Dear Editors, Yet an article in the first Sem Women's Rights Committee per attacb the 100-200 The AlP Club would like to and the varfous organisers peopte who overstayed the congratulate those people who hove been active in City Council's invitation to who came to the defence of pursuing women's issues, block half of Wickham Ter the Women's Rights Area re While the general student race for 2 minutes on 24 cently. Il is only through fhe population wouW no doubt Febaiaty 1991. The article is existence of areas like this now accept the necessity for fu II of i nnuendos which refbcf that we con actively combat a Sexuol Harassment Griev Ihe bck of any actions which the discrimination thot women ance Committee, a Security could be criticised. still suffer in our society and, Bus and adequote child care facilities on campus - how in parlicubr, on this campus. Fourteen people were ar many know thai these were rested that Sunday for civil Despite the opinions of the olf campaigns initiated b/thie disobedience which was a Union's 'conservolive" ex Women's Rights Committee. ecutive, the work in past years matter of course in Sydney by members of this Cluij and ond Melbourne. The rest ol Change is poinfuland women many others fo establish and us, including memljers of the have had tobe in fhe frontline devebp Worrons' Rightsand Gulf Action Coalilton, expe fo bring about change, let it the full-lime paid position of rienced the terror of burly be remembered thotuniversol Organiser was, and contin police charging intothe crowd franchise, equal pay, the ues to be, worthwhile. and grabbing people who alx)lition of the mam'oge bor got in the way. Peopte were and even the right to drink in We condemn the mindless charged with resisting arrest, a public bar at the Regara and politically motivated at in Ihe obsence of any reason Hotel were all considered, a' tacks on Women'sRights. We to arrest ihem in the first place. the time, as issues of no corr object to "reviews" which are One was released without cern to the overage woman not designed to enhance fhe chorge affer5 hoursof police and only worthy of the lunaCc Area's function. (Refusing lo 'hospitality', and one young fringe called feminists. If tf-e appoint a new Organiser woman was repeatedly as Union Executive is honestly hordly enhances the function saulted in fhe back of a police concerned abouf fhe nee-ci's ing of Women's Rights!) car. of women students, it will need to think very long and hard The occupiers and protesters World teoders boasted that about the implications of in against the recent actions of the media's lies were an in appropriate staffing and fhe Union Exec, have our full tegral weapon in the Gulf funding of the area. Better support. War. Misguided attacks management or short-lorrri within the peace movement Yours in solidarity, monetary gain? only played info fheir hands. Byron R. Green If people hod attackedvicfims on behalf of fhe U.Q. ALP Margaret Reid of police violence in the past, Club. EARC wouldn't now be rec ommending changes to leg- P£^ islotion in Qld. The war HKsngers ' strength is instilu- lionalised. Oursfrength is our The Big Rec-Club Dear Semper, democracy and cohesion. Rip-Offl I really must protest! The blo Ruth Bird Every year many hundreds cf tont littering of this campus is students become victims lo shameful. How can any self paying TWICE when going respecting students walk for a social drink with friends blithely away from such un to the RecClub. sightly scenes of the conclu FACT: These students a re not sion of fheir lunch break? I aware of this BLATANT RIP- assert that this is social irre Dear Editors, OFF! How are they ripped sponsib'lity upon an impres I was somewhat surprised to off, you ask? Well, it goes sive scab, indicative of an read on page 16 of fhe bst like this. Evety year EVERY uncaring "upYer-bum-mate" edition of Semper that the student pays a Student-Sen^ altitude, and heedless to all cunent Union Executive has ices charge SSC (no doubl notions of aesthetic good- finally recognized that issues you remember this painful sense, economy of effort and of concern to women students experience well). This SSC is collective student welfare. were issues of concem fo the Students' Union. However, a broken down fo provide mony We may not all agree upon careful reading of this articb Essential Student Services much, but surely we can all reveals that, under the guise which the Student Union pro agree to stop fouling op our of the ongoing struggle fo vides and therefore we pay own campus? (All of us, fight for the rights of the Nor the Student Union $ 142 per whether we be straights or mal Woman student (also year, which is fair enough gays. Christians or ofheisfs, known as Average and Ordi (although a little too high); a fls-wonkers orafom-splitlers, nary), it seems that the Union (FULL-TIME SSC = $210 per sociokigisfs or survivalists, yes, Executive is again contem- year, PART-T1MESSC=$ 105 even engineers!) pbting a cutback in services per year), and fhe rest $68 offered to women students. goes to the SPRA (Sports and For the soke of us all, and for White reiterating the Union's Physical Recreation Associo the poor staff buggers who commitment to meet issues of tion) for which WE ARE NOT have lo clean up after us, let's concern to women such as EVEN TOLD what happens to stop shitting in our own nest. 'campus security", sexuol the breakdown of individua' Tony Cooper horassment, women's health, costs-THAT WOULD SUG p fairly seriously indignant equal study and employment GEST THAT THE SPRA HAVE arts-wanker) opportunities and the avail SOMETHING TO HIDE. ability of childcore on cam pus" il is advocating a "staff FACT: The SPRA owns thel ing change" in the Women's RecGlub so in effect we payj Rights area. Better nrancge- for, this "Club" as members of | menf? I foil to see how the if we are entitled to "free" Dear Editors, needs of women students can membership even though it isl The characterisation of be adequately met by the not "free" as we have already I protestors osospiring terrorists Un ion without the empbymenf paidourcontribution. Thisso-I out to impress each other is of 0 full-time and skilled called "Club" is in fact al one the pressconsisfently uses Women's Organiser. BUSINESS on campus which I to discredit protest. Recently almost all of us hjnd and| the Qld Electoral and Ad- A quick glance through the support. mlmslfative Review Commis Union Council Minutes over Now here we come (o fhe RIPj sion EARC) vwis forced fo the bst decade will convince OFF. You bmy yearly merrrf admit the lunacy of the street the reader that it has always b»ership costing $7 each BE-: march legislation in Ihis state. been the much maligned FORE you even drink then a."-
.4 JSi0^if^£^ DEATH BY PARKING wilh all businesses, profit is nwre obvious and gaping Dear Semper Eds, that Coke was no longer nnade with every purchase avaibble in the Refec. I went hotes. As someone who has What has happened to the (fcieer etc). Consider this if mode his living out of promot to see if these scurillous ru main refec. Firstly I sow that if 612 (as of AAonday 4/3/ ing bookings and managing mours were frue, and alas is clean, which is a nice sur 91) members = $4284 of rock hands in this townfo r the ihey were! What has all of prise from last year, but then capital IS RIPPE[X)FF YOU lost four years I find Mr this fo do with a 'Trade '•"^ when I entered and went to 'SUCKERS' ([ust in the first Hodder's criticisms of venue Agreement"? a trade ogree- WHIN THE ^^ '"dge, I was surrounded week) this is how they do choice bx3th amusing and in menf is one way of circunn- by a foul evil ghastly drink... business? This is just a sleazy tolerable. The biggest proL> EXECUTIve PEPSI yuk! Where is the venting the restrictive provi way fo bleed money from lem with Brisbane's live music sions of fhe Trade Practices ; TH0U8HT Coke ? My sugar and first^ear students none of scene is its lock of venues. Act. Mr Pepsico says "I'll chemical levels a re depleting. whom are probably awareof Unfortunately t^^ Bjelke- give you a few nice new rrwu need a Coke ... Help, I their Rec-Club payment Peterson's Notional Parly saw 'Pepsi" frrdges for your refec Djl"^ desire that smelly, toilet woter through the SSC. fit fo pull down nnony of the if you agree not to stock any coloured drink. older more suitabte hotelsand olher products but ours in So in summary: BffiATKA ., n repbce them with new style them". Fair enough, you may FACT: REC-CLUB gets iVlr Reanie taverns. Sure Mr Hodder, it soy, but you have now lost money from: SBHW Cokc-A-Holic would be great to see those the right to buy a convenient (1) SALES (drinks, food, pin- bonds of Cloudland, the m Cokeotthe same pbcewhere ball games and music - yes Queens Hotel, The National you purchase your food. (No you even pay for that!). or even the U of Q Refec, but Dear Eds, you must find vending mo- (2) COVER CHARGE (you unfortunately Mr Hodderthese Anguish, pain, suffering. chines, hove change and still pay this with or without venues no longer exist. As the What the heck is going on in hope ihey work. I notice, membershipon Friday nights), co-ordinator I had a number this place? The olher day 1 incident^', that fhe Coke ma (3) MEMBERSHIP of options, I chose ^Aanhat- cheerfully gel up at the crock chine outside Ihe Refec is (4) SPRA (exactly how much tan over all the others for a of dawn and drive down to conspicuously absent). I don't we don't know!) number of reasons. First and the Uni boat shed. .After I drink Coke so it doesn't mat So, what con you do: Very foremost t)ecause if is the ont')/ recover from the initial shock ter to me, bul when I went to simply don'l go to fhe Rec- venue in Brisbanewheresuch of seeing empty car spaces in buy some Smilh's Liles at the Club, a large numtjer of peopte the green zone, I jump inlo a Uni shop I found they were Ifyou don't go to fhe Rec-Club can fit in the room and still see boat and begin a morning of not in stock. Only what I con you will in fact be BOYCOTT the show. Other clubs in this rowing. sider an inferior substitute could be found, eilher Red ING THE CLUB, then busi town which can fit similar Then, horror or horrors, it is SeolorArnoffs, Ljothstrangef/ ness will lose MONEY and numbers suffer from poor sight noticed that the college row enough, subsidiary compa fhe manager will eventually lines. Secondly, I was en ing season has begun. This is nies of - yes, you guessed if, be FORCED to abolish mem grossed ty o sense of romon- ' an easy conclusion fo reach, Pepsico. bership-BUT ONLY YOU ALL ticism for the venue's history. the boats zig-zogging across As 0 teenager, I rememfc)er CAN DO THIS AS ONE the river like a Uni student Whol's going on? Does the seeing Iggy Pop of Varieties UNITED. offer fhe toga party tend to he Union Exec's policy of priva OS it was then known. Sure I am nota member-never will Q dead givoway. Well the tization and profit making also renovations have taken place blood pressure is rapidly ris include restriction of choice in be - never hove been - and and perhaps if is a litfte too ing by now from dodging real terms? (Theoretically you O that's that! glitzy and glamorous, but fcraats left right and centre, but sti I hove freedom of choice to ,^ ) am not so tight with my once again Mr Hodder, (et this is Ijeorable, go to Toowong and buy your money that I can't spend $7, me remind you that this is Coke), in fact quite the contrary, bul 1991. The days of the gnjngy 1 soon decide that a brge C it's the PRINCIPLE that I sup sleozy clubs ore gone. As the dose of caffeine and sugar is Can you cteor Ihis up for me in order. So off I fly in the please Editors? 3^ port and nothing else - so masses encompass technoF O* don't gel sucked in, and re ogy fhey ore more and more direction of the nearest refec. Confused 4th year Law Stu 3^ It is there that I come to a member to BOYCOH THE opening their a mis to the new. dent. Peter Keenon oT CLUB, see you at the Club Il is 0 glamorous age, glam crashing holt. As I reach for tho) icy cold can ol Coke a 2 bfer - much later. our that manifests itself in tech , VI grim discovery is made. The o Signed, Slightly Pissed! nology and once again, Mr only Pepsi machine on cam s Andrew Boule Hodder, I hove to remind you that progress is upon us. pus, that used to live out its Dear Eds, % Engineering snivelling existence under the The olher day (Thursday) o ft I wish not too fo hark too Mining and Metallurgical friend of mine bought a Ixigel ^ heavily on fhe questions of building, had multiplied over thingyfromfhenewrefecond ^ the holidays and infested the itwas really really reolfy stole. TISM and whether they ore O "novel, unique or jusl refec fridges with ifs txisford We took it back and asked C Dear Eds, shithouse", I do however wish offspring. the Refec staff about it (iho sioff „ As the coordinator of the 'O' lo condemn your comparison Hand shaking, i grab my Week Joint Effort I feel it nec to Skyhoob as ill-informed. 'he liale oW bagel and 'hoy to'i,ndod ^•e f»A change and race fo fhe near bogei mofiM ond ihey said that n essary to respond to the re- The TISM persona and per est Coke machine, only to the Lxigels were bought on M viev/ of Mark Hodder which ceived suburban hatred is so discover the price had gone Monday-4 days earlier. No appeared in the most recent much more enduring than the up to $ 1.10, "Fair enough" wonder itwas hard oso rock. edition of Semper Floreal. tack used bySk/hoob. Ifyou my fevered mind thinks, ex- But that's not the real reason Firstly Mr Hodder let me re- wish to compare the use of ceptl only havea dollarcoin. for Ihis letter ond I know they're mindyouthotwelivein 1991 stage anonymity lo anyone Although I tried very hord, I supposed to be kept short but not 1981. We live in fhe age "Kiss" is an inappropriate ex couldn't get the machine fo this is really important. of technology, on age where ample. The original instiga accept nny five dollar note. How con Ihe new refec ever technology is advancing at a tors of this ploy were the Resi After strange loob from the breakeven if it doesn't sell the rate unparalleled in all his dents & it is fhe Residents from cleaner, I decide to try the staplediel of tertiary students... tory. To reject sampling as whom TISM htorrow this idea. 70c machine in ihe Priestly CHIPSANDGRAW. "Ap/ote "cheap rip off masquerading Asaonefime manager of the - Building, Once there, wilh of chips and gravy please', OS as innovation", is nothing Ctystal Set I feel that I could tears in my eyes, I discover uttered a few thousand times butnoive. In the lost 1 Oyeai's not enter into any discussion ; that all of the Cokecholics a day across the worm up sampling has established it about their relative artistic j hove already LDeaten me to if. troys will put this Refec back self as a musical tool as rel merit without some form of Whose idiotic idea was il in the bbck 1 can tell you. All evant as guitar. It's where bias. I do, however, wish that anyway to create a Pepsi they hove to do is move the rock music is at at the mo if you were going to criticise splurge on ihis campus any chips around to the gravy ment. Pop Will Eat llself were fhe band you would do so way. Ail I con say is ... section, provide the sfoff with cleverand resourceful enough armed with more information AAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!!! Q big scoop, ondo biggollup to realize thai guitar based relevant to what the bond are A registered and deprived of gooey brown gravy- none rock 'n roll could be made trying to achieve, Coke-aholic. of Ihis light coloured savoury more dynamic and interest I do believe, Mr Hodder, that mush being served up ol ing by incorporating technol Semper should iDe looking for (S(Q)fe© present- the Refec will moke ogy (i.e. sampling). They were a new music reviewer. Your 0 bundle and no one will be one of a number of Ixinds review showed liflle or no forced lo sellle for a cup of who hove bid the ground understanding of llse music & Dear Editors, chips wilh sauce ever again. work for Ihe entire movement total ignorance of the work Do you know what what a And there's no Coke either! of "crossover" bands. ings of the music industry. 'Trade Agreement" is? So what? I hear you ask. Well Yours Failhhjlly. Enough of P.W.E.I. Mr Peter Walsh you're reading in lost Semper Lindsav Colborne. Hodder's review is (ull of much Director Livid Promotions.
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.6 ,.S^/iif^ DEATH BY PARKING was being discussed. There is the tendency by a secure campus. This survey to be completed this year's Union to label anything conftonta- by April 30th and implemented no later than tional i.e. rallies, protesting or petitions as May 31st 1991. The survey will specifically being run by I.S.O. (the International Socialists but not exclusively examine the extent and Organisation). I thought looking for Reds un adequacy ofUghHng, ground patrols, security der Beds went out years ago - apparently not phones and security information dissemina according to the BMT executive. However the tion. I.S.O. is not swarming over campus, they have 3. Thatthe University pro vide a security bus to only ISmcmbcrs-sotneof whom arc staff, as run in conjunction with the Student Union well as medical students atHcrston. It's all too Women's Security Bus (this has been sup easy to pigeon hole a group of concerned stu plied). dents as a bunch of socialist radicals and there 4. That ihe University employ more security fore justify a lack of support. staff to do night-time groundwork as Ihe cur The media coverage and attention being fo rent number Li inadequate to effectively patrol cused on the University and the Union is a the entire campus. guarantee that botli parties will do somelliing. 5. That a women's car park be established and Donna Sinnopoli told the Women's Rights staffed at alllimesby security personnel in the Committee that they would be sending people near vicinity of Great Court. out to survey Ihe major carparks. This surv'ey would report how many cars are parked during 6. (a) That free security phones (with a direct certain limes of ibe day. link to University Security) be pro vided atthe West End and Button Park ferry term inals as James Gifford (Union President) agrees there well as the central bus stop (b) That more pay should be educational campaigns to combat the phones and security phones be placed in stra sexist ihinking on campus. The Union in con tegic positions around campus. junction with Women's Rights Health Serv ices, the S.H.C. & Security are organizing a 7. That ihe University implement a security "roundtable discussion" lo swap informalion plan for each department of the University and start a long term security system. James and that at the beginning of each semester, feels that more can be done but not "until I find convenors of each subject be responsible for out what tlie truth is". the dissemination of security information (as provided by the Women's Rights Area in con The problems as he sees il have been the lack of junction with security) and that they co-or communication between Women's Rights and dinate appropriate security methods (e.g. ar Health with Security. I'm sure the Women's ranging walking parties from the lecture lo Rights Committee agree. the car parks) for the women students study Last year, Lynn Rodgers (the then Women's ing thai subject. Rights Organiser) and two oilier women went Il is unfortunate that ii has taken such a public down to discuss with Security the number of attack on a female student lo force ihe Univer attacks on campus, They were lold by male sity Union and Security' lo actively do some- security guards that no attacks had been re tiling aboul security on Uiis campus. ported. A female guard disputed this claim when she lold of a woman they found who had Tliis University is not a self-contained world of been raped. its own. it is part of society. Men on campus still have Ihe altilude that women arc dierc lo have Richard Maguirc, the Head of Security on sex wilh when they want it. Rape is not aboul campus, in a discussion with the acting Wom sex, il is aboul power. It is a violent crime by en's Rights Organiser slated that since May men who hate women and don'l respect Ihem. 1990 (when he took over) there had been no attacks reported. However by the end of that Most rapes that occur on Uiis campus are date conversation he let slip dial there had been rapes or the attacker is someone tlie victim attacks reported, but because Ihcy were re knows. Many rapes take place after functions. ported 3 months later, there was nothing they On Thursday nighl a woman was attacked by When Amanda Courtney, a library staff member, told Mr could investigate. Security now states there four men (drunk after being lo a Law Facully Toihurstthatshewas scared whenwalking to her car atnight, have been 4 attacks on women since May 1990. function). Another male came to her aid. Inter In light of this statement, yes there is more estingly tlie people who promoted this Law the reply she received was "Tough!" This comment in light of communication needed. function (a woman in particular) went around to law lectures encouraging people to come last weekend's horrific attack on a woman only highlights the There are 28 security staff-2 are women - who along lo support the faculty whilst templing University's attitude to security for women on this campus. are on call. Security's biggest priority is theft male law students with such commenls as on campus. Tney spend lime locking up build "..there are lol5 of Isl year girls there who just ings and in the late afternoon/evening checking want lo be picked up". One female law sludenl parking permits. When Richard Maguire took (1st year) was so disgusted she refused to go. Il over the number of people per shift was cut is this type of attitude dial encourages harass back from 6 lo 3. ment and attacks on women. Tough! Whilst Jim Tolhurst states that there are ad Many women don't report rape because ihey equate lighting and security facilities, Richard feel ashamed and too traumatised lo make il a Maguire disagrecs.saying that there are always paying positions and therefore entitled lo park public issue. Not to rcprl a rape/attack is For years now tfjere have bwcn various cam ways of improving security. At the moment he closer to the library. Although female workers somewhat detrimenuil as we need statistics to paigns calling for belter security facilities, more is liaisoning wilh the Oxley Police, the Sexual have been given temporary A stickers there is support the case that rape does occur - please if lighting and more security staff, The pleas have Offenders Squad, talking to the Heads of Col no guarantee that they can find a parking space. you have been altacked or know of someone gone unnoticed and ignored by Security, the leges, circulating identi-kil photo's lohbraries, Most seem to be angry that they can't park in who has, report it to security. Health Ser>'ices University, the Colleges and in turn the Stu staff refectories and colleges. An infomiation the Commerce carpark where after 4pm only 2 or Women's Rights through cither a phone call dents' Union, Attacks have been pushed under stall will be set upncxtSunday along Macgregor cars can be seen parked. They are also angry at or personally. Any information is better than the tug until they have become just gossip or an Drive (where the abduction took place) at Ihe University Administration and Uieir typical none. ugly rumour. However, Sunday's abduction 8.40am. Screech alarms and personal alarms labelling of concerned women as being too and rape of a woman on this campus seems to are going to be sold by the Union Bookshop, an Women need to push for better .security and emotional, Onestaff member challenged Doug have changed all that. It wasn 't able to be swept initiative set inlo motion by last year's Sludcnt parking conditions, Don'l believe we are Ixsing Porter, tlie Registrar, to walk down by the river under the rug, and it wasn't possible lo hide. Union. confrontational when we are expressing our The media grabbed hold of il and waved it at 11pm and not feel afraid when followed. concern and becoming emotional because we Women's Rights is setting up a sub-comniiuee around for a couple of days. The aspect of this Lack of security and the debacle of paid piu^k- know ihe dangers and lack of .security on c;un- to look at problems of security and run cam attack was not that the woman was raped bul ing go hand in hand. Students and staff arc pus. We are sick and tired of the University and paigns to improve security and lo educate men that there were guns used. Whereas before il being made lo park in dangerous semi-lit areas Colleges covering up rajMsso Mummy & Daddy and women on rape. This commitlee is also was a women's problem if raped, it suddenly and many who are unable to pay parking fees can send their b.ibies off to 1st year widiout collecting slalislicx to take to the University became a male problem too because guns can are forced to catch the ferry or public transport worrying and the University and Colleges c;ui Adminisiralion. A list of demands were taken shoot anyone - whatever sex. lale at night. lake dieir money. to the Senate Meeting on Thursday 21 March. On Tuesday 19th March 100 - 200 people (the Last year's Student Union fought tlie Adininis- They arc set out as follows: Women are expressing anger al the [x'rsistcnt majority women) attended a stop work meeting U-ation over the paid parking issue. This year's condescending dismissal of their safely and /. That the University recognise the lack of organised by the Library Staff. They tJien went j Union promised during lite elections to stop being labelled as loo hysterical. When 1 have lo safety for women on this campus especially to J.D. Storey and demanded to see the Vice- paid parking. Well these seem lo be empty walk to my car with the threat of being auacked with respect(0Ihe recently reportedattacks on Chancellor, Apparently the V.C. wasn't there, promises, Not one campaign has been organ because there are no adequate security facili campus and that the University acknowledge nor the Registrar and a delegation was sen t in lo ised, nor any sign of support for the staff and ties -1 lend iogel hysicrical. It wil! be interest its responsibility for women's security. sec the Bursar, Jim Tolhurst. students protesting forbelter security and park ing to sec afler 12 months, when media atten 2. Thatthe University fund a comprehensive tion has diminished, wlielher any iwsilive steps Many hbrary workers have to park down past ing conditions. The Stop Work Meeting on study to determine the necessary and appro have been taken. Women are not responsible tlic lake area; most are women who are lesser Tuesday saw three members of Ihc Union Ex priate security procedures required to achieve for r.ipe& one rape on campus is one loo many. paid, whilst the male workers arc in higher ecutive lurn up -only lo laugh and sneer at what Corina McKay
DEATH BY PARKING JS^^^Sl^3£^ 7. EXCHANGE HOW ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMME SHOWS U.Q. IS OUR CAMPUS ? Whatever the origin, nature and seriousness of their handicaps LACKING and disabilities, the disabled have the same fundamental rights as their fellow citizens of the same age: International So often in Australia we hear comments regard ing funding to Attorigines-that they receive too Declaration of the Rights of the Disabled. Semper investigates much, they don't work for it, and are given the problems of disabled access to campus. greater opportunities than white Australian students.
Butfirst-handexpertenceproves these ignorant Weprobablyallcomeintocontactwithsomeonewho to Liz Farrow) In this way my "disability" was comments to be misleading - compared with is disabled or impaired in someway. Approximately presented in an obvious way. Physically, I ran into a many other idigenous minority groups, the onepercentof theUniversityof Queensland (StLuda few problems. Alwrigines are clearly not receiving a fair deal. campus) population, about 260 students and staff,are estimated to have some degree of disability or im Whilel shick to the guide map provided by Counsel Mr Darren Godwell, President of the Aboriginal pairment. (No exact figures exist, as shjdents are ling I had no hassles finding an accessible way to & Torres Strait Islander Association, has recently invited, not required, to make their disability known every building on campus {with the exception of the returned from a 3-week exchange programme on enrolement.) The disabled percentage of our building sites). Buildings and Grounds have done a in the United States, where he visited the population is inaeasing as open access is increased commendable job on a limited budget. However, I University of California Sacremento Campus. around campus, but they continue to be ignored or had real problems with ramps too steep to propel discriminated against. myself up, narrow squeezes around comers and doors too heavy to open (such as those into the MrGodwelUravelledtothe U.S. atthe invitation As open access goes, the UQ campus is one of the Undergraduate Library). of the University of Califomia Student Union, to more accessible areas of Brisbane. For example, the study the work with other minority groups. Australian Standards Association's AS1428 requires If I'd decided to drop in on the Union Exec to do a only new public buildings to be completely accessi- quick spot of lobbying, I'd have had major hassles. Mr Godwell said one factor l>ecame blantantly bie, but buildings as venerable as Forgan Smith on Similarly, if I'd needed some legal advice, wanted to obvious - while in the U.S. the current lack of campus have been made so. Much work has been visit the Union Resource Centre Library or enter the funding and opportunity for Australian done to create and service access pathways, install Women's Rights Area, I would have needed someone indigenous groups, compared withthat provided lifts, provide accessible toilets, phones, drinking to carry me up the st^rs! Yes the Union, one of the in the U.S. fountains and parking spaces. most vital centres of the University is completely Hearing loops have been installed in several lecture '^accessible to the disabled. There is no excuse forthe abysmal funding we theatres (MayneHall,Physiology and If, as they have proposed, the cur get here", he said. Abel Smith), FM hearing systems are rent Union decides to replace flie available through Careers and Women's Rights Area with an Equal "I leamedalotof kJeas, concepts and initiatives Counselling, tapes of books and arti the Union, one Opportunities Office (incorporating that should be happening here white In cles are available for the visually women. Aboriginal and Islander Sacremento." impaired and whole subjects and of the mosf students, disabled students, gay and exams are moved to rooms suitable lesbian shidents, overseas, part-time Mr Bodwell said the bulk of the funding to for disabled shidents if required, A and external students - over half the Indigenous groups in the U.S. did not come number of committees dealing with vital centres of shident population) there will have from the govemment, but the Student Union disabled persons on campus cover a to be some major renovations - or a and various groups such as the African Students' range of areas from general interest the University newbuildingbecause the peoplethat Association. to specific needs such as computer they are supposed to service can't assistance and library services. is completely get to them! "The are mostly student-run initiatives, and But this is not enough. Ninety vol inaccessible to But the thing that struck me most they've worked realty well," he said. unteer readers spend many hours was my treatmentby others. Covert taping reading material for 15 visu the disabled. glances were replaced with stoic in "Since coming back, I've really noticed the ally impaired shidents - but it can difference as others approached. double standard in Australia ~ they say one take 50 90-minute tapes and weeks Peoplewentoutoftheirwaytoavoid thing, but then don't give you the means or of work to record one textbook. Other me. Many appeared not to notice, opportunity to fulfil H." volunteers walk with visually-impaired or physi- particularly two cyclists who almost wiped me out cally disabled shidents from class to class. Others goi"g "P ^ access ramp. (Savages!), offer emotional or physical support for students with MrGodwellsaWtheprogrammes at Sacremento Groups of people also seemed to have perceptual a wide range of disabilities. But the time and energy studied the Institutions which deal with difficulties and were tempted to stampede over/ of these volunteers - some shidents, some staff, some indigenous people, and societal attitudes to through me. It is also, apparently, more socially from off-campus - is limited, so the need remains minority gjroups. acceptable to ridiculedisabled / impaired persons if greater than they're able to provida one is surrounded by others. When I spoke to people He sara he found the Amerfcan Indians very ^n lArhv aron'f tu«« «.«..« »«i„«f««.c «,»,on *K« • ^^^V ^^^^^ ^Uttered a reply and hurried on or spoke easy to relate to. So why arent there more volunteers when there ,s to me VERY LOUDLY AND S-L-aW-L-Y althoueh such an obviously pressing need? Why are you not „„ „„i„ ,^r\ ^»'^^•^•^'--^vv u x,aunousn r.,ckj«»»«=;o,«. 9 A i. -I rLU ^ • °^y o^v impairment seemed to be my lessened They've received similar treatment to the rushing to sign up? A great par of the reason is one mobility: However, a number of students wL friendly ofoursoaety'sdisabtlities-soaahseddiscnmination J ,U ,«« IUU.UC i»rua«iBwereinenuiy AboriglnesandTon-esStraitlslandershere,"he against marginalised groups such as this. We are ^"'^ ''^''' ""''^ ^"'"^ *° °^^'' ^^^P' sakl. conditioned to "instinctively" shy away from people The point is, although there are still physical barriers who are different, who look or act in a way not to be overcome, the major problems appear to be "I can't explain everything I've teamed. It's perceived to be nonnal. sociological. Stigmata impede progress far more immeasurable: You can't anticipate the ben effectively than lessened physical abilities. And efits and leamihg experience." How many times do we see people edge away from frankly, the loss of human potential is just not worth someone who is severely incapacitated, whose limbs it - for persons of any level of ability, I've realised that racism and discritninatlon is spasm unconh'ollably or has a major speech impedi rwt simply a black problem." ment that makes them difficult to understand? How ^"* Kennedy many times have you? Perhaps with programmes in Australia similar Foi information on disabled/impared per- tothose in use in Sacremento, nx>re Australians To try to understand further the physical and social ^^^ °^ campus and volunteer work contact woukl become aware of the problems facing problems fadng handicapped people on campus, I Laura Duggan or Rhonda Watson at Coun- indigenous people at University. attempted to negotiate Uni in a wheelchair. (Thanks selling and Careers. PH 377 3839
.8 ^g^jQg^ DEATH BYMflMM UNIVERSITY ENCOUBAGES FW USE
The University of Queensland Is trying to mai Car Pooling has arrived at UQ. Suddenly students are being presented with a way of saving money while relieving the parking problem, at least in part. Not bad for something engineered by Americans (who, incidentally, have been using various carpooling systems for the last twenty years). UQ has a problem. Ifs called done deals to get you cheap requirements. (There is no parking. Witii the inclusion servicing, insurance and parts. obligation to travel with those of new buildings, we are people on your list). rapidly losingparkingspaces A special area has been set so essential to the student aside for carpoolers, and all While currently there are only motorist. We could replace that is required to enter is a about 60 people registered on these spaces at a cost of green parking permit and computer, this figure is approximately 3 niillion per registration with the Uni expected to exceed 300 over 500 or, alternatively, take full Ridesharing Programme. the nex t few months as student advantage of the newly Discounts are also availableat awareness increases. Speaking installed carpooling system. various city parking stations. of awareness for those The system costs a mere To register you can pick up a environmentally conscious, form from either Room 15 of carpooling lessens air pollution Present your student card at $6,000 a year, enabling extra St Lucia Golf Links, cnr Carawa funds lo be channelled into the Steele Building or the and all carpooling forms are Street and Indooroopilly Road, education and sporting Traffic Admini^tralionSection printed on recycled paper. St Lucia, ptione 870 3938 or of the J.D. Storey Building. Victoria Park Golf Course, facilities. Herslon Road, Herslon, phone "Don't Cruise alone ifyou cruise 8521271 for ttiis special offer. With carpooling you can cut Simply fill in the days and far. Rideshare today, love your Brisbane City Hire dubs and buggy for $6. your fuel costs by up to 75%; hours you wish to carpool and car." Monday to Friday (excluding public fiolidays). in addition to saving on in return you will receive a maintenance.TheUQ matchlist of people with Rebecca Moore & Carmel Ridesharing Programme has similar needs and Zuiao DEATH BY PARKING JS^^^Jl^S^ 9> FOR years the WOMEN'S RIGHTS AREA and SEMPER have been claiming that RAPE occurs on this CAMPUS, their claims have never been accepted by the UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION and elements of the student bodyv witwithh an axe to grind.unfortunately it takes an incident like last weekend's v/hich receives the attention of the MAINSIREAM PRESS before sfudbnfswiffbefeve something that has beenSTATED SO MANY TIMES on this campus, always remember that only the most extrennecasesgetreported in theCOURIER MAIL and many cases are never reported at alLso in the long run it is up to YOU to support the WOMEN'S RIGHTS AREA as it works to prevent this fron) ever happening ogfo/n»the Woman raped after UNIVERSITY would abduction from unl A WOMAN was abduct By SHELLEY THOMAS The two attackers were appear to believe that ed at gunpoint from the last seen in a red Commo University of Queensland dore with a bone-colored yesterday and raped in Sgt Ockhuysen said the interior, A grey blanket bushland near inala. two men, both in their was inside. Police yesterday said mid-20s. carrying a rifle any publicity is bad publicity they feared the two male and sawn-off shotgun, ab The driver is described attackers, both carrying ducted the woman in a as 178cm (5ft lOin) tall, firearms, might strike al red Commodore car. ofashm build, with dark the university again. He said the woman was shoulder-length hair and Del Sgl Leo Ockhu- taken to bushland at stubble. He was wearing and so once the MEDIA yscn. of Oxley CIB. said Palara where she was a checked flannelette the woman, 33, a mature- raped at gunpoint with a shirt and jeans. age student, was lucky to blanket over her head. The second man is de be alive after she was ab Sgt Ockhuysen said the scribed as 178cm lall. of SPOTLIGHT is turned ducted during a morning woman was warned she slim build, with dark col stroll through the univer- would be killed if she lar-length hair and blue/ sity grounds about attempted to struggle and green eyes. He was wear- 8.40am. was later dumped in ing a flannelette shirt, He said it was unusual bushland. jeans and sports shoes. off the only people for guns lo be used in a rape. "There was nothing this woman could do." Toyota plans factory interested in the ISSUE will beSgt Ockhuyse n said. "At ont stage she at SYDNEY; Toyota hopes He hoped Toyota tempted 'to escape by lo build a giant factory in would be making cars for grabbing one of the guns. Australia by the end of export within nine years. But she was beaten up. the century lo export cars. f/7eWOMEN'S RIGHTS She had a black eye and a Toyota Australia chief "If we don't start doing bloody nose after she was executive Mr Robert it before nine years I elbowed in the face. Johnston yesterday don't think we'll be here "She thought she was foreshadowed the major in nine years' time," Mr area. going to be killed." investment. Johnston said. dM «ikk »M »riifca in wiy tif Ijrpe jM ror JioiM Giffirt 10 rcid! He belkro ilwtab o^^ yoacu'ibctoocutfUl .16 JSi0/if^e^ DEATH BY PARKING on Campus 18.45 on Sunday, Marcli 17, a woman was abilucteil at gunpoint from tlie tlniversitjf of Queensland campus, driven to Inala busiiland and hrutallif raped. This is a shoching Incident, iiowever, It's not surprising given tlie low level of securitir on tills campus 1 1 \ and the attitudes to rape both on campus and in societif. There are 25 security personnel on campus to service 24,000 What can we do? students. At any one time there v^fiy only be eight security Women guards present. There is only one security bus which escorts Being against sexual violence means realismg that women are oppressed in this society and women to colleges, ferries and bus stops at 6 and 11pm. Poor that women must organise together to fightit . The Women's Rights Area has been doing this for lighting means that women who attend night lectures have to years, and will be organising anti-rape campaigns, educational forums, meetings and a petititon negotiate their way through dark carparks, buildings, etc. You calling for better security. We need input fi'om women about what your concerns are and how you can hardfy see where you're going, let alone see who might be would like to see safety improved so get involved in the Women's Rights Area. Remember, it's following you. On top of that there are very few female security your area, paid for by you, so don't let the Union Exec boys take it away from you. Also petitions guards. A woman who has been raped is unlikely to confide in a will be in all lecture theatres, refecs and colleges so please sign and help distribute the petition. male security guard. Men TTie Administration has stated as have the heads of many You can offer your support to the campaign for a safer campus - safety is a men's issue too. colleges that rape does not happen on campus! The woman who Make sure you are not silent if fiiends tell rape jokes, speak derogatorily about women who have dared to walk unescorted in broad daylight on campus on been raped or say they "asked for it". Never, ever pressure or coerce a woman to have sex witli Sunday morning knows they're wrong. The three women who you. Ifyou can find(o r start) a men's group which supports women's rightsan d educates men on were attacked at knife point on October 8 last year know they're their role in stopping rape you will be offering practical and much-needed support wrong. And the 9 out of 10 survivors of rape who never report it to the authorities know they're wrong. We cannot immediately stop rape, but we caa join togetlier and fight for our rights. Women on campus definitely need more security, belter All women have the right to live fi-ee of rape. lighting, emergency phones to get help quickly, and more self- Women have tlie right to walk where they want, wear what they want, and live the way they defence programmes. But this in itself will nol mend the situa want without the fear of rape. tion, while society's attitude to rape is at best casual and at worst No-one ever deserves to be raped. collaborative. Carolyn Ride Facts Wotften's Rights Collective -1 in 4 women are raped in their lifetime -1 in 3 women are sexually abused before the age of 17 - In a US College survey, 35% of men said that if they could get away with it they would rape a woman - In the same survey, 50% of respondents agreed that it was acceptable for a man to use "some degree of force" to get a RAPIST ON CAMPUS! woman to have sex with him An Abduction and Rape took place on The common experience of sexual violence and the harmful the University campus, cultural myths surrounding rape foster attitudes that claim 18th of March, 1991. women are responsible for rape ("asking for it"), that they secretly enjoy it and that rape is an act of sexual desire - not The rapist was 180cm tall, thin build, violence, liiese ate myths perpetrated to ensure silence on the fairldirty complexion, part of women and taking away women's rightt o control their with light brown hair. own bodies. Wliy should women be responsible for rape when il is ipen who rape? His estimated age is 28. WOMEN ACT NOW! 7>7' not to be alone after dark Work NOW for a safe campus Refuse to accept rape or sexual harrassment in any form DEATH BY PARKING JS^ .18 JS^MHe^ DEATH BY PARKING stigma is often used as a justification to close position until a temporary-full time organ mands the occupation was extended to the down the area or change or dilute its em iser was appointed. The student executive financesoffices, thefocalpointof the union. phasis lo include men. also planned to abolish the WRAand estab This extension of the campaign was to stu Over the past few years there have been lish an equal opportunity area. This would dent commitment and to force the executive several attempts to close down the area by mean that all Ihe marginalised groups on to listen to students. After two days occupa a Student Union Executive. Each time this campus, women, murris, lesbians, gay, tion SAC initiated negotiations with the exec. has been stopped after action was taken by physically challenged and students from In this initial negotiationperiodgreatprogress students - all sorts of students who felt that non Anglo-Saxon backgrounds would be was made with only one point left to be Iheir wishes were not being represented by lumped together into one area competing discussed. At the next meeting however the for space, time BMT executive refused to negotiate any and resources. further. The next day after further pressure The demand for childcare on this campus greatly Given the from SAC negotiations continued. When amount of rac the exec gave written assurances that the exceeds the supply while women suffer sexual ism, sexism and WRA would not be dissolved into an equal other forms of opportunity area SAC voted to end the occu harassment and sexual assault on this campus. discrimination pation. Most of SAC demands were met on and and off except that the exec plan to change the their Student Union (that students pay for campus an equal opportunity area that di name of WRA to Women's Equal Opportu and elect) and wanted to make the execu vides the resources amongst numerous nity. Apart from beingunwieldy and slightly tive accountable to students. groups could not run an effective campaign confusing this name denies the role wom- on any or all of the issues it was required to en'srightshasplayedinempoweringwomen In 1989 the infamous Victoria Brazil and the deal with. and furthering the rights of women. 'Wom TBA Executive wanted to change the area to en's Equal Opportunity' is one step closer to include men, to have men on the committee In response to the proposal of an equal making the area into an equal opportunity and possibly a male organiser. All this of opportunity area a large group of concerned and in name and action and takes the em course would have been ludicrous if the students decided to protest against this and phasis off women's rights and is not some area were to still provide counselling sup other cuts to student services (i.e. axing of thing Ihat SAC accepts or agrees with. This port for women who were survivors of rape organiser for part-time, external and over campaign shows that students can make a and sexual harassment and if the area were seas students and Ihe les gay room). The difference and should be willing to stand up to allow women to gain skills, confidence present BMT student executive was elected wilhout having to compete with men who to represent student wishes but whatever dominate all other areas of society. the policies of BMT candidates forwomen's For the moment the WRA rights VP were, they were obviously unac Changes to the WRA was only one of the ceptable as she was not elected. The pur and its essential services cuts to student services attempted in 1989. pose of the student campaign later named remain but as long as the Students rallied to defend all these student Students Against Cuts was to keep the Stu services under attack, 4ZZZ etc. and WRA dent Union accountable and to show that mythmaking aboutthe area was nothing different. Rallies and public Students are not willing to pay $210 to a meeiings were held with thousands of stu continues its resources will Student Union that keeps cutting services dents in attendance. After months of pro with nothing offered in return. never be guaranteed. tests the Union executive still refused to Students Against Cuts organised rallies and listen to students and students decided to public meetings and attended an executive occupy the Union building including fi forlheir rights if need be.TheStudont Union meeting to show the BMT student union nances, D&S, Activities so Ihat Ihe exec is there for us, we pay for it and anything Ihat how many students opposed an equal op could no longer ignore students and their happens in the Union, especially cuts to portunity area and service cuts. rights. In the end students were successful, services, are a concern. the executive resigned and the Women's The executive were not responsive so stu Rights' area remained intact. dents voted in favour of a sit-in in the For the moment the WRA and its essential President's office. This continued for 3 days services remain but as long as the This year after the resignation of the WR mythmaking about the area continues its Organiser the Student Union BMT execu and 2 nights. The student executive called security guards al night and had prepared resources will never beguaranteed. Women tive decided lo set up a committee to review need to get involved and support the area to the area for unidentified reasons. Al first them for the weekend while threatening to bill Ihe WRA for these guards at a cost df have a say in what direction tho area takes there were no plans lo replace the WRO on and to make sure it remains to empower a temporary (during the review period) or $450 a night and $3-000 on the weekend if the occupation continued. This was an ob women and campaign for women's rights. permanent basis. vious attempt lo discredit tho student cam Women should come up lo Ihe area, attend A professional women's rights' organiser is paign and while condemning the executive the workshops that inlerest them, but WRA essential given the number of women who for this move students voted to continue also needs women to put energy back into use Ihe area's counselling and support serv occupation only during day to save the the area. Women need the Women's Rights ices. It was only due to pressure from stu WRA the cost, When the executive still Area and the Women's Rights Area needs dents that Ihe executive decided to fill the showed no sign of acceding to student de your support. Phiiippa Stanford DEATH BY PARKING JS^/^1^3£^ 19. Anatomy of a Rape She was dragged screaming (she But this information would do really worth the effort. Well, hove wouldn't go down silently vnth- her no good. He knew this too. we got nam for you! I find it out a fight!) into an office, where But he was unprepared for her incredible that in the enlightened the workers were either too apa next acl. 90's people still have the audacity thetic or too excited about the to think women are a minority and She smiled. outcome of this attack to help. to act according lo this ihinking, to She was rendered speechless by a A smile that was mocking,'a smile me, shows the mentality of these gag (but outside protestors could he could do nothing about. She 'thinkers'. faintly t>e heard). However she lifted herself from the ground, Obviously some are going to say was resigned, she knew help office workers, in shame, quickly that having ihis area is sexist and would come too late. bent their head s. She straightened its aims could easily be incorpo her tattered clothes and walked, She was thrown down and her rated into other areas. This think head held high, out of the build arms bound by what looked like ing is erroneous. A v«>man who ing- red tape. He tore at her clothes has been sexually abused or and made her surrender. But in He was left in impotent rage. He harrassed could not find the sup side, he knew her acquiescence had meant for her destruction, port she needed tn an area that was a lie, that she still burned in but he now knew he had lost. She does not deal in this oreo alone. fury and would tear his eyes out was still free and determined not The powers that be want to com if he made a mistake. But he to be a passive victim. She bine, apparently, every 'minorit/ didn't. He was too skilled in this marched out to the protestors, art of domination, which he had group inlo one large conglomer who were now more numerous ate. This is not fairto either wonrren, practised for years and in which and vocal. She took up the chant. or the members of olher 'minorit/ he knew he was a master. He She was a survivor, and this he groups who want a specialized forced entrance into her. Silently would see, and so would the rest. she SCTcamed continually "NO! area for their specialized needs. But externally she kept her eyes The rape of ihe Women's Rights At a time when violence against cold, wouldn't allow him to see Area (For rape II is, murder we women isincreasing(fhe last such her humiliation. This angered may yel see) has vital conse ad being the 17th March when a him. He was in control wasn't he? quences for all women on this woman was takenfro m campus at He lashed out anew. She was a campus, be they student, worker, gun point) the Union Executive symbol for everything he de tutor or lecturer. As well as pro should be introducing measures spised, hi her he saw all women, viding workshops and support it lo help women, not threaten those black, white, able, disabled, stu has other more intangible quali that already exist. So please, Mr • •6 CI been stalking her of liairspray, but she knew if he pid, intelligent, beautiful, ugly, ties. The knowledge it is there, for Union Executive, quit your ridicu for what seemed centuries, but in really wanted her, there was his mother, sister etc. She was the instance, is comforting, even if lous 'review' of the sih^ation and reality was only a fewyears. She'd nothing she could do. So there embodiment of his fear. His fear yoy never have to use it. With its allow the position ta be staBiad - always been wary of him,after all was really, on her part, little sur that woman was a survivor. So he demise, the UQ campus has re by a woman. If this is the way you could never be too sure. But prise when he attacked her. brutalized her to help reassure gressed back in time to an era polilics in the sub-reality of UQ she'd felt safe here, like she'd himself that woman was only a where vramen's concerns earned But the suddeness and senseless works, I hope some mightier be come home. However she hadn't pathetic victim. no respect and a bl of contempt. ness of it still took her breath ing v/ill help us all when these realized thai women in her pre To reluse to staff the Women's away. University is not the safest He rolled away from her, panting apprentice politicians reach the dicament were never safe! She'd Rights Organiser position is place at the best of times, but this slightly. He was victorious, but it outside world and wont to carry followed all the security precau equivalent to saying ihat women tions, avoided being alone at attack took place in full daylight, was a bitter defeat. She looked out these types of policiesl are a minority group and thus not night, had her alarm and her can in the Student Union Building. into his eyes, she knew him now. J.M. Thomas ALONE?... SCARED?... THE RIDESHARING THE WOMENS. 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WOMEN'S RIGHTS Bald nlUs Leave Uni Mon 6.00pm Wed 6.00pm • Veiy loud al leost I ISdB CAMPAIGNS prefer femala. • Con be used in sliott twists or loced on for continued use WORKSHOPS Rochdale Leave Uni Mon 9.00pm prefer non- • Wil operote ot any angle even upside down EQUAL OPPORTUNITY smokerLogan Holme Leave Uni Wed 8.00pm prefer • Veiy fobusi construdioi will keepng working if dropped lo Ihe ground to drive, non-smoker. • Ozone friendly - wil not leok dongerois gases FEMINIST THEORY/UIERAIURE Ipswich Leave Uni Wed 7,00pm Fri 7.00pm prefr WOMEN'S SOUDARfTY non-smoker. neimald Waters Leave Uni Mon 6.00pm Tues WOMEN'S ISSUES THE UNION BOOKSHOP 6.00pm Thurs 6.00pm. HEAUH has limited supplies of WALK EASY Ashgrove Leave Uni Mon 7.00pm Tues 9.00pm CREATIVITY Nogglll Leave Uni Wed 8.00pm preter non- SYMPATHETIC smoker. WOMEN'SRIGHTS Ptione tfie University Ridesharing Programme t»- ORGANISERS tween 11.30am and 9.00pm Mon - Fri. AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS VICE 365 1594 PRESI[>ENT AVAILABLE HERE This column is a Semper/Union sponsored community service .2^^SSMR^ DEATH BY PARKING protests & [STRIKES In 1990, parking on campus was bad. Staff and students were forced consistently to park in locations some distance from their place of work or study, at great inconvenience to themselves and risk to their safety. Down by the river, the lakes, the Hartley Teakle building and off Sir Fred Schonell Drive are notorious locations for rape on campus. People were forced to park here, however, because the parks close to the buildings were full. OK Welcome the campaign so far. Motions were passed in 1991. Now, most stu support of the demands (as well as a few new dents and staff are ones for security and lighting), and ihe forced to park not meeting voted to strike for only in these the rest of the day, The past month saw the Union facing places but also / following a offcainpus.and march lo the another protest as an occupation of the why? Because J.D. Storey Ihey have not Building lo de Finance office led to administrative paid their liver our message respective to Ihe administra CHAOS.Semper contributor Sean Stitz 200. 100 tion directly. and 40 loolcs into the Women's Rights protests. dollars • A large, loud and an- for the ^ gry delegation of 200 I believe myself to be a male vfith non- no idea what it means to be sexually harprivilege of park ; staff and students let sexist, non-racist, non-marxist, non- assed, raped etc. Theyare a big club." ing where they have for ./jim Tolhurst, the Bur fasdst, non-SOCIALISTor Right Wing years. Those close, safe and con sar, andRichardMaguire, The Women's first act was to organise managerof security, know Extremist views, however I watched venicnt parks are not full, of coune. Most of a rally in the main refec. This rally led why we were angry. the Women's Rights Area protest with Ihem are empty. This is the ridiculous situation to confrontation with the Union that allows us to park by day, in areas we know Tolhurst spoke lo union rep a great deal of interest and concem. President, James Gifford and the sub- will be unsafe by night, walk a considerable resentatives and again rudely denied the uni The protest was the culmination of sequent occupation of his office by distance through areas equally unsafe to finally versity's responsibility to change parking and arrive at our buildings, sunounded by carparks security in response to threats and safety. The adispute that began with the dedcion protesters. It was perhaps unfair of the Senate has since agreed to 'discuss the issue', to not undertake the replacement demonstrators to refuse to listen to (where we used to park) that no w lie idle, while idle the Administration hopes to colleclrevenue in response to the effects of our action. process innmediately following the James Gifford speak. As one protester from this inconvenience and risk. resignation of the Women's Rights s^ted,"I don't think they are prepared to Some libraries were closed, Others were re Organiser.The BMT Executive's ded- negotiate xvith the Exeailive". Such is Ihe situation for staff of the Libraries, duced to restricted services. Several other de sion was to review the area with the Commerce and other buildings surrounding partments were affected by the action. The Butnegotiatetheydid.Protestersgave media splashed the issue across fron t and inside aim to change it into an "Equal Of>- Commerce carpark (although the issue is not a list of demands to the Executive, the restricted to library slaff or Commerce Carpark pages, and the evening news. Students re portunities Area" and in so doing in principal demand being to keep the users). It is for these reasons that the Federated sponded with actions of support including a corporate minority groups into the Women's Rights Area as it was in both Clerks' Union, the Professional Officers' As demonstration outside the Senate meeting. In area. The reasoning behind this deci short, if there were any people on campus who name and function. The Student sociation and the Federal miscellaneous Work- sion was to cut costs and, in Donna were not aware of the issues of both rape on President responded vdth "Vie whole ers'Unioncalledastop-workmcetingon Tues Sinopoli's words "toattract more main- day, March 19 at 10,00am. It followed 6 weeks campus and parking, there are nol anymore. purposeis not to cut thearea but to modifyof lunchtim e meetings, union negotiations with streamandmoderatestudentstothearea". More than that, ils becoming increasingly ob it so it becomes a lol tnore moderate andadministratio n and repeated warnings that staf f BMT, however, claimed from the out vious that the two arc linked in this way: the mainstreatn reflection of the issues lohichwould take industrial action if our demands set that "Women's issues were to re further you park from your building, especi ally concem students". were not met. Those demands included the main the focus of the area"a claim at night, the more you are al risk and that risk is rczoning of Commerce carpark to a' blue zone' totally unacceptable when imposed for no olher which carried little weightwhen com A further rally and occupation oc (it is now 'red' or 200 dollars) carpark, the reason than that the university wants revenue pared to their actions. curred with the occupation of the Fi provision of reserved parks forall shiftworkers from parking. SAFE, CLOSE AND CON nance Building. BMTrefused to nego and overtime workers on campus. The admin The Women's Right's Area is depend VENIENT PARKING IS A RIG HT, NOT A tiate until the occupation ended. Un istration's response was to deny any inconven PRIVILEGE, OR A COMMODITY TO BE ant upon a collective to provide the ience caused by the new system, to deny any ion business virtually ground to a halt SOLD OFF workpool necessary to run campaigns with the occupation of Finance . No risk posed to safety by it, and further, to deny and provide input from a wide variety cheques could be signed and members flatly any serious problem of rape on campus! Bear that in mind, next time you find you of views, not just those of the political of staff were left in doubt as to whether cannot borrow a book because staff are defend team lucky enough to doimate the The outragcousness of this last denial was ing that right in the only way they can. or not they would be paid. With proved by the abduction and rape of a female special electtoncoundlmeeHng where ^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ to student just 2 days before the stop-work! committej-i-vmrniH-oep membershimpmhprQhipn ics HoriHodecidedH . ~ ° T _ . come to a compromise, the Executive Terry Symonds, These women get involvedin the area The response to the stop-work was excellent. reached a decision. The Women's Undergraduate Library for a variety of reasons and are not Hundreds of staff gathered on the grass behind Rights Area would stay as it was. Federated Clerks' Union paid for work which is often very time the Forgan-Smith building to hear reports of consuming and always A member of the area stated that it was underappreciated. not so much the Executive as a whole BOYLAN'SVIEW which was at fault but Right-Wing The women involved in the Area and agitators such as General Vice many others on campus disagreed President Matt Boland andthe Chair violently with the Exec's nwve. They person of Council Julian Sheezel who felt that Women'srightsand issueson definitely want to "screw thearea over" campus, such as rape and sexual har- _, -^ ^.„ ,„„, ^ u„„noflo '^ . 1J • 1 ^ xj They are still very angry about 1989 assment wouldreceive less attention when as members of Victoria Brazil's and support, particularly if the pro Council studentrevulsion forced them posed review conm\ittee had males out of office. "After all juliatt lost his sitting on it. After all who were BMT treasurer's job". Whether this is true or (whose Women's Rights VP candidate not is pure conjecture. had been overwhelmingly rejected by women in last years eleclion) to make Although both sides left the dispute a decision which affected 52% of the stating that they had won the fact students on campus without consult- remains that the Women's Rights Area ing the women who had given up their plays an important role on the cam- own time to help the area. As one pus, particularly in light of the recent woman close to the protest stated: attacks and rapes of women on cam- BMTare a minority themselves, they have P"^- SEAN STITZ DEATH BY PARKING JS^/^jt'Se^ 21. becaiise it reads very much like a Ques- projects such as distributing leaflets tionnaire organised by the University every day, making posters and putting WflKT EUER HAPPENED ID IDE Carpooling service - a service organised thenn up and lecture bashing so that shi- asadirectresultofJaneLye'ssubmission dents are kept up to date on how the to Senate campaign is going. V^ell the carpooling scheme has been According to the Union Constitution the SniDfllfT PRD1E81S AGAINST introduced. No thanks to any members responsibilityforcampaignsbelongswith of BMT or the Right on this campus. the Union Seaetary. However at the last Union Coundl was asked to provide Union Council meeting the Union Seoe- volimteers in the weeks be/ore the 1990 *aiyJohn Biggs announced thathecould MIDMRKING?? Union Sections to come and hand out "ot find enough work to do and asked carpooling questionairre to all drivers ^^^t his position be downgraded from jjgtygirthere was a lot of noise being made aboutthe attempts coming onto campus from five in the full-time to part-time. byttejji[iveisity Adminishation to introduce the Parking Fee. morning onwards.The only people who At Semper we accept that the fee is now turned up were members of the incum apart ofUniversity life, we don'thaveto Thjsw^ ied~by the Union under the leadeiship of Jane Lye^ bent Executive as well as some Left and lil DEATH ByPAmmjS^AHf'^ 25. HERE IS A HOMUSLE SAMENESS TO 0-WEEKS; Uidr cnimniy paper, which I understood to be in despenOe in KiuUier's car. Fudc I was also hungiy. Fuck fadk. fudc. I no matter what year, what campus, fliey all need of contrilwtors and common woikers. The editors were wandered up Uie street, bofnug someUiing might be open. I have that same doomed, feeble air, th^ pissed off because it seemed likely Uiey'd end up having to do kept walking, for moving felt good and Uie cops find it easier remind me of Oreas hunting whales. A huge Uiat sort of proletariat labour Uiemselves. I laughed and told to concentrate on stationery objects. dim creature feebly thrashing as some fast them a recession was just what Uicy needed "It'll put some George St, and the gracsome statue outskle Uie Justice court sharks make money and make tracks. backbone into Uiis country and into hqjpy malcontents like was sneering at me and telling me tfiatpeopl e like me get ston^ I I'd been over at QUT for Uieir O-Week, and you! You feeble sodomites! It worked for Gennany, it'll work on. I toH her to fijck off; at least she wasn't a camel. I si^jprcssed everywherDe you kwked was Country Road and fiat headed, here!" The two of Uiem bought me a drink to shut me up, my fifth limb and tried to make a deciskm. EiUiCT bumbte down to gorilla jawed Naas with 100% Mambo on Uieir chests and mindful of Uie college boys hanging around and Uie fascist Uie train station and go home to face KniUier, who would be most their brains in Uieir aisc. SPRA boys looming nearby, Nik Douglas had been ripped to likely awake, and perfiqs straght, or I could go to Kadoos, die 24 So I headed out to UQ, Uiinking to catch up with some pieces down here one lonely night after some straight-talking hour grease pit and k)ad t^ on evil food friends who owed me money, dodging orange lights, fossils wiUi a pack of Footballers from Emmanuel College, But it IwenttoKackws. and reptiles in Uicir '74 Ford Fairlaincs, and poor sad people could never happen at a University campus... It was open; it always is. And Uiere was no one Uiere. who trusted in pedestrian crossings. I set to drinking, reckoning it wouW take a day or two for flie There never is. The display counter was swimming in sweat But when I finally got to UQ 1 was wondering wheUier I'd bulk of the bubbleheads in the great court to find Uiis sqidc tank and curious globules fonning on Uie ages dead chook legs, Uie actually left QUT at all. EveiyUiing was Uie same; same goofy The Eds went even more gkwmy when I toW Uiem about Uie congealed grisUc in Uie ancient kabanas, Uie crusty, solid pies, jffC-pubcscent blond Jovcchildren wandering around, clutching pitifiil state of this season's firstyeare. TTtey had been ho|xng to Uie unidenUfiable battered Uiings in Uie back row,., "You pamphlets, bags, wall planners, condoms. Same miscreant 2nd rope a few gullible specimens into the offices Uicn tr^ Uton unUl right?" The matron had emerged. and 3rd year nobodies, skulking around comers and stalls, they had laid out pages of die newspaper. "Never! They wouldn't "Yeah. Got any ham-camel?" vainly trying to seduce 1st years wiUi tales of valour and know their Semper fixMU Uieir sphincter. A group of Uiem trapped •What?" la-avciy. Same heartless hacks sitting on stalls holding ^easy themselves in an elevator in the Michie bmlding and went mad "Hamburgers! Shit! Sony, Hamburgers!" pamphlets. How Socialism can work for you in just 7 days; when it started moving. They pracdcally How Jesus can work for you in just 7 days; How Beer can crushed an Archaeology tutor lo dcaUi work for you in just half an hour; how vegetarian lesbianism when the lift finally opened" can work for you in just 7 lifeUmcs; How Uie Liberal Party can The editors were kwking practically sui save our balance of payment figures by selling every child bom cidal al this stage, so I continued, telling them into poverty lo Uic Indonesians; How Jnlemationa! Socialism Ihat rumours were circulating thai no one could work for someone sometime perhaps next year... wouldgoncarSemperforfearof AIDS and Uie Admittedly QUT had less freaks per square metie, but tfierc stories of the manic Layout artist who served was still Uiat mood of a rained out carnival; just like the Ekka. It their eveiy whim, emerging at night to jog and got interesting ia a whik when I thought I saw a camel wandering prey en any victims, chieCy ducks, Uiat he through the Great Court. Wowl Bit of a flashback to liven things found on Ihe lonely Uni grounds at night. up. I checked to sec if I was changing colour of growing anoUia They kept drinking out of blind fear and soon limb, but f wasn't When I kxskcd up the camel had gone, but the slartedchattaing hysterically. Iforgetmostof toadies hadn't; so I went to Uie Rec club and got psscd. what I said, apart from some tumours of lynch I had driven in because no way known was I going to mobs and besUahty charges. As Uie afternoon brave public transport Uie one day ii was guaranteed to be waned I seem to rememberl kept Uiem buying awash in pimples, sweat-hormones and shrieks of delight by rounds of cheap scotch and watered whiskey Uie decibel. I borrowed KruUier's car while he was still by various outrageous promises, one of which was to write an enormous amount of material comatose from a speed night and left a note assuring him and Ihc olher concerned a large amount of noUiing exceptionally illegal would happen. mon<^ for some certain substances. TTie two St Luda was awash wiUi fuckwits, uncoordinated pej^ie of them sakl YES, loudly, to eveiyilung, with pillheads out wiUi mummie's mere and believing all Uwse thatsuttklal kwkin die dim recessesofcavern bullshit '40km speed limit- Uiis means you' signs. I simply ous eye sockets Uiat doomed caule have. By drove around such inert shitbags and harrassed any pedestrians Ihe time I staggered fromUi e Rec Qub, I was I could find, but my heart wasn't in iL These greasers were so fairly hqjpy, what wiUi installing the fear of dazed by being out of Uie womb they were barely rccogniang Jehova into two recidivist misdemeanants, basic survival insUncts like 'avoid O-Week'. Kmlher's rust and procuring my medkanal remedies for a eaten, headlight smashed Valiant usually has people wincing reasonable price. when it's parked; but even doing 80 over speed bumps on Fred Schonell drive couldn't impinge on some dopey cerebellums. I Wandering off, I clean forget about side swiped a BMW some geek had left in Uie Union carpark KniUia's car, and I made my way to Uie bus. oul of pure venom, and saawled 'blood for oil' on his bonnet My good mood was chewed into grisly pieces when I neaied Uie bus stop and heard Uie tell tale squeal of rampant fust-years. By Uie time Moral cesspits and the 12a bus had aimed up I was in a frenzied profligales of the worst mood, rolling my <^es and grinding my teeUi, sort... / lotted and the various substances boiling around Seeing tiialdamncdcamel again hadn'thelpedEspe- told them a recession •' ciallywhencveryoneelseseemedtoseeittoo! tioasjust what they Good God, what's going on? needed, "hilput some I rushed onto the bus as soon as it backbone into tliis arrived, elbowmg some skinny woman country and inlo hippy wiUi a Russian ScmanUcs book and telling a pack of yahoos "Na, just Uiis." She nodded to Uie dilapidated collection in malcontents Uke you! wiUi Hippy-Love-Beads-Make Peace-Not-War-Save-The- Uie glass fronted counter. Fate had no pity Uiat night Ah well. DoljAins T-Shirts to fuck off back to whatever primeval ooze "Gimme a fish cake and a chicken leg. And a Coke; a big one." You feeble sodomites! Il birthed Uiem. I hunkered down in Uie back seats, and glared at The pudgy hand of Kismet swooped down and plucked Uie worked for Gennany^ anyone who wandered past The bus was a real BCC rip- kabana and Uie chicken leg out of Uie counter of life- it'll wotk here!" snorter, slashed fabric seats, ads for family planning and Uie Grease. God, scalding hot dribbles of it Sizzling rivulets State Library on Uic roof, inane graffitti on Uie back of Uie c* shimmering ooze, steaming Uibutaries of fat and grease, seals, 1 opened Uic window as far as it would go and wished Uie globules pouring out when Uic cmsty batter cracks and spilling The Rec Club hadn't changed; certainly Uie ugliest pub in godamncd Uiing would get a move on,. grease by Uie buckeUoaA All over your chin, your mouUi, Brisbane, possibly in existence, I think the same college boys who It did QnaUy move, but not hetore an skeletal and unwashed cheeks, nose, eyes, chest, hands, amis, hair, legs, feet, seat, were playing on the pinball machine ihe last time I was here were baboon with Uiin Wack jeans and a piece of shrs^el in his ear sat table, room, world... I half expected to see a camel about Uien, still at iL Probably the same game, TliaJ was 3 years ago, but next lo me, "Did you know that car decorations for any white- ensconced in batter and oozing towards me, Uie malodorous notliing else kxiked like it had changed Not Uic decor, not the males are iUegal in Queensland?" I asked him in my bestTaringa- quadruped of destiny. songs in Uie jukebox, not the carpel I had fantasized at one stage CIB voice. I lost cvcryUiing then and mumbled never mind. The I regained myself just in Ume. Wo! I was late and I had tanied Uiat if you were dmnk enough, you could disUl Uic rec Club floor camel was sUU Uiere, chewing on some leaves, some guy in Army in dreams of grease too tong. Unsteadily I made my way to Uie and make moonshine to btow the back of your head off. It was sUll pants trying to stop it pissing on Uie lawn. Ahhh; Uiis Ume I did doOT, Uic wind whisUing down George St, Uie U-afEc roaring down as obscene a thought now as it was Uien. Dnmks arc a disgusting change cokiur and grow an extra limb. I curkd up against Uie like panUiers, eyes agtow; late. Veiy late. I started Uic tong walk and soniid breed, beyond redemption... window, ignoring Uie punk next to me asking Uic bfoke in front if down George St, towards the enomious Roma St Terminal. Home I unfortunately mel wiUi two Semper editors, Bob HeaU)cr having an earring was illegal. of sleekly efficient trains... and Craig Someone, moral cesspits and profligates of Uic worst The bus driver woke me up to Uirow me off the bus. Last Except just after 10pm. Because the pubs shut at 10 and the sort They were boUi down here hiding, avoiding working on stop sunshine. Bumbling off, I noUced it was dark and I wasn't drunks tlien ^ home. The train was i^grim package. Comatose .26 JS^/iR0^ DEATH BY MRKMS passoigets curled up in seals, prim and painfully sober people God she was wearing dadcglasses. Thick, black-rimmed tinted suspkaously calm in fact I opened a can of Uwir beer, and asked ignoring Uidr smashed companions, and a rowdy groip of louts glasses perched on her face, like some poor Aboriginal left Uiem how all was going. "Good," sjud Bob, "We've put Uie own Ute far end, shouting al someUiing inordinately fiinny stranded on Everest by Uie flood. As bad as Uiose quivering deadtinc b^k a week." Uh-huh,. About Uien Uiey started renund- ...Hold onto yourselfbqy,stcadfy, look noncommittal, casually sit jowls were, la see Uiose eyes would be to die. Stranded behind ing me of some of Uie fairfy incredible promises I'd made. I smUed tin Ute seal, concentrate on not staring a people feUow commuters. mountains of flesh, puckered between tides of fal like an at evetyUung and kept drinking. Bob handed me a folder and told elephant's arsehole; if I was meant lo see Uie eye of The me tills was my source material; Uie guts of a great story. I smiled Woman I too would be 9 feet high and brisUing wiUi a fleshy and swiped Uie rest of Uie six pack before I left. Someone tried to ffve arsenal of PerpeUial Ingestion, weighing in at 6 million tons I stomped out of Uic ofBce, and someoie tried to gwe me a me a pamphlet on and capable of cmshing small children between my Uiighs pamfWet on God; Uic perfect opportunity to reiterate my beUef in God; the perfect whilst devouring whole pastry shops, Uie king of Uie World, Dmidism and open-heart sacrifices. A geek from Uie Liberal Party opportunity to reiter Uie Brisbane BchomoUi. was ctimbing Uie steps as I was coming down Uiem, struggling towards Uie Finance area, a fine chance to mention Uie National ate my biffin The train trip eventtially ended and I got out at my station. A lonely, bleak place, Queensland Rail signs dimly glowing in Uic Crime AuUwrity and its investigation of right-wing campus Dniidism and open- night and some youths drinking Uiemselves sick in the shelter agitators. "Between Uic drugs and Uw felony charges" I lold him as heart sacrifices. down Uic way. I ran screaming when I gUmpsed a camel lurking he squinted Uirough beady glasses and stated to sweat, "you'll be behind Uie station toilet. lucky to gel a job shovelling shit al Rochedale." He mumbled KmUier was busy playing Uie guitar and starting on Uic second someUung aboul homosexuals and Uie day of reckoningbu t I just looking for signs they KNOW, Uiat they can sec; don't talk lo my botUe of Jim Beam. He and his two friends found Uie idea of nol laughed a manic laugh; give Uiem no peace,,. reflection, stay calm, remember to brcaUi, only 12 stations lo go, driving home {isscd quile quaint, and decided we should go out to KruUier's car was still Uiere, but wiUi a large, fat person don't look at Uiat bloke over Uiero who's staring at mc, or Uic other Uni new and pck Uw damned Uiing up and sell it for drugs. standing over it looking at Uie impressive bevy of ticketso n Uic one who's collapsed and is snoring drunkenly, stay cahn... Fortunately we couldn't Uunk how to get out tlierc, so that idea windshield. So was I, "This your car?' died after half an hour, and the Jim Beam "Sortof. I'm driving it" died a natural death soon after. I dimly 'Well, you've got no pemiil lo park here." recall one of Kmther's friend s setting off "Oh?" I opened the door, and got in, slatting Uie creaky on a Wcyclc, and colliding with someone engine. The man in Uie suit wasn't impressed coming home-late but I may be mistaken. "You'U make sure you pay Uwse traflic fines inside a HcU, I might have dreamt Uiis \Wiole fortnight, you hear?" fucking tiling... 'Well fusUy," I yeUed over Uie roaring engine "You've got to find me to fine me. This vehicles not registered wiUi Uie Uni," I cased Uie bmte into ist and started pulting out, "And, Uie students HG0D,TinJHSD.4Y are poised for revolt!" morning; Uial sickly His ears picked up at UiaL 'What?" light... The Uni was still 'The students. The Fust Years. The Maoists stacked Uie O- as baldand hopeless as Wcek Committee. All Uwse freshundergrad s arc being doped up ever, bimbos and fools to the eyeballs wiUi Leftist venom. Come Uic firstweek s of spilling from every lectures, I wouldn't care \a be ttying to order a brave new parking % doorway, footpath and system wiUi 8 000 rabid lefties swamung for blood." avenue. 'Fucking 'What? Now just you wait a minute!" Mussolini was pretty 'students" Uie taxi driver mumbled, excited about now. Some damned fool in a beaten tq) Valiant was "Dunno why Uiey fucking boUier. There's spilling Uie beans on some plot to fijck up UQ's paridng system! a fucking recession on and ihere oul here This was what Grounds and Buildings had been expecting for 20 fucking around." years! "You just hold on a minute here!" We were making our way slowly I was in second gear and yelling 'Fu5t we'll flood Uie carparics Uirough Uic morning crowd near Uie with unemployed woriccrs care, and wc'U set Uie bastards on fire! UndCTgrad Ubrary. Cars, people, lilUe And Uien we'U storm JD Storey, like in 87! Once we're in, we'll hordes of giggUng 17-year olds... Holy bum Uie filesan d Uien we'll start liboating all Uic land on UiLs Shit, Uicre's Uial fijckingcamel ! sctanbag campus! Ha-ha! Transport? We'll show you transport'" 'Did you sec Uiat?" He was chasing me now. 'We'U dig out Uie speed bumps! "See what? 1 saw some bastard back Ambush Uic buses!" His face was going a whole variety of blue. / Uierc, no fijcking hair and no fucking job "Camels? We'U have anti-camel gunrung teams ready for any eiUicr I bet" incursion!" He was ready lo die and finally slopped running. I 'The Camel!" screamed at his heaving face 'Then we'll send Uie University ?^%w "A Camera?" regiment in to clean up you dogs al Uie Infomiation B00U1!" and 'The Camel!" jumped the spwd bump and scared two first year nobodies shiUess. 'The camel?" And Uien I noticed Uie folder from Semper. Peqjing out from f< o "OverUictc!" the comer was a ftickingpictur e of a camel! A sweet tooUied "No Fucldng camel Uierc mate, just Camelus Dromcdarius.plain as day! I was so engrossed wiUi it I /He'/ XAJG'U. sro"*"^ some fucking..." He was right, it had didn'l notice Uial BMW zooming up; I only just managed to gone; bastani I got die driva to cut back swerved to miss it, and 1 still side swiped Uie bastard on Uic side I and go past Uie Uni bookshop, hut if it was hadn't hit in Uic Union carpark "Blood for Oil!" I screamed back Uiere it was gone. I'd hoped it had all been at him. But camels be damned! Those bastards at Semper had a bad dream but apparenUy some part of dreamt this up somehow... my subconscious was dead keen on 'Turd-fijckers!" I yelled at Uic fresh faced hordes. "Dirt bags!" I was doing fine until a woman sat next to Uie man in front camels. Soon Uiey'd be crojpng 15) eveiywhcre. Behind book I threw Uie folder and it's godamncd camel pictures al some of me. This woman was so enormously fat Uiat I assumed I was shelves, in telephone booUis, at reception desks; yes, soon people turdbjirger on a bicycle heading in Uw opposite direction, laughed off camel-tripping again. I still am shinned when 1 Uiink of would start kxjking tike camels. That'd be Uie beginning of Uie as he ipUcd across Uie road, slruggUng wilh Uie maniUa folda here. She seemed 9 feet tall, and billowed out everywhere. She end I oould see it now. Fust in Uie street, Uien behind reception clamped to his face. Then past Uie roundabout, Uuowing Uie empty quivered wiUi chins, brisUed wiUi layers of fl&sh; Uie Moby desks; and finally I'd be stopped by some Cop at an RBT, and I bear cans al no, 42 bus aU Uie way. 'Tcidition!" I yelled al Uic Dick of Queensland Rail. She could have easily ripped me shrink in honor as some haiiy muzzled beast of burden leans puzzle faces. limb from Umb, tom off arms, legs, grease-stained kidneys and ttuDUgh my window and lears. "Jesus! Out! You Camels don't I left Uiem behind and contented myself wiUi insane laughing livers before my bulging, red veined sys& and devoured Uieni own Uie flickingworld ! I don'l lake orders from no goddamned and manic driving up Fred Schonell driving, wiUi her vast appetite. NoUung would have surprised mc. That dromedaiy!" "Riey'd not soon forgive me for Uiat I'd be taken and Tlic hitchhiker al Toowong was all of 18, had a shirt and a anyone could be Uiat huge ahcady surpassed my ability to strij>-searchcd at Uic watchhouse, auel Sergeants eagerly taking smile wiUi 100% Mambo all over il and was somewhat discon believe. AnyUung after U»al would be just as credible. notes while fresh faced recruits beat my kidneys with copies of Uw certed to see mc smUing evilly wiUi a beer can in one hand I As it turned out, Uie Fat Woman didn't eat mc. She Fitzgerald report, forcing confessions aboul 'camels', Uie designer fioored Uie Valiant and Uie brute Ici^ off. His smile was a litUe probably had Uoubling registering objects Uiat weren't legally bust of Uic 90s, planting trailer loads of dmgs, and tapes confessing more nervous now. "Ah, we're you headed?" defined as meals, and she ignored me entirely. She concen Uie entire Valley Heroin racket in my house while I was gone. "Home," I replied "Uiat's whal transport is all about" And I trated instead on her ancient companion; ancient but still fat, Telling KmUier Uiey'd deport him unless he testified I was a even offered him a bea. but not Uie world championship fat of Her Monumcntalism. halritual duck-molesta, a petty car Uiicf and terrifier of innocent The conversation alone sent me on a new set of shudderring students. Beating me imbecitic wiUi sticks and pipes, selling me lo Johnatfjon D. DePaut was a (ormr Semper conlributor some Uie CJC, eventually to be dumped in bushland and fogoUcn... years ago. He lecentiy offened to write a feature article, the hoiToni. To watch UiatgarganUian set of Throat Bits, MouUi proposed delails of wtiict) were notfiing af all like Ifie arficfs he Parts in motion! Not to mention Uic quivering jowls, Uie I was pretty pissedoff when finally got out of Uie cab, and 1 finally handed In. The Semper Editors wish lo assure students that bulging dewlaps and Uie furiously clasping fingers, like rabid stormed into Semper, more to avoid seeing teeming camels around no Union Funds wefe spent on Mr DePaul and that his views, such kebabs, jostling each oUicr in a manic sausage frenzy. Thank ttie autobank Uian anyUiing else. The eds were remarkably calm; as Ihey are. have no oitimi support from or refemce to Semper. DEATH WHmmjs^Atne^ zt. MORRIS PLAfeO H'S WWNCi Pg^/Air OM TflE HI6HLY VISIBLE poSlTioH Of rtS SMIKT PaCj^erJ AHPgeGAN W5 Lift |M NaJT^AU, ili IN Tne TriiCK OF A FOLI-TIME TOUR YEAR •'--.' rttcwi STUPID WHORSU83ECtS, Af»«T-riMe3oa,^ PR0LOH6ED V/lR&MiW, CAR 0ft€l^l \/(^OOfA... --VROO/A. /;.€eYo«'.':-. '>-€CV«.l SUCH AS RRsT CoMPLAiti BnYe .28 JS^A0^ DEATH BY PARIONQ Resource Security - Whose Security It's always been said that "it's what's up top that counts!!" As uni' students it's time we Is It Anyway looked at things from a different perspective. It's time we found out just what's below, and ask the question - what underpants are people wearing? We do notcreate wealth. Uie' green' vole to achieve re limber through pulp miUs We can live off the election, now Uiey have made can only achieve short-term interest of nature's a complete turnaround in the gains. These are short term bounty, but it is self- guise of 'resource security'. gains because the timber will The Australian timber industiy mnout defeating to squander wanted security for logging her 'capital', projects - the Govemment has Austraha will never have a furthermore, there are granted them this and more. If strong sustainable indusUy limits to expansion the new resource security base while we continue to rip which, if transgressed, legislation goes through up, cut down and give away Alan (Engineering Student) - "Well, I can't tell you what colour they are. You can only bring Parliament it will, in effect our resourcesformanufactur e see, I think they were originally blue but I've been wearing them for so long I diminishing returns give industiy open slaUier over of mostly useless products. think they must be brown by now." and potential disaster. our native forests, Mr Alec Australia, andparticularly Uie Matt firom The Wilderness government should be putting Marie (Speech Therapy) - "Nothing too sexy. I just go for the practical, yet Society sums up Uie effects of more time and resources into Forests, and in particular the legislation in this planUiUons. comfortable, bikini brief in pretty pastels and white." native forests, are the Earth's statement. life support system; they Nick (Human Movement Studies) -"I don't wear underpants. I always wear stabilize the cUmate; absorb Plantations take 5-15 years lo "The fact that a convoluted fluro lycra DT'sbecause you never know when you're going to have to do a quick noise; are the home of an mature to a useful size, bureaucratic process is incredible variety of wildlife; therefore we should be muscle pose." attached to resource security enhance rainfall; create concentrating more resources legislation is simply anmempl resources (of which timber is into soft and hard wood Robert (Arts) - "I'm a pretty poor uni' student and I can't afford a lot of to put an environmentally but one) and they are plantaUons now. Plantations underpants so I tend to wear the same underpants for a few days in a row. The friendly face on a giant magnificent To destroy Uie mean long term benefits first day I wear them the conventional way, maybe back-to-front the next day. corporate land grab. Make no wiUioutexploiUng our nauvc native forests is to destroy the mistake tliis is a process to forests. Both indigenous and Then I wear them inside out and if things are getting really desperate and Mum very world we humans live ensure tltat the last of our pine Uecs have been found won't do my washing, I sometimes have to wear them sideways." on. forests arc fed through pulp both susceptible and mills." appropriate for plantation Natalie (Physiotherapy) - "Well if I wear underpants atall, they're usually Humans are but the caretakers growth and production in pretty fancy - maybe with lace or silk. I mean you never know when the wind's of this Earth - we do not own, Austtalia. Plantations also or have the right to The resource security going to catch your skirt do you?" legislation scares the green mean sustainable growth and unnecessarily deface her economic advantages. Initial ecosystems. The plants and movement because it is a Danen (Law) -1 always wear boxer shorts. Usually with a cool pattern on them backward step regarding ouUays would be expensive animals are a vital component and Uiere would be no short- because plain colourshave no styleand I think thatyourunderwearcommunicates of our survival and sustainable development. Environmentalists are worried term gains, bul in Uie long- a subtle message to those around you." endangering their existence term Uie value of plantations endangers our own. ThcEarUi as to where this decision will lead The mining industiy has would override any initial Perhaps underwear does convey a subtle message. However in the case can be likened to a body - problems. We would also be exploiting onepartof die body already pul in bids for Uie same' of otir engineering student that message may not be too subtle. So next sort of security legislation. saving what's leftof our native puts immense stress on all die forests. time you're thinking about wearing that pair with the holes or that big oUier components. Resource security shows a skid mark, just remember, one day you're going to get caught with your change in the Hawke Australia has sUuled growing pants down!! A large percentage of Government's priorities, away plantations, but we need more Australia's forests are from Uie envuonment and and soon; before it is loo lale regarded by the world as towards export development and we've lost our forests. bnlTluS unUiCE(l'roin Toj::itus liie Tasinanian University Unioii M;igii/iiiL> for Students WorldHeriUige. These forests industries. It is seen lo die I.D. Card Trauma: are in pristine condition and more cynical among us as vulnerable to developmental another electoral ploy. In the Jane Brownbiif pressures. Logging these 1980's everybody wanted lo Environment Officer delicate areas amounts to be seen as 'green'. Now, ecological suicide and il would because of the recession, jobs NB the Environment create undue pressures Uiat are seen as a more important Uiese forests could not cope Collective meets every electoral issue. The Monday at 1.00pm, at the wiUi. There's only 5% of Govemment wants notable Australia's wilderness left - Environment Office accomplishments. Yet, the (opposite Clubs &: it's begging for protection. government doesn't seem to Societies) understand Uiat logging Uie Our present Govemment used native forests and feeding die DEATH BY PARKING JS^/«;f^^ 29. The second annual East Coast Bluet Festival ti one of the mosf awaited mujical events of the yoor. One Aujfrdion act is The Bodcsliderj v^o play a blend of 1920* s (o 1950's black music. Other ads appearing over the Easter Weekend include John Mayall, Earl King, Bobby RodcWf, Phil Manning, The Hippos and Doc Span. Semper hai three single day passes to give away. You can win one by being in the first ^ree down te Semper on Thursday the 28th 1 pm to idl us the other name lor the Byron Bay Arts Fodo^, the Festival's venue. If you are interBsted in trying anyttiing from B & W photography fo Bellyckincing, the person to see on campus is GAVIN WALLER. He Is the Adivities Organiser & those am just a few of tho courses available through the AcKviHes Workshop Programme. Come down to ActiviHes, past the Main Refec, down the stairs, turn righl at the Bike Shop, then look for the sign. •• • o 00 ACTIVITIES THIS M MONTH HAVE N INCLUDED ACTIVITIES BLACK CAT CIRCLE ^V jf S + H + 0 + P PROORAMfv/IE V. SEtVIESTER CD rvl E THE MAO PARADE , (QLD wifinersof last ve;irs Bullle of Ihe Bsmds) ^ji;iV"" THE MINLS7ERS What can I say ? 500 sweating students crammed down the front of the Bistro to see the 70's reborn in front of them in all their garish splendour. Believe me the seventies weren't that great :i I , I know I was there. However after a torrid session of all the horrible disco songs imaginable we all crammed up the front to .r -;!« see Bjorn Again. Before I knew what was happening I was singing along with eve ryone else to those songs the ones that WORKSHOPS once you hear them you never, ever forget. v Yes it vi^ould appear that the Seventies are back and in a big way. Bjorn Again are riding on the crest of the same fascination vvith the past that has seen a revival of Fifties Rockabilly, Sixties Psychedelia and now^ Seventies Disco. People who were only toddlers ..^sc when the originals were around happily jump ,sing and dance to the remakes. •.H^-. Throughout the night we were treated to perfect versions of all the greats "Mama Mia", "Dancing Queen" and ail the rest by a group which obviously have made "historical recreation" their main em phasis. Other remake bands such as The Australian Doors Show are said to place die main emphasis 'J T" «J upon recreating the music rather than the image.In W the case of Bjorn Again the opposite is true, they go to pains to get theimageright,down to themostugly shoes I have ever seen. The crowd obviously had a great time and I've t)een informed that the set the band played was much longer than ifs other gigs in Brisbane perhaps they ACTIVITIES ENROL NOW FOR CIRCUS SKILLS appreciated the crowd's enthusiasm, find out in tlie UNIVERSITY OF QLD UNION Black & White Photograpliy, Advanced Black & AND OTIIER (JREAT WORKSHOPS AT next edition of Romper when we interview Bjom White Photography, Painting, Drawing the Figure, ACTIVITIES Again! Non-Fire Jewellery, Apple Macintosh-Basic, Apple Macintosh-Pagemaker -Freehand, Introduction to also come and sec'us for screenprinfing, Screenprinting, Printing Skills for Publicity Lino The concert was organised by the Union's Activities Printing, Introduction to Book Binding 'Basic po.sk'ilaminating, bandroom hire, PA hire Leadllghting, Beiiy Dancing, Street circus, department and served as the introduction to the Scfiptwrlting, Expression through Acting, Tai Chi, and information about upconiinij; events. WEEK OF UNI FUN (WOUF Week), a week of fun Gamelan/Percusslon, Radio Skills Workshop, Yoga & Meditation, Therapeutic Massage, St Johns activities which includes The GreatCourt Shopping Ambulance First Aid, Basic Car Maintenance Bar Course, Aboflghal Culture. Music is a Business or APRIL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE Trolley race, The Scavenger hunt and The Classic How not to get Shafted in the Music Industry. A COMEDY BONANZA Statues Competition. It is being held in conjunction with the Brisbane International Comedy Bananza telephone (07) 3711611 AND HEAPS MORE BANDS the only Brisbane comedy festival. R.H. fax (07) 371 4359 DEATH B1?m.mjS^^jlfi£^ 31. BIENNIAL comes to UttH! April 13 Brfsbifte Am theatte pres^jni George d$m$t4 ^H'vt%Mr$ <^Aiti CaShay ' Wmeit'ff ProftsHon. ArtS tmyn^ 210 l^i ApJ^ ^4 Vincent •»«>>«« AwBriy, Brisbon e PctriaTce, " ' , ^BrisbaneModernist The inaugural Brisbane Biennial '/'' "' ' , '" ''"tlntil May 6 Twenty Contemporary Aus*' Festival will run from May 18 to 29. Until now, Brisbane has been the formings ArtsO-ntt^^iyrlcttieftfre' '•' XJtttI} J^y 19 Djverae Vi$it>n3f Twt^lve only Australian mainland state Aiwtrttljarv Mid to Late Career Artists capital without a m^orintemational Apnl2-^ Glynn Nicholas TwelfthNiglh* ' " - , ...... •^. , Theaire; Citttra Rd, Bowon BOk Ttie^ WiIderoessSod gg'cygA^^ DEATH BYMRIQIKi TWIN CINEMAS OWNED & OPERATED BY OLD UNI STUDENTS UNION OFFER A ENCORE $4 $6 $8 WIDE CITY RELEASE $5 $7 $9 XnONCLL COFFEE LOUNGE RAMCSE OF C0-2-CITY RLEASE $7 $8 $9 OPENS Va HOUR BEFORE 1 ST SESSION TILL 10PM il»HgglOiyi (GR FILMS COVERING 2 SESSIONS) COFFEE LOUNGE DOWNSTAIRS ART GALLERY 371 1879 • NO SC.REEN ADVERTISING • UNIVERSITY GROUNDS AT ST LUCIA • AIR CONDITIONED • FREE CAR PARK t**l'S EPIC ADVENTUBE /y .-.•A".' (OMINATED 1991 ACADEMY AWAB08 120SCARS| In his directorial debut, Kevin Costner brings an amazing degree of grace and fooling to this elegiac tale of man's adventure of discovery I Inc BEST FILM ACTOR DIRECTOR amonp the Sioux Irxfians in the primitive Dal lUUA BOBEBTS IS IN FEAB OF HEB UFE) With tha reteasa of this film ($14 million openingweekl) JULIA ROBERTS is JULIA ROBERTS unquesiionabty tho top female star in Hollywood. After her diverse rotes in PRETTY WOMAN and FLATLINERS, she now plays in this suspense thriller, THE YEARS a menacing story of the horrifying consequences a woman experiences BEST SLffPING when she fells in tove with the wrong man and is forced to take desperate measures to escape the destructive relationship, PATRICK BERGIN SUSPENSE (Mountains ol the Moon) and Kevin Andersen co star (1.35) L> WEEK SEASON 4-16 APBaUa $7 tt) THRILLER! *;S EHf MY. I FBOM THE CBEATOB OF THE LAST EMPEBOB DEBRA "An extravagani JOHH Paul Bowles" dassc 1949 novel of a desert journey has been visuaised with WirSQER drama of love MALKOVICM intense beauty l>y Bertduod, whohas filtTted tf)eepi c romance on location in hlorth Africa. The story r«voh«6 around an American couple whose sensual and and adventure." I emotkmaljouneyintotheSaharBwithafriend.iBadstsenunforeseenoondusion. Lke Ihe heroes ot LAST TANGO and 1900 they are persons ovwwhelmed by ewnts. Inlhiscasaemissaiiesatookxisldecadenoe.ovstwhQknedbylandscapes and emotions... What, it anything, lies behirtd Ihe ShettB(ingS iOMnn f*i»WiM ETIENNE CHATIUEZ- from the diraclor o/ROUND MIDNIGHT fNCOM anrfSUNDAY INTHE COUNTRY FROM "nu DIRECTOR OF Btrtn/KfTinmUr LIFE AND IJIMTS mi m THE UNBEARABLE UGKTNESS SlSAN SARANDON NOTHING BUT r.T.TKTT TiASTWOOD THU - TUE 11 •- 16 APRIL THO - TUE 4-9 APRIL 7PM FLIRTING WHITI HUNTER 7PM HAMLET 7.30 SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY 8PM DANCES WITH WOLVES 9PM HAMLET BLACK HEART THUR-'WED 88 MAR- 9,30 SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY 9.30 FLIRTING THU - TUB 18 - S4 APRIL I -8 APRIL (EXC. FRI> SAT - SUN & WED SAT - SUN & WED 7PM SHELTERING SKY 7.15 FURTING 5PM DANCES WITH WOLVES MATINEES 2.30 FLIRTING MATINEES 9.15 TIE ME UP, TIE ME DOWN 5.30 EDWARD SCISSORHANDS 2PM DANCES WITH WOLVES 3PM SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY 9.30 SHELTERING SKY 7.30 ALICE 2.30 HAMLET 4.30 HAMLET 5PM SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY 5PM HENRY 8. JUNE SAT - SUN A VTED 8.30 DANCES WITH WOLVES MATINEES 9.30 EDWARD SCISSORHANDS 5.30 REVERSAL OF FORTUNE WED 17 APRIL 2PM SHELTERING SKY \VED (O APRIL 7PM HENRY 4 JUNE SAT - BUN - MON 3PM FURTING (EXC. SAT) MATINEES 7PM REVERSAL OF FORTUNE 7.1S FURTINQ 4,45 FLIRTING SAT-SUN -4- WED 9,15 HAMLET 1.45 DANCES WITH WOLVES 8PM DANCES WITH WOLVES 5.15 TIE ME UP. TIE ME DOWN 3.30 AUCE 9.15 SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY 15^14-17 APRIL (»g DEATH BYfmm,S0^ifj£^ 33. SCATTERBRAIN Every Monday night Club Z featuring local bonds at Metropolis Tavern - 8 march licrtic's Tnvcm in the Myer Centre. Run by 4ZZZ-FIVI. I guess I should have known, when the rest of Brisbane and I decided to go see $4/$3. Scatterbrain there would be crowd problems. On Friday March 8 Scatterbrain, Jeff Usher and Lo(h Easton Jazz Duo Metro Arts Painters and Dockers and Caligula played at Metropolis. Not content to see Centre Scatterbrain only once, I planned a trip to the Coast to see them at the Playroom on Saturday night • and boy, am I glad I did. Every FHday Night Leah Cotteral Club GO-GO Friday night saw a queue stretching from the door at Metropolis out to Elizabeth St Once inside, (formerly Bertles Tavern) people were literally hanging from the ceiling attempting to catch a glimpse of the bands. March 28 Rotkin Flares. Metropolis, Myer Centre. We missed Caligula, but Painters and Dockers played with their usual contrived obnoxiousncss. The set included aU the old favourites: "Kill, KiU, Kill", "Die Yuppie Die". "Safe Sex", "Suck Me AFRICA KABASSA, Waterloo Hotel OfT' and other such gems. March 29-31 The'Second Annual East Coast Blues Scatterbrain sounded great -1 saw the top of (lead singer)Tommy Christ's head maybe twice and Festival. Featuring John Mayoll & the Blues Breakers, Earl that was about iL The highlight of the nighl was a somewhat provoked vocal attack by Tommy Christ upon Time Off reporter Richard Kwong for an unfair review of Scatterbrain's latest single Kin^, Bobby RadcWf, The James Harmon Band, Dutth Tilders, "Down Wilh The Ship". Review writng can be a dangerous game - luckily almost no one in the >, Phil Manning,'Doc Span, the Hippo's and many many more. audience knew Richard was there, or things could have turned nasty. ' Bijrou Bay Arts Factonj Well now I know. Metropolis is not the place lo see a popular international act; not unless your idea of a good night is going home bruised and beer-drenched. The Playroom on the other hand, March 30 Morphia Honeymoon at the Orient Hotel despite its reputation as a sleazy hole, is designed so that no matter where you stand you can see Jimmy Bornes & Hoodoo Gurus. Fisherman's the stage. Wlinif - s Caligula played an incredible set that sounded a little like a funky Faith No More with a beefed up Crosby Stills & Nash. Performing Arts bass -1 can understand why they are so popular in Sydney. Anything you've heard about these guys Complex. doesn't do them justice, including their single. They are Ihe best live Australian band I've seen in ages. March 31 One For The^Homeless Kids. Feoturing Midnight Scatterbrain arrived on stage with a flourish. Tommy Christ starling off in a chicken suit. They Oil, Falling Joys and Seven Stories Tlte Spit, Gold Coast ' played everything &om the album "Here Comes Trouble" and more. A rendition of "Sweet Home Funk Flares. Metropolis. Alabama" gave Tommy a chance to go offstage and "take a shit" and their second encore of "Sweet trosby Stills & Nash. Perfonnhig Arts Transvestile" saw the band in dresses and Tommy in a nun's liabit. Complex. The band is one of several around al ihe moment to combine some fast and furious meial riffs wilh Kalabash, Wrtfer/oo HoM — funky bass lines and good old guitar-oriented rock'n'roll. All up Scatterbrain were fun, fast and loud. Metal heads, funksters, surfers, yuppies - everybody April 3 The Bhundu Boys, Club Afro-Carlb, Br/sDrtHC loved them. If you missed them you should be sad, Janle Fitzgerald Tavern' The Choii^boys ,Centenary Tavern Wendy Matthews ,Cifi/i^ozf.crs April 4 Lovechild, Mansfield Taveiii Choirboys, Waterloo Bay Hotel CON • Les Negresses Verles • Dread Zepplin • Public NME • Blue Aeroplanes • Mojo Nixon • Webb Wilder April 5 Um^SH,Waterloo Hotel • Snuff • Ratcat • Jane's Addiction • Flowered Up • 9 Inch Nails • Lemonheads • Clam • Buffalo Tom Plug Uglies & He Dark Age. Transcontinental • Green Pajamas • Saints • Ups & Downs • J & M Chain • Norlhside • Church • Stems • Doors ^ Hotel, '?^^H1 f ? I Choirboys ,B(?eH/e/^/j Tavern -^1^ 3 = a April 6 LOUIS AND THE LOST SOUL BAND, Waterloo Hotel Tall Dwarves & Chris Knox from New Zealand's Flying Nun record label, with Plug Uglies. Upstairs at 81 Elizabeth St (near Bohemion Cafe) April 7 Wendy Matthews, Chardon Hotel t April 10 Bughouse and The Riptides,Ql/r April 12 KABASSA, Waterloo Hotel The AustraiiaJiMeatloof Tour, Beenleigh Tavern Bughouse and Riptides, Mansfield Tavern April 13 Lost Resort, Waterloo Hotel Cockroaches ,Mausfield Tavern The Chocky Ball at Rosie's Tavern. FormaL Supported by Mars & Homer Hudson ice cream. Starts 7pm. Free drinks. Tickets from outside Main Refec or at Rosie's. $37/$32. April 16 Mark Williams, Brisbane Underground . April 19 THIS IS SERIOUS MUM, Beenleigh Tavern April 20 Louis and the Lost Soul Band, Waterloo Hotel Robert Cray Band, Festival Hall M CSD H OPEN FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHTS 9PIV1-3AIVI o rj 2 >pril 24 & 25 INXS With RATCAT,B//s/;rt);i' MAJESTIC HOTEL, cnr GEORGE & TURBQT STS, CITY COVER CHARGE (CONC.) V> VI , I < — * Entertainment Cetitre 'r -^ Coming Soon: Whipper Snappers, Happy-Hate- » _ £ QO.< 0 7. April 26 KABASSA ond KALABASH, Waterloo Hotel a a Me-niots, Def FX, Wild Pumpkins, Dave Mason & MB) * S •ff c a April 27 Not Drowning Waving, Metropolis Tavern { c Joiinno Jones, Amanda Brown & Peter IVIilton-Walsli o G3 ^ O" ^ h 2. O c April 28 Warrant & Roxus. Festivnl Hall * student ConcessionsJ S3|Xtd • a PIMQ • w oeipoz. saino oopooH • stueis • ^3 "pow • OIX • sopildm . BS|)| . siuiss. qnio uno • «l»POW . iioMuaddeis > uosuiqou Aa)|0ui5 . qseio . a)puo|g . sja|t|s . imo • SJOOQ . dod AS6|. suiiuis . J3|I)ID AJSO . uMOig sauiar . ajno . jgpjQ MBN • WBU • 038|a . sQg |nos • .34 JS^/i^^^ DEATH BY PARKING BIG PIG QUT campus club -27 feh ^ele ShodcecL Therearesomemysteriesinlifewhichwillneverbesolved-Ukewho ^k ^^ W<>1Well1, r:i1calll mmpe nirL'tpicky../ .fiii buf tT I hshaHd aa ^oufewr nrnVtItimproblemcs urttV withi fhj thics < concert . None of killed Laura Palmer, why there are always carrots in vomit no them with Michelle Shocked. All of them with the brick-box venue of matter what you actually eat, and why the hell Big Pig chose the Mayne Hall. QUT Garden Point Campus Club as their venue last month. The experience of being pa rto f the legendary New Year's Night 1990 Michelle Shocked Perhaps it had something to do wilh disgustingly big amounts of money being (aka God) Concert at the Byron Bay Piggery set my anticipation levels on high. The offered by the QUT student guild, but the very bud, very energetic, very dance reality of seeing the Mayne Hall bow-tied ushers with white frill crimpline shirts and orientated music which the Piglets specialise in would probably have been belter restrictive purple vjnyl seats steadied my pulse. suited to a club like (I can't believe I'm writing Ihis) Transformers. You see, this concert review was originally designed to be an interview... but the I suspect most of the crowd squeezed inlo the smoky confines of the Campus publicity people had to cancel all interviews... something about New Zealand. So Club were thinking pretty much the same thing - when the exuberant Sherrine I when the doors opened an hour and a half after the advertised time and I pushed past asked how many of us actually went lo QUT, a weak ciy fromth e back set the the nylon bow-ties my fears about the organisational soundedness of this concert were number at about two. All of my whingeing doesn't mean il was a bad night, beginning to materialise. During the delay, the waiting audience had been treated to however - I just wanted to get it out first so I can now concentrate on I snippets of Michelle Shocked songs sung with that edge of desperation which a late syncophanlasising about what a fabulous band B ig Pig arc. A lot h as been written and pointless sound check can produce. aboul their highly original sound, so I won't dwell on die fact that Ihey have Once the concert started it was obvious that Michelle Shocked would overcome her O rather a lot of drums and not many guilars onstage. But what you don' I often hear horror at d isco vering the venue was actually a box with the acoustics of an empty grave about is the fact Ihat ihc Big Pig you hear on record doesn't come close to a live and the atmosphere of Hitler's bunker. But the feeling that the concert organisation 3 show. had been botched was confirmed when her attempt at an understated stage entry was a marred by a flashing spotlight. Percussion like Ihal played by Oleh Winters is something you have to experience up close - it rushes through your veins like certain illegal substances we won't The personal spce allocation of Mayne Hall rivals that of a matchbox car. For the mention here and leaves you (and your ears) tingling for hours afterwards. The rockier numbers such as "If Love Was a Train" and "My Little Sister" groovers were i. harmonicas are fast and furious, the keyboards have the distinct advantage of not restricted to either moving one buttock at a time and nodding rhythmically or moving sounding particularly like keyboards and to lop it all off is Sherrine - a girl wilh up front and asShocked put it 'dancing with their butts in the faces of the people in the a voice even more sweet and soulful than her dress was light. Her singing first row.' remained studio-perfect whether she was leaping around stage to "King of Nothing" or crooning the sultry "Devil's Song". With ihe release of their second The restriction felt by the audience was measured by the uncomfortable silence when album, it's good tose e Big Pig are nowhere near losing the title of most original Shocked talked about the value of 'expressing sentiments that an old woman could be Australian band.And yes, they did wear aprons. Katrina Imbruglia a good thing to be' and that perhaps the fashion of political-correctness can wear a bit thin after a while. Although one could cynically think that a concem for 'political- correctness'hasyettoarrivcas a fashion trend in Queensland, let alone thiscampus. As a self-defined folk-singer Shocked's voice has that textured clarity that can make I you smirk or moveyou to tears with a single intonation. In spiteof the architecturethis was most clearly demonstrated in her acapella number "Penny Evans" about the struggling viidow of a Vietnam-vet. However, Shocked's wry version of "Lovely Rita RiVIEWS Meter Maid" was sorely missed. The 'Messengers' as a support band allowed Shocked to perform the jazzy "Qiptain Swing" numbers, such as "On the Greener Side", which she had been unable to do CERT since the album was released a year ago. Given the recent horrific rapes on campus, Shocked's performance of Paul Kelly's "So Much Water" was intensely moving. It is unfortunate that she was not briefed on local lllrrl||0«<|: sJH||l>33f:^l^(£ events since a few words from the stage would have aided the current campaign for better security. For those of you who are groaning under the mistaken belief that 5 {5/}% WATERLOO HOTEL41^ politics have no place in a concert review, it must be remembered that Shocked's lyrics i could probably be described by the 'F' word - Feminist, since she 'expresses sentiments 5 •j'^OVi DISCOTECH NIGHT CLUB f^ which differentiate herself from a doormat.' Cnr Ann St & Commercial Rd, Newstead Ph: 8521101 Despite the technical difficulties, MichelleShocked is bestsuited to live performance. Mayne Hall, on the other hand is best left for graduations. Lynne Rodgers. Look to the STRAY CATS Waterloo Hotel Transformers -14 march At Club D'Art African Reggae Easter Weekend II can't help but wonder what all therockabillys in Brisbane do in the years between Stray Cats tours. AFRICAKABASSA Thurs March 28 From the behaviourof thecrowd last month I assume they sitaroundat home learning the lyrics Only$3Covercharge Also playing Fri April 12 & 19 to every song, practising aimless punches in the air, and growing side burns. One of Australia's best Reggae bands Whatever they actually do, they were out in full force to wonhip what one breathless wanker standing uncomfortable close to me described as "the living Gods of rock'n'roll". (Docs that KALABASH Sun March 31 Only $5 Cover Charge mean Elvis really is dead?) Doofs Open 8pm Also playing Fri April 5 As r ve never had more than a passing interest in rockabilly music (u nlikc my m uch more lasting interest in rockabilly guys), most of Uie Cats' material was new to me. DouMe Header KABASSA & KALABASH Friday April 26 And 1 was ecstatic to realise that the energy of singles like "Stray Cat Strut" and "Lets go Faster" extends to just about eveiy other song in their repertoire. Louis & Tbe Ljost Soul Bend LAST RESORT Compared to the painfully repetitive support act, the Stray Cats excelled in every aspect - they S^Aprie $4CcverCharga Show Student ID for managed lo be both entertaining and technically brilliant, witli bass solos by Lee Rocker Free Entry drawing spontaneous cheers from the audience. AboplayingSatApiao SatApril13alsoSat27 One of the highlights of the set was the dynamic "Gene and Eddie", a composite of tlic songs of Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran (who mcst teeny-boppers will remember was played by Fi-kUiy&Stmttxht^^N^tjtsiittlxlkcotech lead singer Brian Setzcr in the film "La Bamba"). Every Friday is Black Friday Funk Night The Stray Cats are an anomaly in the world of rock'n'roll. Door prizes, Giveaways and Conrjpetltlons They are one of a very select few bands who have tlirived for over a decade with only a minimal Sat: ZZZ Presents OJie Stct change in style - and that's tlie way their fiercely loyal fans like it, Test Tube Shooters $2 or $10 for a 6 Pack I guess the best thing about them is that ifyou liked their music ten years ago. you won't be Beer only $1.40 a pot till late disappointed when you see them live today: Besides, it's worth seeing the Stray Cats just lo try and figure out how the drummer. Slim Jim Phantom, manages to cover every inch of the stage in just about every song wilhout ever once ^i^,; DEATH BY PARKING J$^/il^3g;^ 3S. POP WILL EAT ITSELF CHARLATANS DREAD ZEPPELIN Cure For San lly Sonw Friendly Un-Led-Ed \^l yK^Lm again tlie kings of I fILmtXLm is a brge depressing UIU I C/U hearlhejoke Grebo music who brought you Beaver Patrx)} Industrie^ dty in Britain coiled Manchester which about ihe rasta-farian band with an Elvis and Time To Gel Ugly hove come up with an Is hailed as the source of the most individual and impersonator as lead singer which sang re album that defies any atfempt at categoriza Innovative music around. Bands like the Stone makes of Led Zeppelin songs ? Well ifs not a tion. They call it lntB^galactic-f^Jnk-Rock-Hip Roses, the Happy Mondays & the Chark*in$ joke, ifs a band called Dread Zeppelin who Hop. This album has a cyberpunk feel toi l and expound a style which ewes much toth e 6O5 &lhe Inav e appeared on the scene recently with the mokes abundant use of sonnpling and other Dance bqsbslon of the 80s. ultimate in concept cover bands by jumping wz bong technology togiv e it a wild modern on the "Is Elvis Dead?" bandwagon. The This album consists of several light jongly sound. A reliable source told me that at their combination of the Kings lyrical style wilh the songs which moke use of all the Irooemarks of recent gig at Manhattens their sound check reggae backbeat of a bond which from the the Manchester sound: wah-wah guitar; consisted of pressing a few buttons and retiring album sleeve would all appear to be white Hammond Organ style keyboards; drum to the bar for a few drinks. Apparently this Is mokes for an unusual ana very inleresfing nxachine backbeat and long floppy hair . the wave of the future and whato future il is. album. Songs such as 7ilieon^one//cnow'and Vou'na The album starts of with an ominous sounding Covers should onlybe made in an innova no/vefy we//areall danceable & easy enough monobgue by Televangelist and woukJ-be Presi tive and original way, otherwise whal is to listen to. But the album locks any real dential candldateJimmySA'aggertciioutlheevils the point? On this album ihe band has . strength and doesn't seem lo rise above the of Rockn' Rollbefone suddenly bunchinginto!}» token this attitude lo tl's illogical extreme. mundane. Robed Heather Donee of fhe Mad The knowledge Bastards. While this that in reality all album doesn'lhcivoany of this is just an songs with the same elaborate TISM- incfBdible dance qual style joke ity of Dekon C>ie,il doesn't seem lo does stand up on its mailer when own wilh thealtematrve lead singer World Cup song Torfe Elvis Tooc^wdB/TheHonc^ launches into a Of Cicciolina and rendition of the N^ftnors at 20,000 Zep classic ft. Black Dog with a closing cho The new Popples phi rus of You ain't losophy is Somp/elJ- nothin but a loop H- Fuck If and Eat Black Dog. //and in this album ihey have made this For a Rastafar- philosophy a reality. ian Band Hmvever the Poppies Tortelvis, Ed atB at iheirbestin front Zeppelin, Joh of an audience. The Paul Jo, Carl Jah, Put-Mon Cefoutofifgetwilhinit and Fresh Dedicated to all the Cheese and bores Cheese all look Allfhewfwres very white, bul Y/ho forced the lews hey, any band VburfKXjg/if thai puis a shr- We'd stop dondfig& RATCAT pid board Vou were wrong game on their IGssmyassSt "TINGLES" CD inner sleeve ColoHeaven Ratcat are a three piece who hove been playing around Sydney to lucky and not supply takes on a whole new audiences and have yet to make a big Impressjon up here. That should the rules can'l meaning when you change with the release of this EP oh the rooArt label. At only $5.00 for be all bad (or see 4 Poppies turn the CD this is the best value around. They start off with the song That Ainf all here!). around and pointtheir fiac^ which you would have heard on JJJ Innumerable times & for good The song bottoms at you. Then Heartbreaker again, everything reason. Ramones comparisons apart this is one of the best Australian (at the end of seems to bee letdown independant releases of 1990 and is well worth a listen. The rest of the Lonely Street) when compared to the album continues in the same vein with the thrashy tingles & hiy personal has received physical thrill ihat favorite Getting Away (from thiis world) complete with samples of the heaps of nearing Defcon One NASA tapes of the Challenger disaster. The rumour that they were airplay on JJJ live at the Livid Festi booked as a support for the upcoming INXS tour in order to ensure and isprobobly val caused me to feel. packed houses may be true, but even if it isn't they'll be the main reason one or ihe bel Tecnofunk, that I'll be there; unless thoy play at Uni as is also rumoured (hey EricI]. ter songs on the cype(punk,n)eBeal album. All up That Refused To Die; this Is an enter Whether Pop Wil Eat taining and amusing album although the Itself remain big in 5 yeara lime is anyone's closing announcement thai '£/v/s Torfe has guess. But for now ifs something you can left fhe Building sounds suspiciously like dance to. the conclusion lo Great Truckin Songs R y^'K^S •nanw album Is nol as strong or DEAR DIARX Drowning Waving are a with a character from BriKsh Children's TV immediotelyaccessibleaslhe losllwo-GREEN Another dreary day, alone in my room writing Melbourne bond best known for their sooth program, "The Clangers', Glasgow's Soup and DOCUMENT. There one no ob/ious sin poetry. What else can I do? i'm so lonely and ing ambient music. In July 1988, they Dragons first single, "Whole Wide World' gles save for the catchy opening track RADIO depressed and I'm sure that nobody will ever travelled to Papua New Guinea to record owed nnore than a little to the power-pop stylo SONG. Unlike previous efforts much of the love me. But at least I've got the new Morrissey with some musicians from Robaul. of the Buzzcocks when it was released five material is less rocky but has an upbeat, album to keep me company! Intrigulngly titled "Tabaran" Is quite different from that better ears ago. However, their breokthnsugh to the lightheortad, cou ntry feel. There's bts of ocoush'c "Kill Uncle", it lacks the sheer vitality of any of publicised collaboration between Western ckle fortunes of the Top Forty has come only instrumentofion, keyboards and an emphasis I the Smith's albums, bul Morrisse/s lyrics are and nonWestern musicians, Paul Simon's recently in the shape of their loosely tronsloted on melody. The disti ndi've voca Is of Kate Pierson still so relevant and meaningful to people like "Gracebnd". While NDW stress that this version of the Stones song, "I'm Free". This (of B-52s fame) stand oulon a couple of trocb, me who are so much more sensitive than album is not an ethnomuslcological study, soaring singaiong stands well opart from the providing a pleasant counterpoint to Michael everyone else. I can really feel his anguish the collaboration Is on a for more equal original witfi its use of gospel choirs, woh-wah Stipe's usual deadpan delivery. Album high against the world in the new single Our Frank footing. There ore a few NDW songs on the guitar, reggae backbeat and Jamaican lights are the slow and menacing LOW, the when he sings; *5og/Ve us a drink, and make album, but nrwst are collaborations between 'toasting'. Orthe Iwo other singles lifted from instmmental ENDGAME and the stately BE if quick, /Or else I'm gonna be sick/All over the bond and local singersand instrumental Lovegod ("Mother LJniverse' & "BackwonJs LONG. your frankly vulgar red pullover." 1 mean, thof s ists. The lyrical concerns include the Austral- Dog"), the latter is probably closer to their OUT OF TIME is a oood album but great just so true, I've felt that. And oh, there's this Ian colonial Influence, the Indonesian occu earlier influences, sounding like a rollicking albums ore expected from the likes of R.E.M. beautlhjl waltz on side 2 called Driving Your pation of West Papua, as well as lighter cross behveen Iggy Pop & the Art of Noise: This fime around they seem content to moke a Girlfriend Home where he's listening to this topics. "Mother Universe" being more in the vei'n of pleasant, if nol particularly progressive, col girl'sproblems, bul he never gets to tellherho w The title comes from a powerful spirit of the the dreamie r e nd of the indie-dance spectmm. lection of wistful songs that are easy on the ear fie feels about her. It just goes to show how Toloispeople who live In and around Robaul. Olher sh-ong tracks on the album include "lOss but light on the mind. Nevertheless this subtle deeply sensitive he is. Butbestof all is 5/'ng Vour It has Its own special dance and rhythm, like the Gun* and "Beauty Freak', both of which and lowkey record will satisfy both long-term Ufe in which he invites us, his loyal fans, to the album itself. The NDW songs are the shouldn't have much trouble getting the (eel R.E.M, fans and newcomers alike. They are "walk riah up to ffie microphone and name/ mosl accessible, but after a few listens, the stomping. Definitely on album to throw on rumoured to be touring later this year. All the mings that you love, ail the things that variety and atmosphere of the Papua New when the mood to dance comes-o-calllng, Ak>ri^Hbd(/er you loathe". Gee, maybe one day I'll be a Guinean music seduce your ears. Tmleckie famous pop star and help shy, sensitive kids all Despite its geographical proximity, Papua THE BEAUTIFUL over the world find meaning In their lives. New Guinea and its culture are largely a Thank you, Morrissey, for "Kill Uncle", and mystery to most of us. 'Tabaran' Is a good JULEECKUISE SOUTH thank you for fust being you. place to start to learn. Floating Into The Night choke Pestilence Tony Homer THK HI-AlJTll tJI. SOiriH niOKI; SINGLES A Tribe Called Quest can i wck u? New York's ATribe Called Quest followu p the mesmerising chant of iheirlosl single, JUIEECmls e is best known for her TWO YEARS "Bonlta Applebum", with this bidback, yet seriously fonky-rhythmed single. Sam efforls on fhe soundtrack of ihe series Twin release of their debut album, "Welcome to pBaks.This obum sees her continue her rebtion- the Beaufifol South', comes the follow-up, pling such diverse songs as Ion Duty's "Hit Me Wilh Your Rhythm Stick' and the shlp with DcM'd Lynch who \ DEATH BYPARKIHGJS^/'Jf^^ 37. SEMPER SPEAKS TO Micheal Verhoeven The Director of the much acclaimed German film about the controversial figure of Ai\ja Rosmus,"The INasty GirF, talks to Semper's Katrina Imbruglia about history, Oscars and Nazi's. SBMPERt As a student newspaper, we have noticed (fiat have found a distributor. students in Australia are apathetic as a whole. Is this the Now the situation haschangcd in the direction of entertainment situalion with Ihe student movement in Germany? only. Everything is entertainment, even Shakespeare, and I VERHOEVEIH: The students in my country arc in a have nothing against it, bul the work of a film-maker is also way the conscience of the nation. The students are the people to reflect whal is happening in the world. That is not possible who ask al! the uncomfortable questions and I see that also in if the films you make have nothing lo do with the the lives other countries. Think of China, where it was the students people live - wilh their experiences. who tried to change politics. If this trend continues, I fear we will lose our national film language. SBMPER: Yet in your film "The Nasty Girl" il was also the SEMPER: You've directed for television and the stage young people who were Ihe advocates of Neo-Nazism. before, as well as for film. Which is your favourite medium? VERHOE VEIN: You 're right - these arc young people, VERHOEVEN: I dropped theatre because I realised but I think they are not really aware of the past. I think the that working on stage means working continuously with the Neo-Nazis arc aresult of the polilics of suppression from the same people lo develop your project I decided it wasn't 1950s, and the whole decision to not face our past They have possible for me to work just from time to lime. And TV is slogans in their mouths but they don'l actually know what obviously quite different lo cinema because although you they arc talking about They arc not really Nazis in my eyes, reach a big audience, people don'l really look, and don't Ihey are romantics who want lo shock society. really listen. So the reception is only very superficial. I am much more afraid of the people who are grown-up, who In cinema, which I prefer, the audience goes to sec and hear arc responsible, who are jn profession - the silent majority. I the film, and while I wouldn't say the influence of any single don't know what they think, or how they think. I am much fihn is very big, at least the films as a sum are influential -1 more afraid of them. think that's underestimated The behaviour of people in SEMPER:Doyou regardPassau, Ihe lown on which "The reality has much to do with whal Ihey see in films. Nasty Girl" was based, as a one-off case, or are there other SEMPER: Why did you use so many theatrical techniques small towns in Germany wilh similar secrets? in "The Nasty Girt*? The use of backdrops is a very distinctive VERHOEVEN: I would not have done this film if I had " The students are the people style. not been reminded of my own experiences after the war by the story of Anja Rosmus. The similarity between our stories who askall the uncomfortable VERHOEVEN: I wouldn't say those techniques are is the fact of suppression. It begins with the personal characteristic of my films,bu t I've used them before because suppression in the fears of human relationships, of sexuality questions and I see that also I found that instead of alienating the audience, it got very - this was very important in my childhood. It was not my fear, close lo them. bul Ihc fear of my parent's generation, and of the Church. It's in other countries" SEMPER: What budget did you have to work with for the fear of facing whal man is. Part of whal man is, is his "The Nasty Girt"? biography - his personal and official history. Nasty Girl" don't say "Why did you make that fihn?" VERHOEVEN: it was $1.5 million (U.S.). Of course, we were not allowed to discuss the Nazis in my Instead, they say, "How could you make such a comic fihn school days and therefore I am more interested in that subject aboul something so serious?" I'm bored with seriousness. It SEMPER: That's hardly anything compared to the cost of than younger film makers. The past has not been an issue in really is jusl another way lo suppress and escape. most Hollywood movies. the films of recent years. VERHOEVEN: it is, and it was hard lo get thai money, SEMPER: Were you worried aboul public reaction to because we rely on subsidies in my country. The officail SEMPER: What was your own family history during the"TheNastyGirrwhileyouwere making it? Didyoufear the cultural establishment has lo decide what fihns are to be Third Reich? persecution tliat Anja Rosmus was subjected to? done, and which ones aren't to be done. VERHOEVEN: My fatherdircclcd for the stage. He did VERHOEVEN: No, I had the advantage that Anja had comedies. I estimate my father as a grcal artist, and I think ahcady fought that battle. When I turned up everyone wanted SEMPER: it sounds a lot like the situalion in Australia at if he had been more opportunistic, and had co-operated wilh lo show how liberal they were, so I had no problem at all in Ihe moment. Have you seen any Australian films? the Nazis, he could have been famous. He decided not to do that respect. My main problem was that I did not gel any VERHOEVEN: Oh yes, I have seen the films of Peter that, and so was more or less anonymous. He had lo decide support, but this is the difficulty for every film-maker in my Weh. He is estimated as bemg an international fiim-maker, whether he wanted to remain independent, or to join the country. bul I think even if he makes American films, they are not group of influence. SEMPER: Did Ihe awardsfor Best Film in the 1990Berlin"Hollywood " fihns - they are veiy special. I ihuik "The Dead My parents' disappointmant was nol that they felt isolated Film Festival and from Ihe Protestant Church of GermanyPoet s Society" is more of an European film. during the Nazi era, because I understand ihal was a good feeling in those times. But they felt even more isolated after mean more toyou than the Best Foreign Film nomination SEMPER:in Do you consider "The Nasty Girl" fad or the war, as they were disappointed il was nol a real start from this years' American Academy Awards? fiction? You moved the emphasis of the film awayfrom Ihe zero. Every Nazi should have been put out of positions of VERHOEVEN: No. Of course there is no higher award story of Anja Rosmus by concentrating on the universal responsibility - in politics, in the courts, in administration. than the Oscar, or even the nomination, because il is given by themes of secrecy and Ihe manipulation of history, so do you the professionals in my field.Bu t without the Berlin Prize I regard Ihe endproduct as fiction? SEMPER: There has been a general relaxing around the would not have had the success with the fihn. I don't think I VERHOEVEN: In my eyes, if fictioni s reality, ils good world in Ihe hunt for Nazi war criminals. The altitude seemswoul d have gotten the Beriin Prize itself if the jury had not to be thai most of them are old now, and they were probably fiction. Fiction interests me when it is another coal for been international. reality. Fiction for fictioni s nothing. little more Ihan children when Ihey committed iheir crimes.The Protestant Church in my country has always given Do you Ihink all Nazi war criminals should be brought lo awards for courageous and difficult films and books. It is SEMPER: Courage appears lo be a favourite theme of justice? much more orientated towards the progression of society yours. VERHOEVEN: No, that isn't my point of view. I am not than llie Catholic Church is. The Catholic Church thinks you VERHOEVEN: Yes, in a way it is. I am not able to react looking for the punishment of people who may have been should slow down development and smooth everything to situations as Sonja docs in the fihn, or as Anja Rosmus guilty. I think it is necessary to ask for reasons, to know as down. The two churches act very differently. does. I'm not talking of the past - no-one will ask me "What much as possible and to really dare to cope with that. It is our SEMPER: Are you a Protestant? did you do?", because I was jusl a baby during the Third history, and wc cannot escape il. We can'l get away from the Reich. past - that has been our big misunderstanding. VERHOEVEN: No, a Catholic. Bul I have other problems wilh my own contemporary Afler "The Nasty Giri ". people came up to mc and asked, knowledge. I know what goes on in the worid, and what I am "Aren'l you proud of your country? Don't you want to be SEMPER: What do you think of the work of olher German doing - nothing, actually. proud?" Of course I do, bul I think part of that pride lies in directors at Ifie moment? acceptance of the past. I could accept the dirtiest, most VERHOEVEN: Wc have admirable directors, mostly We have double passes lo see troubled past, as long as 1 really asked for reasons, and very young directors. I would like to see them have better the Nasty Girl ol fhe Metro learned where it came from. 1 Ihink many aspects of the Nazi chances to show ihcir fihnsi n c inemas, bul the situation is nol Cinemat. The first 10 people lo ideology arc older than the Nazis themselves. They have very encouraging in Germany at the moment. In the past, come in alter 1.00 on Thursday deep roots in our German tradition, and it is essential we directors had a goodpartnership with television. Il guaranteed 26lh o( March and tell us the cope with thai. as a big audience, and they showed very interesting, topical name the person who inspired It was not suprising to me that the older people who see "The fihns which would have failed in the cinema or may not even this filnn will win. .38 JS^^SWSi^ DEATH BY PARKINS We have 5 FREE Passes to eacti of ttiese 3 movies at ttie Schonell Cinema fo give away THE INASTY GIRL ALICE( until AprJI3) If your idea of cinematic excellence is "Look FLIRTING (starts 11 April) Who's Talking Too" or "Air America", it's about time you saw a REAL film. MameJk TATIE DANNIELLE (Starts 4th May) A delightful one lo start with is ihe German nominee for Sick of seeing the elderly portrayed as the Read this page carefully and then come down "Best Foreign Film" in Ihe Academy Awards this year, humourous saints of the sitcoms which we see to Semper and tell us which Actor was the lead "The Nasly Girl". all too often and just as often dismiss. The in the lost nrJajor film directed by someone Under the direction of Michael Verhoven, this parabolic sepia toned weepies which all too often are mentioned on this page and than married an tale of a girl whochallenges the hypocritical establishment associated with any depiction of those over Australian actress mentioned In another review? of her home town achieves a rare blend of genre, some arbitrary age encompassing comedy, satire, drama and documentary. If so this French comedy is for you with its biting Although it parallels the true story of Anja Rosmus, the look at how we treat our elderly or more importantly Flirting film iransfomis personal experience into the universal how they treat us. themes of secrecy and the manipulation of history lo suit I could cry. The first Australian film I have seen Brought to you by the same team who put together the present. this decade that didn't make me cringe or want the wonderful "Life is a LongQuiet River" .It focuses Sonja Rosenbcrger is the golden girl of the small, quaint to pretend to be a British immigrant with a speech on the antics of the Auntie Danielleof the titleplayed German town of Pfiteing - a conscientious student and impediment. Giobs of intelligence, humour that is by Tsilla Chelton,a veteran of the stage plays of loving daughter to her parents, who bolh leach al the local Eugene lonesco in her first on screen role at the age funny, and ...care. Care. We are capable of it. high school. of 71. As the spiteful, acidic and downright mean Pardon me, but Fm really going to gush, (sob) Pm Her success in a European essay competition at thirteen auntie she manages to keep the audience off-balance so happy. wilh the topic "Freedom in Europe" reconfirmsherposition as she manipulates those surrounding her until she Ifyou wished "The Year My Voice Broke" would never end, as "nicest girl in town". meets her match in a young nurse hired to look after well "Flirting" is the second in a fab Iriology by writer/ But ils a different story when Sonja decides she wants to her. director John Duigan (both movies have won A.F.L awards unearth the facts about Pfibing during the Third Reich. Going on the recurring trend for Hollywood lo try to for best film),continuin g the sage of Danny Embl ing who has Doors are closed to her, files are lost, and she is met with left behind his fi:ee-spirit-cnishing rural home lo reside in a ripoff anything thathasevenashadowof originality open hostitlity from those she questions. frec-spirit-crushmg boys' boarding school. Bullies, bald itseems likely to me that we will soonseeyetanother "The Nasty Girl" is a film which will seem di.sturbingly headmasters, and sex jokes. Guaranteed to set off any old rip-off on our screens of this great film.However I relevcnt to those who have ever sought to discover the private school student in the theatre into hysterics when the would encourage you to go and see it in its original UiJth, especially in Uie free, democratic Queensland of the memories come floodingback . But lo, a shining lighL A form because it has the sharp satirical bite that National Party era. girl's boarding school sits aaoss the lake. Here Danny meets Hollywood's best seem impotent beside. Thandiwe, who could be wrongly described as 'white'. As "TheNasty Girl is the most entertaining, Uiought provoking outsiders, they makeup their own rules, and I loved them for film I have ever seen in years, and if you don't see it, you il. may spend the rest of your life thinking Hollywood There is a whole swathe of allegory about riles of passage in represents real life. ALICE this fihn that could be described here, but please, I'm That would be a real tragedy. K. Imbruglia wallowmg loo much for the moment. The minor characters that abound the couple aren'ljust salad dressing or shallow stereotyping. They're strong stereotypes, with DEPTH. I'm flummoxed by how much stuff you can mil DOORS read into them Nicole Kidman, sporting a subtle Kylie There are a lot of compromises necessary when Minogue change of hairstyle, is in here too, and is actually making a biographical fikn which involves a likable. No, I mean it! Probably because we're not trying to lot of people who are still alive. be sold on a cute gangly bubbly curly character for once. This film is Oliver Stone's personal Danny's best friendi s a scream. His solemn face and eloquent words of wisdom such as,". ..her body language says 'give interpretation of the story of Jim Morrison. "Alice" is a comedy about a woman (Mia Farrow) me"', will stay with me and become a part of my teachings According to the purists he has made far to going through a time of questioning and decision. forever. many compromises in this fihn. Alice's life with her rich but boring husband, This is unmistakable and refreshing Australaiana I've Val Kilmer makes a great Jim Morrison and Doug (William Hurt), does not satisy her, and she unfortunately only seen outside of the screen. Not a cliched don't be fooled by the film's name, because it is dreams of joining Mother Teresa's mission in colloquialism, tired example of local fauna, or American not a film about a band this is a fihn about the Calcutta. With the help of a Chinese doctor (Keye actor in sighL I'm scared. This is quality stuff. I may even man himself. Oliver Stone has fallen victun to Luke) and the ghost of her former boyfriend (Alec dare suggest I enjoyed more than "Dead Poets Society", only the same thing that Jim complains of and Baldwin), she tries to find a more satisfying way of if because it's closer to home. Even if you don't agree, you concentrates solely on him to the detriment of life. won'l be disappointed. A fihn that's sensitive, dramatic, and Woody Allen, who wrote and directed the film, but hilarious and serious and introspective and great, and has the rest of the band, but who really cares docs not appear on screen, introduces a numt>er of made me perhaps just a liltle bil biased. GREG anyway? "unrealistic" elements. Alice's doctor gives her a Whether you think that Jim Morrison was a number of herbal mixtures, which render her talentless Bunbo or a truly great prophet among invisible and make her irresistable to men, and her MEET THE mankind you should go and see this film because boyfriend's ghost takes her flying superhero-style it was an experience that held me spellbound. over New York. These touches of fantasy produce PEEBLES As per usual Oliver Stone steers away from some of the funnier moments of the film. They also enable Alice's life choices to be clearly set Take the Muppets, add sex, violence/ hard makmg a clear statement about anything,such asJunMorrison'slifestyle.Insteadofthepathetic out. One of the herbs gives Alice the courage to drugs, muck racking, filth, vermin, approach a musician, Joe Ooe Mantegna), who pornography, crime, bad taste, more violence morality plays which havecharacterised becomes her lover. By the end of the film, Alice faces and you have The Peebles. Hollywood's treatment of the drugs issue a choice between Doug and Joe, in the knowledge The Peebles is definitely going to become a cult film. throughout the 80's we are shown a semi- that she has the ability to make either relationship Directed by Peter Jackson, the New Zealand director realistic reaeation of the slowdegradation of a work out. The choice she does make is surprising, of the infamous Bad Taste, The Feebl es relates the events man who pushed himself beyond all the limits. but the best possible one. that lead up to the "infamous Peebles Variety Massacre "Alice" is Woody Allen at ,^,, ^; .^^ - the day that rocked the puppet worid." his very best - a ^ ' ",-•.) - , The Peebles has the unique ability to have your guts thoroughly '> "'-/i.-'^'i churning in revulsion while your mouth screams with enjoyable yet - laughter. thoughtful Though very uneven. Meet The Peebles is a wild time at film. the movies. TJiomer If you don't like extreme bad taste stay away but action film fans will love the Peebles - it has more gruesome action than Rambo or The Godfather. Thelarger than lifepuppetsare superb and wonderfully perverse. vs •" ^ s Mix a lovesick Hippopotamus singer, a philandering Walrus, a literal sex kitten, a slimy fox, an infected rabbit and an armoury of large calibre weaponry and •.a you have some idea of where the plot heads. MOVIES f;>i/>.a<:?;^.? '/M^W?^^P^%M NESTLE THE ADVENTURES OF TlMTAt^ THE KELLOGGS AFFAIR in our l^^s^ episode Well TimteskfTi you s^em Vo have 3oiVen >A/ho w I ^\ce.e.^ when he i ai^Svsj^ed a UnocK 'al- -Ivie door e^*^c1 a «^usv«^>ous g^V" I I fen d€dd on'^eiploor. This is a phoVo of he<" Hejn name. W2>s Mancitj K,cc &obb\e^. She was a coco ciaAce.r a+ a lOcdi bar. < U2iSf WeeK +hvS Qirl , And a few dd^s 2^90 -+hiS Whdf 1 don'j- undefShaod Honeij ^rn acvcs was American ^,f\ Suaar RJ^S is wh)j 4his girl mordcred '"O 'Siry\;l^r was a\so Killed . c^^me. fo me ? My ^uess Is +h3h ^^ Was A CerM kiiler'.l] "to be .42 •yj»i>v» DUTH By nmm tln e ailway Plaiiorm Hear the crying of the baby your own child, born from the ecstasy of a time when 1 was elsewhere; your teenage youth is gone, my darling girl, I see in your daughter's face your beautiful eyes, in ihem the ir^f^ocence now lost, a tragedy you've laid with a stranger. In the curves of your body I see the stoop of on old woman. Gone now, the idle summer chatter of clothes and teachers and boys, empty bellies ot Tia ^Aaria and cigarelle smoke drifting in the shining air. When we meet you have nothing left to say to me, no more words between os, a gangling student and a weary young mother without kiss or glance, hoisting the child upon your hips you simply walk away across the bricks and concrete at nineteen imprisoned wilhin the cage of a delight felt just once a half-forgotten December night. B y s s. h e .'1 ii^.y. i. .43 JS0flR£^ DEATH BY PARKlNfi