Tewa O Te Reo Maori ISSUE 17 CRACCUM Vol 56 1982 Craccum July 27 1982 • 1 Te Kupu Whakatau Editorial Contents
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TeWa O te Reo Maori ISSUE 17 CRACCUM Vol 56 1982 Craccum July 27 1982 • 1 Te Kupu whakatau Editorial Contents Articles Myth Auckland.................................... ....7 Antarctic Exploitation....................... ....8 Sue Weston (FOE) Chile: The Junta’s University Policies ....9 CORSO Short Story Winners........................... ...10 Between You and Me - Evangelism .. ...11 Dave Craig for EU Te Wa O te Reo M aori......................... 12,18 Maori Students’ Association Na Alison Green Salient Craccum Ski Guide 1982..................... 13-16 Jason Kemp It is a disturbingly persistent trend isn’t much for you to go on. Not at Militarisation of the Pacific............... ...19 that less than a quarter of AUSA’s all sure if the commentary the Roger Tobin (NZUSA) members turn out to vote for following week made a difference Human Rights in Malaysia............... ...20 Presidential candidates and the like. either. While the winners are to be Still, there were posters, speeches Regular Features congratulated it should be and organised forums in the offing. To quote someone else in the personally disturbing for them A rts........................... ...........21 News ................................ ..3-6 knowing that they, with one office: ‘The good thing about Campus News........... .............3 Unclassifieds.................... ...27 exception, recieved no more than 7% democratic elections is that voters CAS........................... ...........26 Whats On... On Campus .. ....3 of the total vote which could have always get what they deserve. The Letters ..................... ...........25 been cast. bad thing about democratic My own worry (and one which is elections is that the voters never get no doubt traditional for Craccum what they need. Which in this case Editors) is that Craccum has failed was something like a disabling kick ISSUE 17 CRACCUM Vol 56 1982 to bridge the gap between the in the head before they cast their student body and its elected Editor.........................................David Faults CRACCUM is registered with the Post Office vote.’ Technical Editor.............. William Mcllhagga as a newspaper. It is published by the Craccum representatives; that a lack of Probably the rest of you deserve a Advertising Manager................ Jason Kemp Administration Board for the Auckland information is the cause of this sad kick in the ass. Assistant Editor....................... Paul Grinder University Students' Association, and printed state of affairs. Apathy’s not a bad thing: I can do Typesetters...........................Barbara Hendry by. Wanganui Newspapers Ltd. Opinions Granted , a 200 word policy just about anything I want..... ................................................Raewyn Green expressed herein are not necessarily anyone's, Photographer....................................Leo Jew including the Editorial Staff, and in no way statement along with a photograph represent the official policy (should there be any) of the Association. SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE MUSIC BENEFIT CONCERT ONLY $5-50 featuring Dabs Prime Movers Bongos Blonde Comedy No Clapping No Tag /0? P/f£0UHT at Wednesday 28th July Mainstreet 7pm-lam ' f i t / (''fid ' ufififi IP . 22 Lome Street, 3a Low» Albert Street, St. Kevins Arcade, Telephone 30-689 Telephone 790-988 Ph 734-232 2 • Craccum July 27 1982 Ngaa rongo He aha ngaa mahi Wha“0n'0nCampu* Robb Lectures on Islamic Revolution Tuesday 27 Thursday 29 lpm lpm One of the world’s leading authorities on Liquerous Sports, Old Grad Bar Liquerous Sports, Old Grad Bar ‘The Cambridge History of Islam’, and is now UMSA meet, Room 237 Islam and its history, Professor Bernard co-editing a new ‘Encyclopaedia of Islam’. Progressive Club meet, Lewis, will give this year’s Sir Douglas Robb The Sir Douglas Robb Lectures, which are Exec Lounge IMS A meet, Room 144 Lectures at Auckland University. His general open to the public, will be at 8pm on August 3, Amnesty International meet, title for the four lectures is ‘The Historical 5, 10 and 12 in Lecture Theatre B28 in the Left handers Club meet, Roots of the Islamic Revolution’. Room 144 Room 143 University Library Building, 3 Alfred Street. 7pm British-born Dr Lewis has a PhD of the The titles of the individual lectures are: ‘Faith ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS University of London and is now Cleveland E Science Fiction Soc night, Top CR and Power’, ‘The Enemies of God’, ‘The FORUM Room 237 Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Passion and the Terror’, and ‘The Pure Soil of Executive candidates’ forum, Chess Club meet, Exec Lounge Princeton University in the United States. He Iran’. Quad 8pm is a Fellow of the British Academy and has The Robb Lectures were founded by the Debating Club debate, Room 237 received many honours and awards, including University in 1967 to commemorate the 7pm honorary doctorates from the Hebrew Friday 30 services of the late Sir Douglas Robb as Unifems meeting - discussion University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Chancellor and Council member. The lecturers about film ‘Not a Love Story’, lpm University. have included Sir William Pickering, Dr Ivan CND meeting, Exec Lounge He has written many books, including ‘The Illich, and last year Mr Richard Leakey. Womin only, Old Grad Bar Arabs in History’ (now in its sixth edition), Rotoract meeting, Room 144 Folk Club perform at Liquerous ‘The Emergence of Modem Turkey’, and ‘The Sports, Old Grad Bar Peter Russell, 7.30pm Middle East and the West’, was co-editor of Information Officer Wine club session, Exec Lounge Sci Fi Club meet, Exec Lounge Debating Club debate, SCM meet, Room 144 Womins CR EU meet, Room 143 The Russians are Coming 4pm Wednesday 28 Beer and Politics, Top CR On the invitation of the ‘Young Workers dialogue and relations are maintained and lpm Gay Lib meet, Exec Lounge Alliance of NZ’ three representatives of the improved between the two opposing world Papalote Folk Group at 8pm Young Communist League of the USSR will systems. Engineering Social, Old Grad Bar be visiting Auckland. Among other activities Despite New Zealand’s geographical Liquerous Sports, OGB planned for their three day visit there will be a isolation our involvement in the affairs of the * Executive Candidates forum, meeting with the delegation at the Old Grad world are more than most people realise. And Quad Monday 2 August Bar on Monday, 2nd of August, beginning at because of this a more active role can be lpm lpm. played by New Zealanders to try and ease the Christian Club m eet, Room 144 This will be a good opportunity for students political tension that pervades our world. Evangelical Union meet, Rm 143 Liquerous Sports, Old Grad Bar CP forum, Room 237 and anyone else to come along and hear a If you want to know more about the 7.30pm different perspective of life in a socialist programme of the visit or you are involved in Folk Club night, Old Grad Bar Anti Racist Movt meet, Exec L country from that which is portrayed in the an organisation which would like to meet the EU meet, Room 144 Media. delegation contact: 7pm With the revival of the cold war and the A Marsden 769-006 Wine Club/TKS thing, OGB possibility of a nuclear holocaust becoming A Venemore 607-826. more and more a reality, it is essential that Te rongo o te waananga Campus News At last week’s meeting of the University council the Chancellor moved in and producing reports and considering them in committees. No wonder the out of committee so frequently that many were confused. It seemed at times University can’t afford sufficient lights for the students to be properly that every second item was of a ‘confidential nature’ or ‘possibly taught. embarrassing’. As usual the Chancellor allowed the visitors to stay throughout and kept the really secret parts till last, at which stage when the ★ ★ ★ Council passed the usual resolution he announced that this time he really was going to have to ask the visitors to leave. Even this has two meanings, Works Committee at its last meeting approved expenditure of $117,500 on though, for while the student visitors and the press obediently left Professor ‘urgent’ up-grading of Old Government House to ensure that it is in tip top Woodward and the Personel Registrar stayed. Wonder what the Chancellor condition for the University-funded drinking sessions which will take place says when he wants them to go? there during next year’s Centenary. This sum is believed to include the replacement of all the little glass bits missing from the chandeliers , but as far ★ ★ ★ as we know stage I Geology students have not been invited to any of the functions. ★ ★ ★ Oddly enough when the Council did go into closed session it was to discuss an innocent sounding report on the teaching of Environmental Studies. Yet the When the Welfare Services Levy was being debated a few weeks back the Academic Registrar left and the Staff Registrar stayed. Surely the Students’ Association apparently suggested that an all-out effort be made to Chancellor is not responsible for perpetuating the confusion between the substantiate the generally held belief that the services contribute to the question of Environmental Studies as a discipline and the alleged lack of academic results of the University by easing students’ problems. The discipline of a particular staff member? motivation was to present this evidence to government in an effort to persuade them to continue funding the services as an essential part of the ★ ★ ★ academic structure of the University. It eventually transpired that not only was no such evidence available, but that such studies as had been Another staffing matter on the Council agenda was the individual work-load undertaken have failed to show any co-relation between academic results and reports which we mentioned some weeks ago. It transpired that the ten the existence of welfare services. Which raises the question of why students Lecturers and Senior Lecturers involved were working an average of 482 are being forced to continue funding the services.