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Academic gowns and hoods are available here at the 1 studio for portraits done here. ll jj ~,. 3-M Photo For further information June 4th-8th (Monday-Friday) phone or drop in. CSU COMPLEX CAMERAMUN I THOMSON STU DENT CENTRE STUDIOS ~~ Cameramun Studio MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY 1st Floor, T.S.C. ST. JOHN 'S . TELEPHONE 709-753-1434 . ..:· <. .. ~ ... . . :l»ll:'Sll •• • I,}i~~~~ ·: ...... ,. Friday, May 25, 1984 Page 3 Co-op students under the by Shirley Stacey allowed to work at any federally or Alternate solutions to work term provincially funded programs." placements for Engineering students This means foreign students have to abound, but "Career Related Job Ex­ compete only within the private perience'' that includes a salary is business sector. Young estimated that •• tougher to get. 10-12 per cent of Engineering students Co-ordination has to place around are foreign students, making it harder 40 Engineering students in career­ to get a job in a smaller area. related jobs by Monday, May 28th. Young said this is a growing problem Paul Young, Director of Co­ that could seriously affect co-op ordination, said although there are students in the future because of the more unplaced Engineering students large number of foreign students the every semester, this is not their fault. Federal government allows into the ''Three years ago we started adding high schools. 60 more students to the program each ''What foreign students do now is year. This means that there are 60 more complete their fmal year of high school students to place in jobs each work in St. John's, then do Junior Division · term. There are actually more and at Mun and enter the engineering facul­ more students employed if you look at ty. Then they can receive a work visa. it in absolute terms." This is basically why so many foreign Young said most of the 40 unplaced students are attracted to our co-op pro:­ students are junior students, and the gram.'' main reason they can't find jobs is Young did not say how many of this their low level of skill. term's 40 unplaced students were foreign students. Co-ordination's answer to this is to The CSU is also concerned with give them more marketable skills. In unplaced co-op students. Last June, 1981, they started a Special Placement CSU President Deb Thiel (82-83) began Group, where unplaced students have work on creating a federally funded the opportunity to study surveying, program specifically for co-op students computer programming and report to work in non-profit organisations writing. and municipalities. If these students are not placed by In March 1984, federal funding () . . the drop and add date, they will have came through. The CSU received !1 . . to work on a special project within the about one-quarter of a million dollars MUN area. These projects are created to hire 72 co-op students this year. through either Co-ordination or the This week, the CSU has finished particular faculty, and the student will placing the full 22 students in jobs work with a professor. around the province for this semester. These projects, if appropriate, are Both the Engineering and Commerce accepted by co-ordination ' s job­ faculties received equal number sof The CSU plans to apply for - we to place. Also, because it is related experience, although they are jobs. gram next year to make it an ongoing federally funded, it does not give jobs not paying jobs. Students who do not Sharon Noseworthy, a Commerce process. However, the program will to foreign students." take a special projects must leave their student working as the program ad­ have to be evaluated and modified this ' Although engineering is still primari­ programs. ministrator, explained that although year to insure that it fits into Federal ly a male area of study, co-ordination This causes a problem with students the CSU works with Co-ordination on grant criteria. does not have a problem . placing receiving student aid. Student aid the project, it is different from other There are some problems with the female students. "Most employers try automatically deducts $1448 from a established programs. program, however. Because it is fund- to give women a fair run," Young said. coo-op student's loan application as "We have to screen non-profit ed by the government, and students ''There are some employers who are • Student Contribution over work terms organisations who want students to work for non-profit organisations that antagonistic towards women, but we regardless of whether or not the stu­ make sure they need the students, and wouldn't ordinarily hire a · profes- generally try and avoid those.'' dent actually worked. aren't just draining the funding. sional, short-term jobs being created Young said that women have only Co-op students must then have con­ 'We would also have to avoid taking are not there in the long run. become involved in Engineering within firmation that they were eligible for jobs away from students that co­ Students who are placed this the past ten years, and today they still work, through the student aid appeals ordination would otherwise gets." semester cannot count on returning to make up only 10 per cent of the total procedure. the same job at their next work term, Engineering population at MUN. D. Samsome, Assistant deputy and creating a basis for ~ career with Regardless, he said, in the past ten minister of Education, said that Deferrals the employer is virtually impossible. years four women have won the gold suitable proof would be a registration Co-ordiniation is pleased with the medal for academic excellence upon notice with Manpower and five letters by Shirley Stacey project, but Young questioned its ef- graduation.· · from employers who didn't hire the Of the 500 students who used the fectiveness. ''When you consider the low student. power failure as a reason to apply for "This project provides us with 15 or so numbers of women enrolled, you Co-op students have to find career deferred exams, 95 per cent have been jobs a semester, but this is only a small realise that we've had some exceptional related work, which cuts down on the accepted. component in the total of 600 students women in the program at MUN." . number of prospective employers that The storm, which cut off electricity Manpower could provide. Besides this, through~ut the Avalon peninsula, left the student would have to refuse any many students in the dark when they other type of work that isn't career­ would have been studying for exams. New timeta related because the Co-operative will On the Saturday of the storm, the not recognise it as a work-term. Council of the Students' Union set up a by Heather Roberts give students some choice. Sansome acknowledged this pro­ committee with representatives of stu­ Starting this fall, the average day of In addition to these changes, there blem, but wasn't sure of the procedure dent affairs to decide what would be a MUN student will end at 6:00. will be five slots for labs instead of the for dealing with these students. He done with the upcoming week of ex­ This is the major difference in the usual two. questioned the credibility of a special ams. The committee decided to cancel new timetable, which will start this fall University Registrar Glenn Collins project as being 'career-related job ex­ the following Monday's exams and due to the expected increase in first­ said that, until about 8 years ago, the perience.' rearranged the schedule to accomodate year students. MUN timetable ran from 9 to 6. Norm Snelgrove, director of Student the displaced finals. In the senior division timetable, the Collins feels the new timetable is the Aid, was unavailable for comment. · Ed Byrne and Anne Jackman of the morning slots will remain the same, best alternative for a hectic situation. Young also blames part of the up lac­ CSU propsed that students with just running from 9 to 12. Lunch time slots '' Jt will give some students a better ed engineering students on foreign cause be allowed to either drop courses will be increased another hour from choice. They can now come to universi­ students. without prejudice or have their exams noon till three. Slot 11 will become the ty which is better than not coming at ''Foreign students come to MUN deferred. The committee vetoed the fourth lunch time slot. all.'' Collins also feels the new · with a student visa, but not a work first suggestion, and agreed to allow The most drastic feature is the plac­ timetable will give students more op­ visa. Once they get a job, we (Co­ students to apply for deferrals. ing of about ten percent of all courses tions and make their schedule more ordi~ation) can get them a temporary The Registrar received over 500 ap­ at night. However, these are designed flexible, "which in the long run should work visa-but legally, they are not plications within two days. as multi-sectioned courses in order to work out well for everyone." Page 4 Friday , May 25, 1984

No one likes to work in a vacuum. However, that's sort of what working on a stu­ dent newspaper is like. We only can present our news, views, reviews, and opinions, and then hope for the best. We really can't guage what student reaction is to what we print, aside from gossip we pick up from friends, or bizarre demonstrations made by irate homophobes in our very- own office. Unless, of course, we receive direct response from our readership. Any kind of response - a friendly visit, a phone call, or a late night / rendevous in an abandoned parking garage is . suitable. Whether the response is favourable or . . not, is not the question - just the satisfaction in knowing that someone is responding in some way ' to the work we've sunk into a volunteer effort. What we appreciate most of all, though, are the readers who take the time to jot down their ideas .and send them in to us in the form of a letter. Let- ters are more important than any other kind of feedback; they are permanent, usually, certainly not always, more concise and better in presenta­ tion, and also give the readers of the Muse an idea of what other students, faculty, and staff think of the paper. accept material that is sexist, racist or homophobic. We also will not print let­ Letters continue debate on any issue; sometimes ters that may incur a libel suit upon the paper and its publisher, the Council of they start an issue by themselves, as the recent the Students' Union, to whom we are directly responsible in editorial content. "noise in the library" debate attests. As well, a There are also a smaller number of guidelines to follow. We very much prefer reader might wish to provoke talk on an issue not that writers sign their submissions, although a nom de plume may be granted covered by the media. upon request. We don't like letters that are not typed very much, and have been We can not stress enough the importance of let­ known to feed untyped letters to hungry graphic artists. Untyped letters that are ters to the overall quality and content of the paper. written in impeccably good handwriting may be excluded. Please try to k~ep They provide much needed variety, spice and con­ your letter short and sweet. Letters over 300 words will be chopped, possibly at troversy to any edition, and serve our readership at random discretion. For those who have a lot to get off their chests, we offer the same time. While it may inconvenience you to another service to our readers, the 'Forum' section. The same rules as above ap­ sacrifice the time to write (and type, doublespaced) ply except that the word limit is 800. your letter, the time and effort will be well worth Submissions should be sent to the Muse's mailing address (box 118, the endeavour. Memorial University, Al C 5S7), or dropped off at our office at Room 222, However, it should be noted, that like all other TSC. sections of the newspaper, the letters page is subject One more thing; in this issue, besides having a great deal of letters for a sum­ to certain restrictions. First and foremost is our mer issue, we introduce a new form of design for letters. This new format (see policy of standards. Because of the beliefs and page six) does not favour any particular letter, and all submissions are given principles of the staff, the Muse will not equal status.

Harlequin Romuse: A Nauseating Fantasle stared.He pulled a comb out of his back pocket, and flicked it through coal black hair. Muscles rippled under a black sleeveless T-shirt two sizes too "Get your stinkin' hands off me, geek!" growled Sandy to Paul. Little did small. she know how beautiful she looked, with her eyes flashing and lips curled "Wallace!" sqeaked Lisa, legs wrapped around her neck. She was wear­ ~the muse back in a provocative snarl. ing a lime green crepe dress that accentuated her boyish figure. Ian ran to the rescue. "Lisa" squeaked Wallace. He ran into her arms. Her arms were wrap­ Volume 34, Number 22 "Get your hands off her, you cad!" he said, a vise-like grip on Paul's ped around a brass ashtray at the time. Wallace moaned. left tit. "Don't you know she's my woman?" "I'm off to Italy to study beauty in its true form," said Paul artistically. The Muse is published every once in a while (biweekly, to be accurat~) b~ the Council of Students' "Why don't you ask her that?" mumbled John the Human Rights Coor­ Heather looked at him, as if seeing him for the first time. Union, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St . John's. dinator. Sharon whimpered and gazed starry-eyed at John's broad beige "Wait,'' she mumbled. "Lemme get a good gander at ya!" she yelled, Printing is done by Robinson Blackmore. body and seductive paunch. "Keep out of this, mate," said Ian to John's running after his retreating form. Photofinishing is done by CameraMUN. noble nose. "She's my woman, 'cause I don't let her say otherwise." About this time, Maggie sat back on her haunches and pondered where The Muse is a member of Canadian University Press and as such abides by all its principles and "Oh, lan," gasped Lisa, a delicious chill running down her spine. How her life was going. Sharon gathered her courage and went to massage things. Not like other horrible papers we won't name. lucky Sandy was ... the bitch. John's neck. Opinions expressed in the Muse are not necessarily those of the administration, the CSU, or any of a John shrugged and went back to his latest torture method, forcing peo­ "Down the tubes," exclaimed Maggie. Sharon looked around. She pick­ whole bunch of other people. They are never, ever those of inhabitants of the Betelgeusian star system, ple to listen to Paul Anka records. Heather and Lisa both looked on with ed up an electrode and examined it quizzically. John flicked his long, no matter how technologically advanced. interest. Maura giggled. tapered fingers. The ~use is open to anybody who can handle the pressure. But only if they're students. Staff Paul tried to release himself from Ian, who was starting to glare "Shit flies," he mumbled. Somewhere in the distance, Geoff and Jeremy meetings are supposed to be held regularly but they aren't; however, if you keep in touch we'll let you dangerously around the room. fought a duel over Maura, the politically minded new woman. know when the next one is. Staff meetings are lovely anJ democratic and not at all boring. The Muse "I'm not that kind of boy, Mary," said Gavin coyly. Mary was not to be "Definitely down the tubes!" said Maggie, despondantly. A strong will­ welcomes submissions as long as they are not racist, sexist, homophobic, libelous, or untyped. Any put off. She pulled him towards her, a deep laugh in her throat. ed independant English student, Maggie frightened many lesser men away submissions falling into these categories will be shipped COD to the inhabitants of the Betelgeusian star "I can teach you," she whispered, her mouth close to his face. Gavin with her biting wit. She snickered at the thought of her last lover, arse up, system, for said inhabitants to do with as they see fit. Send all letters to the Muse, Box 118, MUN, AIC recoiled from her hot breath tickling his beard. getting a tetanus shot. 5S7, or drop them off at our filthy little office, room 222, TSC. He pulled away, confused. He had never felt anything like this before. Tim walked by and glanced at Maggie's strong but slender neck. Musers galore can be reached at (709) 753-9703. The advertising manager can be reached at (709) Mary looked hurt and bewildered. George flew by, groping everything in \ Nice jugulars, he mused, sitting beside her. Tim was not considered a 753-9701. Nobody can be reached at (872) 698-0024, I hope. sight. lesser man. Morer in fact. Eros shafted them both. "She doesn't give a damn about me, really," thought John, glancing at Tony stumbled in, ravaging a familiar tanned figure. He sighed, a fallen Muse people of note: Sharon while pretending to play with his electrodes. man. Robert gasped at him. Tony put the beer bottle down. Robert pulled Sandy was really frightened. Ian was so powerful, and had such a bad the darning needle out of his hand that jabbed him when Tony fell. Editors; Robert Stoodley and Gavin Will temper. She doubted if she could control him when he was enraged. "Ooooh,'' said Robert. "That is interesting!" He examined the tnckle News Editor: Jean Greig (On vacation till September) Paul was really frightened too, but being a real man, he made a con­ of blood on his palm. Production: Magda Keiley scious effort not to show it. In the background, Sharon saw that Gavin really was that kind of boy, Business: Lisa Porter (Say farewell, she's leaving us in September) 'Ha,' thought Ian. 'That wimp Paul is really scared now. Sandy will and discreetly shut the production room door on the tender love scene. Distribution; Sharon Molloy return to me now!' Lisa fondled John's electrodes, hoping Ian would John thought it was going to turn into a menange a trois, and ran after Grafix; Paul Hewson (Also leaving in September) and Sharon Molloy notice. Sharon with lust, or possibly dust, in his eyes. Typesetting; June Harris " Ian, I'll return to you!" cried Sandy. "Please don't hurt Paul." She Tony fell again, and rolled under a couch for the rest of the night. Advertising; Sheila Fudge ' flashed eyes brimming with tears at him. Ian threw a scornful glance at her. Shirley hid in an ARCUP and had oral sex with an ashtray. She doesn't Sports; Heather Roberts "For my sake, Ian." she whispered. have much tact. Fntertainment; Robert Stoodley (Probably interim until September, unless no-one else wants the job) "Hey babe, relax. I'm here,'' said Wallace as he sauntered into the main The sun set in the West. Photos; Nobody in particular (Unless you'd like to see your name here) office. He stopped, pelvis sticking out at abnormal angles. Everybody The End \

Friday, May 25, 1984 Page 5 McCloy heads for 01 ptcs•

by Gavin Will anyone else in Eugene, said he did not The Olympics begin in less than think McCloy would be able to keep up three months at Los Angeles, and Paul the blistering pace. He said he actually ·McCloy is almost certain to be there. felt sorry for McCloy in the initial McCloy stunned American track stages of the race because of his chop­ fans three weeks ago by defeating the py running style. heavily favoured star, Craig Virgin,,in McCloy was elated with his victory, a 10,000 metre race. The event, held in and said he was a little worried about , Eugene, Oregon, was a pre-Olympic the pace Virgin set. "I had a choice meet, designed as a showcase for between going with Virgin, or running American talent. with the guys behind me," said Me- Twenty-five competitors began the Cloy. "But I felt pretty good, so I race, which featured amongst others, thought 'what the heck' and ran with Alberto Salazar, world record holder him." for the marathon. McCloy and Virgin To run in the Olympics candidates gradually dropped the others, must achieve the Canadian Olympic however, and the veteran American Association standard, which is 28:20 champion attempted to shake off the for 10,000 metres. McCloy beat that twenty year old Newfoundlander. The mark by nine seconds, and only has to two ran neck and neck until the final finish in the top three in the Olympic lap when McCloy began his finishing trials this June to qualify. kick. Even though he was forced to McCloy and his coach, Ray Will had »'&aY& around slower runners who were previously thought his best chance to ' being lapped, McCloy was still able to qualify for Los Angeles would be in the Ileal toe two-time World Cross Coon- ~{){){}metres~ not 10~000 metres. Last try champion and U.S. 10,000 metre year he did 13:46 for 5,000 m, fifth record holder by two seconds. fastest in the country, and was not His time of twenty-eight minutes, seriously considering the 10,000 m eleven seconds is the third fastest ever distance this year. Now, however, Me­ done by a Canadian, and would have Cloy will be challenging Canada's best given him an eighth place finish at the in both races, and has greatly increased 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. He his chances for competing in the Olym­ Hope for DTUC also took off almost a minute and a p1cs. half from his previous best time of McCloy is currently training in Vic- Vancouver (CUP)- Serge Joyal gave plug to restrain abuse by provinces. He 29:37. toria, British Columbia, where he won supporters of David Thompson said the federal government has long Virgin, who was as surprised as a one mile road race last Sunday. University Centre a much-needed been concerned with provincial abuse boost recently. The Secretary of State of funds, adding: ''If they changes the agreed to federal financing of an action rules, we will change too. We'll be in committee dedicated to fighting the im­ the same bathtub, and they (the pro­ Renovations for· Cafe pending closure of the Nelson, B.C. in­ vinces) might not like the water." stitution. Joyal said provincial attacks on Joyal said he shared the concern of education were not unique to B.C., but supporters, but he made no firm com­ that Socred cuts were tantamount to a mitment on behalf of Ottawa to keep return to the "dark ages" and an the centre open by direct federal fun­ assault on commitments ·canadians ding. had previously assumed inviolable. The minister was worried that Prior to announcing the funding of federal government moves to help the action committee, Joyal met with a DTUC might send a signal to other Nelson delegation, including mayor provinces that they can ignore federal­ Louis Maglio. provincial agreements. "We don't think total closure is war­ Charging that the Bennett govern­ ranted," Maglio said. "We have an ment was trying to re-write the ''rules education centre and that's what we of the game'' with its use of federally­ want it for.'' The mayor added that the allocated education funding, and its city will not use DTUC buildings for decision to close DTUC on May 1, any other purpose than education if the Joyal said he is willing to push for province gives them control. parliamentary action, including Earlier, B.C. education minister withholding funds from provinces, if Jack Heinrich rejected the city of they do not use funding for intended Nelson's bid to buy DTUC for $1 purposes. because the provincial government I \ The Secretary of State used the would still have to contribute funds to by S. Stacey COiltfaet, analogy of a bathtub without a federal keep it running. Major renovations to the interior of Because there is more than enough the TSC cafe have closed the cafe until money from Beaver Foods to pay for September and forced students to eat the TSC renovations, said Ewing, elsewhere. However, Beaver foods has University Works hopes to make Summer paper made some food service available in alterations to the Science, CHemistry, the vault, and the Chemistry and : and Breezeway cafes next year. by Garfield Puddicombe mise to put' forth at least s1x issu~ Science cafes will accommodate more However, Campbell does not see any Now that we have your attention, throughout the summer months, on a students. new renovations in the near future. the staff here at the Muse would like to biweekly basis. The decision to renovate was made The new TSC cafe will resemble the inform the students, faculty and staff by the Foods Committee last year, said Avalon Mall intermission area, with at MUN as well as our evergrowing of­ This is the fourth consecutive sum­ Miller Ewing, Director of University separate sections for various foods. fcampus readership that the Muse will mer that the Muse will publish during Works, but it was only recently that These include a deli, bake shop, pizza be publishing this summer, as usual. the summer months, and all indica· they decided on one of the design pro­ shop, grill area, and an ice cream As a Canada Summer Works grant tions point to this year being the best. posals submitted to them. parlour. Campbell said that food dangles over our collective head like a However, the small, diminishing staff, The renovations will cost $250,000, prices will not increase any more than proverbial sword of a makeshift mostly consisting of unemployed said Ewing, and will come from Beaver the amounts stipulated in their con­ Damocles, the staff waits to find if degenerates with no chance of survival Foods annual contributions to the tract, even though he must hire extra they will be paid for what they always in a world they don't understand, need university. employees because of the new design. have done for free. If so, the Muse will help. Please send submissions of any Geoff Campbell, Beaver Foods ser­ Ewing said the food committee definitely be a fatter, but more in­ sort to the Muse, Room 222, Thomson vices director, explained that Beaver hopes that the new design will split up teresting product. However, should the Student Centre, or suffer the conse­ Foods always make contributions to serving areas, give a greater food varie­ federal government stop its pre­ quences. the University, and these are only in ty and quicker service to those using election spending spree before it . The next issue of the Muse is set to keeping with their present three-year the cafe. reaches the Muse, the staff here pro- publish on June 8, 1984. Be part of it. Page 6

without accepting what they do. the obligation of the courts to exclude from No matter what kind of person you are, you evidence a confession which was not voluntary. G&L issue praised · could never be fully accepted anyway. You A.I. made repeated suggestions for relieving ten­ Congratulations on your gay/lesbian supple­ homosexuals feel unaccepted. Well, I feel unac­ sions during the Maze prison hunger strike. A.l. ment! At last the leterosexual night is broken by a cepted for my faith in God. But acceptance comes also commented (in the 1981 Annual Report) that beam of hope for the thousands of same-sexers frrst from within, not from the outside. I feel at the treatme~t of an Irish prisoner in Britain, out there in the Newfoundland dark. No doubt complete peace with my faith in God. I've found Joseph Patnck Hackett, amounted to inhuman you will receive much adverse mail from irate the best friend I have ever had. What more could and degrading punishment. In June 1977 an A.l. homophobes and the Jesus Christers, storm­ I ask? research mission was sent to Dublin to investigate troopers of the heterosexual dictatorship which allegations of brutality to suspects detained under happily is crumbling around us along with inconti­ God loves you, emergency legislation (see A.I. Report for 1977). nent breeding and the biblical taboos on the eating M. Gale The mission found corroboration for complaints of shellfish, the wearing of mixed fabrics and tat­ "I CARE" W ANNA TALK of ill-treatment of prisoners in Portlaoise prison toos. Efforts such as yours will help bring about a Turning Point M.A. and called on the Irish government to set up a full more relaxed age, in which such words as gay and 722-2330 inquiry. Finally, the report Torture in the straight, poor cousins from the start, will be Fighties, just published by A.I., also includes (pp. meaningless, and there will be merely sex, to be 50-62) a review of the Northern Ireland situation. enjoyed as it was meant to be. Sounding off Most of this material may be consulted in the In response to the letter from the 3rd year stu­ University library or purchased through A.I. Glenn Walton dent concerning noise in the Library's main Group 60 (St. John's), P .0. Box 13265, Station Halifax Reading Room (March 16, 1984) I can assure all A, St. John's, AlB 4A5. students that the Library does intend to ''do God cares about something" about the problem. It is our intention Thank you, to mount a very visible poster campaign against Oaire Wilkshire, student represen­ talking in that area. The campaign would have tative to A.I. Group 60 G&L issues been underway at this time if it had not been for ' the difficulty experienced in finding a means of In response to your article on homosexuals silencing the "buzzing" lights. It made a limited coming out of the closet, it was quite a surprise to iilllOunt of sense to designate the Reading Room a Northern Ireland see the openness at which this article was written. silent area until the lights were dealt with. Now The very fact that it was written and published is that this source of noise appears to be on the way This letter is addressed to a recent letter in the showing how much you have come out already. out, the campaign against talking in the Reading Muse from the Committee for Justice and Peace in Ireland. This group, while hoping your Two people who are deeply in love should have Room is being readied. the most Jreeing, pleasant and unstressful rela­ It is the Library's hope that once the students newspaper will address the ruin of the Northern tionship obtainable between two human beings. begin to feel that they have a right to silence, those Irish people, also incorrectly slants the arguments Sexual relations is only an extention of that rela­ who persist in talking will be reminded that they involved in a very controversial, heated, and misperceived argument. tionship. If the relationship is stressful, it adds are infringing on the rights of others. Library staff more stress. If the relationship is good, sex only' will be available to speak to recalcitrant in­ First of all, the group assumes a very lily-white deepens and strengthens the bond between the two dividuals or groups, but the first line of defense role for itself, and attempts to defme the cir­ partners. "Love is patient, love is kind, it is not will have to be students standing up for cumstances of the debate in very black and white terms. As a libertation group, the CJPI (if I might proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not themselves. easily angered. Love does not delight in evil, but If all goes according to schedule the lights call them that), as do so many Irish liberation rejoices with the truth. It always trusts, hopes, should be silenced before the beginning of Sum­ groups, attack to no end the evil British. British always perseveres. Love never fails." (1 Cor. mer Session and the campaign will start at that involvement in Ireland is not brought on by the whim of the people of Great Britain; rather, it has 13:4-8) time. Returning students in Fall Term 1984 should been caused by centuries of misunderstanding bet­ Only the individuals involved can evaluate their find the campaign in full swing. present status in accordance with this definition. On the _question of portable tape players ween the English and Irish, and the stubborn , Please be patient with me, I am making a rele­ (Walkmen), the Library policy is that noise is nature of both sides. Speaking from personal ex­ vant statement and not just speaking a lot of nice noise whether it comes from the mouth or a perience, there is nothing more than most Britons ·words. To be honest with you, I truly don't machine. It does not seem that all individuals with would more desire than to have the British task understand how a person can be attracted to a such portable players create a disturbance, but forces removed from Irish territory. member of their own sex. I could not even com­ students should speak to those who do and report The letter goes on to infer that only the British prehend the feelings involved. So I'll make no ef­ difficult individuals to library staff. have been using weapons, torture, and violence in fort to try and argue or condemn those involved. the ongoing conflict. This is a fallacy generated by However, the cartoon depicting God as not Sincerely yours, Irish liberation groups designed to make wanting to get involved could not be further from Richard H. FJiis themselves appear helpless and noble in their the truth. God cares about everyone as if there was University Librarian defeat. only one of them. He really hears and sees This letter is just another of so many brought on everything that's going on. And he even asks us to not only by the Irish, but also, yes, by the British. come and reason with Him (Isaiah 1:18). Also, in Tired of the conflict While both groups claim only to be interested in Isaiah 43:36 He said "review the past for me, let peace, they use double-edged words that eventual­ us argue the matter together, state the case of your In your issue of April 3, 1984, you published a ly and ultimately prolong a sorrowful and innovences". Jesus was kinder to the woman letter from the Committee for Justice and Peace in devastating conflict. If the Muse, which I hope caught in adultery than the average citizen at that Ireland which included the following paragraph: stands by the virtue of truth, is to cover the Irish time- AND STILL IS TODAY. The whole town "Amnesty International, being a British based conflict any further, I hope the writer involved looked down on that woman, but He simply said organization, has also been silent on the issue of will be impartial and not fall to the horrible slants . "He who is without sin, let him cast the first Irish political prisoners held in the occupied Six of a misinformed and hate-mongering liberation stone". In Romans 2:1 it says "you who pass Countries, the southern Irish state and England." group, no matter what source. Because I am judgement on someone else, have no excuse, for at I should like to point out to your readers that in known on the university campus, I am afraid that whatever point you judge others, you are condem- 1977 Amnesty International conducted a mission I can not sign this letter as I am tired of endless riing yourself''. ' to Northern Ireland following allegations of ill­ and pointless debates with emotional protestors. I know this article will stir up a lot of heated treatment of suspects held under emergency debate, but I would encourage each person to first legislation. The following year A.I. published Tired of tbe conflict have a respect and love for the person behind the Northern Ireland: Report of an Amnesty Interna­ exterior life styles and realize there is a soul tional Mission (London, 1978) substantiating such underneath, that has frustrations, hurts, questions , aiJegations. Following the publication of this and a deep need to be accepted. I don't advocate "" report and widespread discussion of similar allega­ accepting what is being done. Romans 1:22 to 2:7 ' ·tions in the press, the British government took has a lot to say on homosexuality. And it is in­ substantial corrective measures. teresting to note that the scriptures rate However, this report is by no means the only ex­ backbiters, whisperers, boasters, and materialist pression of A.I.'s concerns in Northern Ireland. in the same context as homosexuals. We common The Amnesty International Report for the last folk are sinners, too. So don't allow gay and les­ several years has included criticism of the so-called bians to be the subject of jokes either. Don't look Diplock or non-jury courts where changes in the down on them. You can accept an individual rules· on admissibility of statements have removed s: \0 A.l'-1 G-RAF \'I.. Friday, May 25, 1984 Page 7 Happily renting their brains to the militaty

\ 'When universities become By Patti Flather Other professors at UBC have more sinister applica­ arguments saying universities part of the military and Jacquie Charlton conducting defence research tions, Knelman says. He should accept all funds industrial complex, then tor Canadian University Press say the benefits of their work refers to a skin crean absorp­ directed into military research universi~ies are destroyed.' n Bill Emery's new office far outweigh any possible tion experiment 10 years ago as a matter of principle. at the University of B.C., destructive uses the Canadian at McGill university that I photos of loved ones and or American defence turned out to be part of a UBC' s research services a child's artwork are establishment may have for study on nerve gases commis­ director Richard Spratley displayed on the wall. Sur­ them. sioned by the Pentagon. isn't sure how useful certain rounded by these pictures, Civil engineering professor "When you have a military research is to the military the boyish oceanography pro­ Mervyn Olson commented on industrial complex, the anyhow. Spratley says UBC's fessor appears as friendly as his work designing naval military affects everything. policy of only allowing any UBC professor as he ships that can withstand When universities become punishable research already casually sits down to talk bomb blasts. part of the military industrial lessons its military applica­ about his latest research pro­ "No, I don't see this complex, then the universities tion. jects. research as helping the arms are destroyed.'' "Let's face it, anything But his projects are dif­ race. It is impn;>Ving Cana­ Military funded projects at publishable is not going to be ferent than most - they are dian expertise in structural Canadian universities range interesting to the military,'' funded by the Canadian na­ dynamics.'' from improving heat reten­ Spratley said. He did agree tional defence department tion of sleeping bags at with the concept of a screen­ and the U.S. Navy .. t Concordia Univer­ Hamilton's McMaster ing committee to consider the One of a handful of UBC sity in Montreal, University to others with a ethics of accepting certain professors engaged in military A a student group is more direct application to kinds of research. related research, Emery has leading acampaign to get a military hardware. The But George Spiegelmann, no qualms about using similar referendum question University of Toronto's B.C.'s president of Science military money. to UBC's on a ballot. Quebec aerospace studies program for Peace, says he mistrusts " "We're doing basic Public Interest Research receives a large proportion of some of the justifications of­ research that I cail see Group member John Kinloch Canadian defence department fered by researchers for tak­ military applications for, but claims the civilian benefits of grants. .. ing the Pentagon's money. applications aren't my such research are ''totally, While professors emphasize "If you're taking the business," he says. academically, intellectually the acquisition of knowledge military's money that's Emery studies temperature dishonest.'' made possible through because they want to fund strfuctures in the ocean. Us­ Concordia professor Fred military grants, they have no you: They're not dumb." ing Canadian and American Knelman concurred, pointing knowledge of its ultimate use. The federal and U.S. military ships to collect data, to the larger implications of Much of Canadian research governments should use he creates an overall picture accepting work for the and development, both in the military funds for peace of upper ocean structure, in­ defence establishment. public and private sector, research and should prohibit formation that is useful in ''The very fact that it's goes toward American directly applicable research the detection of submarines. funded by the military and military industrial projects, on campus, he said. The professor sa)CS we can cannot control its use according to a bilateral shar­ ''The university is a place temperature structures affect and abuse,'' said the science ing agreement between the where we should solve human , problems," he said. Profs involved in the vibration of sound waves and human affairs professor. two countries. Seemingly innocent researc A Concordia administrat­ ''I don't think the military research are taking in the ocean. put in the wrong hands can . o~ countered the anti-military · can do that." students' protests lightly. ''The propagation of sound has to do with the detection of submarines, depending on whether you are looking for Discoveries, profits on campus j them or trying to hide from - them," he explains. By Kim Balfour gov«nment through a non­ proaches a small business He claims that the military Reprinted from the Martlet profit society called with a new technological con­ benefits him more than he Discovery Foundation. . The cept and the business can't by Canadian, University Press helps it. "If I can contribute foundation provides facilities afford to implement it (as is to understanding the ocean, and funds for private in­ often the case), RETECH ap­ that's fine," he adds. obert O'Brien is a dividuals and/or companies peals to the government for Emery's project is one of Canadian professor interested in new funding on behalf of its 12 at UBC funded by the R who knows more technologies. These parks are ·client. If the government con­ Canadian Department of Na­ thart just a little about affiliated with B.C.'s three siders the concept viable and I ~ tional Defence to a total of marketing. And his universities. lucrative, it will endorse $650,000. Further grant knowledge, combined with a Critics of the Discovery RETECH's request. money comes from the new era in university-industry Foundation say that while it "Professors have little ex­ United States Navy. cooperation, is certainly pro­ builds prestige and provides ;Jerience in the market The Canadian govern­ fitable. jobs for some graduate place,'' says RETECH ment's defence department The University of Victoria students, it has little to do manager Sam Visaisouk. "It puts more than $5 million chemistry professor owns with universities. is our objective to tap the into research activities, most Research and Technology Freelance journalist Juliette university expertise of each of them at universities. Limited (RETECH), a com­ Proom says B.C.'s large individual and create an ef­ Students at several Canadian pany that since 1978 has primary industries dominate fective vehicle for the transfer campuses this year are oppos­ enabled him to profit from the foundation's board of of technology (between the ing the chanelling of scientific the industrial world on a directors, and the program is campus and society)." expertise into military ap­ scale not possible for the or­ unlikely to promote small Unlike other private enter­ plications, but the· professors dinary unincorporated pro­ enterprises. She also ques­ prises, RETECH has access involved aren't to concerned. fessor. The university ad­ tions the right of big business to UVIC's research files, A UBC student referendum ministration limits the to subsidize university-related equipment and faculty calling for a ban on military amount of extra income a research and fears the foun­ because it's a member of research in January passed by professor can earn from dation will put emphasis on Discovery Park. RETECH 58 per cent, but failed to research conducted as part of prgmatic rather than pays rent to the university for , receive the necessary 10 per their job. What O'Brien can't academic research. the land it occupies and to cent voter turnout for accomplish on his own, The government has so far the various departments for quorum. The ballot also en­ RETECH, with its five given $2 million to the foun­ the equipment it uses. Pro­ dorsed the creation of an employees, can do for him. dation. fessors are paid for "expert" ethics committee to screen RETECH is one of two RETECH doesn't receive a advice. And in the event of a Although profs can learn a research applications. companies at the University direct subsidy from the marketable discovery, great deal from their research, Emery heard little about of Victoria's fledgling Discovery Foundation but it RETECH, the professor and many are not aware of the the vote, and took the whole Discovery Park - a research receives an indirect subsidy the interested third party ar­ ultimate application issue lightly. "I think it's facility funded by private from the government. range a deal for patenting of their work. pretty silly," he said. business and the provincial When RETECH ao- rights and royalties. As the Dark Ages descended, tor ture, or at least what we know of i practice, dissipated. Although little known of this period, torture, general­ ly seen as a barbaric act, was shunned. The early Chuch disapproved of in use, and there is no sign of it · Frankish law. Thus, for several c& turies it seems, Europe was free of use of torture. As much as the Church claimed despise torture, it was that very tion that revived its use in '"\oM~"'• times. In the late 12th and early centuries, individuals accused heresay were tortured at the CODUDII of church officials, including Pope nocent Ill, the most powerful of medieval popes. His tenure hrtu•~~~t~t• church, and the world, into an qe ~ ~ which subversive or anti.. Qlurch ty was attacked ruthlessly. This \ ,~'-·1 ment lay the groundwork for .' r, • . ~ J would become the Spanish lDQll.._.r. ...~ t- centuries later . ~ Because the Church and State at point in history were leaders of nations and other state ficials began to use torture in a I'HIIII•• and systematic fashion. The ·system of the day drew very head! upon ancient Roman law, and thus .0 ture became a regular form of punilt1' ment. Medieval jurists were encourf doned by so many governments. As crimes, and political enemies of the by John Gushue -ed to actively consult Roman laws W well, the silence of the countries that state were often tortured. Emperors guidance before passing judgment. do not use torture, the majority, only and other powermongers found torture prolongs the day when torture can be to be an excellent ally in preserving By the 16th and 17th centuries, • uNo one shall be subjected to effectively swept from the face of the power, and subsequently the peace. torture, or to cruel, inhuman, ture was commonplace aroull earth. Ramses II of Egypt was perhaps the Europe. Anything possibly or degrading treatment or first tyrant to use torture in such a criminating in the very least • punishment." . . manner, disposing as he did of sometimes enough to call for the deli Historical Background suspected political enemies. penalty by torture; ravenous thro. Article 5 Historians are unsure as to which In the Roman Empire, torture was bloodthirsty townspeople were • usually used as a harsh form of ex­ Universal Declaration of culture was the first to use torture as a rallying for the immediate tortureofl deliberate form of punishment. While amination, as it had been in Greece, individual, often someone suspected Human Rights (1948) there are no evident indications that but was also a form of punishment witchcraft. All over Europe, especit torture was used regularly in the often resulting in death. As time wore in Italy, prisoners of religious ail If all rules are made to be broken, no earliest of human civilizations, such as on and the Empire decayed, some were being tortured as much I rule, law or regulation has been more Babylon, the lack of evidence does not Roman Emperors began to use torture prisoners of political offenses. seriously and often breached as the one disprove its existence. As well, there more and more viciously. Tiberius was above. There are many more global, are no signs of systematic and pro­ paranoid of anyone with even a trace Methods of torture in medieval till regional, and national statements con­ cedural use of torture in some bodies of suspicion, and one trusted ally was were crudely and bluntly executed, .. demning torture, yet this institution of of law. mistakenly put to death. His successor, in such places as Germany, 1111f terror and destruction thrives. Almost Other civilizations, such as ancient the notorious Caligula, was simply elaborate forms of torture evolwl every nation on earth openly and ex­ Egypt and the authoritarian Greek cruel; he was known to execute enemies developed by executioners whose~ plicitly prohibits the use and prolifera­ city-states, however, used torture as a as the entertainment for his lavish imaginations set the only limits ~ tion of torture, yet more than a third of regular form of punishment. Whereas feasts. punishment. It was in Germany • the world's countries use torture on a primitive societies only used torture In the later centuries of the Empire, the harshest, cruelest and most efM. regular basis. methods .on captives, with the intent of Christianity came under fire as many tive forms of torture were develqa Most international statements de­ inflicting pain resulting in death, more believers were tortured for denouncing An example is the Kranz, a band plio nouncing the use of torture as instru­ civilized societies developed more the sovereignity of the state gods. As ed around the head that was tigh• ment of governmental abuse have only elaborate torturing systems, and more well, many tortured Christians were very slowly over a long period ofti& come in recent ·years. As public con­ complicated reasons for its use. forced to bow under to praising the There was also the joss, a spik~ sciousness of the atrocities of the Nazi In Athens and later in Rome where Emperor as a divine figure. cradle in which the victim was d~th camps and the Stalinist purges torture became a key aspect of Roman fifty years ago grew, mankind has cried law, the use of torture became widely for the abolition and total eradication respected in legal and academic circles of torture. Following the Second for its efficiency in forcing criminals to World War,-·the political will of the confess to their guilt. Demosthenes, world's leaders outlawed genocide for for example, neted that torture was the all time. The opponents of torture are surest means of obtaining evidence. hoping for .a revival of such a political The free citizens of Athens and will now to destroy torture once and Rome did not see torture as degrading for all. in respect to the prisoner; rather, tor­ This _generation and the ones directly ture was degrading to the man who had preceding it have seen the phenomenal to perform the heinious task. Never­ growth and evolution of torture, theless, torture was always conducted spreading from being a grotesque and outdoors in full public view. horrific facet of medieval history to be­ Slavemasters found torture very ing a vital weapon of repression to useful in controlling their stock. many modern states. When the aboli­ Foreigners (hostes in Latin) were ill tionists of centuries past finally banned regarded in Rome, and were often the the theoretical use of torture in victims of the most brutal forms of tor­ Europe, it seemed unthinkable that ture. Free men were by law exempt torture could ever be so widely used, from being tortured, although as time and with such power and force be con- progressed, traitors, suspects of greater rack is used nowhere as in miss operation it was in ancient and d; they take a man and rack him even medieval times. If the victim ex­ w not why or when. " pired during the procedure before, it was no great loss; today torture is used John Seldon to inflict the greatest amount of pain without ·pushing the victim too near to practice of torture in England actually dying. This is not to say that contradictory to the standards of the perpetrators of torture today have respect for human life; nothing could ...... n .. law, but was still practiced on ...... ,.... . Eventually becoming more be further from the truth . in dealing with criminals, tor- Torture is now a cold, mechanical under the English judicial system and supremely violent process. Those arbitrary and impulsive. Tales who control the means of torture have a great deal of resources at their the legendary Tower of London tremendously from older methods in part of our folklore, and the use of disposal, and keep in their employ major purposes of torture have surviv­ legions of soldiers, doctors, scientists, ed intact. First, the victim is forced to one drastic measure: torture is a most rack pioneered a whole new wave effective deterrent at a government's torture across the Continent. engineers, "and other professionals confess to crimes s/he may or may not whose raison d'etre is to build better have committed, or comply with disposal, and can be used to silence any of what we know of the subservise or hostile activity. background of torture deals and more efficient ways to inflict pain beliefs slhe may not believe in. Se­ on human beings. cond, torture is used a harsh means of In his book Torture: the Grand Con· exclusively with Europe; little is spiracy, English author Malise of other areas in the world at Modem torture methods may be en­ extortion, to draw out incriminating tirely different from their older evidence from a victim regardless of Ruthven notes a distinct historical pat­ time, and our perception of tor- tern between medieval practices and in non-European cultures is counterparts, and unquestionably far truth or fact. . However, it is said that in more effective, but it seems that two However, torture today differs countries such as China and torture was used for the sole .._,.,r• of sheer punishment. Methods grotesque as mutilation, burning, Torture is a fundamental viola­ legislative prohibition is not for the Prevention of Torture. It disembowelling (no more grotes­ tion of human rights, condemn­ enough. Immediate steps are invites concerned individuals really, than some Western concoc­ ed by the General Assembly of needed to confront torture and and organiZations• • to JOin• • tn• pro- ) were used widely and freely. the United Nations as an offence other cruel, inhuman or moting the program. Amnesty When the colony system first to human dignity and prohibited eveloped several hundred years ago, degrading treatment or punish­ International believes that the 1rture systems set up overseas were so under national and international ment wherever they occur and to implementation of these aous they would never have been law. eradicate them totally. measures is a positive indication >lerated in the motherland. The Yet torture persists, daily and Amnesty International calls of a government's commitment llltlulated centuries of Western in­ across the globe. In Amnesty In­ on all governments to implement to abolish torture and to work :rference, subordination, and torture ternational's experience, the following 12-Point Program for its abolition worldwide. as formed according to some analysts !e deep loathing many natives feel oward Western society. Inherently 1. Official condemns- 4. Safeguards during that acts of torture are 11. 1 n tern a tionaI tcist military and diplomatic opera­ tion of interroga- punishable offences under response ions treated natives as subhuman, and the criminal law. In accor-· orture was performed irrationally, t o rtore don and custody ~,..ft~,.est' authon·u·es f dance with international law, Go t h ld use all 1ften as if a game to the masters. The ....~&~• 0 Governments should keep th bib" · f vernmen s s ou every country should . e pro ttton o torture In the late 18th century, a movement . procedures for detentton and must not be suspended under available channels to in- nEurope formed calling for the aboli­ derJ?-~nstrate thetr total op- interrogation under regular any circumstances, including tercede with governments ac­ ion of torture in all its forms. In the posttion to torture. They review. All prisoners should states of war or other public cused of torture. Inter- mod known as the Enlightenment, should make clear to all law be promptly told of their governmental mechanisms ndividuals such as Voltaire, Jeremy enforcem~t personnel that rights, including the right to emergency· should be established and us- Jentham and t he Milanese torture will. not be tolerated lodge complaints about their B. Prosecution of •lleg- ed to investigate reports of 'evangelists of reason'' Pietro Verri under any Circumstances. treatment. There should be ed torture urgently and to take md Cesare Beccaria, questioned the • regular independent visits of effective action against it. JSefulness and the necessity of torture, l. limits on tncom- inspection to places of deten- tortures Governments should ensure md its infringements on justice and manieado tion. An important Those responsible for torture that ·military, security or iberty. As the abolitionist movement detention safeguard against torture should be brought to justice. police transfers or training :hallenged the rationale behind tor­ Torture often takes place would be the separation of This principle should apply do not facilitate the practice ture, it met with a great deal of disap­ while the victims are held in· authorities responsible for wherever they happen to be, of torture. IIOval. For instance, some works con­ communicado _ unable to detention from those in wherever the crime was com- ~ng torture were banned in the ~ntact people outside whc charge of interrogation. mitted and whatever the na- Papal Index. (Some claimed this was a could help them or fmd out tionality of the perpetrators mjor sales pitch in anti-papal areas what is happening to them. S. Independent in- or victims. There should be 11ch as France.) Governments should adopt vestigation of no "safe haven" for tor- 11. Ratification of inter­ turers. However, many world leaders in­ safeguards to ensure that in- reports of torture national duding Frederick the Great, who said communicado detention does Governments should ensure torture is "as cruel as it is useless," and instruments Catherine of Russia joined the move­ not become ~ ~pportunity that all complaints and 9. Training procedures for torture. It ts vttal that all reports of torture are impar- ment and by the nineteenth century prisoners be brought before a "all d f''" . . It should be made clear dur- torture, by now seen as primitive and . di .al th . I tt Y an e ~ecttve1 y tn- ing the training of all of All governments should JUf et ba'! ontykpro~pt Y vestigated. The methods and . ficials involved in th~ most of all unreliable, was eradicated a ter etng ta en tnto fi d" f h · · ratify international in­ theory from common practice. custody and that relatives ~n tngs 0 sue tnvestt~a- custody, interrogation or struments containing ' tions should be made pubbc. treatment of prisoners that safeguards and remedies Iawyers an d d octors h ave Complainants and witnesses · · · prompt and regular access to sh uld be ed f . torture ts a cnmtnal act. against torture, including the Modern Plague them. . 0 . . protect rom tn- They should be instructed International Covenant on ttmtdatton. that they are obliged to Civil and Political Rights and its Optional Protocol which As we do not know the origins of 3. No secret detention 6• No use of statements refuse to obey any order to torture in ancient society, we also can torture. provides for individual com­ In some ~untries torture extracted under torture plaints. not explain how torture has exploded takes place tn secret centres, with such violence and terror to often after the victims are Governments. should ensure 10. Compensation and l'ecome the plague of modern times. made to "disappear". th~t confesst~ns or other rehabilitation The twentieth century has seen an Governments should ensure evtdence obtatned !hrough Victims of torture and their eruption of vastly different political that prisoners are held in !orture may nev~r be tnvoked dependants should be entitl­ The ll-Point Program was ideologies and temperaments, and publicly recognized places, tn legal proceedings. ed to obtain financial com­ adopted by Amnesty Interna­ through all this turbulence the practice and that accurate informa- pensation. Victims should be tional in October 1983 as of torture has become institutionalized tion about their whereabouts 7. Prohibition of torture provided with appropriate part of the organization's as a part of written and unwritten law. is made available to relatives in law medical care and rehabilita­ Campaign for the Abolition Torture now has been honed down to a and lawyers. Governtnents should ensure tion. of Torture. ~ience; no longer is torture the hit and Page 10 Friday, May 25, 1984

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degrading and inhuman manner. While preserve the organization's impartiali­ the orders are fairly demanding and ex­ ty, some members expressed concern plicit, it was revealed many times that about the subtle use of torture under officers pushed their authority and tor­ their noses. tured beyond the guidelines provided. ''The victims tend to believe they are For instance, the state demanded that truly guilty," says Ross. He also says prisoners be deprived of food, water, victims are made to feel they actually recently. "We are the only species warmth, clothing, light, and human deserve their punishment. known to punish its own." contact. Officers also whipped, pierc- Ross said that as any doctor who ed, drowned and electrified victims. The torture machinery consumes wishes to cure a disease must first come Some of the most amazingly cruel doctors and other advisors into a to understand it, so must we come to treatment was at the hands of the doc­ system, which is also very defensive, in understand torture before we can tors hired by the SS for medical ex­ that no subversive activity is ever destroy it. perimentation. Prisoners were often allowed. The torture system is often He claims that torture by nature 'sacrificed' for the purpose of medical applied against those who are the most gives the power to the one that uses it research, meaning their 'body was of outspoken against the use of it. to use it again, and more severely. more use dead than alive. Often cruel "To provide knowledge of torture, "Torture is a self-perpetuating and outrageous experiments were tried or evidence of having been tortured, is machine," he says. on awake and unsedated patients so as to invite it." Ross is only one of thousands of to measure their threshold of pain ... Amnesty International volunteers before death. In the name of science, Jane Cousins aronnd the world participating in the thousands of helpless men, women and Turkey: Torture and Political organization's special anti-torture children were lost. Persecution. campaign. These members from The cruelty dealt by the Nazi forces groups around the globe will be follow- in the 30s and 40s is really no worse Because the academic world is often ing standard AI lobbying procedure by than the brand of torture used the breeding ground for the vanguard mailing out thousands of pieces of mail throughout the world in the 80s. No of dissention, university teachers and to specific destinations, usually the ideology of particular country has a students bear the brunt of government head of state of a country known to be lily-white record in the practice of tor­ assaults. Universities and other centres violating regulations prohibiting the ture; it is a phenomenon that is univer­ of learning are always targets of state use of torture. Although organizers sal, and also inescapable. know that that individual will probably The modern torturer now is a not see much of the mail, that much seasoned professional. He has at his traffic at one specific time will generate disposal all the cumulative knowledge a great deal of positive publicity. and experience garnered from decades ''There's no way that that much mail of research and experimentation, no can be ignoored,' ~ says local campaign matter how cruel or painful the pro­ organizer donner Reimer. The average cess. postcard or letter consists of a brief While Amnesty members feel a message addressing the plight of an in- direct approach through the mailing dividual, and calls upon the govern- campaigns will help solve the problem, ment for amnestr on the grounds o they also try to raise the consciousness political consciei).'Ce. of the dilemma among ordinary citizens. The most recent AI monthly "Porgotten pnsoner ·· from the the current use of torture. Taking the Speaking as a medical doctor, Ross meeting featured the screening of an historical precedent before us, he in­ admitted to feeling a great deal of guilt AI-produced film, "Your Neighbour's original Appeal for Amnesty fers, we can understand how torture is about participating in such a profes- Son", which graphically depicts how used and what we can do about it. sion. "Physicians are very simplemind- anyone can be subverted by the repression tactics, ranging from closing ''The very need to have Amnesty In­ ed people," he says. "They do not authorities into becoming a well-tuned down faculties to the disappearances of ternational exist is a tragedy,'' said understand torture, and how it can facet of the state's torturing individuals, classified as "missing". American Executive Director Gerhard evolve.'' machinery. The film is set in Greece in The media is always under close Elston in a 1982 AI Bulletin. Ross claims doctors play an integral the early 1970s, following a fascist scrutiny by the government. Censor­ Amnesty International is an in­ part in the development of modern tor- coup, although the setting could easily ship is a key weapon of repression dependent London-based human rights ture practices. While the profession is have been transposed anywhere else. against journalists or writers speaking organization that operates freely of professed to be working in the best in- In the film a• group of young men out against torture or repression. It is any political influence, religion, or terests of the human race, this priority from rural Greece are put through a not uncommon to find journals from government and is now conducting a can be easily ignored. grueling and exhaustive training system countries using torture with entire sec­ special campaign against torture. A 1976 AI Report claims that an in- before becoming the favoured tions of pages blacked out or rewritten Dedicated to freeing prisoners of cons­ ternational torturing elite exists, com- policemen of the state. "You'lllearn to by propaganda artists of the govern­ cience from their bondage, Amnesty prised of "doctors, scientists, judges, love pain," they are told at the beginn­ ment. Underground journalism is also International members, whose civil servants, and politicians'', ing of their training, which differs only hard hit by strict censorship policies, numbers total more than 500,000 whether in "direct beating, examining slightly from the treatment they will and very often the victims and around the world, are working for a victims, inventing new devices and pass on to the enemies the state feeds to prisoners in state detention centres are political and global will that will stop techniques, sentencing prisoners on ex- them for torture. The soldiers, who are writers. the use of torture permanently. torted false confessions, officially de- given enormous amounts of power and However, a vast information net­ The violent explosion of torture in nying the existence of torture, or using prestige, are also taught to take work around the world exists. Trade the last hundred years is an astounding torture as a means of maintaining their pleasure in their power and exult in unionists, dissidents, exiled citizens, and terrifying development. Because power .... '' their position of authority. church officials and sympathetic all humans experience and know the The report says experts from these Ross said it is common practice for observers are continuously collecting horrors of pain, we all can condemn professions lease themself and their authoritarian powers and other and distributing information in spite of the infliction of pain, especially if it is services out to many countries, travell- governments that use torture to hand­ the tactics of the governments. done needlessly and without provoca­ ing from nation to nation, pick poorly educated young males Underground liberation organizations tion. Because suffering is a universal demonstrating the latest and most ad- from agrarian backgrounds to staff the are also vital to providing information. sensation, torture in any situ~tion in vanced means of torture. arm of tQe law. Because youth is Large worldwide groups such as any nation demands an international The Nazi atrocities of the Second stressful and a time of identity crisis, Amnesty International play a key role response, no matter how intricate the World War are perhaps more the government knows full well the ef­ in lobbying governments that use tor­ domestic affairs of any country that definitively recorded and catalogued fects of giving young men authority ture. Through documented, well­ tortures its citizens may be. Each and than of any other set of gross human weapons, and extraordinary privileges. researched and very specific cases, every act of torture violates dozens of rights violations. The fascist persecu- A member of the audience noted groups such as AI are taking on a human rights standards, treatises, tion of Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, that the training sequences shown in mammoth problem beyond the reach agreements, pacts regulations, and non-caucasians and POW's is truly the movie do not differ greatly from of any one man. laws. Each and every act of torture frightening, and all that we do know is those used in the Canadian and The answer, says Ross and other AI demands an international response to not the worst of what really happened especially the American military volunteers, lies in collective action. con1e to the defence of those being tor­ during the War. Much of what we ;ystems. A discussion among members Because torture is a man-made disease, tured. know comes from evidence obtained of the audience elaborating on the use the cure must also come from men. "Torture is a man-made disease," from the historic Nuremburg trials and of torture in domestic affairs. "If we learn from history, and we says Dr. John Ross, a St. John's physi­ the documents preserved after the war. Although AI as a rule of practice don't," says Ross, "we see that torture cian who addressed a meeting of By decree Gestapo officers were refuses to meddle in the internal destroys the society that uses it." Amnesty International Group 60 ordered to treat prisoners in a politics of a home country so as to "Torture doesn't work." Simple Minds ·by John Gushue "I decided that the only music which deserves to be taken seriously, is that which goes against the Common Mean." Jim Kerr With his seventh album, Jim Kerr brings his band Simple Minds into a whole new age of going against the grain: 'Sparkle In The Rain' is a state­ ment of exhilaration, spiritual discovery, and positive expression. This album is quite a rarity, as it sets Simple Minds off as perhaps the first New Music act ever to consistently bet­ ter their last outing. Picking up the pieces of the shattered punk movement in the late seventies, the Minds tran­ sgressed punk and New Wave beyond the point of trendiness to one substance and meaning. A continuous penchant for content and quality have brought the band an enormous amount of critical praise, yet the band has bare­ ly scratched the North American market. 'Sparkle L1 the Rain' debuted several months ago in England at the Number Minds songs up to now, the 'Sparkle In "Waterfront" with its concealed bap­ bass line in "Waterfront" or the puis- ' ' 1 position on the charts, and many the Rain' offerings are bright, whim­ tismal references "Come in, come out ing synthesizer in Lou Reed's "Street critics in North America predicted the sical, and reflective. There has always of the rain", sings Kerr (now Mr. Hassle''. The musicians then add album would break the ice over here. been a touch of the ecstatic in Kerr's Chrissie Hynde) to a thumping rhythm segments one at a time, weaving them So far it has not come to pass; with a lyrics, and that characteristic has now section. in and out and then to match the ex­ fickle record market that denies groups been fully brought out. _In such songs hilaration of the lyric, building the such as Elvis Costello the attention as '!The Kick Inside of Me" and Another reference point is the use of music to a point of feverish excitement they deserve while doting on every "Book of Brilliant Things", the an­ Biblical imagery in "Book of brilliant and a crescendo of pop brilliance. move Michael Jackson makes Simple ticipation of ecstasy and release drives things'', and the obvious Christian Simple Minds deserve to be taken Minds need more than solid, well­ these songs to cataclysmic endings. allusion in "East at Easter". more seriously over here. They are not written music to succeed. A great deal of the content of the Whatever the source of the lyrical poseurs as so many of the Bryan Ferry Not that they should mind. Simple album has very definite religious and content, it is the music that stands out offspring are, nor are they the sensa­ Minds, an amazingly prolific quintet spiritual_references. Water is a key ele­ most on the album. Simple Minds layer tions of the month. Simple Minds are a with most members under 25, stakes ment, popping up in the title, and in their music in a very effective manner, tested product and one that deserves new and important ground with this various songs, including the hypnotic often beginning simply, such as the recognition. album, and puts forth what is easily one of the best albums of the year. Even with an album cover so bad that it could only have been etched .Firestarter: hot stuff moments before press time, the album is an overall success. by Robert Stoodley ing to do anything to get her. Shop better than King himself; as the movie A great deal of this success lies in the Hollywood loves Stephen King. agents murder Vicki and almost suc­ progresses, she evolves from a hands of wunderkind producer Steve As soon as he publishes a book, pro­ ceed in kidnapping Charlie when she is frightened little girl into a sharp, astute Lillywhite, who has churned out ducers begin fighting for movie rights. rescued by her father. And so begins person who can and must use her dead­ records for dozens of acts in the last It doesn't even have to be a whole the chase. ly ability to survive. several years ranging from U2 and Big book; the recent movie Children of the Firestarter has flaws, and they are The special effects are, for the most Country to Joan Armatrading and Corn is based on a short story from his major ones. The worst is the casting. part, magical. Beginning with small XTC. The decision to let Lillywhite book Night Shift. (The mind boggles to Virtually every role has been taken by stuff-charring toast, burning produce the albui;Il was a wise decision; think of a flotilla of movies from the . an actor either incapable of handling it shoes-they progress to the disintegra­ his now-recognizable style adds needed twenty-odd stories therein.) or wrong for the part. Martin Sheen tion of a cinderblock wall and finally punch and zest to the band's material. Accordingly, King's style is becom­ overacts painfully as the Number 2 bad to the burning of an entire mansion Up to this point, Simple Minds has ing increasingly cinematic. While his guy, Cap Hollister; he exerts a strange and most of its inhabitants. The had an identity crisis separating itself first novel, Carrie, was difficult to hold over the audience, a sort of hor­ pyrotechnics are beautifully from the flock of synth-dominated film, being concerned mostly with the rified fascination-he's sunk this !ow? choreographed and almost poetic to Motown-ripoff English dance bands workings of a young woman's mind, The Number 1 bad guy, Rain bird, is watch. (quite the genre). However, the synths Firestarter was clearly written for the played by George C. Scott, whose con­ have been toned down mostly to add silver screen. So it works as a movie, ception of American Indians seems to Adding to the atmosphere is the textures here and there, and most of and works well. include only the cigar store variety. lush, pulsing synthesizer score by the keyboard work by Mick MacNeil Firestarter is the story of Andy David Keith, the concerned father, is Tangerine Dream, the German group consists of snappy, dramatic ar­ McGee (David Keith) and his daughter possibly the most unfatherly actor in that created the soundtrack to Thief. rangements. The bass and most Charlie (Drew Barrymore), two people Hollywood. Keith was probably Mark Lester's direction is clumsy at especially the drums are the new im­ on the run from a government chosen for his intensity, so evident in first, throwing flashbacks at the au­ petus for the band's sound on 'Sparkle organisation known as the Shop. In The Lords of Discipline; however, in dience like wrecking balls, but he soon In the Rain'. The one-two punch of 1969, McGee and his wife participated this role his most intense moments con­ gains control of the medium to create a Derek Forbes and Mel Gaynor form in an experiment which left them with sist of his holding his temples and win­ highly-charged movie with a the backbeat of each song on the permenant psychic powers; Andy can cing until he gets a nosebleed. And powerhouse ending. album. force people to bend to his will, and worst but mercifully briefest is Heather The standard Minds trademarks re­ Vicky (Heather Locklear) can move Locklear as Vicky McGee, looking like Firestarter is too flawed to be an ex­ main, though; the feedback-drenched objects without touching them. Their a model from Seventeen rather than a cellent film, but it is an enjoyable piece guitars of Charles Burchill, and the in­ daughter is immensely more powerful; 60's student and 70's mother. of escapism with no pretensions to be quisitive voice of Jim Kerr, who once she can ignite anything by looking at it. But the firestarter herself, Charlie anything else. For that, along with again serves as the group's chief Eventually the Shop decides it wants McGee, is a wonder. Barrymore Drew Barrymore and some marvelous songwriter and lyricist. Like most to harness Charlie's power, and is will- understands character development effects, it's worth seeing. Friday, May 25, 1984 . -:~- ..... Friedan: a change of feminism

by Maura Hanrahan monastery of machismo" while she conceptualize, she says, a large part of care and socializing. Betty Friedan wrote her third sees female cadets as ''at the front edge it will be women and men demanding, Before such developments are possi­ feminist book out of a sense of fear, a of the female evolutionary scale''. ''through unions and from companies, ble, present concepts of mortgage deep · concern that something was She sees the women in this light more control of their days." There will financing, zoning, etc. will have to wrong with the womens' movement. In because they did not become imitations be the growth of flextime, parental change, she concedes. But she is op­ her hundreds of interviews with men of men in their three years at West leave, child care, part-time and job­ timistic that as men and women share and women, the mother of womens' Point. Instead, with few exceptions, sharing, involving both sexes. Friedan work, sexual politics and role-playing liberation detected a malaise, even a they grew confident of their abilities hopes technology will make a major will disappear, and HUMAN libera­ bitterness, especially on the part of and identities as women. Friedan contribution to the transformation of tion will result. younger people. points out that it is necessary for socie­ work. The new man will not define his role There was also a tendency to become ty's survival that women take part in Friedan, citing Toffler, predicts that by ''bread alone'' and the new entrapped in what Friedan calls ''the defense. With the "feminine" qualities socializing will be shifted from office woman's identity will not revolve feminist mystique", a feminist reaction of compassion and understanding in­ to community and for this, a new type around just the family. She will also be that confines w9men, and ''suppresses troduced into West Point, she feels of house is required. The traditional able to resist the temptation to be a important parts of our personhood ''safer somehow.'' American 'house' (daddy as breadwin­ superwoman, career-perfect and breeding a new problem that has no So what is the "Second Stage"? ner, mommy as unpaid homemaker, family-perfect. name." Friedan waits to the end of the book to two kids, etc.) is collapsing, she says. In an ever-changing world where the The woman who gave the womens' outline a new era for women and men; With conventional families comprising lack of role definition often causes movement the impetus it needed to win but she makes the mistake of stressing, only 170Jo of households, there is a confusion and frustration, Friedan battles now fears for the personal again, the obstacles that stand in the growing need for new combinations of provides us with a new way of looking development of members of both way. private living space as well as ne·w out, and with hope, for both men and sexes. She urges us to re-examine our Although the second stage is hard to kinds of shared space for eating, child women. values and make choices that will allpw us to live as equal persons. Friedan, now a professor of sociology at Columbia, focuses much Hamlet: really icky of her book on younger women who, she says, take for granted the rights women of her generation had to fight by John Gushue regularly performs Shakespeare's is filial duty, the lack of the character for. Although ERA did not get ratified I've heard and read a lot recently work. In fact, the group is preparing Fortinbras and the invading forces in the U.S. and women still flock to that Mike Wade, producer, director for an upcoming production of The draws away from the play's intended traditional, lower-paying jobs, Friedan and star of the recent production of Taming of the Shrew in August. meaning . . says women are mostly concerned with Hamlet, thinks critics exist only to One would expect that a healthy The acting in the play was the uneasy choices they feel they are empty the owrld's theatres. So it would respect for Shakespeare would shine remarkably good. Pamela Morgan as faced with. They are asking, for in­ seem that in my role as theatre critic, through in the Company's production Ophelia and especially Janis Spence as stance; "Do men really want an equal Mike Wade doesn't like me. That's of Hamlet. However, this was not to the troubled Gertrude stood out, woman?" "Can I risk losing myself in okay; in his multi-faceted role in the be. Over twenty years ago, the Richard although the cast, including Wade marriage?" "How can I successfully Hamlet production, I don't like Mike Burton version of Hamlet caused quite himself, was uniformly good. One pro­ combine a career with motherhood?" Wade. :· a stir, produced as it was in modern blem was having the actors playing and "Can a career satisfy all my needs All pettiness aside, Hamlet, as done dress. Wade's rendition also puts the several characters, the best and most -what are the trade-offs?" by the fledgeling Newfoundland characters in the clothes of today, but difficult example being Greg Thomey's The chapter, "Reality Test at West Shakespeare Company, really doesn't warps the play's content and meaning. playing of both Horatio and Rosen­ Point'', is especially interesting make the grade. The company (Wade) What Wade has done in trying to crantz, which was quite confusing con­ because it, the product of Friedan's apparently sees an extreme lack of pare down the play and trim the fat is sidering the extreme difference in three day visit to the military academy, Shakespeare on the province's stages, nothing more than sheer revisionism. characterisation and the lack of is less theoretical than the rest of the and has formed solely to promote the Entire scenes have been lopped off, costuming to differentiate between the book. Friedan describes male officer work of the Bard. I can take exception characters deleted, lines switched from two. cadets as seeking refuge "in a with this: MUN Drama, for instance, one character to another, and the The lighting t)for the show was ef­ whole style of the script drastrically fective and simple, although the set or altered. For instance, the devilish pair lack thereof seemed a little too bland. of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have Stage direction also seemed off track, been edited down to one, and impor­ as the characters began anad ended Hard to stomach tant scenes of exposition have disap­ their monologues offstage, resulting in peared. As one of the play's key motifs muffled lines. ~Y John Gushue nothing in common at the beginning, Get this. Rick Springfield plays a but the point is never made as to why rock star, Jamie, one of rock's creative the two stick it out together in the first geniuses. While in San Francisco on a place. The woman Jamie falls for is a Music, dance, words touring hiatus, he tries to put together child psychologist who likes Tony Ben­ the music for his next album, but - nett. Fine, but why besides sheer lust by Maggie Keiley, Lisa Porter and her choreography was somewhat in­ alas! - poor Jamie can't seem to get does she fall so madly in love with a Walace Ryan flexible. She did not really use the his vibes in order, especially since his man nothing more than a playboy who The versatility of the arts in New­ music to its full potential, resulting in lyricist and ex-lover is on the bottle and fiddles around with the toys of the idle foundland is persenting itself clearly as an unenergetic performance. the band's rehearsals are washouts and rich? seen in a recent production at the The music in Migrations not only his new lover is unsure about the rela­ It seems the producers were more f.SPU Hall. Migrations, a self­ gave the poetry depth, but its diversity tionship and his producer wants the concerned with showing long panning proclaimed "travelogue of music, kept the audience interested. album finished and ...... shots of Rick Springfield's nude lower dance and words," is basically a com­ Kavanagh's switches from stell string Poor Jamie. Poor Rick. Poor me. torso than in inserting some semblance bination of the talents of Ed to classical guitar, piano and Ap­ Everyone expected Hard To Hold to of reality into the film. None of the Kavanagh, Gwendolyn Noah, and palachian guitar were done with a be devoid of meaning and a cheap shot characters seem at all real; the backup Wade Kearley. finesse only a musician could ap­ at making a quick buck while Spring­ musicians for example serve merely as The production consisted of poetry, preciate. The classical guitar piece, field's name is still worth something, wallpaper for Rick's vented fits of guitar and piano music, and dance. Suite in E Minor, and the piano piece, but few thought that this movie would frustration. How are we possibly to Wade Kearley's poetry was well writ­ which had no title, were both soothing qualify for Worst Movie of the Year. It believe that Rick Springfield is a poet ten, although the reading was stilted at and well done. does. It's clumsy, horribly pretentious, for his generation? By being given times. The poetry would obviously be Kavanagh's short story "A Pot of hilarious for all the wrong reasons, and Ricky's new hit, "Love Somebody" as more enjoyable if one could read it Gold," while adding levity to the pro­ a sorrowful attempt at revealing the the fruit of his new artistic vision? Give rather than hear it because of the duction, was quite a change of pace life of the popular elite. us this day...... preponderance of metaphors. While from the poetry, possibly too much of This movie could have been a good grasping one idea the audience was ob­ a change, as was his song, ''The Arse is The plot is standard boy-meets-girl­ bit better if a script had been written viously missing two or three others. right out of her.'' loses-girl-but-she-comes-back-but­ with real characters, a real plot, and a· While the music blended well with The finale was a fabulous piece com­ leaves-again-but-they-live-happily­ believable ending. When the next pop the readings, the dancing tended to bining all three performers in the ideal everafter-anyway. The worst thing or TV star wants to make his break in­ distract the audience. This was balance. about the film is the absolute lack of to the movies, one hopes that some especially noticeable during the first All in all, Migrations provided its logic inherent in the characters. One care is made for just a little aesthetic part, entitled Brother and Sister. Gwen audience with an entertaining and would expect the lovers to have value. Noah's movements were graceful, but relaxing evening. Friday, May 25, 1984 Page 15 . strained by the ''in accordance with a million dollars, money that was to be current practice," clause, which in ef­ used for a new student centre. The ad­ fect, means the money is already divid­ ministration owes us and our building ed up. better consideration. Why should we Let us take for example the fiscal spend $130,000 of our bar profits on it year running from March '82 to March every year? Who for that matter; wrote On March 30, 1982, the CSU signed board's independence seems to mean '83 of the $287,266 gross profits, this our contract and told us that our best away control of the Breezeway Bar independence from the students in­ rather vague entity, the ''independent interest lies in spending all our money profits. For the thirteen months terests. The manager of the TSC has Board of Management", spent on a building we barely control? Why previous to March 31, 1983, the gross professional interests insofar as any $181,583 on Breezeway expenditures. can't this money be used in a more im­ profit earned by the Breezeway was money spent on the building helps him Even though the money was well spent aginative way, a way which reflects the $287,266. After operating costs, the do a better job which, it cannot be the question remains - how were priorities of our political spectrum? profit remaining from all sources of in­ denied, also helps students. Although students' priorities taken into con­ Clubs and societies' vital interest group come was $156,714, of which $128,093 he is only an advisor, the manager of sideration in the decision making pro­ on campus, have seen their income was spent: $7,988 on the preschool and the Breezeway likewise has his circle of cess. The money came from our reduced by 3 .60Jo between '79 and '83 the remaining on the TSC. The remain­ interests - improving the bar he pockets, we bought the beer, we, sup­ even though student fees have risen ing $28,621 went to a savings account. manages. The president of the CSU posedly, own the bar, but do we actual­ 350Jo. Why aren't there any Breezeway With our student bar making close takes care of the interests of the ly have any say in how the money will profits going their way? The residents, to $300,000 a year in gross profit, the students population in general (in­ be spent? The contract provides no another vital interest group, have hard­ question of who or 'what determines cluding those students who do not use answers. It does not state what "direc­ ly any monies for whatever prpjects how this money will be spent is' one of the building or the bar), but the con­ tion and control" mean and it avoids they could propose to improve the concern to all of us. The contract, as tract, as stated has already sold the any detailed definition of what the ''in­ quality of student life there. Why, fur­ written, provides more heat than light. students interests out. dependent Board of Management'' is thermore, isn't there any priority given It states, "The Breezeway Bar will be The contract says ''the CSU agrees or how it works. Of the $156,714 to a good intramural sports program operated under the control of an in­ that all profits from the Breezeway Bar dollars left in the total Breezeway earn­ open to all students? The list could go · dependent Board of Management.'' will, in accordance with current prac­ ings $128,093 were spent "in accor­ on. At present this board is made up of tice be used to pay for renovations, dance with common practice'', on the As it stands now, the CSU's greatest the manager of the TSC, the manager new furniture and other amenities to TSC. potential source of income is, "in ac­ of the CSU, the CSU president, the the Thomson Student Center.'' When Why is the student centre our cordance with current practice'' V .P. Executive, a student councillor any new president assumes office, then responsibility? It is a building half oc­ already spent on priorities we have had and an ex-officio advisor - the his ability to use these profits for wider cupied by the administration to which little or no say in. manager of the Breezeway. As it is the interests of all students will be con- the students have alrea~y given almost A Concerned Student

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