZ Apartheid? readily availat It's just what the ludicrously economic red oversimplified graffiti invites: rtt Apartheid, as defined by the context of a S: devalues the important issues which Oxford Dictionary, is a policy of racial assets and th< it is - presumably - intended to bring segregation. If one were to ask a required to cc out. person whether or not they thought In most busin In both these cases, a question of apartheid existed in New Zealand, the the great maj< real concern is obscured by emotional answer would more than likely be no. This potential treatment. Christians, if no one else, If one asked whether or not racial likely never tc should avoid such indulgence: it's / ' i-s ■ discrimination existed in the country, to do so wou truth that sets you free, not those who think it does would change in the adrenalin. probably think it is covert, rather than most probabl' overt. Come to the Maclaurin Chapel Hall / ' / \ / > V —■» going conceri HAIRDESIGNERS this Friday, April 10th at 1.10pm. All t \ However, looking around, and the undertaki MAINLY FOR MEN ignoring discrimination, one can see Welcome. power is mos ' . o ' i 1 O v \'r/ apartheid institutions, that are arising from i 'L- . / y \ . | —*nI > ✓ \ / /*> -V'w blatantly set up and run by the covertly, the people that generally to potential e PVi 379.-440 V - r A i C/' Government, and that have been in have the most to lose are those outlined abov existence for many years. They are: people, within that race, who have which are no the Maori Land Courts, Maori Affairs gained positions of influence and operation o f' Dept, New Zealand Maori Council power, at the expense of the rest of any definite li and last, but not least, the four Maori their race. They are, in effect, the freely manipi Parliamentary seats. elite of that race. the function Given these institutions are The problem with any elite, economic po apartheid in that they segregate however, is trying to tell them that material degr Maoris from other people, is it not their position is based on the companies, r unusual for Dr Walker, chairman of suffering of the rest of their people. have it all the the Auckland District Maori Council, The Maori MP's are a classic example It is the pri to be concerned that these bodies of this. They quite genuinely believe business enti could be legislated out of existence that they are there to help Maoris and selling is by the census? This concern was cope with the European world, and funds contrit also shared by the chairman of the they do this by catering exclusively share capital Waiaraki Council, Mr Paul. for him, encouraging him to be being used t< One would think that these two separate. Logic suggests that the solvent in th< men, and many other influential best help to give would be to force interval of tir Welcome to Auckland’s newest Maoris, would be trying their hardest him to participate, on the same terms raw material! 'N / " / > l - ^ to have the institutions abolished, as everyone else. But no, the MP's revenue. Ot HAIR CARE CENTRE because they discriminate against the carry on, and by doing so encourage aggravating ■ Maori and imply, especially in the the apartheid institutions, all strongly maintain the SPECIAL STUDENT DISCOUNT S ' W o ' r r ' \ \ S case of Parliamentary seats, that the resisting any attempts to abolish enterprise ar I'/--,- - / _1\/ Maori is not quite capable of / \ ' with ID on Tuesdays and Wednesdays .'I \ . M ■** > ^ - them. costs. This ■ competing on equal footing with Perhaps then, instead of agitating describes air other political candidates. about apartheid sports groups, the economic sy * \ \ " I V ' \N/ / Both Guys and Gals The fact that those who hold jobs agitators should instead turn their demonstrabl i V . X. I V within tiie institutions have the most considerable energies to what is power since to lose in the event of their abolition, happening here, or would that are irrevocat makes no difference. Or does it? In endanger their positions in society? conversion t a society where a race is termination < discriminated against, overtly, or D. Watkins kn tka firm 6 C race urn April 7 1981 start the business in return for shares in the business. The undistributed profits are profits made in previous years which have not yet been distributed to shareholders by way of dividend, and is not represented by any specific asset in the books of the company. The item Policies is the amount to be paid out in future as the item Claims on the Profit Statement, which, as has been since premium income would then be shown, can be done without drawing L Just who holds the big bikkies in New Zealand?- sufficient to cover both claims and on the assets contributed by these Our treasurer takes a good hard look at the the costs associated with running the funds. The Other Liabilities are in S A accounting theory sources of funds "distribution of financial power in this country and business. This would, therefore, make the $3301M in investments but are realy such things as short -comes up with some surprising facts. kinetic assets with no constraints term loans and creditors unpaid at is wonder if upon their use. They are currently balance date. These are met out of everyone used to make a profit but there is no income in the Profit Statement as 'the fight (or reason why this should continue to Other Expenditure and do not require i or other, be the case. calls to be made on assets to meet jerence come The control and possible uses of them. The genuine, traceable this power are very interesting sources of assets are therefore jrstanding. matters for discussion. Capital and Policies which contribute any people in Table 2 gives a breakdown of the 0.9% and 81.6% of total assets and 3 invitation of WHO HAS POWER? kinetic and business-operating assets 1.0% and 87.1% of kinetic assets team, and shows the make-up of the funds respectively. Surely it is fair, dorse It would thus appear that the only contributing to the assets. The equitable and reasonable that control that a visit WHAT IS POW ER? way in which an organisation can paid-up capital is the initial amount of over the assets should be exercised in merit" would acquire a large amount of kinetic money subscribed by the founders to proportion to the amount contributed iicate Economic power comes in two power is by receiving revenue for to the acquisition of them. The fact rrican rugby, types: kinetic and potential are the which no past liability has been is that the policy holders, contributing encouraged. terms that I will use to describe them. incurred and for which there is no TABLE 2 90 times more than the shareholders i discusses Physicists in particular should be future liability which cannot be met have no control whatsoever. In the n, while the familiar with these and should be out of revenue. Banks and finance AGGREGATE BALANCE SHEETS context of the individual company the it a message warned that I intend to use them in a companies would seem to come OF ALL NZ INSURANCE insurer has the power to transfer his manner slightly different to that to within this category but they do not. COMPANIES 1979 business to another company, but icans: their which they are accustomed. First of Money received on deposit by a ($0 00,000) this discussion is in the context of >ment is all, what exactly constitutes banking institution has an immediate insurance companies as a collective economic power? In any business liability recorded against it, as in the ASSETS whole where the policy holders have society, especially a capitalist one, case of a finance company raising Investments no such power other than not to L MEN insure at all, which is to their own economic power can be viewed as money by means of a share or Mortgages 911 in Courthouse control over the use and disposal of debenture issue. Their funds are detriment. It is therefore true that ier I'm not a Loans on Policies 157 assets. Potential economic power potential assets in that they are the shareholders, who contribute less t's cracked up Government Securities 572 arises from assets which are not immediately disposed to meet the than 1% of the funds of the business frivolous? readily available for free usage and maintenance cost of the money Local Authority Stocks 307 exercise total control. iusly economic redeployment. This, in the supplied to them. To do otherwise, Real Estate 674 Representations of the current and rites: itt context of a business means fixed ie. to convert to kinetic, would be in Company Shares 649 possible influences exercisable in each ssues which field in which the insurance assets and those current assets effect to end the business since it Cash 31 ided to bring required to cover short-term liabilities. would no longer be able to meet the companies have assets invested are DISPOSABLE/KINETIC In most businesses these comprise cost of borrowing to lend. There is listed below. ASSETS 3301 a question of the great majority of total assets. however, one type of enterprise Interests in Land $1585M I by emotional This potential economic power is which has available large quantities of Business Operating Assets 221 This is the amount of mortgages, F no one else, likely never to become kinetic since kinetic power - the insurance 3522 $911M, and real estate, $674M, gence: it's to do so would require a fundamental companies - and it is these that this combined. The existing investment not change in the nature of the business - article will discuss. Sources of Assets can be expressed as: most probably its cessation to be a 400,000 acres farmland or n Chapel Hall going concern and the winding-up of Capital 40,000 houses or 11.10pm. All the undertaking. Kinetic economic TABLE 1 Undistributed Profits 132 Universities of Auckland power is most simply defined as Policies If all of the available kinetic assets arising from any assets not giving rise AGGREGATE PROFIT Other Liabilities were invested in land it would buy (enerally to potential economic power as STATEMENTS OF ALL NZ 3522 the North Island and a good deal of those outlined above - i.e. those assets INSURANCE COMPANIES 1979 the South. vho have which are not required for the ($000,000) ice and operation of the business nor to meet OVER... the rest of any definite liability and which can be Premium Income 660 o s ™ 'feet, the freely manipulated without impairing Less Claims 302 the function of the business. Kinetic lite, economic power is possessed to any Surplus on Insurance 358 hem that material degree by very few the companies, making those that do Less Operating Expenses: Other Expenditure 372 »ir people. have it all the more powerful. Less Other Income 295 is\c example It is the principle in the majority of lely believe business entities that manufacturing Net Operating Expenses 77 i Maoris and selling is done on credit with AGGREGATE TAX-PAID rorld, and funds contributed in the form of PROFIT 281 xclusively share capital and undistributed profits to be being used to keep the business that the solvent in the "credit gap" - the e to force interval of time between paying for Tables 1 and 2 are the summarised and simplified Profit Statements and same terms raw materials and receiving sales , the MP's revenue. Other solvency problems Balance Sheets of the 79 insurance companies in NZ for the 1979 encourage aggravating this lag are the need to all strongly maintain the fixed capital of the financial year. Table 1 shows that abolish enterprise and to cover administration apart from premium income they have a large amount of Other costs. This model of business, which 11 Income. This represents income from f agitating describes almost all entities in any investments listed in Table 2. This >ups, the economic system, has a income, it will be noted, is almost the irn their demonstrably small amount of kinetic same as the net profit. The inference irhat is power since the majority of its assets that are irrevocably potential with from this is that a rise in premiums of 2.1% would render income from n society? conversion to kinetic requiring the termination of the business carried on investments unnecessary to the continued operation of the business, D. Watkins by the firm. Craccum April 7 1981 7 Loans on Policies $157M remove or restrain the power held in This is nominally a service to policy $3301M of kinetic assets by the holders, but in fact turns 5.4% of the insurance companies - the insurance company's major liability government by legislation for into an income producing asset. example, the offensive usage, the Government Securities $572M really dangerous one, is if a group of The issue of stock is used by the genuinely greedy self-motivated government to some extent to raise individuals came to power within the money but the primary function is to insurance empire and saw the regulate the short-term liquidity of the potential gain to themselves through economy and hence the money the threat of invoking ICCT. ICCT supply. The current investment rests on the fact shown earlier that represents 9.7% of the total amount the insurance companies have on issue and the full funds available available to them $3301M in assets for investment represent 59.1%. which they can dispose as they like, Since the supply of government stock without affecting their ability to carry usually exceeds demand, the power on in business unhampered. The to take up more or less of an issue, economic havoc which could be without being cancelled out by other wrought by skilful use of these assets investors is one area where the is what constitutes ICCT. Examples insurance companies have a distinct of the possible effects of such a ICCT influence in government policy redistribution of assets within the formulation. market are: Local Authority Stocks $307M - put every bank in NZ into These stocks are issued for a liquidation different purpose to the government - - paralise the operation of any usually to raise funds for a particular industries in NZ civic project such as hospitals, roads - crash the share market (a la Wall SOCIALS, and other amenities. Figures for the St. 1929) total amount of local authority stock - do likewise to the property market outstanding are difficult to find but it The most extreme usages of 21st PARTIES would appear that the actual and $3301M are to pay every person in possible investment in this is about NZ $1,058,000 or bring down the 11% and 11.4% respectively. Given government and cause a major the nature of the activities financed depression. The only consoling WEDDINGS, and that local authorities generally factor is that in the current climate of find it difficult to fill stock issues this economic stability any invocation of constitutes a direct influence on the ICCT is extremely unlikely. There CONFERENCES standard of living. remains, however, no moral Company Shares $649M justification for the centralisation of The A.U.S.A. Functions Dept, has It is in this area that influence of the so much economic power in the insurance companies is most readily hands of such an undeserving few. fully qualified, professional staff for all apparent. A perusal of the listing of One final thought about the Major Shareholders in NZ Public composition of those .9% of your catering requirements. Companies will show that a majority contributors who control the lot - the of the major shareholders in NZ shareholders. There are 79 insurance Please phone Jill Cable on 30-789 ex 64 Public Companies are insurance companies in NZ. Three are publicly i ______) companies. The exact figures owned, a few are privately owned ' \ pertaining to the 10 largest within NZ, and the majority of them companies in NZ are shown in Table are, guess what - foreign controlled. 3. (as at approx 1.1.81) If all assets available were applied to company Jonathan Blakeman, shares it would be sufficient to take Treasurer complete control of almost every public company in New Zealand. These figures show that the SOURCES insurance companies hold a Department of Statistics - The New significant financial interest in every Zealand Insurance Statistics, sector of the national economy. This Monthly Abstract of Statistics, state of affairs leads me to a Official Yearbook conclusion which I call Insurance Company Catastrophe Theory (ICCT). Transvision Holdings - Listing of I see, however, only two possible Major Shareholders in NZ Public circumstances in which ICCT would Companies be invoked by the insurance NZ United Corporation - New Zealand companies - defensively and Company Statistics offensively. The defensive usage National Bank - Register of NZ Public would be if anybody attempted to Companies 1980 Ten-yearly Survey
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INSURANCE COMPANY SHAREHOLDINGS IN Now that we have your undivided attention NZ'S 10 LARGEST COMPANIES 1.1.81 you'll be thrilled to learn there's now no need to go through that horrendous drama of 'the lost bursary cheque' or 'but all my Company Profit % of major allowance was in my lost wallet' routines. ($000,000) shareholders Now you've got an ASB branch right on which are insurance your doorstep. Simply pay your bursary companies cheque into your ASB account at our Princes St branch conveniently located opposite the Intercontinental Hotel. AHI 14 55 Challenge 16 80 Feltex 11 60 Fletcher 16 60 Lion 10 50 Auckland NZFP 23 65 NZ Steel 13 70 Savings Bank South British Insce 17 55 the Students bank Waitaki NZR 12 55 Watties 15 65
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8 Craccum April 7 1981 Scene Nine: (Bob Lack's Office) hallowed constitution. And then they The boys are there. They've come see something that causes them to to visit their motion. (A strong laugh and laugh really hard. bonding has occurred ; you know Article 10; Para (IV) C A Sad Story of AUSA how it is with your very first). Well "From the date of the General says Bob, sit down, your motion has Meeting until the results of the been declared 'unconstitutional'. Butl Referendum are posted on the WHEN IS A REFERENDUM NOT A REFERENDUM? Butl Apparently what has occurred Noticeboard is that the second part says (1) The Executive and all Driscoll/MacDonald and there is no publications of the Association shall Here is a story, it is disturbing. It Scene Five: (The Special General 'AND' there. (I hope you understand remain strictly impartial" happened here. Meeting) that because the boys didn't) Lets go back to the Boy Scouts Scene One: (The S.R.C. meeting) Paddy Driscoll introduces the Somewhat shaken they go to see they say. It seems more grown up Long after people have had to motion. The loud noise of his the President. Look, he says, you somehow. leave for 2 o'clock lectures a policy knocking knees fails to quell the can't add things to the referendum, Author's note: Hopefully none of is passed. Only barely, 33-31, but it Unifems. Barry MacDonald rises to or else everyone else can too. They the paragraphs of this article will is passed. It is extremely pleasing to speak. Later he is unhappy with his tried to explain that they weren't disappear during publication. There the Unifems because it reflects their performance. He blames his trying to add anything. Just bringing is not really a lot in it about abortion. position on abortion. inexperience. His only comfort is up one motion was a hard enough But then, you see, this whole thing Scene Two: (Somewhere deep that he knows he didn't make as big job in the existing moral climate. was not primarily about the rights within campus) a fool of himself as Paddy Driscoll They weren't interested in another and wrongs of abortion. However, There are two ex-Boy Scouts. did. one. contrary to our intention, this is what Their names are Barry MacDonald There is much dispute. Chairman All we want is our original motion it has become. They are correct and Paddy Driscoll. They have a Kevin Hague puts it to the meeting thats been there all along. We want when they say that you can't have a problem. The problem is that they that a referendum be held. They put it backl (Paddy in particular is feeling policy of no policy. They are correct have not quite worked through their it back. He angles it to the far corner positively maternal about the whole because they won't even let you put Baden-Powell hangovers. The of the court. They return it with a thing by now) the idea. primary symptom this causes is a viciously top spinning forehand. An error has occurred he says. The President says that if people slight unease whenever 'student However Hague has position on the Surely it can be corrected. Well, vote against the Unifem clauses then politicians' urge them to get net and dispatches their attempted says Wayne, it has to be later it will be 'constitutional' to try involved in student issues and not be cross court passing shot with 'constitutional'. Come along to the and introduce our motion. On that apathetic. consumate ease. The crowd rises to Autumn General Meeting and raise it basis I urge you to vote against the Finally succumbing they decide to him. A referendum it will be. there. Unifem proposals. I deliberately heed the call. They thought this Scene Six: (Somewhere behind the Paddy saw Heather Worth at the refrain from getting involved on the policy was extremist. There were scenes) Autumn General Meeting. She was a question of the merits or demerits of some that urged them to counter it The minutes of the Special General Unifem. He told her about his abortion. with a proposal that was also Meeting are being written up. motion and how it had disappeared. Those interested in hearing more extremist. But these boys had However Bob Lack only writes up the Heather had never liked the motion. about that issue should contact another problem. They had read part of the motion dealing with the While she sympathised with his loss it Heather Worth, or the University John Stuart Mill. To do that they Unifems proposal. This is despite the quite suited her and the Unifems that feminists or the Society for the say will be equally as unfair. No, fact that both sides have spoken to it had disappeared. They had Protection of the Unborn Child. they think, let us attempt to find the the Boy Scout proposal and Steven decided to look the other way. middle ground. Mitchell has gained wide applause by One of them, Jill Frewin told Paddy Driscoll A good definition of what middle paraphrasing it while speaking in Paddy. 'I'd be really pissed off if this ground is goes something like this. opposition to it. happened to me. But I'm not Middle ground is the area where Bob Lack is not acting maliciously affected so I'm not going to do SPUC and the Unifems aren't. Here and it is a genuine administrative anything to change it!' ABORTION is the middle ground they proposed: error. Meanwhile our other two Paddy wondered what Jill Frewin's 'IN VIEW OF THE WIDELY genuine administrative errors are reaction would have been if he had REFERENDUM DIFFERING VIEWS OF STUDENTS blissfully unaware of what has said to her about ON ABORTION A.U.S.A. happened. They practice their woman's/maori/etc. rights. 'I'd be Remember democracy? That's that ABSTAIN FROM LOBBYING FOR granny knots while listening to a really pissed off if this had happened funny thing that means everyone has EITHER SIDE ON THE ISSUE.' taped reading of The Jungle Book. to me. But I'm not a vote in deciding A.U.S.A. policy. Scene Seven: (Even further behind female/Maori/etc. so I'm not going Therefore, ail you fellow members of Scene Three: (The S.R.C. lounge) the scenes) to do anything to change it!' But of the association, remember that on At S.R.C. they ask that the Unifem At an Executive meeting Ivan course that's completely different. Tuesday 8- Wednesday, the 7th & motion that was passed be replaced Sowry convinces a majority of the Silly boy. 8th of April there is a referendum. by the proposal they have Exec that the referendum is Bob had put the question of the There will be four motions to vote formulated. The issue is declared 'unconstitutional'. Exec reword the lost motion on the agenda under on, requiring you to tick either yes or contentious and referred to a Special referendum on the basis of the General Business. But, although no for each motion. These are the General Meeting. minutes of the meeting. This means Paddy & Barry sit through 2 days of four motions: that the referendum is now ordered the meeting, so involved are the THAT A.U.S.A. affirms its support Scene Four: (Somewhere on the by the Executive and not the General Royal Tennis games about whether for the struggle to repeal all abortion remote borders of the Empire) Meeting. Apparently it is now things are 'constitutional' or not that laws as a vital step towards attaining Our two less than intrepid heroes constitutional. This is thought the meeting never gets around to the rights of women to control their have committed themselves, the important. The topic of the General Business before it ends. reproductive lives, and believes eerie thought dawns on them: We Referendum is now published. However the President reassures abortion should be readily obtainable are now involved in student politics. Scene Eight: (The Scout Den them that he will call an emergency in publicly financed clinics. Executive meeting on Monday where Then comes an even eerier thought: which the last two scenes have been THAT A.U.S.A. totally reject the What do we do next? behind) the issue can be discussed. Being Contraception, Sterilisation and What would Baden-Powell have The boys read Craccum as they naive they believe him. Abortion Act and that A.U.S.A. and done? Ah hal For the next two hours crunch their cornflakes. Suddenly On Monday however the President the Womens Rights Action they attempt to start a fire by rubbing shockl horrorl The Referendum is tells them he has talked to the Committee, in conjunction with other Secretary and they have decided that two twigs together and intersperse on. But their motion is no longer interested groups, continue their this with frantic bursts of semaphore there. Pausing only to feed the the Executive would not be prepared campaign against this legislation. signalling. corgis they rush into the Students' to do anything about it as the Boy And yet still no inspiration on the Association Office. Scout motion did not reflect the THAT A.U.S.A. and the Womens dastardly problem of how to word There they see Bob Lack. Help, views of either them or most of the Rights Action Committee offer their their motion so that they are not they say, someone has kidnapped our other student politicians. It suits full support to REPEAL, the Sisters procedurally ambushed. A state of motion. It has disappeared. Snuffed them not to act. Accordingly nothing Overseas Service and the Abortion existential despair descends. it. No longer with us. Deceased. can be done. Law Reform Association of New For A.U.S.A. is governed in the Kicked the bucket. IT IS NO MORE. 'Hang on a minute mate. Aren't Zealand. Royal Tennis tradition of government. Bob Lack is dispassionate but these the people campaigning for THAT A.U.S.A. supports further This means that doing anything concerned. Listen, he says, there is freedom of speech and against moves towards the establishment of involves playing esoteric procedural an Exec, meeting tonight. If there is oppression? Aren't they the ones abortion clinics in New Zealand to at games the intricacies of which are an error the Exec, will correct it. who are always complaining about least allow present legally eligible known only to the initiated few. As But tonight is Jamboree night the arbitrary actions of Government, women to gain abortion rapidly. far as they knew neither of them had around the campfire they cry in the manipulative practices of To help you decide, there will be a actually been initiated. (One of them dismay. It just wouldn't be cricket multi-nationals and the see no evil - forum in the Quad on Monday 6th had tried it once but it had made him not to be there. Well says Bob Lack hear no evil policies of the Rugby April at 1.00 lunchtime with speakers cough and feel very sick afterwards) this seems to me to be just Union? Doesn't any of that apply on both points of view. Suddenly, inspiration. Bob Lack is procedural I'm sure that it will be OK here?' Please take note that if you want the Secretary of the Association. He without you. Nothing the Executive has done to KEEP this policy you vote YES if is very competent and respected. Bob Lack has a kindly face. He has been 'unconstitutional' said the you want AUSA to have no policy on Also we pay him quite a bit of stands for truth, justice and the President. The fact that no-one is this issue you vote NO. money. Accordingly he is American way. He's kosher. Gee prepared to do anything about your approached to advise on the framing thanks they say as he brushes past motion is not 'unconstitutional'. Returning Officer of this motion. He obliges. Boys are them in search of an empty telephone Rather stunned and disillusioned by Louise LaHatte happiness filled... booth in which to change. this the boys go to consult this Craccum April 7 1981 9 mpui o-mtuui d -m e iu i is *n i
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srent - not to haute For: This column »rs, but plenty easy to cook, price at >n't be much Quad. Soup. ■melon, then 1. A living . Scoop out ips an inch of b u rs a ry . manage to m the flesh 2. No cuts to lorrid Firstly I would like to say that no i.ast week the Education Fightback Fightback in a telephone interview. just as well, matter what you may or may not Office was rung by an angry parent, Mrs Barry-Walsh has written to w e lfa r e i the fridge to have heard - THE MARCH LEAVES Mrs Barry-Walsh of Northcote, Merv Wellington pointing this out to ed shell THE QUAD AT 1 PM TOMORROW complaining that she and her him and also suggesting that if the (Wed 8th). If you feel that you have husband are expected to support Education Department has to have a s e rv ic e s . >lanched been ripped off by having to pay their son at University until he turns period were parents are expected to igraph and exorbitant fees, or by the Study twenty. support their offspring, it should be 3. No welfare u missed, Grant/Hardship Grant system, then "If students are not financially only for 1st year students who are i cup-full and get out on the march and show it. independent until they are twenty, under 20. Her son is sixteen and so fe e . n. Leave Fightback is concerned with many why not pay us the Family Benefit she is expected to support him right different issues, and if you don't until they are twenty?"Mrs through his university education. i - you know things like the $1500 fee on Barry-Walsh said to Education______Leonie Morris 4. No cuts to that, didn't overseas students, rising tuition fees, jt five cups of hardship anomalies etc. then you Ibrary hours. Dr water if haven't been reading Craccum odds and enough! 5. Decrease in d cooked 1981 is Election Year - this is an it of diced important reason why this march is student/staff iced necessary to show opposition to the asoning - a present system. Marches have proved salt and to be effective in the past, even if the ra tio . ite it and seel results are not always glaringly an obvious. For example in 1965 when 6. Full holiday couple of Victoria students marched to dish and Parliament the Government employment. nelon. (Put de announced a bursary increase shortly Put the top afterwards. In 1975 10,000 University 7. No racist bake in a hot students marched and forced the tender - Labour Government to introduce the es. Standard Tertiary Bursary. o v e rs e a s le the You can debate about whether p of chopped marches are or are not effective, but student fee. j soup. Don't there is no debate about the lack of troduce a affect that the alternative, remaining 8 . N o iai paragraph? silent, has. Heather and I hope we'll a boiling see you on the march. reduction in t to burst, my Luv, dining room Fliss « y s® ually c o u rs e ressl Alrightl ed lettuce will c o n te n t. ng chuck 9. No tuition cy cold melon me absurd im it was fe e s . dea for in the i* t for next Bread Pud. up for Craccum April 7 1981 11 - r u e T s G
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Craccum April 7 1981 13 In W h o s e SOUTH On March missed a peri important mi ' N a t i o n a l In te re s t'? What is the Computer Centre? It would h. Superficially it appears to be a Dewey Redrr Happy days are here again. Well, basic rate of $451 What are you modern-looking building in Symonds the group rai so some politicians would have us getting? Only $231 What is more, Street in which button-pushing men Although 1 believe. Wonderful stories abound students spend most of their income in white coats do poor imitations of different ban about restructuring and 'think big' on basic items, eg food, rent, the Star Trek crew manning the they have tal strategies. These policies will clothing. These are subject to a Starship Enterprise. DREAMS. supposedly cure our economic higher rate of inflation than that The Centre provides digital The band i malaise. Despite calls for further officially released. computing for users throughout Don Cherry < belt-tightening, restraint and When the Tertiary Assisstance campus. Nearly 80% of the joined up wil patience, we are told that we can be Grant (TAG) was introduced, it computer's time is allotted to staff members of optimistic about our country's future. represented a fundamental shift in and research students. The Drummer Bil Now there's nothing wrong with policy. Rather than a reasonable remaining time goes to students, Blackwell wf optimism - God knows, New living bursary, it was a 'grant in aid' outsiders, and the University prior to the f Zealanders desperately need a (as the Minister is fond of telling administration. Coleman exp common dream for the future. But us).The grant in aid approach is really Until recently this service was - four times as fast •schoolmate I let's look a little more closely at what no more than a licence to provided by a Burroughs 6700, - cheaper to maintain The resulti is happening, for there are many progressively the value of financial (acquired 1971), and a Prime 400, - able to take a bigger load (50 to 80 harmolodic t people who have no cause to share support to students. So when the (acquired 1976), which currently has user terminals) melodic or h such enthusiasm. Among these are basic rate of $23 is ravaged by 20 terminals. The IBM 4341 was chosen after the music, was * the nearly one million people involved inflation, the Minister can get away This year the Centre is installing a director of the Computer Centre, Dr critics. Ever in some way in the country's with saying:"lt's only a grant in aid. Dec 10 system and an IBM 4341 at a White, recently visited several as leading in education system. 41,000 of them are Students have got the wrong idea if reported cost of $1.3 million. This American universities and IBM When Coli university students, and they are they see it as anything more than does not represent the true value as installations. The trip provided Cherry, Blac facing a crisis. that." It also makes it politically the DEC 10 which was secondhand valuable information on running an to work toge acceptable for him to announce token was partially a gift from the DEC installation, which will help to avoid a albums or w WHAT CRISIS? increases in the maximum level of the company. lot of development work which would Coltrane, Ke The first thing you would have supplementary hardship grant, under The DEC 10, (fully installed in a otherwise have to have been done. Ian Dury, Jc noticed when you enrolled would the pretence of helping those few months), will be almost Security has never been a problem In 1979 Ol have been the massive cheque you students 'most in need'. exclusively for the use of students. at the Computer Centre. And named best had to write out for your tuition fees, But what is the government trying However the load it must take could although the data stored on the Downbeat c and, on some campuses, for a to achieve by all this? The simple be sufficient to send its cerebral wires Centre's computers is rather The Art Ensi 'welfare levy'. Most of you paid 15% answer is that it is attempting to shift spinning into apoplexy. It must cater worthless to anyone but its user, three jazz ba more than students did last year. If the cost of university education onto for 6000 student courses whereas no there will be adequate security to Although you enrol again next year, you will students and their parents. In other other DEC 10 has more than 1000 rebut the busy bodies. pre-concert pay 15% more again, so that by 1985 words, user-pays. The philosophy, a users. This redoubled demand for On the DEC 10, a potential 'Big Blackwell kii you will be paying 75% more than favourite among the 'Young the use of the computer has meant Brother", plotting to create a shortly befoi students did in 1980. To explain why, Friedmanites' in the current that student users will each be Wanganui-type computer will be Martin Run one must examine how universities goverment, is eveidenced in the restricted to a 12 minute session at rebuffed by usercodes. These codes name Old ar are funded. They are funded, unlike means-tested hardship grant (SHG). one time. personally identify each file upon Don Cherr\ the rest of the education system, on The SHG is a system that has The DEC 10 has an expected which the data is stored and thus, together bef a five-yearly basis. This is done resulted in lengthy delays, further life of 3 to 5 years. the computer can always log who is We're remin through a block grant or quinquennial unbelievably arbitrary decisions, The IBM 4341 will be installed using it. then where grant. We are currently in year two of glaring anomalies and an between April of this year and The Registry will have data new. the 1980/85 Quinquennium. What unprecedented invasion of privacy for Christmas 1982. It will have three regarding students on its Series 1. M.R. /site makes this block grant different from those affected. Not to mention the Series 1 support processors This will be student records and and opera tir its predecessors is that, apart from sheer bureacracy involved with the connected through the terminals. student debts to the University. while at the salaries and a few selected items, the forms. So if you're not put off Two further Series 1 will be owned However, Mr Nicoll, the University Century No/ level of funding is static. In addition, and used by the University applying in the first place, you'll be Registrar, assures that there will be government's contribution to the D.C. I find alienated by the whole damn process. administrators, such as the library security to maintain the data from all grant will decrease over that period. society. I'v< AND THAT IS WHAT THE and Registrar. but the privileged authority. To compensate, government is great feelinc GOVERNMENT WANTS YOU TO The IBM, which will be used A new computer blinks within the assuming that universities will Ed Blackw FEEL1 They want you to finance your principally for research purposes, will heart of the University. God bless charge their students more each year. education with a loan. Hence the make the B6700 look decrepit by her and all who log to her. D. C: Yeah, Hence the increase in your tuition Minister of Education's recent computer standards. The IBM will to Africa, ar fees. The size of that increase will pressure on the Post Office to extend be: - Scott V. who is from give you some idea of the size of the its personal laons scheme to we relate to ********************************** cuts to university funding. What you students. in common end up doing, in effect, is paying FLASH! WAYNE AGAIN that set for next years President (this arose to Africa we through a cock-up by last years Exec.) more for less. WHY WE MUST FIGHT Dear Dak, play I hope You will also be affected by other, I think Peter Parker's article on Wayne last - not to mention spending student money on We must oppose such policies free meals for the likes of Peter Parker. it is a certai less obvious cuts, all of which will week was full of crap. because they represent a concerted I know a large number of people, both 2. I believe Wayne could dangerously Americans e further lower the quality of education attack on equality of opportunity in conservative and radical, both political and non damage AUSA's position vis-a-vis the i Africa - a lo you receive. For example, a real education. They will invariably result political, both involved and non-involved who University. Wayne seems far more concerned [ Africa. I've with keeping on good terms personally with academic teacher shortage of 420 in University education for the are deeply, genuinely concerned about Wayne and that's a McIntosh's performance as President of university top-cats, than with fighting to ensure staff by 1985 will reflect in huge affluent only. They represent the that students get the best deal in terms of know the m lecture sizes (unless they restrict AUSA. growing strength of the These people can not simply be branded as srevices from the AUSA. a lot of goo enrty to most courses, which is a anti-university cartel in government 'nasty politicos' opposing the lily white Wayne 3. I believe that Wayne has shown a complete hasn't come very real possibility). You will receive which meets little opposition from an for selfish political reasons, as Peter Parker has lack of flair for staff management. This is a You can he: little or no direct supervision of your electorate which has limited tried to do. I cannot and do not intend to try sensitive area where intelligence is necessary. in a parado: work. Staff will be under heavy and speak on thier behalf. My own concern Comments like 'receptionists and typists are a appreciation of the contribution about Wayne is very specific. I am not in the dime a dozen anyway' do not help. hear the soi pressure (it is already high), which universities make to both the least concerned about his politics, the way he 4. Wayne has obviously failed to unite the have transis will adversely affect their research community and the economy. dresses or anything else like that, I simply Executive around him. The only thing that they and Bob M< work. That results in poor input of We must renew our efforts to sincerely doubt his administrative and are united on is their concern about Wayne. they need ti ideas and prevents growth and change the government's attitude in managerial competence to run AUSA and his Students interests are being submerged in this M.R: How progress. commitment to the best interests of students. strife. 1981, particularly as this is an election The following are some of the reasons for These are among the issues that concern Coleman ov Government directives to year. If they receive a mandate in my belief. me. None of them in themselves need be E. B: Well i universities to cut non-academic staff November to continue to implement 1. I believe Wayne has shown himself to have terribly major, but combined I believe they may music to pe by a total of 150 over the period will such anti-education policies, we can little concern for saving students money. very well lead to a year where little is or can be Examples include: done for students because of internal strife. before and have catastrophic effects on the be sure, that things will go from bad - buying two new filing cabinets for his office. I hope that these points are not seen as and undersi welfare, library, recreational and to worse. Cost approximately $300. personal sniping, they are not. I have nothing was too ast administrative services currently zwe must not allow cost cutting - buying a new fridge for a staffroom, which to to gain or lose personally by supporting or whereas no provided. So if you think your measures to be applied. It has my knowledge the staff neither asked for or opposing Wayne. I am just concerned that society is s< bursary cheque arrives late already happened before. In the depression were particulrly concerned about. Cost about 11,000 students paid $31 plus $12 approximately $400. building levy each, to AUSA this year and I music becai and the library hours are too short, of the 30's the government - buying a new fridge for his own office (about would dearly like them to get something was cominc think what things will be like by 19851 retrenched - it took nearly two 20ft from the staff room fridge). Cost $200. positive back for it. The second major facet of the generations for the education cuts - promoting an increase in Executive meal C. J. Gosling M.R. The / crisis is that of bursaries, or, more instituted then to heal. allowances from a hot servery meal to a P.S. Before I get branded as just another much like ft restaurant meal. properly, grants. There are several WE must fight to revitalise a public politico, it should be noted that in my Jackson Po - promoting a move to spend more money on entire time at AUSA I have only been on important trends to note here. thing. commitment to public university student activities than students last year were the Executive for a total of about 9 The first is the level. Prior to 1980 education. There is too much to lose told when they accepted an $8 fees increase. months. That makes Wayne more of a D.C: Whei we had a system called the Standard if we don't. - promoting a move to allow Executive political heavy than me by 6 months a bar called Tertiary Bursary or STB. If the level Brian Small members to spend as much as they like from already. Kooning, H of the STB had been tied to the cost their bugetary account without Exec approval. P.P.S. For the record it should also be Education Er Welfare - accepting a Presidential salary almost $4000 noted that Wayne got 687 votes out of a Thompson, of living since it was first introduced Vice president per year more than was set for last years total poll of 2073 last year. Hardly a hanging ou in 1976, you would be receiving a NZUSA President, and even $1800 more per year than mandate to speak for the silent majority. 14 Craccum April 7 1981 On March 25 all but about 400 Aucklanders > what we're doing, all I can do is try to share with missed a performance by three of the most them compositions that I've learned that are important musicians playing today. harmolodic compositions written by Ornette It would have been four but tenor sax player Coleman. We have a composition and the Dewey Redman returned to the United States after composition to us is like the same as learning the group ran into tour problems in Australia. something that we know is going to help us to Although they have been playing together in develop and to explore after we know the different bands for over twenty years, since 1978 composition well enough. We try to explore and in they have taken the name OLD AND NEW this exploring of our experience of different forms DREAMS. of music we apply all that and that makes our The band really began in the late fifties when vocabulary what it is. Being open in music to me Don Cherry (trumpet) and Charlie Haden (bass) gives you a broader vocabulary in expressing joined up with Ornette Coleman as original music. Not only different styles of jazz, there's (a members of Coleman's now legendary quartet. lot of) different players. I mean that word jazz it's Drummer Billy Higgins left and was replaced by Ed a fixed thing just as free jazz was fixed by people Blackwell who had been the quartet's drummer that write. To me it's really just music and what prior to the first recording sessions. In 1967 music means to you as a listener or what it means Coleman expanded his group bringing in his former to you as expressing it. It's different forms, it's ■schoolmate Dewey Redman. different players that play the saxophone and many The resulting music based on Coleman's of them have come up playing it different. 'Trane harmolodic theory in which the soloist may play played it different, Lester Young, Coleman melodic or harmonic lines within the same piece of Hawkins, Ben Webster, Albert Ayler, everybody music, was soon christened "anti-music" by most had a different approach to the tenor saxophone, critics. Eventually the band came to be recognised even though it's the same instrument. It's the as leading innovators in new, or free jazz. same way with a song, everybody has their own When Coleman decided to take a sabbatical, approach. Many people have recorded the song Cherry, Blackwell, Haden and Redman continued Lover Man but each one's approach is different S to work together, either on their own respective and that's the art of phrasing, that's beautiful in albums or with other players ranging from John music, having a song and playing the same song Coltrane, Keith Jarrett and Carla Bley to Lou Reed, but realizing that it can be elaborated on. Ian Dury, John McLaughlin and Jack Bruce. M.R: Who do you admire in contemporary music? In 1979 Old and New Dreams second album was D.C: Oh it's a lot of people man, there's a lot of named best jazz album of the year. The 1980 things in music that's happening. What's Downbeat critics poll voted Old and New Dreams, happening now in the new wave is actually what is The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Air as the top contemporary and, I mean, Blood Ulmer and Fela three jazz bands. Ransome Te Kuti and Bob Marley because I feel Although arriving late from Christchurch for their like reggae music is the voice of black people. pre-concert sound check Don Cherry and Ed Stevie Wonder to me is a great artist of our time Blackwell kindly allowed me to interview them and Ornette Coleman has to me the most shortly before they went on stage. profound concept in western music, the Martin Rumsby: What is the significance of the harmolodic concept. You can have classical name Old and New Dreams? music, you can have folk music, you can have Don Cherry: Well that's because we have played devotional music and there's certain musicc that together before, playing with Ornette Coleman. has all that in it. When John Coltrane played he We're reminiscing of those times as the old and had all that quality and improvised music can have then where we are now and improvising is the all that quality. Jazz, so called jazz, is not the only new. form of improvised music and that's why I like M.R. ls it anything to do with you being aware of what we call organic music because we feel like and operating within an African cultural tradition we're growing in music and everyone that's listening while at the same time being urban Twentieth is growing with music too. You not only grow Century North Americans? with music, you live what you do and you do what D.C. I find myself as a brown person in a white you live. There's so much good music out there society. I've just been in Africa and that was a that should be exposed to everybody in the world great feeling of not being... because it has something to do with making their interview day a better day or making their night a better Ed Blackwell: In the minority. night. D. C: Yeah, in the minority. For me when I went to Africa, and probably the same for Ed Blackwell Charlie Haden arrives. who is from New Orleans, the sort of things that D.C: Charlie Haden! The composer of Sex and we relate to in our heritage, which is in Africa, (is) D o n C h e rry Drugs and Rock and Roll. Charlie Haden, that's in common with all black people. When we went what Ian Dury always says, "I want to thank to Africa we could feel that. When I went there to & Charlie Haden for inspiring Sex and Drugs and play I hope the people there could understand that Rock and Roll" it is a certain sameness about us as black M.R: D id he? Americans and our actual tradition coming from Ed Blackwell D.C: Yeah. Africa - a lot of music that we hear comes from Africa. I've had a lot of experience living in cities M.R: You'll have to tell me about that. and that's another experience altogether. You D.C: I just did. know the music that we hear is from big cities but M.R: You've used the chant quite often, you a lot of good music, which we call ethnic music, started happening in the art scene. Kandinsky, know, like in the Relativity Suite, to induce a hasn't come from the environment of the city. Klee and Pollock was really what was happening trance like state on both the performer and listener. You can hear and feel that and maybe we end up around that time in the New York scene as D.C: I went through a period of meeting a lot of in a paradox where people living in the city need to inspiration for artists. Have you ever seen any of Tibetans and I learned a lot in relation to the hear the sound of birds. A lot of people in Africa Ornette's paintings? history of Buddhism. The different chants which have transistor radios, they listen to James Brown M.R: I've seen a couple, there seems to be a were originally in Sanskrit and I've learnt them in and Bob Marley, even out in the bush and maybe strong Jackson Pollock influence on them. Tibetan. During that period it was like an they need to hear that from the city. D.C: That wasn't conscious. I mean I've run into inspiration for me to try to work on myself to reach M.R: H o w important an influence is Ornette musicians from a different land that have my pure mind and try to learn meditation, not just Coleman over Old and New Dreams? something in relation to the concept of what for me but for the benefit of all beings. To try to E. B: Well it's important enough for us to bring his they're developing in music and it's been relative learn the true meaning of compassion which to me music to people who never understood or heard it (to me) not that they do it consciously. You know is working together with feeling. So some of the before and a lot of people are beginning to listen it's not that Ornette was meditating on Jackson music that I made around Relativity and Brown and understand it now. When they first heard it it Pollock for his inspiration no, that definitely wasn't Rice were inspired from that period in my life was too astonishing for them to even relate to it true. which is still here, you know, and then Brown Rice whereas now, people, with the times, the way M.R: How does Ornette's harmolodic theory in was to me like there are so many people that are society is so intensive, they can relate to Ornette's which any member of the band can function as hungry in the world and if everybody could just not music because they can now understand where he either a melodic or rhythmic pivot relate to your have so much and be conscious of what they really was coming from. ideas about an anarchistic relationship existing need and not what they really want then there M.R. The music that Ornette was playing was very between the players during a performance? would be more for other people in the world. More food and more consciousness of what we much like the painting a t that time, you know, D.C: For me to explain the harmolodic system, put in and Brown Rice was to me a symbol of if Jackson Pollock the whole abstract expressionist Ornette's concept, I couldn't do that. He's people ate less they could be able to get more food thing. working on a book on doing that. The way that to other people on our planet earth, thankyou" D.C: When we first came to New York there was we conceive from playing with Ornette and a bar called The Cedars and all the painters, de learning his compositions that's enough Thanks to Old and New Dreams, Graham Kooning, Hans Hofman, Larry Rivers, Bob explanation for us of what the harmolodic concept Donlon, Charlie Gray, Chris Parr and John Phillips. Thompson, poets like Leroy Jones, everybody was is - learning the compositions and working with hanging out at this place and a lot of activity then other musicians. I don't try to explain to them Martin Rumsby.
Craccum April 7 1981 15 ARTS SONGS TO THE JUDGES quiet and intimate but very receptive, as there was only one show where she wasn't asked to do an encore. All of Margie's dances have arisen Written and Produced by out of a development and Mervyn Thompson crystallisation of ideas that have Music by taken up to ten years in some cases William Dart to reach their final realisation. Not all her dances are to music as they were This is a satirical musical expose of on this programme, but to poetry or the European conquest of the Maori. just a dance on its own. Dance has As such, it deals with the conflicting always been her medium for Pakeha and Maori concepts of land, expression though singing once the Treaty of Waitangi, and the possessed a passing fascination. present day racial tension in New The tour began as it ended, on Zealand. avery emotional high. The concert These judges correspond to the began with a beautiful insight into the Biblical judges in so far as they repressed child that is hiding in all of represent the military. Here the us. Dressed in red flannel underwear analogy ceases and the satire begins, working within a well defined circle as the judges are revealed in the Margie Gillis became a child with all sinister light of their false values and the shyness and face-pulling that cruelty. makes children so naturally appealing. The staging of this play emphasises With the next two dances she the dramatic contrast between the showed a grace and beauty, that if all judges and the Maoris. On the right of us just procured one third of what hand side, we see the judges Margie Gillis exuded then life would standing on a dias, presumably be such an enjoyable flowing placing themselves above ordinary existence. humanity - especially the Maori. existence. Broken English brought Their costumes and powdered wigs out all the anger and frustration that are made to appear ludicrous in we keep stored within us but we had contrast to the plainly clad Maoris. the unique experience of witnessing a They refer to contrast of land in a person naturally with no malice series of 'Land Acts'. In fact they bringing out this feeling. spend most of their time categorising The Window which began the and dehumanising the extremely second set was equally beautiful and human act of humiliating a race. revealing with Waltzing Matilda Bearing in mind Mr Thompson's showing Margie Gillis at her best aversion to being criticised it would filling the stage and our hearts with a nevertheless be fair to state that pleasant open interpretation of a Tom 'Songs to the Judges' was revealing Waits song. The show ended with the obvious facts. There is no new Mercy, a dance that more than angle on Maori oppression, and the MARGIE GILLIS deserved the honest grateful play is predictable and somewhat Margie Gillis is a person who universal language of movement still appreciation of the audience. repetitive. However, this does not through beautiful openness exudes manages to convey the most subtle Throughout the whole performance it detract from the fact that no one has love, joy and honesty. She is unique of emotions. was so inspiring to see one person done this - reveal the facts in a in her own personal honesty with On stage she is as captivating as a getting and giving so much energy microcosm. For instance, how many herself, and is driven by a total full ballet but is far more personal, from and to the audience, her Pakehas or Maoris really understand realisation of emotion which for her is reaching out and touching each and environment, and at stages she why racial dissent exists in our an important speciality of life, that is every member of the audience. Her seemed to get life even from solitary society? subdued by too many people. Margie long brown hair, which echoes every spots. Perhaps the facts can never be Gillis' uniqueness is not in her glide and swirl, has caught the Margie Gillis has as, much as any too obvious, since the audience's emotion essentially but in her imagination of many, including a of us but gives so much and fills us reaction was a favourably emotional expression. very shallow critic in Montreal who with so much joy and honesty that one. Assuming that winter's colds As an exponent of modern dance thought she was nothing more than a one can only end such an article with and sniffles were an inevitable part of Margie was the first person to visit shampoo commercial. Margie Gillis' a simle show of gratitude . . . Thank any indoor gathering, it came as a China. She had gone with no dance however is not one of selling you. shock to discover that the aspirations and for the first few days but showing every little bit of herself pAuLdAvIdGrlnDeR handkerchiefs were being employed performed in parks, but the response so openly that when she cries or in direct relation to what was was so favourable that she was soon laughs on stage it is just as strong as ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ occurring on stage. This is worth filling concert halls. The Chinese for any emotion felt off stage. On stage noting, since audience reaction forms Margie were among the most sincere she exposes herself only as a brilliant Have you ever relived a bad feeling? a major part of any testimony to emotional people she has ever met. actor could when playing herself. Maybe years later cringed at the stage success, or failure. They were all honest individuals in During all her dance she is fully thought of it and shouted NO out So what are some of the facts? their own right with far less aware of the audience and she feels loud to justify how you wish it hadn't Towards the middle of the play, there propoganda to dodge than our as if she is holding a very personal been. On Monday evening I did a 3 is a short song involving a girl called western selves. For the Chinese the emotional conversation with all those hr workshop with Margie Gillis. I Marlene, and a sympathetic pakeha dance was a whole new form of who are sharing her energy. Margie learnt her face, her smile, her words, counsellor. The counsellor is asking expression and the music, much of it seeks and succeeds in reaching and body and philosophy. Last night I Marlene what she will do, since she lyrical, added rather than detracted touching as many people as possible saw her perform and then I knew her has absconded from Weymouth Girls from the meaning of her dance. At and through dance she is able to do and she knew me. She performed a School, and wanted to be home for her home the majority of people, by this. During her tour of New Zealand few numbers that were light enough Christmas with her loved ones. far, speak French and yet the Margie found the audiences generally for the audience to watch and As Marlene's story unfolds, one admire. discovers that Marlene's brothers are Then came a song by Menegon, gang members and her boyfriend is in that was so enduring that I and Mt Eden prison. He is like her father, ©ITHEATRE CORPORATE others began breathing as heavily as and her father is dead. The words L ^ ^ J m BAUCTSST NEWTOft Bookings ph7M 307 she from dancing, the lights seeped 'love', 'home' and 'Christmas' have r T " V f OPENING THURS APRIL 9th in and so did reality - then came no significance for Marlene or those l i n e a,s,5pm 'Broken English' by Marianne like her. Neither the counsellor, nor Faithful, she caught me off balance. Marlene understand the origins of the situation. It is hopeless, and this is Rv Rprnard Pomerance It was a complete contrast to her latter dance a devil took over, she further emphasised by the “77/E ELEPHANT M AN is great. A shook from within. She tore open counsellor's inability to offer any giant of a play. Wonderful, moving and her gut and bled violently in front of constructive advice to Marlene. purely theatrical- Clive Bornes, New York Post us, my heart quickened pace, sweat The recognition of dissent in our released, when the lights came on I society is insufficient. We are forced OPENING EASTER SAT, APRIL 18 at 6.00 pm stumbled up the stairs holding my to be aware of its reality. 'Songs to stomach for fear of throwing up. the Judges' is aimed at us as New She made me live a feeling - it Zealanders, Kiwis, Pakeha and Maori. This is important, because it is f i t terrified but enlightened me. Her WHO’S HANDY? dance was being and she transferred important to US. The Music of Randy Newman it to me - 1 thank her for that. Sharmila Hague T.H. 16 Craccum April 7 1981 JUDGES
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. The words lAC) ^ . A0& ristmas' have so^°' . rlene or those V®' ounsellor, nor v.. ie origins of the is, and this is the ) offer any Marlene, lissent in our We are forced 0X ity. 'Songs to vo*' x>©‘©®c it us as New \ 4ftA° nNw ^ 0 X> 0: ~A <®°: e^ v :eha and Maori, ause it is ox® © \© Xo* i®'°Li©*s Craccum April 7 1981 17 ARTS rhythmmethodrhythmmethodrhythmmethodrh September 1980 marked the ska sound that the band have arrived the immediate future there are a lot amalgamation of contraception, at was not an overnight trip on a of gigs to keep the nights full and A THING OF early mornings taping for a FOREVER menstruation, music and good band wagon but a leisurely paneled station-to-station wagon. They are a forthcoming single which will clean fun. Rhythm Method pop band doing their very own things probably be pertly sitting on our Dear C raccu m , experienced a renaissance and but with reggae feels. The band lists beltless whatsits by June. The I see Agent Gi became six people making as its influences everything from the important feature of this circular into action o n c e Steve Biko's fate became writing pad. Jam to Dave Brubeck and it is this product will be that it is going to be music. international news ant This use o f log amalgamation which has given the self-financed and on an independent prompted me to abhorrence for South. Africa's g>litical Though they are young and their band their highly danceable ska label. Following the release of this comes fro m Lew i and sc^al-^i^BnflÊhSūa^it^^pd it. life history is not long they have sound. single there will be a three week Logic" (alb eit w ii Aelred Stubbs edits a selection of managed in that time, to pull The fog of time is by no means leisurely tour of the North Island and (1) No A g e n t G rt Biko's writings under the title 'I Write feminist cause together an attractive Visa list of engulfing this band with their only possibly overseas to the South Island. What I Like' (Heinemann) which (2) No Agent Gn credentials. Summer brought with it prerogative being to enjoy themselves Musically the band have found include the fraud of the Bantustans * is m ale. two very different compilation and if the audiences continue to do their feet at the end of their legs and divide and rule policy. There are (3) A gent G ra p e f albums. Homegrown and Class of the same then the scent of full-time more importantly firmly on the agree with the chapters on the prevailing fear which '81, and with Mad and Carousel professionalism may become ground and a transformation is in the (4) No teachable dominates white politics, black respectively the sounds of Rhythm odourously inviting. In the same making. This will be basically from a (5) No Agent Gn strategy for liberation and American Method reverberated on both these respect, though the profuse smell strongly vocal orientated sound to a unless th e y ai policy for Azania - the future name vinyls. Prior to this recording fervour wafting from Australia is dragnetting far more instrumental sound. The for South Africa under majority rule. Universal " A g e n i a Battle of the bands raged at a lot of our talent, Rhythm Method keyboards are moving from Biko sought a just, egalitarian, b= agrees with 1 Mainstreet which ended with the ska are just carrying on having fun with synthesizer to more of a chordy non-racial society, free of reference breast can cer; d = sound of Rhythm Method coming in their nostrils closed. organ sound and when this is male. to colour, creed and race. second, a short neck behind Hattie Rhythm Method's music is all combined with a dark gratey 'U.B. The following works published by and the Havana Hotshots. original except for an excellent cover 40ish' sax sound the overall music Now to interpr Hutchinson are written especially for Sweetwaters, the festival that of Midnight Hour and a snide reply to will become far fuller and a change of (1) b-d (If Agent university study of Africa by authors fem inist cause marked in a big way the introduction all of Auckland's rampant labellers in emphasis with the vocals and who have had considerable (2) f-c (If A g e n t 1 of the new performing tax, provided the form of Madness' Razorblade instruments. experience with that continent as breast cancer this band with a chance to enjoy big Alley. Their music is all that the With all this change the bands university scholars. J.D. Fage's 'A band sound on a bloody big stage. band are together for and any time emphasis on enjoying themselves will (3) e-b (If A g e n t History of Africa' is a comprehensive agrees with tl The Saturday afternoon set went that isn't full with rehearsals and gigs not wane and as long as they keep treatise of more than 500 pages in (4) a-d = d-a ( If A down really well with the tanning is spent jamming with some of having fun then Rhythm Method will four parts covering African society, he is n o t intei bodies, through the vastness and Auckland's many jazz musicians. be on stage doing what they like as Islam, the age of European expansion (5) c-e (If Agent impersonality of the stage was Though rehearsals are easy to get well as they can, just for the fun of and Africa in the modern world. Its he is n o rm a l) foreign to the band's fun-time together the same is far from true it. value is enhanced by illustrations, So, f-c -e-b -d -a attitude to their music. when a band without a single or paurgrinderdavid. maps and a select bibliography of 28 Therefore, by Rhythm Method are a ska sound album but with potentially good Agent G rap efru it pages. but are by no stretch of your bodgie material is looking for good gigs. If Well, I th in k w In ' Political Institutions of West hat an indigenous tonal clone of the thems-the-breaks start to arise then Bill McGechie - vocals, percussion anyway. I th e rel Africa' third edition by J.H. Price anonymous corn British band Madness. Gill Civil who Rhythm Method could very easily Gill Civil - keyboards, vocals there is study in depth of the five "BRAINCELL" C taps the formica keys for this band become fully professional living off John Quigly - guitar English-speaking West African wrote the forementioned 'Mad' long the music they make. Simon Mark-Brown - drums Venus Nighting countries, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra before Madness and their songs But what does the new pledge trick Dave Harris - Bass Leone, the Gambia and Liberia to the started to infect our airwaves. The hold for the future of this band? In Mathew Flynn - Sax, percussion end of World War II. Constitutions, ICOULDNT elections, independence, coups and Dear C raccum , courts are observed and the influence I am angered 1 of such people as Nkrumah, General offensive raves li Mohammed, Busia, Stevens and The colum n long Awolowo. purpose b u t to c Radio Active 'West African Resistance; the obscene. FROM NEW YORK Town Hall military response to colonial Yours sincerely occupation; edited by Professor R.G. Nairn Saturday, 28 March Michael Crowder, is a symposium by nine historians of West Africa, three I have no in te i After the flak this has copped from printing these le t of whom are Africans. In addition to such as the Herald and the Star I undoubtedly doe Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, should start by saying I enjoyed this letters are to m at there are chapters on Guinea, Mali, might be term ed show, and to those who say, with an LAURA Senegambia and Dahomey. The campus, in the h air of sophistication and studies are concerned with the for what it is. N disdainfulness, that it was no more give a false vie w confrontation of African and than a University revue, I should would n o t g ive p European armies. Here is an area of to form your ow i point out that this quintet from importance largely underestimated by here. Censorship Oxford kept a nearly full house historians that now receives just personal decisior DEAN laughing for the entire show, and that digest, is alw ays attention. Numerous illustrations, DANCERS & MUSICIANS it is a special NZ revue that manages by any organisat maps and notes. "Miss Dean is one of the decade's most avidiy to do that. Ed. Formerly of Sussex University, watcned new choreographers. "New York Times OK, so the acting was superior to the material: in the best comedy it is Professor Gerald Moore's association " . . . intoxicating energy." Ballet News delivery which makes people laugh with African literature stretches back MERCUB more than endless one-line gags. to 1953. His publications include the Simon MAIDMENT APRIL 23-26, 8.15 pm Proof of that is the HeeBeeGeeBees anthology 'Modern Poetry from number, 'Meaningless Songs In Very Africa. In the present volume C0MED\ TICKETS $8.50 BOOK AT THE CORNER High Voices' and the encore 'Ah', 'Twelve African Writers' partly based both faultlessly presented with laughs on his 'Seven African Writers' 1962, SHOW SONLY BOOK TODAY coming simply from the sight of these he assesses poetry, fiction and drama 3 Pseudo Gibbs, rather than from the by Francophone and Anglophone (suitably) meaningless lyrics. writers around West, Central and East Africa. All the writers' studies Perhaps the reason why this revue has been so poorly received by the have been publishing for at least other papers is that their reviewers fifteen years and have demonstrated expected a bit much from what is, an ability to change and grow. When after all, no more than university studying African writing in the 1970's SPECIAL NZ STUDENTS ARTS COUNCIL DISCOUNT DEAL! revue. Those who have seen both with teacher trainees at the United $2.00 off LAURA DEAN TICKETS. Radio Active and The Secret College of Education in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, there enthusiasm for the Comi I Policeman's Ball will have realised poetry of Okot p'Bitek was obvious, A limited number of special $2 discount vouchers will be available at the j that the differences between the two as it was for the selections in 'Man with AUSA office from Wed April 8. Two per student. Present at Corner with ID are not marked: that John Cleese has not come such a long way since his Lobelia Flute' by Denis Hills, (Allen & card and get $2 off. ! Unwin, 1969). Moore's work with its OPEN WORKSHOP For Dancers and Non-Dancers 11am-12 noon, ( Oxford days, and that basically the only goal of any such show is to keep bibliography is an excellent Thursday 23rd, Dance Room, Rec Centre. FREE people laughing, not to make artistic introduction to African literature. OPEN LECTURE on What's Happening in Dance in New York I history. 1-2pm Friday 24 April, Dance Room, Rec Centre. j Let us see if our own Capping Jim Burns. Revue can accomplish that task. 18 Craccum April 7 1981 LETTERS A THING OF LOGIC IS A JOY y th m m e th o d ROACHES IN THE CAFE NO MINORS ALLOWED FOREVER Dear Agent Grapefruit, Dear Sir, Dear Craccum, And what an apt name tool Have you ever Dear C raccu m , To vote for abortion policy is to vote I would like to know how Jo Howard considered yourself as one of those minority responsibility. It is to admit that you don't I see Agent Grapefruit has got his brain cell calculates her 30.17% increase in prices for the groups you abhor? Because if you haven't you know what you would do if you suddenly into action once again and dribbled onto his cafe. now have the opportunity, courtesy of another found yourself pregnant. writing pad. At the beginning of the holidays students minor. This use of logic is interesting, and has Voting for comprehensive policy on abortion were given a promise that the cafe prices means that you recognise the dilemma of any prompted me to offer this example which would be raised over the Christmas holidays Signed woman facing an unwanted pregnancy. comes from Lewis Carroll's book "Symbolic because of the drop in turnover and then Aspiring Critic of Graffitti - ridden pages. Logic" (albeit with modified statements). It does not mean that you yourself would decreased at the beginning of Term I. (1) No Agent Grapefruit that agrees with the have an abortion. Nor does it mean that you This has not happened. MODERATE? RATIONAL? :le 'I Write feminist cause is unteachable. are pressuring anyone else to have one. I, and I am not a commerce student, know To vote for comprehensive abortion policy is /hich (2) No Agent Grapefruit without breast cancer that you cannot add up a number of items % Dear Sir, a statement that you believe in the ability of increase, and divide the total by the number of * is male. This is a letter of warning - a declaration of ltustans the woman in the situation to judge for herself items and get an average % increase of food (3) Agent Grapefruits who are normal always war. It signals the start of the m oderate re are whether she has enough support to continue for the Cafe. Where is our cheap food AUSA agree with the feminist cause. backlash, the rationalist's revenge. For too ear which to cope with the pregnancy. catering? In the Dec quarter of the CPI food (4) No teachable Agent Grapefruit is intelligent. Not to vote, or to vote against having policy long the sanity of the majority has been ack only rose 4.9% and wages 7.6% . obscured by the excesses of the omnipresent (5) No Agent Grapefruits have breast cancer on the issue of a womans right to choose - Food for students should be nourishing and American lunatic fringe. It is time to turn "bleeding unless they are normal. effectively supports this countrys set of above all CHEAP. hearts" into broken faces. Read on: if you are e name Draconian measures designed to stop the Don't make promises you don't intend to one of the many you will know of whom I Drity rule, Universal "Agent Grapefruit"; a = intelligent; woman in the situation from using her own keep. write. If you are not with us then watch your b= agrees with the feminist cause; c = has judgement. an, back. breast cancer; d = teachable; e = normal; f = Signed sference Beware if you are a: male. Regards Rufus Roach. J. Charman (Ms) 1. Hart or Care member or just another loud mouthed anti-Racist bastard. Did you care to lished by Now to interpret the original statements: come to the "Anti-Racism Dance" and meet ecially for (1) b-d (If Agent Grapefruit agrees with the your poor oppressed black brothers? Have you y authors feminist cause, he is teachable) ever shaken hands with a knife? (2) f-c (If Agent Grapefruit is male, he has 2. Lesbian. Feminist. Are you not in tne ent as breast cancer) minority? Do we ever hear from the majority of Unifems? Are you interested in Feminism age's 'A (3) e-b (If Agent Grapefruit is normal, he past Lesbianism? If S. Noble will sit on my irehensive agrees with the feminist cause) face I will provide her with elocution lessons ages in (4) a-d = d-a (If Agent Grapefruit is teachable, (your oft used witticism was in "Penthouse" 2 society, he is not intelligent) years ago). If I find Unifems of either sex expansion (5) c-e (If Agent Grapefruit has breast cancer, spraying the Gents I will show my lack of he is normal) sexism by breaking all your faces. rorld. Its 3. Maori Radical. Especially Maranga Mai So, f-c -e-b -d -a ations, members. It is a source of shame that such phy of 28 Therefore, by the law of transitivity f-a (If bigoted bastards should encounter so little Agent Grapefruit is male, he is not intelligent) opposition on campus. The half wits in Well, I think we are all agreed on that StudAss who encourage them shall go )f West anyway. I therefore propose we rename this unmentioned. . Price anonymous correspondent RRAYJENT 4. StudAss. Not all but most. They spend he five "BRAINCELL" GUBFRUT. our money and take our time pursuing policies can directly attributable to trendy pressure groups Venus Nightingwail. within the association when the Student Body Sierra that "elected" it cannot and does not wish to >eria to the provide a unified stance on most issues. The ititutions, ICOULDNT AGREE MORE, BUT: only visible exception is Fightback - it works for us. 3ups and Dear C raccum , e influence 5. Brian McKay - yes you. Soon Uncle I am angered that you give space to Brian. i, General offensive raves like those of Agent Orange. SUCK DOLLARS 6. Concrete cafe dickhead. The ever so up is and The column long effort in Issue 4 had no to date elite. purpose but to offend and that makes it ASSUMPTIONS That's the first lot so in conclusion: Dear Dak, obscene. Skinheads are gol Watch out - the normals i; the Editor of Craccum, SRC is a corrupt farce and should be done will get you. il Yours sincerely away with immediately. I've just attended a i believe that the A .U .S.A . should not have essor R.G. Nairn meeting in which a motion was plainly lost on a policy supporting abortion, when there are Moderately yours posium by a voice vote, but the chairman recorded it as such divergent opinions among students. Doctor Doom carried, then reluctantly agreed to a show of ica, three I have no inten tion o f giving offense by There are just as many people who don't printing these letters, although G rapefruit hands. support abortion as do, therefore the A .U.S.A. THE BALLAD OF H. & G. addition to undoubtedly does. M y reasons fo r p rin tin g his Unfortunately, he only bothered to count the should take a neutral stand on it. I do not Leone, letters are to m ake students aw are o f w hat "Yes" votes, and not surprisingly the motion think it is right that the present motion with its Sir, ea, Mali, might be term ed a cancerous elem ent on was carried. A motion to donate $250 to an extreme pro-abortion view should represent all With regard to what H. said about . The campus, in the hope th a t they w ill recognize it extremist group was lost, until it was students. Individual students should have the W .A .Y.N .E . in your last meritorious issue I announced that the money had been spent freedom to make up their own minds on the would like to say that perhaps H. has a point the for what it is. N o t to p rin t his letters w ould give a false view o f this cam pus, and also anyway, i.e. we could go suck. abortion policy, and not have an extreme one but also that H. is doing nothing to help the id m ild not give people as yourself the chance It seems that SRC exists solely to dish out from the A.U.S.A. forced on them. I situation and a considerable amount to an area of to form your ow n opinions about w hat goes on funds to radicals and pressure groups. Most personally do not want my money supporting aggravate it. timated by here. Censorship by the individual, ie. a students don't give a stuff about SRC, which abortion on demand through Repeal, Sisters May I further say that I can fully understand is a bit pathetic really, because it's your money s just personal decision as to w hat one w ill read and Overseas Service, and publicly financed how such a feeling can be directed towards digest, is alw ays to be preferred to C ensorship they're spending. abortion clinics. one person, and whereas Heather has rations, by any organisation, especially new s m edia. - W.A.Y.N.E., I have W.E.B.B.E.R. Ed. Peter Bubendorfer. Jacqueline McRoberts G. ersity, association :ches back nclude the PHOTOGRAPHS from GRADUATION me artly based ers' 1962, UPTOWN DOWNTOWN and drama aphone :ral and BEDE BEDE s' studies it least PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHY nonstrated 126 Queen Street - Plaza Shopping Centre row. When 187 Symonds Street i the 1970's e United Phone 34-404 Phone 370-341 ilawayo, sm for the s obvious, colour or black 81 white s in 'Man with lls, (Allen & ork with its CERTIFICATES FRAMED WHILE YOU WAIT it SPECIAL DISCOUNTS FOR BOOKINGS OF irature. 5 OR MORE GRADUATES. Jim Burns. Craccum April 7198119 LETTERS GRIPEFRUIT A GOOD SUGGESTION AGENTS, AGENTS EVERYWHERE THE COL GETS DONE FOR TREATY TRE BREACH OF COPYRIGHT Dear Mister Muldoon, Dear Craccum, Dear Craccum, Dear Dak, Thank you for recruting me as ann S.I.S. I want to reply to Agent Grapefruit because I What is your policy on censorship? For Dear Ed, I read with dism Agint on Campus. I hop I can do the task think many of the views he expresses are held instance: Bubendorfer attac intrusted to me by my cuntry to the best of my I am a 17 year old first year art student at by males and some females on this campus. 1. Would you publish a letter which Action Committee abbilety. It was kind of you to arange mi this most esteemed establishment, and I would The stereotyping of feminists has been used )advocated racist attacks on asian, Polynesian like to draw your attention to a letter which ' emotive claptrap a enrollmint and things and giv me the onley ful as a classic put-down of the women's i or maori students on this campus? some points worth hardship grant aworded. Allso thank you for appeared in last week's 'Tuesday News' edition movement since it began. By saying that 2. Would you publish a letter which of Craccum. The letter in question is Colonel Mr Bubenddorfs mi SIS Killer Agent's bage and notebook and women who seek to assert themselves are advocated acts of sexual violence against Igor Ripurheddoff's, concerning his 'Ten has diverted its r©| SIS Undercover Magic Secret Agint's Marker "unfeminine". Men hope to keep women in a children? Comandments'. information overse Pen. subservient position. Furthermore they find it If the answer to these two is no: Usually I take great pleasure in perusing over against N e w Zeala Sinse I started I hav begun uncovring some easy to fight a threatening female if she is seen 3. By what criteria do you judge it the above mentioned's and Agent Grapefruit's take into a cc o u n t dark plots round this place. I new something as a lesbian, man-hating, castrating, spitting, acceptable to publish letters which advocate letters to you, in fact, my body is nearly always Zealand's flirtation was going on at the Fiteback danse so I'm glad raving fanatic. She ceases to be "female" and sexual attacks on women? overcome with fits of racking laughter as I read Africa w hich have you took mi tip and sent up the boys to start is thus much easier to crush. I accept that your policy on censorship is an each funfilled line of their own special brand of disrepute overseas some bother and brake it up. I hav allso The women's movement is huge. It includes extremely enlightened one and I would be very humorous bullshit. HOWEVERII! truth. Mr Bubend copied out those "Consemed student" and many diverse attitudes and types of women. It concerned to see you change it. I was stunned and shattered when reading He would have us "stirrer" letters you sent me for CRACCUM includes lesbians, hetrosexuals, bisexuals, I therefore suggest that if letters of the the dear Colonel's 'Comandments' on Tuesday by*ignoring on e of alltho they are fussey about speling and hardly working class, middle class, all colours and nature I describe above are received by your to find that I was reading certain in ending c o n ta c t print any. I see one of my felow agints got religions. The women's movement is probably editorial page they should only be published if 'Comandments' that I had seen and heard international press one for an edetorial sum weeks ago. The the most important movement this century the writer's name is published too. somewhere before! 11 The 'Comandments' in Mr Bubendorfer femenissts are in the shit now sins I told because it is fighting for a majority of the This would not require you to censor question are (as many of us will realise) disruption of the V Wayne I thort they were pithetic and he population (51%) who almost continually material. 'Comandments' 8 and 9, which appear in a designed to ap p ea obviously liked the espression. Signing out through history have been abused. The Letters which you did not identify as slightly different context in a television athletes concernec now: women's movement is fighting for more equal offensive and published anonymously: and programme shown about 4 years ago known as choice of allowing and just society where all people are free to which subsequently seemed to be offensive to 'Monty Python's Flying Circus'. (Which I'm unhindered and th X19 (Agent Deep Fruit) develop to their full potential. This includes members of the student body could be sure we've ail heard of). It also appears on a or taking the actio men no longer having to be stereotyped into reviewed and any further correspondence on the record by the same artists, the title being enjoyed disrupting P.S. Pleas send me a Super Spy Rite Wing the un-feeling maucho who never wavers. subject could be accepted only if signed. 'Matching Tie and Handkerchief', and the who were beaten i Grafiti Spray Can like the agint at Vic's got. Feminism is a total way of life where all people particular track being 'Bruces'. non-South African Allso I have sum asinments due. I am sending are freer and more complete. Kind Regards My most esteemed Colonel, just what pted were as you the questions. Please don't ask Mr Welly It is probably the most important fight of A Christian Activist. exactly is the story? Do you think we are all but chose to | to do it for me agen - 1 nearley got caned for history. I agree with Marilyn French when she stupid enough to believe that is your own - deserve no s that Education esay he did. I will rite agen says Men must change, they must rediscover Two things here: first, this is a sensible thing material? Are you running out of brain cells? Ēivents disrupted. soon. some of the attributes women have to do, and as you m ay have noticed in Issue 5 I sincerely hope that your next letter is wholly Iso feel sorry fo r traditionally held such as sensitivity, caring and Craccum is trying to uncover the identities o f your own material and that we don't have to lay w ith th e Sprir unselfishness. The alternative is for men to the correspondents to w hom this le tte r appears be subjected to such a horrific display of head and is disru stay as they have been. They are conditioned to be directed. Secondly, take note o f this TRUE CONFESSIONS unoriginality that you forced upon us in your hoice to play aps into playing the part of always being in control, letter. A gent G rapefruit and C olonel 'Comandments'. The second half Dear Dak, they know it all, they are strong, R ippurheddoff - if you have the courage to go leals w ith H A R T'S uncompromising and hard; and so far they w ith your statem ents, step in to the open. If Whatever a lot of people are saying, I Yours Disgustedly, seism issues. I at have lead the world into the unhuman society not, we say goodbye. - E d . definitely AM NOT having a personal A ndrew P. supporters ab h o r r we have today and nearing nuclear oblivion. relationship with Wayne. >laces. Indeed ms Feminism should not be underestimated P.S. Just how low is the brain ceil count also involved in on though as a polite struggle - its aim is Luv & kisses amongst engineers and scientists anyway? racism on o th er fr< revolution. W e are fighting to end this present Heather. racism in Queensls way of life. W e are fighting, the almost all A nd this is hopefully^yst the sta rt o f the celebrations are er male government; media; and business world. counter revolution - Ed. other. Public stats And we will not stop till we've won. have been m ade b ' i s i * taken. H A R T'S lin Yours in Sisterhood ■nuch attention to Debbie Tohill jther than HART'S Feminist. , APARTHEID, the I exists only in S o u t I would be inter» Maori blood" M r necessary to be a CRACCUM 1, WAYNE 0. skinned Pakehas (< many people have as Maoris. W ho is Dear Craccum, ire not Maori? I p Macintosh has really done it this timel lubendorfer's " w f Being a first year student means that you are suedo-intellectual not always up with the play. So when people ras at W aitang i si rave on about the Great Plastic Mac it is easy ketion C om m ittee' to believe that this is simply people letting out nember of th e So< aggression on the biggest, dumbest looking jther organisation fool in the general vicinity. However, there jseudo-intellectual may indeed be substance to what is said. of class struggle ai According to the '81 Orientation Handbook, was at Waitangi as STUDASS has two typewriters that may be we have been shitl used by people who want to type up things. A I hundred and fift^ letter in the latest CRACCUM states that this is we stopped. I was now no longer the case. my "puppets" as I consider myself a creative person (Down 4els the W a ita n g Dak, downl) and have looked forward to Maori struggle w hi typing up articles for various magazines in Pakehas support b which I am interested. And now, it seems, I lead or m anipulate can't. I Mr Bubendorfer dc The various by-students-for-students [the heart of th e W organisations around A.U. are, perhaps, its suggest that he res best feature. Thus, when an important service N\ g fly l-fo b k Q rCQ tvprrw k o n W CUfcTlM S x)th Maori and En - the availibility of typewriters for students use se the injustice - is cut, this cannot but affect things around teople under th e c campus. J will even join th So, I think the typewriters should, once HOHEPA HOMES more, be available to students (we pay AUSA REPRESENTATION AS A fees, which, I assume, pay the typewriter There was a notice about Hohepa CONCEPT SIR/MADAM? JOLLY van Sowry. repair bills). Homes/Schools in the last issue of CRACCUM RIDICULOUS Incidentally, of all the but no phone No. to contact anyone, if you Editor Craccum, service8/events/happenings put on for have further information could you please give students by students, CRACCUM is one that me a ring. I will be voting that A.U.S.A. has no Dear Sir/Madam, abortion policy, not on the grounds of a moral generates the most cohesive feelings amongst re the abortion Referendum on April 7,8. At decision, but because I feel that A .U.S.A. (as students, I think (some claim that it is contact Noeline long last a chance for the ordinary students to adhesive smeared prophylactics that keep most 607-382 a representative of students) cannot put have her or his say on this controversial forward a pro-abortion policy, when clearly of the students together - I'm unwilling to subjectl The present AUSA policy widely there is such a division among students. comment on this, though. Perhaps the Editor covers such aspects as Repeal, Support for (god bless him) might) Sisters Overseas Service and support for - A Concerned Student NO FOOL publicly financed abortion clinics among other +AS Yours, with a grain of salt things. It would be extremely hard to find Chris. more than a handful of people who supported T H £ . Dear Percy, ail aspects of the policy and yet it is supposed I'd be interested in know ing w hat kind o f Weil you can't fool me mate I I don't know MATTHEW LOVES YOU to represent all students. It is jolly ridiculous cohesive feelings these are - also if you've got of any feminist who would call her self Percy that we have a policy at all when students any pictures o f these prophylactic users, we Pig let alone say "All Lesbians Rape." You Dear Editor, themselves are so divided on the issue. It is could p rin t those. sound distinctly defensive and MALE. But to I want to take this opportunity through your much fairer to have no policy by voting 'no' to As fo r typew riters, CRACCUM has a few any Feminists or lesbians who may have been newspaper, to thank all those students who all the motions, thus allowing students the that are under-used. Feel free to com e up and offended by "Lesbians are cunning linguists, voted for me when I contested the Auckland freedom to make up their own minds. A 'right use them . There's ju st one condition - y o u Yuml Yuml" I apologise. It is just that I am Mayoralty last year. to choose' is all we ask. have to w rite som ething fo r us as w ell - sick of the flak that keeps flying in the, Thankyou very much for your generous perhaps ju s t a le tter, perhaps a searching direction of Lesbians and the jokes that are support, which is highly valued and Tracy Lamb article on the perverse penchants o f varsity made about "Lesbian Activities". appreciated. lecturers, you know the type. O h , a n d / threw the salt over m y shoulder - / In hope that Fercy will Puck off, Yours sincerely, &HLY fic need a ll the help / c a n g e t - E d . Sara Noble. Matthew Eugene Connor. 20 Craccum April 7 1981 LETTERS OR TREATY TREASON THE IAO ENTERS THE FRAY Dear Dak, A Dear Dak, DOMINO TflECKf I read with dismay your letter from Peter I am writing in response to the letters by K. Morrison and Peter Bubendorfer in support of student at Bubendorfer attacking HART and the Waitangi the Springbok tour in Issue 4 of Craccum. and I would Action Committee, and feel that amongst the K. Morrison is not far from the truth when ter which ' emotive claptrap and name-calling there are he says that the only person openly supporting Jews' edition some points worth answering. the tour is Ron Don, although I can think of a l is Colonel Mr Bubenddorfer's first point is that HART (very) few others. I would like to answer K. 3 'Ten has diverted its reputation by disseminating information overseas which has been used Morrison's reasons for supporting the tour To r s separately. O, >erusing over against New Zealand. Mr Bubendorfer fails to 1. Firstly it is the government of a country Grapefruit's take into account that it is not HART but New that issues visas to foreigners who wish to visit L\l\e T N A W > nearly always Zealand's flirtations with apartheid South this country and not the Rugby Union. If a iter as I read Africa which have brought our country into government considers it necessary to deny cial brand of disrepute overseas. HART has told only the truth. Mr Bubendorfer condemns us for this. visas (as it has in the past) to uphold its international commitments, then it is not a en reading He would have us compromise our principles denial of individual freedom but a (hopefully) on Tuesday by*ignoring one of the most effective elements in ending contact with apartheid South Africa - responsible government conducting the foreign affairs of a country instead of a profit-hungry d heard international pressure. Rugby Union. A person has the right to travel dments' in Mr Bubendorfer's attack on HART's IMMEDIATE RESPONSEI to any country that will accept them and alise) disruption of the World Veteran Games is nothing more. The NZ government owes a Dear Mr Sowry, pear in a designed to appeal to our sympathy for the responsibility only to the citizens of NZ. Every sion athletes concerned. HART was left with the I had actually hoped for a few answers, not action in life is a balancing of one person or igo known as choice of allowing the games to continue a regurgitation of the usual communist bullshit. < 5 ^ group's rights against another and nothing is i/hich I'm unhindered and thus abandoning its principles, Whether you in particular are a paid up learned by throwing rights into one person's >pears on a or taking the action it did. No HART supporter member of the Socialist Action League doesn't face without thinking of the corresponding 'AĪ>o% a being enjoyed disrupting the games, least of all those interest me. You are precisely what I meant by duties which inevitably arise. and the who were beaten up by the athletes. The middle class pseudo-intellectuals. Your past non-South Africans who had their events 2. Playing sport against S. Africa does statements on just about everything have mean that we are supporting apartheid. S. : what disrupted were as aware of the issue as anyone been a load of wank left wing claptrap, a trend Africa is the only country in the world that we are all else but chose to participate in apartheid sport. continued in your letter. enforces racial discrimination by legislation. iur own Ifhey deserve no sympathy for having their My argument is not with Maori land rights, NZ has had a long and unfortunate history of brain cells? ^ivents disrupted. Perhaps Mr Bubendorfer will with which I have considerable sympathy, but support for white S. Africa. Accepting a white er is wholly so feel sorry for the All Blacks who choose to with the Maori and Pakeha racists of the n't have to lay with the Springboks if their tour goes S. African team as representative of white S. Action Committee, who have shown contempt FLUNKY REVEALS ALL slay of lead and is disrupted. I will not. It is their Africa is to accept the multi-national policy of for things both Maori and Pakeha. On second its government, which regards each racial Dear Dak, us in your hoice to play apartheid sport. thoughts, maybe I was wrong about you The second half of Mr Bubendorfer's letter group (except the English and Afrikaaner comrade. You sound a hell of a lot like a One of the aspects of being a Studass flunky leals with HART's involvement in domestic whites, despite greater differences than some puppet. is that on occasion one gets to visit the acism issues. I am sure that all HART black groups) as a separate nation. Therefore Craccum Office and get a sneak preview of (upporters abhor racism in all forms and it is acceptance, if not support, of that policy. Peter Bubendorfer what's in the next issue. )laces. Indeed many HART supporters are You say, is not playing with Rumania support While engaged in this activity this very afternoon, I came across a lengthy article I count also involved in organisations which fight of Communism then? Not necessarily, but it is THE GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE written by Paddy Driscoll on the subject of the inyway? racism on other fronts. HART's responses to an acceptance of its status as the government racism in Queensland and to the Waitangi of Rumania. Besides, to put it in the S. abortion referendum to be held on the very day African context, it would have to be a national Dear Dak and fellow thinkers, that your paper will be distributed. You are, of i/t o f t h e celebrations are entirely consistent with each other. Public statements of condemnation team representing Rumania open only to I must congratulate Agent Grapefruit for a course, aware of your responsibility to maintain lave been made but no direct action has been Communist Party members. Acceptable? truly wonderful piece of recalcitrant thought. editorial balance and I scarcely need remind taken. HART's limited resources allow only so 3. S. Africa is one of the richest non Here is a person that knows how to keep this you of the difference in status between a nuch attention to be given to issues of racism petroleum wealth countries in the world helped feminist argument in perspective. These letter and an article. jther than HART's primary objective - fighting by the availability of cheap black labour. It is a feminists are thorns in the arse of every person Given that an article of similar length on the APARTHEID, the legislative racism which fact that black Africa is reducing its who believes in equality for all. Who would abortion referendum from Mr Driscoll's exists only in South Africa and Namibia. dependence on S. Africa and to quote present support a group of senseless morons that paint opponents will also appear (or if this is not the I would be interested to know how much trading figures is to ignore present policies and slogans in the MENS toilet, an action case, neither will appear) there is a comment "Maori blood" Mr Bubendorfer considers is trends. creditable to vandals or the like. Fighting for which I would like to make. necessary to be a Maori. There are very brown 4. S. Africa has not been completely equality as they are, what a joke, they are The SGM last year had two motions before skinned Pakehas (eg Ben Couch). Similarly isolated but the fact that S. Africa has been succeeding in destroying any respect they it. One would have the effect of directing the many people have paler skins but think and live forced to make minor concessions bringing might have some how manufactured. So SRC to rescind its policy. The other read ss Maoris. Who is Mr Bubendorfer to say they about some integrated sport at a national level womin (or vermin) why don't you all clean up something like "THAT AUSA have no policy ire not Maori? I presume that I am one of Mr shows the effect of the boycott of the past few your act, be civilised, and try some sensible on abortion". As is the procedure with any lubendorfer's "white, middle-class years. People 'built bridges' for over 30 years tactics (or find yourself a nice caring husband agenda, the SGM dealt with the item suedo-intellectuals" since I am Pakeha and with no effect. Rugby is white S. Africa's or carrot,) If you hope to be equal you'll have sequentially. It only reached the first motion, ras at Waitangi supporting the Waitangi national obsession and NZ's national game, to grow up, think like a man and stop shaving and it was the only motion referred to a kction Committee's protest. I am not a therefore Rugby tours will always play a more twice a day. referendum. I remind anybody who doubts this nember of the Socialist Action League or any significant part in the boycott. Opposition to that I was chairing the meeting and I was in jther organisation of "white middle-class the Irish tour is quite considerable too. In support of Agent Grapefruit ( n o m in a l ) control of the business of the jseudo-intellectuals committed to vague ideas Furthermore most other countries have not Jock the Strap. meeting. of class struggle and a Marxist "ideology" but signed the Gieneagles Agreement. I dispute the impression given by Mr Driscoll was at Waitangi as a Pakeha who knows that 5. Finally, the facts that some minor P.S. Thanks D.B. and Kevin for an that he and Mr McDonald were innocent we have been shitting on the Maori people for changes have occurred recently to enable the entertaining orientation. novices in the harsh world of student politics. i hundred and fifty years and believes it is time Springboks to go on their first major tour since P.P.S. Stop sexual harassment on campus. Both of these gentlemen were regular we stopped. I was not pulling the strings of 1971, is irrelevant. Concessions granted by the Girls are not to ogle at males in shorts, tight attenders of General Meetings and SRC. They my "puppets" as Mr Bubendorfer offensively voting whites to a disenfranchised majority as jeans or any other such garment. EQUALITY are fully aware of meeting procedure. abels the Waitangi Action Committee. It is a if it were a major breakthrough is a joke. The FOR ALL (sucks) Further, one is tempted to ask why, if they Maori struggle which informed and concerned 4 million electors will only allow, their attended the AGM last month, they did not Pakehas support but would never attempt to government to continue easing 'petty challenge the minutes of the SGM which were Bad or manipulate. I note with interest that apartheid' laws as far as is necessary to SYMPATHY? HOW QUAINT adopted as a true and correct record without |Mr Bubendorfer does not mention the issue at appease world opinion without threatening comment or question. M» heart of the Waitangi protest - the treaty. I their dominance so nothing short of majority Dear Editor, One cannot but feel concerned that, given the allegations of Executive bias made by Mr. s u g g es t that he read the treaty, preferably in rule could possibly satisfy the 20 million After observing the mindless graffiti which Driscoll and assertions about statements and xjth Maori and English. Maybe then he will blacks. It is the policy of the government has defaced the Men's toilets under the actions made by other people who will now ie the injustice we have done to the Maori never to conceed any political or economic Student Union, which serves to degradate the power to the majority. have no opportunity to answer these, Mr. « O p ie under the cloak of the treaty. Maybe feminist mentality, we feel compelled to write Driscoll has waited until the last possible time will even join the Waitangi protest next As to P. Bubendorfer who confesses to this letter. being an ex-HART supporter (some of your before the referendum to make his claims. lit is sad to see the bitterness which rends Could I ask that, if you go ahead and print best friends Maoris, too?) all I can say is before these young "ladies". The paranoid obsession Mr. Driscoll's article you also print this letter to van Sowry. he publicly questions the motives of others, he with women's persecution as seen by some in Advertisement perhaps put it in some perspective? Maybe I'm should examine his own first. I support HART the film "Goodbye Pork Pie" characterizes just naive expecting students to behave better in its aims because it is prepared to action this attitude. This leads to the question: "Are than politicians who offer thier most outlandish genuinely held beliefs, but I may not agree they lesbians because they hate men, or do bribes on the night before the election. Maybe with all its democratically determined decisions. they hate men because they are lesbians?" misleading people is O.K. in the new \pril 7,8. At Mr Bubendorfer, like many, seems to confuse We are equally offended by the Christianity. f students to the interests of the country with the policies "all-men-rape" syndrome. Rape is a tragedy Yours sincerely, versial and interests of the government party. They are and should not be indicative of any culture or K. G. Hague y widely m mÔHIRT5 not necessarily the same. To oppose the society. We have, however, heard that the jpport for present government policy is not treason, it is majority of rapists who have desecrated a sort for merely to oppose the present policy of the Unifem usually turn towards homosexuality. among other +AS S66M OM government, surely a democratic right? Women's liberation and gay rights are two d to find I hope that people who support the tour socially demanding issues, but sympathies io supported THC MARCH (and those that oppose) examine their reasons decline rapidly when one sees the militant t is supposed for doing so. So far the questions the Tour "uni-gorillas" which stalk campus. EXPRESS y ridiculous issue has raised have convinced me that NZ is students far from the paradise of racial harmony it was Not in sisterhood. issue. It is cracked up to be. Photo Studio Concerned Parents /oting 'no' to Remuera. Jents the Yours sincerely. 96 Queen St Shale Chambers nds. A 'right P.S. Any male who has sexual intercourse International Affairs Officer Ph. 31 —137 5 1 3 with a Unifem deviant must be tired of masturbation. Quality Capping Photos P.S. I think 'The '81 Tour' stickers on STOP signs are neatl Comments? The authorfs) o f this w anted to call it "A Special Rates H oly W ar on Unite m s". W ar, yes, H oly, no, except in the sense o f the bigoted doctrinaires i btk-Y BOOK NOW! who cripple religion. — Ed. Craccum April 7 1981 21 LETTERS THERE'S A BIAS HERE 3) It seems to me that those people who are opposed to the abortion policy currently held I JUST AIN'T BIN ABLE TO by the SRC and proposed in the referendum, Dear Ed, are attempting to divert people's attention from SLEEP NITES LATELY... Regarding the wanking El Salvador the principal issue. Rather than proposing Committee's article in March 24 Craccum. I anti-abortion policy, they suggest that would like to rectify some of the numerous "because students have so many different TOSSING AND 7/RITHING IN half-truths, distortions and downright lies in views on abortion, it would be wrong for their crappy farticle. I quote the farticle: A.U.S.A. to have any policy." We note that anti-abortion policy would be unlikely to be THE DARK. "RESTLESS DREAM ‘The real threat facing E l Salvador is n o t a adopted by any of A.U.S.A.'s policy-making leftw ing coup inspired by Cuba, b u t it's institutions. Further, we note that not having LESS HOURS. GOSH D AIR'IT I ow n social structure, whose sins cry to policy on abortion effectively supports the heaven fo r vengeance’ status quo which is effectively anti-abortion. The argument used also strikes one as unusual. EL LOUSY* What shit - it is blatantly obvious that the If it is extended (as indeed has been pointed real threat comes from Cuba and its Soviet out by Stephen Mitchell I) the logical master. Papers have been found in San conclusion is that there should be no law on Salvador describing arms shipments to the abortion because people have so many communist guerillas from Ethiopia and Viet different attitudes on the subjects! I hope that Nam via Cuba. So what do you have to say students will be able to see the inconsistency about that phuquin (I'm too chaste to write of the position which these people advocate. fuckin') commie - lovers. In a democratic system there will always be The captured papers also describe guerilla people who dissent to decisions which are lines through Nicaragua and yet the El made. This is no good reason for not making Salvador Committee expects us to give money decisions. to this country - a country that is supporting a Personally, as a believer in individual moral minority communist movement bent on responsibility, I will be voting in favour of the Behii continuing a bloody civil war. I wonder how pro-choice motions in the referendum. I hope much of our money donated to improve health that you will also. and education facilities would be spent on guns destined for El Salvador. Answer that as last w i BEWARE OF THE DOGS, come from David Moses' cult the Children of Yours sincerely, God, or did an EU member actually come up well you dungthrusters. Kevin Hague BEWARE OF THE EVIL with this? What did they hope to achieve by The El Salvadorian government is not the A .U .S .A . President 1960 WORKERS, BEWARE OF THE such disgusting and shameful literature? unjust despotic regime the El Salvador On Monc CONCISION. PHILIPPIANS 3:2. Already this year they indulged in a "rage" - Committee makes it out to be - many P.S. The motion which was referred to a committee what else can we expect? haciendas have been confiscated and referendum by the Special General Meeting Architectur converted into co-operatives farmed by Neither is EU really united. EU evolved from dealt with the SRC rescinding its current President G peasants thereby causing the communists to motions. As Chair of that meeting, I ruled that There is a group at university called EU, a split with SCM due to a doctrinal debate, it lose support among the population. the SRC was essentially a sub-committee of ' stalwarts si claiming to be "Christians". Actually their has a history of opposing other Christian The commies haven't even got the support the Association, and therefore it was in order attitude to other people and groups is anything groups and is now fraught with contention and are plannin< of the people. So stuff that up your anus and for a General Meeting to direct the SRC. AT but Christian, although they profess the dissension. How can any conscientious year which smoke it. that time, a motion was put to disagree with Christian faith. Many EU exec members are Christian associate with such practices? I completion my ruling, suggesting that SRC could not be active in underhandedly spreading false reports challenge anyone to publicly defend them. Yours lovingly, directed by a General Meeting. That motion facilities. A and opposing other university groups. When Kendrick Q Orifice was lost. It appears that this year's Executive Photograph challenged they evade the issue, and although Signed, President S.A.N.E. they admit it is wrong, it seems that they do THE DOG CATCHER. feels itself to be competent to countermand an not only an not want to stop it. ls there a deliberate explicit decision made by a Genera! Meeting, in photos fo r' PLATONIC LOVE that it has taken it upon itself to remove the intention behind this? The source of such (ISIC) but t directive to the SRC from the referendum behaviour is religious hatred and prejudice, Dear Editor, motion (at considerable inconvenience to at develop col which we all know is one of the strongest Mr Hare is a lecturer in Education whose HAGUE & ABORTION least one group involved in the debate). Might future. human passions and has caused immense weekly Monday lectures serve as an I suggest that students who attended the AGM suffering, persecution and destruction in the "Introduction to Western Educational Tuesday of AUSA probably haves a different past centuries. I hope that not everyone in EU Thought" (14.100). His highly personalised Dear Dak, At 11 am assessment of the competence of the is driven by such prejudices; nevertheless they lectures are made more enjoyable, rather than I have noted with interest the Executive? the Craccui are kept in darkness and ignorance by the evil interesting, by his habit of including little juicy correspondence on the subject of the Abortion (CAB). Unf workers who have propagated these things. bits and innuendo. These at least manage to referendum on April 7th and 8th. This is certainly a lo t m ore com prehensive out one da^ The call is now being issued to any honest titillate the intellectual mind and sustain our There are several observations which I would than your annual report, Kevin (Issue 3) - Ed. ones in EU to turn from their religious appetite for bawdy soft-sell. like to make with respect tcfthis subject. something ■ prejudices. Today Mr Hare told us about the Greek term 1) There is a wide spectrum of opinion on prevent in t The real nature of EU is betrayed by its for LOVE in its broader (presumably the subjects of abortion. In general, people to my first I actions and attitudes. For example, they STOP THAT TOUR! non-sexual?) sense, "EROS". He mentioned who have thought about the issues will have Committee arrogantly assume to be the Christian how young Greek men followed older men formed an opinion which is unlikely to be testimony at university ("the largest group of around to learn more about "EROS". We changed by argument from other points of Dear Craccum, President J Christians on campus" • Orientation handbook) were inimitably told, that this often led to view. In other words, debate on the issues Those pro-tour correspondents of yours surprise to while the majority of Christian students I know homosexual relationships forming between the involved will probably not change anybody's don't seem to have been listening very main campi do not attend their meetings. How then can Young and the old, and that "...obviously it mind (although it might sway the small carefully as they trot out the old medical sch EU proudly say that it alone has rights to the leads itself to sinister conclusions." proportion of people who haven't already made rationalisations. In New Zealand we have a the road frc spiritual turf of Auckland University? Further, Mr Hare's professional entitlement to give up their minds.) For these reasons, for any conditional right to invite whoever we like, , visa their intolerance to other's needs and personal moral judgement on the sexual mores policy motion on the subject must be regulations exist and have been used for the which conti insistence to have their own way has drawn of the Greek classical civilisation as dictum for sufficiently general to cover a number of purpose of controlling whom we may associate society. At comments such as this from custodians; "I this paper must be questioned. viewpoints. If one examines the motions in the with; Russian cultural groups and North a Law Stud wouldn't expect such things from Christians". Homosexuality was viewed in a very positive referendum, it becomes plain that, indeed, they Korean citizens could not be as damaging as meeting. Di Their name appears to be a gross light by the Greeks, and was certainly never are general in nature, and far from "extreme" the proposed tour. misrepresentation of what they are. judged to be morally wrong. in intent, as some writers would have us South Africans clearly regard the invitation informs me "Evangelical" means gospel preaching. During It is appalling that Mr Hare has the effrontery believe. (Might I suggest that it would be to play sport as a vote of support for functions oi orientation week some of them ran around the to impose his own moral judgements en appropriate for you to print the motions in the apartheid, they pilloried the candidate who Students ar campus in clown suits. Last year they danced, masse, and probably mislead students in the vicinity of the letters page? - I am sure this will suggested that it might be unwise for them to second Stei played nursery rhymes in public and handed process. In doing so he does Gay students a not be your only letter on the subject.) tour. The "playing sport against South Africa Functions F out highly obscene literature. For example; gross injustice, and insults the common 2) The two generalised opposing points of does not mean that we are supporting "Assemble your own copulation kit...no need intelligence of students who are capable of view are essentially as follows: apartheid" stance is a refusal to see how there. At 7 to fantasize any longer because you can now making their own decisions about a) From the point of conception the important it is to the proponents of that Committee do it yourself. Kit comes complete homosexuality. embryo and then the foetus is a human being. system. a Ski Club < with...perversions to suit"..."Did love die with If indeed we are to learn about Platonism It is immoral to kill a human being willfully Our news services do not regard the 9.15 pm. Tl the invention of the condom...". I've been at mightn't we expect more relevance and lucidity under any circumstances. Therefore, abortion pressures being exerted on other countries university for four years and I have never seen in lecture approach? is murder and should be prohibited by law. following actual or proposed sporting contact getting well graffrtti on toilet walls as bad as this. Did it Nigel Pearson. b) The foetus is entirely dependent upon the as news, consequently we find it easy to and their Pr Mother for life. The physical and psychological sustain a persecution complex. This bloody they have o effects of the pregnancy upon the woman vary tour is particularly important because of New have alread’ immensely from case to case. Similarly, the Zealand's position in world rugby and our Any studen suitability of the environment into which a NZRFU administrator's policy of supporting baby would be born varies from situation to South African racism; we are seen as a friend of their wor situation. There are many reasons why a by white South Africans and thus as (Ruapehu) 1 pregnant woman might decide that she did not supporting their oppressive system. and ensure want to be pregnant or did not want to have a K. Morrison shows that the negligible for students child. Her life is as involved in the pregnancy changes made are succeeding in their most as that of the foetus. Therefore, it is up to her important purpose; providing a rationale for If you wa to decide whether or not it is moral for her to continued contact. This is particularly true in get in toucf have an abortion. sport where the white administrators are Studass car Clearly, any discussion on abortion soon making minimal changes while seeking reaches a deadlock with one side arguing that international approval. History shows that no a woman has the right to decide what she will changes will occur after pressure is withdrawn. do with her body, and the other side arguing Those who are best qualified to assess the that it is immoral to terminate any human life, changes, black South Africans, have been very even at the wish of the person on whose clear, they are too little and do not represent a physical compliance that life is totally reliant, significant departure from apartheid. consider a parallel situation where you are I do not accept that a statement made by lying in a hospital bed, and wake up one the PM that he would not withhold visas morning to find that a tube leads out of your should determine what happens; if he couldn't arm into a machine. Connected to the see then that he was giving the NZRFU a blank machine on the other side is another person. cheque for the tour he must now be able to You are told that the other person is now and should be prepared to act in the interests relying upon you for food, oxygen and so on, of the country for once and refuse visas. and that if you leave that person will die. ls it k morally admissible for you to leave if you want Yours sincerely hO? Ray Nairn ~ 22 Craccum April 7 1981 SERIOUS ENTERTAINMENT i people who are currently held ie referendum, 's attention from i proposing ist that ny different wrong for We note that nlikely to be policy-making hat not having jpports the anti-abortion, one as unusual, been pointed logical be no law on jo many ctsl I hope that inconsistency >ple advocate, rill always be s which are for not making idividual moral i favour of the Behind The Plastic Mac endum. I hope THURSDAY l a s t w e e k Again I was involved in meetings of LUST NEVER SLEEPS the Joggers Club, Societies Council, On Monday I was able to attend a Tournament Committee and AUSA Grafton Hall, with a little help from its residents, comes referred to a committee meeting of the Executive. Although you may be partially alive during the night. It was completely spontaneous, eral Meeting Architecture Students' Society. Their getting the impression that all I ever as these feelings always are. its current President Ginni Ross and other do is turn up to meetings and don't ting, I ruled that actually do any work as such let me committee of ' stalwarts such as Michael Van Dam it was in order are planning a lot of activities this assure you that is not the case. I the SRC. AT year which will be aided by the have always believed that the disagree with completion of proper cafeteria Association's first priority is to ; could not be facilities. At another meeting of the represent its student members and That motion CROSSWORD ear's Executive Photographic Society I learned that specifically for the President to go to countermand an not only are their members producing as many student meetings as he can iera! Meeting, in photos for your student travel card rather than being locked away from o remove the (ISIC) but that they will be able to students in his office pushing papers eferendum develop colour pictures in the near around. enience to at T ' debate). Might future. tended the AGM Tuesday T H IS W EEK erent At 11 am I attended a meeting of of the ABORTION the Craccum Administration Board On Tuesday and Wednesday we (CAB). Unfortunately Craccum came are holding the abortion referendum om prehensive out one day late last week and this is so I hope you will have your say on (Issue 3) - Ed. something that we must look into to this topical issue. prevent in the future. At 5 pm I went EDUCATION ACTION DAY to my first Medical Students' Also on Wednesday the Education tie Committee Meeting chaired by their Vice-President has organised our part President John Aiken. It may be a of a national day of action. Russell its of yours surprise to many students on the Marshall (Labour Spokesman on ing very main campus to learn that we have a Education) will be attending and there d medical school which is just across will be activities all day so there is id we have a the road from Auckland Hospital iver we like, , visa bound to be something for you. i used for the which contains an active student Please SHOW YOUR SUPPORT ON re may associate society. At 6 pm I was able to attend WEDNESDAY - Go to at least one and North a Law Students' Society Committee activity. This could even be your first i damaging as w meeting. Dave Kidd (President) opportunity to go on a march down I the invitation informs me that a lot of social Queen Street. ort for functions organised by the Law MARANGA MAI ididate who Students are coming up with the This Maori Culture group will be rise for them to second Stein this Thursday in the giving their final performance on ist South Africa Functions Room. I hope I will see you iporting Friday 10th April in the Maidment Across: 5. Foot attacks for fun (5) 0 see how there. At 7 pm I attended a Finance Theatre. I will be chairing a meeting ts of that Committee meeting and albeit briefly of the Theatre Management I. Wrecked by ice? (2,3,5) 6. An incredible man (4) a Ski Club Committee meeting at Committee on Thursday and hope 7. Hurt by a real prick of an animal (5) 7. Southern Indian meal running about crazily gard the (6) 9.15 pm. The Ski Club are really that their performance goes well. 8. Obvious in a courtroom (7) er countries 10. Bangladesh from a paste stain (4,8) porting contact getting well organised again this year NATIONAL EXECUTIVE 9. A form of duster, perhaps (7) 14. Extremely low, yet abundant (4,6) ! it easy to and their President Rob Barclay says On Saturday I will be in Wellington I I . Drink to a person till they're brown (5) This bloody they have over 400 members who 12. Castle that's half a castle (4) 15. Where they were driven after the first at a National Executive meeting of naughty (3,2,4) jcause of New have already joined or want to join. 13. Courageous indians (6) by and our NZUSA our national student body. 19. Messy from cutting off the agent (6) Any student is welcome to go on one 16. Bent on fishing (4) >f supporting BLOOD DAZE 20. A class of craft for display, perhaps (3,4) seen as a friend of their work parties to Roopooh Remember next Monday is the 17. Note of debt in the post-script. I'm serious (5) 23. Hang itl although it's not fair. (5) i u s as (Ruapehu) to help maintain their hut start of our annual blood week. It's 26. ;tem. and ensure continued cheap skiing also a chance to show your support 18. Foot-fumbling journey (4) negligible 21. Something to unlock the answer, add 50 26. Though it sounds like weapons, it's pennies for students. for human life in a positive way. Your which are given to help (4) in their most and 51, and that's probably it (6) If you want to know more please donation will probably go to a person 1 rationale for 22. An 18 to be stopped (4) ticularly true in get in touch with these societies or you will never know, perhaps an 24. C /r (3,2) trators are Studass can help you. overseas traveller, or it could just as seeking 25. Craft about his instrument acutely (7) Answers to Last Week's easily save the life of your mother. shows that no 27. Motor ad' on the front porch (4-3) MERCURY THEATRE presents Please donate blood next week; I will ire is withdrawn, 28. A member of Parent Preservation Society, Across: 1. Battalion; 6. Clash; 9. IOR; 10. o assess the be. perhaps (5) Egg; 11. Orbit; 13. Craccum (Yahool); 15. ;, have been very Simon Gray’s COUNCIL 29. No men on after Hebrew 'f', but it's a HMSAA; 16. TT; 17. SS; 18. Butcher; 22. So • not represent a COMEDY THRILLER Lastly the University Council meets natural universal event (10) what; 24. Ode; 25. Tiber; 26. Chi; 27. River; theid. 28. Fad; 31. Zero In; 33. Tussles; 35. IR; 36. nent made by on Monday to discuss the affairs of the University and students. Last Down: Who knows?; 37. Lassi; 38. Pork Pie; 41. ihold visas Abash; 42. Lea; 43. Ore; 44. Straw; 45. is; if he couldn't month the Council were sympathetic Redundant; e NZRFU a blank 1. ...and far away, and old (4,3,5) April 10 — May 2 to a change in the Bursary ow be able to 2. Hair, e.g., is a primitive communal stone Down: 1. Brickbat; 2. Thea; 3. See 36 regulations. I hope that some Across; 4. Item; 5. Nightshift; 6. Crosswords; in the interests on & Thurs at 6.30pm. (6,4) recommendation will be forthcoming 7. Alba; 8. Hatch; 12. Rash; 14. Used; 19. ifuse visas. 3. The other side of Oedipus that is real, etc. Table; 20. Horror Show; 21. Reconciler; 23. at 8.15pm. in this area. (7) Wayne McIntosh Anvil; 28. Rushed it; 30. Auto; 32. Ria's; 34. BOOKINGS: Phone 33-869 4. Metaphysical moves onto logic together (9) Stats; 37. Lair; 38. Paid; 39. Rein; 40. Plea; PRESIDENT Craccum April 7 1981 23 Due to the growing popularity of side-to-side than forward motion, TWO NATIONAL TITLES novice Womens 4 competed well but windsurfing, we intend to start a pop-eyed women bounced along, FOR THE UNIVERSITY! competition was quite tough. windsurfing club. To this end, there pot-bellied men scuttled along with Our success was due perhaps to will be a meeting for all those children at their sides. A navy squad the Mercer training camps which did interested, in the TAMAKI YACHT jogged in trousers and boots, The A.U. Rowing club had another wonders for the Rower/Coach CLUB at 7.30pm THIS WEDNESDAY chanting monotonous phrases. brilliant season this yearl culminating relation (Masochist/Sadist). (the 8th). Others bobbed along in T-shirts in TWO National titles at the NZ Equipped with chains etc they That is about all you really need to showing such slogans as: "Run for championships and the selection of whipped us into shape, in the blink of know, but if you are really keen or Fun, Jog for Grog", "Your Pace or FOUR members for NZ trials in June. an eye - or stroke of an oar. just an avid reader then read on: Mine", and "Gay for Bays". Those The champs, held at Karapiro, left In all fairness, most of the credit First some notes: The club would who couldn't run rode in wheelchairs, the club fourth on the points table for for the good performance must go to not be a University one, although if while those that wouldn't, cheered the Centennial Oar - all good reasons our 3 dedicated coaches - Peter, Paul there is a good turnout of 'Varsity encouragement, played music, for spending an afternoon in the beer and Mary (oops ... sorry) David. students a University club could also handed out drinks, and used hoses to tent. Uncle (Pants down) Pete trained the be formed. The club would also not douse the heated runners. Serious training began in early Senior Men rowers and scullers, Paul have racing as its prime objective As the runners neared St Heliers November but as usual we had a - the intermediate and novice men, although a few races, trick some slowed to a walk which added fairly full social calendar with plenty and ol' Uncle Dave had the pleasure competitions, etc. will be held. to the congestion. They crossed the of weekends away (training)*!* of all the women. Enough notsl What is it?: the finish line in a variety of states. ,By barbeques, and dinners - Thanks also to Bob Lack and all purpose of the club would basically some quirk in time or distance the performances being only slightly you Associatin Members for the use be to promote the sport of first finished in a time of 28:50, which affected. of the Studass van. windsurfing and enable windsurfers would have given him a time just 2 The club competed strongly all We are now looking forward to and would-be windsurfers to meet seconds behind Henry Rono's world summer. The senior men won races Easter Tourney (and beating Otago) each other. Outings, competitions, record for the 10,000 metres. right from the start of the season, followed by a busy winter of weight discounts on equipment and group After the run the carnival while the Intermediate Men and the circuits, fundraising, plant work, lessons will be arranged. continued. The people sat about, Women had a slower start but socials and the odd Sunday morning OK?... Any further queries, please swapping post-mortems, swilling the finished on a winning stroke (- they row. ring me (Bruce) at 582-997 (evenings) usual beverages, and looked forward must have got their rating up). Titles We are also looking forward to or Joanne at 585-277 (day) - but we'd to next years run. were collected by the Senior Mens seeing some new faces - so if you're prefer you to come to the meeting. Four and the Intermediate WOMENS keen to see what its all about check We only have a couple of hours or EIGHT. Both our novice Mens 8 and out the notice board in the gym. so, so please be on timel See you there I RESULTS FROM NZ I his year's Round the Bays run CHAMPS started with a band. The huge crowd's response to the boom of the Womens Intermediate Eight - 1st starting gun was to cheer, blow Womens Intermediate Fours - 2nd horns, and walk slowly forward. Womens Premier Fours - 2nd While a number of cheats had Womens Premier Eight - 3rd jumped the gun and galloped off to St Heliers, the tail-enders took nearly Mens Premier Double Sculls - 3rd 10 minutes to reach the starting line Mens Senior Fours - 1st and a further few minutes before they Mens Senior Coxless Pair - D.M.F. could jog. With the front Mens Senior Double Sculls - 2nd runners 3 kilometres up the road and Mens Intermediate Fours - 2nd others just beginning, the river of Mens Intermediate Pairs - 4th 8- 6th people washed down Tamaki Drive. Along the waterfront people NZ TRIALISTS:- jogged, loped, staggered, plodded, hobbled, and sucked air as if through Helen Dervan (NZ Womens Four) Bruce Tonkin (NZ Colts Eight) a straw. The trained athletes ran neatly and swiftly, hefty rugby Mark Eliassen (NZ Liteweight Four) players stomped along with more W . Tonkin (NZ Liteweight Four) 24 Craccum April 7 1961