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derground mistDe silos) to destroy them hi a U.S. first-strike. Unlike other ^'stems Omega is contin- uoiKly available underwater - thus great­ ly redudi^ the exposure of the submai- faie above suiface. Tbe above accuncy, interesthigly en­ ough, will not be available to coromerdal letters users - not at a commercially viable cost, at any rate. LOCAL A.U.S. SEC. letter is not tossed aside lightly, but thr­ Thus the host countries of the Omep own with considerable force. AUIn aU, netwoik are involving themselves hi tl» his article is totatty insincere, concemed The Editor, nudeai sabre-iattlmg of Russia and the EDITORIAL for his own reputation rather than diat of IJ.S. There is no dvllian use for Omega I am pleased that Laurence Gormley AUS. whidi could not more economically be has chosen to take up his apostolate of if vou are concemed about A US, Alan, supplied by other means. A PROPER PERSPECTIVE democracy once more. As the just-retired -puljyour proverbial finger out and do The Coromhtee Against Foreign Mil­ never-elected Chairperson of the House something constructive about making UQU itaiy Activities in Austiaha has a lefer- Let's put student media into a proper per­ Committee I feel he would fully underst­ an active and critical partidpant bi It. .oioe file on the Omega system, and is hi- spective. Every year there is a fuss over the and the virtues and vices of incestuous el­ vestlgatin^ other projects which may have ites. Orientation handbook and newspaper. Every . "NATIONAL U" EDITOR foreign nulitary use. The Committee can Taking the article paragraph by para- be contacted by leavhig a message at the year the local commercial media has a field-day giar^ I will see what can be done to clear Dear Jan, Union desk. while self-appointed protectors of public mor-' up his doubts about AUS. Ftograph 1 is fair enough if you don't The artide you carried on Cbuncil was, ality shout and stamp. The whole situation is mind tuing quotes out of context. of couise, extremely Interesting. IMrson- The Cominittee Agahist Toteign farcical. Paragraph 2 is interesthig enough and ally, 1 felt the allegations and analysis weit Militaiy Activity hi Austnlia. was doubtkss the product of a great deal not quite valid for Council, even less so If articles seem extreme, it's because they're of self-criticis^>n and soul-searching. The for the day to day operations of the Un­ written to make people think (and making peo­ problem Is that he defmes a problem ui ton, which, if one looks at the Vice-Pies- OPEN LETTER ple think is supposedly what University is all his eyes, and then offers no solution. Un­ klendes arid OHlcerdiips, are very wel­ less of course he feek that p6?ple holding fare oriented. IbelteveAUSisoneofthe SOCIAL WORK about). these views shoukl be banned from AUS. most receptive organisations hi Australia We're not imposing extreme views on Queens­ As an altemathre they could be shot I sup­ for people presenting projects to further Mr H. Thiossell, pose but that might seem a bit unfair to student welfare, and, one of the easiest to 61 Macquarie Stieet, landers at large. We're merely trying to put some people. convhice to give funds for those projects. STLUCIA QH forward a few ideas to people who are (hope­ I^agraph 3,4 and 5 are even more in­ In any case, youi coverage raises many teresting. I am intrigued to leam of the pomts that I hope will be replied to. Suff­ Dear Hany, fully) sufficiently mature to accept or reject the ice it to say your conespondent's aitic- remoteness of the AJJS Executive from 1 am writhig ni response to your art­ same with a minimum of fuss. students since nLie out of the eleven of isms of National U are noted and are be­ hig acted upon. icle entitled "Reflections" hi the Oiient- So let's stop the annual debacle - and allow them are required by the AUS Constitut­ ation Week "Semper". 1 am domg so all concerned room to grow. ion to be students during their term of This raises a final point. As I said to office. Further a fulltime oificer cannot you Ul Melbourne, I reject also tin*, heavily because I wish readers of "Semper" - continue hi office for more than two years political line National U took in 1974 paiticulaily fiist yeai students - to know ABORTION This incidentally is a rule that I asked the (but not, I believe, hi 1973 - people have that you are uiteipreting things, not pre­ local union to adopt a year ago and whjdt Aoit mcmoiies) and am tiyiiig to widen senting facts. Sorry to have to mention this again - and was voted down by a large majority. When the contributory and editorial decision Parti again and again - but the problem of unwanted he reads the policy statement on whit^ I makuig basis of the paper. This involves Your view of the goals of Social Work was elected Laurence will find that I also not only the Melbourne campuses, but in a general sense would be shared by pregnancy is still an overwhelming one. support the idea of electhig delegations, also the Sydney campuses aiid, if it is to most sodal workers - hideed probably At a local level - you may have been lobbied and if he reads the agenda for the local • be effect! ve, both Brisbane and Adelaide. by many people. Your view of ways of council he will fmd Uiat i have moved for 1 hope that, as tlw fhst few issues aie pro­ attemptii^ to reach the goals however, about the abortion issue on campus last week. this to be done. duced, students and student newspaper hi my view, is very nanow and ill^ormed. (There are a couple petitions presently circulat­ Paragraphs 6,7 and 8 come to the real editors will be involved with National U hi Its narrowness means that you do not see ing). Even if you are anti-portion, think care­ heart of the artide. Laurence says that he a mutuaUybenefldal relationship. If dearly that some more personal problems youVe got any ideas as to how we go ab­ need a personal, hidividuallsed recuse fully before signing the relevant petition. The believes in demociacy but he will not all­ ow the majority to outvote him. Mb del­ out this, let me know! and that some groups and communities issue is bigger than abortion - it concerns free­ egate from this Univmity failed to oppose need particularised attentk)n. On the dom. The proposed referendum, if successful, Jim's removal with all the force and ener­ All fte best, other hand, life issues v^di are tidiy gy they coukl. But we lost, and democra­ Ron Thiele, shaied aie in the end more amenable to will effectively abolish any semblance of free­ cy cannot function unless Demos b aUow­ MedU Officer AUS collective activity, Co-inddenoe between dom of action by Union Committees on the ed to rule. these two aieas diould not be assumed; abortion question. Paragraph 9 is not without contradict­ to force one hito the other is dangerous; ions either. Laurence says here that only ABORTION a group like Social Work needs to retain Whether you are pro-abortion or anti-abort­ a "first year secondary sdiool bookeephig both khids of commitment. ion, you should think carefully before neutral­ student could support the AUS fee rise. Dear Editor, You write as if Social Wodc command­ Laurence voted in favour of the fee i\x in On campus after two years away, the ed the lesouioes and the strat^es nec­ ising such a basic right as freedom. Januaiy, aloi% with a dear majority of first thuig that happens is that I get con­ essary to adiiew laige-scale sodal change, Union Coundl. ned. I'd caught a glunpse of the poster ~ and has wilfully tumed its back on this UNION COUNCIL Paragraph 10 is somewhat less than acc­ Abortion - the ri^t of dioice - Refer­ foi its own gain and protection. You, urate. Had Laurence been at AUS Coundl, endum. Something like that. So .that youiself, recognize also that this is not Union Council is not a toy parliament - al­ he would have seen large numbers of sma­ when two nUnutes later some bloke shoves altogether true when you say "The dom- a petitk)n under my nose 1 hardly hesitate; though visitors to Council meetings can be for­ ll campuses voting against Aquarius. The mant values.... aie not aeated by the proposal was that where a campus was in a faithful old cause this one and high time government ofthe day but by foices - given for forming that opinion. deficit after an Aquarius tour it woa'd ha­ it boie fruit. So 1 sign the damn thuig, and Council exists to look aftef-student interests, ve to guarantee to meet the defldt This find I've put my name to a wanant to opp­ The fad b that we all aie part ofthe would have been alright for bg campuses ress rather than to a plea for freedom and sodal processes in which, we are hivolved. and Councillors exist because students voted for with b(g buckets but much more difficult justice. We all wili sink or swim together when them. for a small campus. For a person so con­ It so happens that roy religion - my it is all said and done because fundament­ The act of taking office carries certain res­ cerned for the welfare of the small camp­ metaphysic (and I do clahn to have some­ ally as people we aie interdependent. The uses it seems to me strange not to fint thhig answeruig to that descriptkin) is paiadox is that an cultures try to use ponsibilities - Union representatives are oblig­ fmd out what their attittue really is. never seriously mauled by the destiuctton means to solve pioblems whldi are nat­ ated to work for the welfare of students and not ParagraiA 111 happen toagn»with. of the odd foetus or two. If this kind of ural , not alien to that culture; these for private political motives. Sometimes this The majority did not hit^ation of the fact of abortion withhi means, of course, wfll often suffer from Paragra{^ 121 also agree with, with a virtually "religious" framework is poss­ the same hiconsistendes which pioduoed obligation is overlooked. your help I think we can diange this hi ible, why all the fuss? the problems hi the fhst place. So, for 1975. If someone wants to argue on "tight to example, conflict strat^fes, necessary as If you have any problems.contact your they are hi many sodo-political areas and Faculty Rep. and make him or her aware of Paragraph 13 is completely accurate if life" sounds Hhcn every piematuie human you leave out the nonsense about splitting casuaUty - acddentai as well as engineered m a situation of competitfcin, are flatiy them. You voted for them-use them! D the repeated and visible concem for tlie ought not to happen, hi which case fate/ mconsistent with an ideal of htcteashig big man's burden that Laurence seems to god also becomes curable whldi b stupid. coKipeiativeness. It b a mattei of bemg be obsessed. The fact is that human life just is not deal about and confronting the tension This article is not to be tossed aside sacrosanct one way and another, and all between shorter term and longer term lightly, it ^ould be thrown with great one can do is to anign some priority of objectives. Tbeie b always tiie temptat- force. I profoundly hope that you wOl do concem: and if one discounts the Fall of kin to thmk we are more (or less) power­ so, and that we can work together this Man, notioiu of a spedal Innocence, and ful tiianw e are, and a tendency to for­ year for a better AUS, and a better UQU. all the rest of the predous jyodrome, the get tiie hiconsbtencks hi what we do. STAFF foetus comes - and for countless thous­ PBrt2 ands has cone thioughout the ages-ab­ Alaa Grieve. The dflenimas hi sodal work tend Local AUS Sec, out the bottom ofthe caring list And what a sanely judidotts oompiomiss rometimes to produce a sense of uncert­ abortion aroeais, conqiBied to the absol­ ainty hi students. I tiUnk thb may add ute fanaticism whldi causes most of the at times to a feeUng of hopefessness and real suffering on this phuwt! tentativeness hi practice. Radical iieu LAURENCE GORBOfY lepUeK howevei, flourish hi tiib khtd of atmos- EDITOR Jjui Tumer-Jones To ten any woman what she ought to heie, and aie not usually diminished by As it Is not really wordi teptying to do with her own body is bad enoi^; to ASSISTANT EDITOR Anne Draper S. The Sodal Work Department has Mr. Crieve's petty penonal comments, I buBy her with numbeis, and the law. it never, to my knovdedge, dbcouraged CHIEF OF STAFF Miaiuie Schultz wUl be brief. I kardfy constitute a mBng a colossal hnpertinence.. discussion of these ideas. Toputuess dass elite, being a member of CouncU for hito practice, however, b not so easy as INTERNATIONAL NEWS Vicki Noble three months only. / was elected (denw- .EricQosswell to have them, and sodal work education cratkalfy) as the Chairman of one ofthe should hoU students to applyhtg kleas to UNION NEWS Marl Anna Shaw many Vnktn committees; not to dedde policy (undemocntlcalfy) for a quarter of gtactice issues and methods. To do thb ACTIVITIES Heather Ross tlimulion Australkm students ana theb' OMEGA 1 not to restrict students' ideas nor theh half a million dollars, as does A US. freedom to debate them. JOURNALISTS KrisOlsen The Editor, You, of aU people, sbouM know tiib, IdU not quote Brian Towler out of because the Department for nfac years John Campbell Dr. Crouchley is reported (Semper 13- gave you the freedom, and in many ways context. Perhaps Mr Grieve dtouki ash 2-75) as mahitahihig that the Om^ sub- Linda Heron him. tiie support, to titink and move and teach marfaie navigation qntem is accurate "on­ what you wbhed hi the way you wbhed. Idld not questtan AUS's democratic ALSO Laurence Gormley ly hi tbe range of a mUe", and therefore Students heard your ideas, and tiie De­ right to oust Jim Varghese - onfy theb' of no use to ballistic missile tulmiailnes. partment aUowed titis to happen. Itb Da^ Franken moral right, tomedting that uems unim­ In fact. Omega is accurate to around portant to Mr Grieve. I did not suggest out of titis base ttiatth e views expressed- 400 metres when used hi triple - xaage hi your article come. I fkd it hanl to Peter Phillips persons holdbig Afferent political views tnod, acconUng to the conservative esthn- to myulf should be dtot. In fact, on accept tiut you availed yourself of tiiat Alan Peterson atet of Braff and Braverman (IEEE Trsn- onportunity and now criticize tiie groim CouncU I argued that all UQU shidents in tactions on Aeionnoe and Electronics Melboume be allowed votes on UQU cau­ of people who gave it to you. Surely dso John StanweU Systems. Vols No. 3 pp 396-416). This you haw tongue hi cheek when you write cus. lefers to Omi^a used on fts own. PUBLICATIONS SEC. Laurence Gormley about the tocialbation process - for b I voted against Ihe AUS fee rise, not However, Omega is most advantageous not tiiat what you yourself ate attempt- BUSINESS MANAGERS Julianne Schwenke for It at hasbeen stated. MrGrievehas when bitmtted with other navigation . faHtodo? And what about tiie smotii- alto ndsquoted me, ratherfooM if he systems. P.R. Leslie (hi proceediiig> of erhu died (which I know to haie been Deborah Schwenke wishes to be taken teriouay. I sola: "die the fhtt Omen Sympodum) rnicrted an pioduoed) of tiie khtd of teadifau repres­ PROCESSED BY CPL/CAT supposed finandal justification for the " accuracy of ISO metiet hi Piedakin mode ented hi your article? fee rise.... would not lave satiafled a fir­ (Omega hitegrated with Transit and SINS) If thb was not enough for you, if tiiere 10 BaUey St., West End. Ph 446021 st year, secondary school, bookeeping Other aouTcet can be quoted to tuppnt b a tense of fafluie tiut sodal work and student". Not that a first year bookeep. thete f%uies. tiie todal work deparbnent shoukl cany, Ing student would ha*e voted agabtst it - This is not a mere quibble over details. then you, hi relatfon to your own stand- two totaUy different things. The pohit about the attabuible accuracy aids, roust partake of It and bear'it too. Copy deadlines for issues 3 & 4 IwasnotatAUS CbuncB, but I do not ' Qguies of 400 metres and less is tbat they Weil then, cany it yourself, as we all have to take poison to realise that it can guarantee that a sufllciently high proport­ 7th Much and 21st March 1975. must. Mime. SmaUcatmiaesvfertfare very ion of tubntarine-Uundied balmtic nuts^ Ybunshicereiy, concemed about the droppbi ofAauiff. iles can be expected to land sufBdeatly doie to their targets (sudi'u Russian un­ Makobn R. McCouat, ba. I agree with Mr Grieve, f hope Hit lecturer, Sodd Work. Mtnper f toreat J

BJELKE, BJELKE, WHERE WERE ATARAXIA YOU WHEN QUEENSLAND A festival, Nimbm style, is being NEEDED YOU ? planned for an area about 30 km. from Prior to, and throughout, the debate Manjimup, W.A. from 20th April to on his removal from the office of Gener­ 4lh May 19.75. The festival, called al Vice President of A.U.S. at January Ataraxia, an old English word meaning Annual Council in Melbourne, Jim Vargh­ Tranquility, is different to Nimbin in a ese was restricted in defending himself number of ways. The first is that the because sub-judice court rules did not land is being bought - it has been lea­ allow him to pubiically iomment on the sed for the past eighteen months. In Denis Walker episode at Queensland this time, every weekend with'a full^ University last August. moon there has been a barter and han- Jim Varghese, former President of the SNIP would like to apologise to gi (food feast cooked on hot rocks in University of Quecnsland Union, recently anyone who was offended by (he pits), people of all ages, nationalities, cleared a Press Release through his solic­ photo of the 1974 editor at age four and walks oflife have come to these itors in which he claimed he was 'tried' festivities to share friendship, ideas, Ul a tutu. This glaring mistake - caU­ MAIL SORTING REPLY in absentia at Annual Council. It appears ing Jan Tumer-Jones (actuaUy the ed­ food and music. In addition over this that A.U.S. Council delegates felt them­ itor for '75) the 1974 editor was oven time, scores of people have worked on selves under no restriction to discuss the looked by the writer, the typesetter, the land, in return for food and board. Dear Editor, entire matter, although having been warn­ the sub-editor, fhe proof-reader and About 1400 people have come tiirough I refer to your story under the ed by two A.U.S.-employed solicitors both the 1974 editor, David Franken out the 18 months to contribute and heading "KBG Alive and Well in Ad­ that a removal from office motion and and the 1975 editor; Jan Turner- participate in the growth of the festival min. Mail Sorting Office", in Semper ensuing debate could constitute serious Jones. David did NOT wear a tutu at The theme of the festival will be Floreat Vol. 45 No. I, February 13th, contempt of court. age four, but Jan did • harmony - encouraging all to share and 1975, which relates how a staff ine.Ti- The motion was nonetheless put, participate. There has been a lot of ber who attempted to forward private discussed and carried, he said. local support and the Australian Coun­ mail through the University's mail sy­ Appalled by the massive distribution cil for the Arts has been subsidisi ig the stem had his letters returned to him. and acceptance of defamatory material scheme. Local and mterstale dram­ Your article suggested that this carr­ against him, Jim Varghese said that his atists, artists, craftsmen, poets and mus­ ied the "incredible" implication that removal from office 'in the interests of icians have been invited and more are his letters had been opened to dcier- national unity' climaxed an intense four .encouraged to attend. mine whether they were official and month campaign to get rid of him at any cost. This was largely because of his INTERNATIONAL The organisers are hoping to hire a who wrote them. ship to take those from the eastern The University has a clear and reas­ dedication to non-violence, his personal states who want to attend the festival. onable policy that it will not carry the views apuist abortion and the fact that WOMEN'S cost of private mail. he was a Queenslander. Furtiier information can be obtained Staff members may forward their He said that the whole affair had des­ YEAR from A.U.S. Travel Office in the shop­ private mail through the University's troyed any A.U.S. moral and political ping arcade or from Brendon Fitzger­ mail system to the Post Office provid­ credibility, and that the successful motion ald cf- P.O. Mossman 4873. D meant the crude rejection of a community March 8tH - International Wo-- ed it carries a stamp. It there is no stamp and the letter is obviously per­ vision and the adoption of a pseudo- men's Day - will be celebrated in revolutionary poUtics of confrontation.D nwjor centres throughout Australia. • sonal (for example carrying a hand­ Brisbane is holding a Women's • written address to traders, electricity D.R.F. Fair in the City Square, to be offic­ suppliers etc. or is a greeting card) and ially opened at 10 a.m. and contmu- if the envelope cpiriuR a return address, mg throu^out the day. Women att- the letter is sunply returned to the .ending (and men are welcome too) sender. If there is no return address will be able to find out just what wo­ the letter is sent to Mr H.B. Green, the men's groups in Brisbane provide in Assistant Registrar, who has the auth­ the way of services and information ority to open it to discover the ident­ and participation opportunities. En­ ity of the sender. If this were not done tertainment will include folk singers, the University would be unable to re­ bands plays, speakers, and special act­ turn the mail and would not accept ivities for the children attending. A responsibility for paying the postal short "forum" will be included to al­ charges so that as far as the sender and low some free voicing of opinion. recipient were concemed the letter Any Women's groups wishing to would be lost. take part in/set up infonnation stalls Similarly, if mail in University en­ for the women's fair should ring velopes carrying tlie words "Postage Paid St Lucia" is posted in a normal 217892 (10.30 a.m. - 2.30 p.m.) LIGHT, LIBERTY & LEARNING - 553704 A/H 854731 A/H. p letter box, it will be returned by tlie HUH! Post Office to the University Mail Ro­ om and if there is no indication of the So much for the umversity pro­ sender's identity it will be given to Mr moting intelligent investigation and Green who will deal with it in the way research. The Sociology Department, described. a department generally to the fore in The point about your article is innovative educational approaches, ANONYMITY ASSURED that the University should not pay for this year took a retrogressive step. the private postage of its members and In the handbook 2 introductory that it should attempt to return unst- sodology subjects were advertised - . amped private mail to its sender. The In a recent letter to the Courier no mention was made of differences i University is vcrj-' conscious of its ob­ Jim Varghese Mml, CiaroUne Mann, secretary of the in die 2, although the book lists var­ ligation to respect privacy and for this University Labor Club criticised the be­ ied slightly. reason only Nh Green, who has work­ haviour of the govemment, opposition At the furst lecture of the semester ed for the University for more than 40 and media over the Morosi affak. students in ASH0 were informed years and who is widely respected by WOMANISING She said "the basis of this campaign that their assessment would consist of students and staff, has authority to is sexual discrimination in that few wo­ a number of essay type assignments. deal with unstamped private mail. men achieve such a responsible or high­ Students in AS 111, on the other Members of the mail sorting staff do ly paid position-and one of rascbm ui hand, were told that they would be no open any mail. It's little more than a variantion on that it b even less common for a person assessed on the basis of two multiple I might add that the Staff Associat­ an ancient theme, and nowhere, but on of Asiatic blood to achieve such a pos­ choice exams and a small tutorial ion arid the Vice-Chancellor have rec­ the University of Queensland campus ition. I ask all Queenslanders to ignore assignment. ently discussed this matter and the could it initiate such a mind-boggling the sensations we hear of daily and urge Some studeiits in the multiple Honorary Secretary of the Staff Assoc­ and ineffectual disturbance. the opposition to turn its attention to choice group were worried that they iation has written on its behalf to the As one of the oldest and more more important issues." had gotten the wrong end of the stick Vice-(3iancellor stating the Associat­ purile games in the coUegc-boys' book, She included her address for replies Lecturer Ralph Herbert quickly dis­ ion's belief that the University's pol­ it is hardly sanctified by ils new and and recieved a number, one of which is pelled this fear - sayuig "I'm making icy is entirely reasonable. The assoc ratiier blase Queensland 1975 title of reproduced below. It was sent typewri­ it easier for ycu to pass. The only iation has asked the University to in­ womanising. tten, unsigned and without an address. difference is that those in this group form all staff of the policy and the "Womanising" thrives on the mas­ will leam a little about everything and next issue of "University News" will culine attitude at a recently turned in the other they will leam a lot ab­ carry full details. co-ed college(ei/. Emmanuel) that, more out particular subjects". or less, invites the boys to "Liberate a Fair enough it is an introductory Yours sincerely, Suppressed Female Today", and on an subject and so a broad mtroduction R. N. Wensley, ironically chauvanistic presumption should be given. But believe it or not Information Officer. tiiat women are in dire need of sexual some students actually eiyoy reaear- release and enlightenment. The male ching and writing assignments about SNIP was not criticising the undeniable residents have nobly taken up the subjects they are interested in. right of the admin, to assure that all mail (gauntlet with a crusade which they Surely the difference between two sent in official envelopes is official, but charmingly entitle "shock treatment". seemingly identical courses cpuld simply questioning the manner in which it is decided that some letters are personal As far as the administration of the have been made clear in the hand college is concemed, the gitis say they book - so that those who want to and worthy of openmg. D Ja.S, have met with no antagonism and have BRISBANE 26.2.75 pass by knowing a little about a lot of no complaints. Which is an amusing M/S CAROLINE MANN, topics could opt to do so and vice reversal, and poses the question of just JUNIE MOROSI - COMMUNIST ACT­ what has caused such widespread uproar IVIST - TRAINED SIX MONTHS IN LIBRARY BUNGLING and hysteria. It seems that several CUBA. BROUGHT TO AUSTRALIA INVESTIGATED^ complaints from a small minority of BY ANDREW PEACOCK AND DON indignant female residents has attracted CHIPP. SEXUALLY INVOLVED WITH the interest of a controversial Sunday BOTH, AND LIONEL MURPHY.. SEC-- newspaper, at which point the indig­ URITY CLEARANCE A FARCE. A.S. nant complaints were abruptiy silenced. I.e. FILE DESTROYED BY LIONEL At which point, also it should be MURPHY. ALL DR. CAIRN'S STAFF, hi the next issue of SEMPER there will hoped that the virtue of many male DEDICATED SOCIALISTS, PLEDGED be a full scale investigation of alleged innocents, will be saved, r-, TO DESTROY OUR ECONOMY. READ library bungling, Q J^ J " THE QUIET REVOLUTION" BY J, K.O. CAIRNS, n .Ja.S. 4 temper florMt very like a whale:

Hamlet: Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape choosing english texts for of a camel? Polonius: By th' tnass,and 'tis like a camel, indeed. Hamlet: Methinks it is like a weasel. secondary school students. Polonius: It is backed like a weasel Hamlet: Or like a whale? Polonius: Very like a whale. likely to be ablo to deal with life problems if I am kept very nature ofthe original curse of being able to know ignorant of them, just when I am likely to encounter good and evil. Hamlut Act 3, Scene 2. them. Please note that I am not advocating that we We are stuck with a world in which good and evil •should inform children pre:nuturely of what will later There is an old story about sailors anchoring their exist, because people are by nature both good and evil. be veiy important problems in their lives, and so de­ bark near a small island and preparing to stay a^ore for We are also stuck with being able to, and wanting to, prive them of a period of security m which to build up the night. As they lit their fire they discovered too late teU the difference. Furthermore, to Hve in our world, character to be able to deal with the problems when that they had in fact landed on a huge whale, which div­ we must be able t» distinguish between good and evil. they are abnormal. To show adolescents that they are ed, drowning all the crew bar the one who lived to tell Mrs Rendle-Short has discerned good and evil. That is 'in fact normal, and that they are entering a worlti of the tale. her right. However, when die wants to deny others the dissension and disagreement, a world of hate and lovf, experience .of leaming to discern good and evil, she is There aie two morals to this story. One is that the of despair and concern, is to help them to live in that tip ofa whale can be as deceptive and as dangerous as being mconsistent. Knowledge alone may not defeat adult world into which ihey a-e just entering. An Eng­ evil, but neither will ignorance negate it. • the tip of an iceberg. And the other is that often, like lish textbook must then be judged by how well it shows Polonius, we see what we want to see. the uses of the &ig|Iish language to inform and to de­ Putting a moral [x^int to a story is a reasonable en­ ceive, and how well it ^ows literature hoth as a part of APPENDIX (Tailpiece): ough way of defming a piece of jojmalism, but some our life experiences, and also as a commentary oii them people would have us go further than that; they would A good text assists in providing a balanced view of whal Mrs Rendle-Short, in a report the dayfolbwing her wish us to end every w6rk of imagihativo writing with a people are using the EngUsl; language for. original letter, named four English texts that she found moral maxim. And it is to this point that I wish to A further point which needs to be made m this objectionable. I obtained inspection copies of two of write. article, even if there is insufficient space to aigue it them from Dominie School Supplies of ML Gravatt The person choosing secondary texts is confronted (iilly, is that there is a difference between having (say) Several customers of that shop had complained ab­ with a number of other important issues, most of which Christian control m a given situation, and Christian out the "obscene" picture published on p62 of Cook are fairly complexly inter-related. I will mention these standards prevailing in that situation. The only time and Gallasch 's "Improving on the Blank Page (Adelaide, other educational issues in the course of this article, b.ut Christian standards will ever prevail anywhere (includ­ Rigby, 1972), which we reprint below. The poem on only in passing, for I have limited space for even this ing in high schools) is when everybody examines him­ the facing page gave a clue to the picture's identity. immediate! issue. All of these issues of course arise from self and herself for fundamental attitudes and their AUyou people with a umversity liberal education- one's basic educational philosophy. They nlso include bases. This, Mrs Rendle-Short must already know. what was the title ofthe poem on the page facing the concepts of parent-teacher-student relationships (auth­ Qtaracter and conviction can never be legislated, but picture? For the answer, children, fust tum this page ority and democracy), censorship, and media control grow from personal choices made and consistently foll­ upside down. (monopoly versus access). All df these issues are im­ owed through. portant to me, and will continue to be so in a lift; of teaching and writing. My being a Christian gives the re­ What is far more alarming is that Mrs Rendle-Short solution of these issues greater urgency. The fact that has not clutched at the basic issue arid protested ag­ most of Semper's readers will be/are parents make ainst that. If we suppose for one moment that educat­ these issues important for them too. ors do have as mudi influence as Mrs Rendle-Short claims (and what teacher in a classroom overcrowded Every year parents complain, for a number of reas-. with kids who would rather be anywhere but at school, ons, about their children's textbooks. Unavailability, could believe that for long?), then why doesn't she prO' expense, and wasfape are all valid reasons for complaint, test about the opportunitier. for misuse of power wWcli but what of the complaints that bookt; (mostly English teachers have? ^e is not complaining because teachers texts) are subvetsive? Do these compJatnts have any in general have a near-absolute power to propagandize basis? minds, but because the wrong group of teachers have Angel Rendle-Short in the Courier MaU, 6/2, clahnhig this power! Such an attitude is patronizing, elitist, and that certain English texts were "gutter trash". Her letter definitely not consistent with her Christian beliefs. shoulc". not have been published, since it was all contention What she is in essence protesting against, is that Christ­ and no content all assertion and no argument, lacking ian are not m a position to propagandize ddldren. To both examples anu altemathre suggestions. In fact the this I say, that the Christian gospel needs no props, no language she used was such as would be discouraged in state support, no abuse of power or of knowledge for ii any cultured community, (beginning at sdiool), simply to appeal to people, and for it to work in their Uves. because it was uiefficient, cliched and wasteful. I wrote Ihe gospel of Jesus Christ is in fact more powerful to the Courier Mail, telling them as much, and question­ . than any education department. ing an editorial policy which publishes the baseless iu^d ' Further points to be made here include the fact badly written letters of well known people in preference that attitudes are largely formed in the home and living to better-written and better-aigued letters by lesser environment. For the reason, there is more danger to knowns. I maintamed that a "Letters" column ought to good character from parents failing to acknowledge the slunulate rational discussion and seek truth rather than responsibility they have to their children, than from merely arouse emotions and then !eave those same em­ "subversive" teachhig. There is a sunilar danger from otions unsatisifled at having found no answers to the electronic mass media which children experience up to moral dihmmas perturbing them. Hve hours a day. Books are a far less powerful medium I guess it w?s silly of me to expeci that toy letter wo­ than other media to which adolescents are exposed, uld be published. all of «4iich are m any case subject to human controls. I further stated in my letter that inclusion did not These issues are all pertinent, but unfortunately tioj}or)ut{Ofi(q„supidmnj,, jam uisodatii necessarily imply approval, whether it be in English texts, must be put aside in tUs article so that I might return history books (diall I expurge all mention ofthe Inquis­ to my main pomt. Another book compkined about was Allsopp, Hunt ition, Hitler and wars from the history texts of the brave I implied carUer that knowledge was an essential andSmaU's "English Today Book3"(N.Y. WUey, new world?) or medical tomes(did Mrs Rendle-Short prerequisite for deahng with any problem. If Mrs Ren­ 1973} which incbides 24 pages of material on "TTie "approve of measdes, cholera or polio when she studied dle-Short were to draw her argument to its logical Generation Gap"and 31 pages on ''Human Violence". them for her degree?Did the people who wrote the conclusion, she would not be able to complain about The material chosen was varied both in outlook ahd in texts "approve" ?) The obvious pomt is tha* 1 am un- the evils she sees hi our education system. Why? Be­ form: poems, news artkles, extracts from novels and ' cause ^e would be ignorant of them! She would nev- ' plays, as well as questions and essay topics set by the er have leamt what evil was ahd what good was, and so editors. Propaganda it ain't - interesting learning it is, would have been unequipped to Uve hi, a world where and popular with both the students and teachers. ^Pasadonna good and evil co-exist, where we meet both every day. One more wail - the didactic poem "The Whale" Had Mrs Rendle-Short been kept ignorant of the evils firom "The Middle English Bestimy " is too long to print she speaks of, she would not now be able to treat them. 174 Cbience Road, Coffee here, but this poem by Miles Gibson fiom p54 JfNeil . INDOOROOPILLY If we had never leamt of war, we would not fear it. If Puller's Chequerboard: Across the Boatd (Melb, Mac- doctors never learned of hepatitis ? Lounge Milkn, 1974) is interesting. lerving- I have written scantily of a number of issues (Concer­ ned with chooshig English books foi secondary school The Last Whale HOT AND COLD students. This is because I have tried to concentrate'on ihe solitude of water DRINKS, SNACKS the basic problem. The issues of pornography and cen­ ' drove him mad & LIGHT MEALS sorship are associated with this problem - interested he milowed like a Zeppelin readers might look at Geoige Orwell's "Inside the Wh­ fiill of holes ale" (if I might be excused for tryhig to, ui Polonius' and when he landed frdtfi ^l^f//j^<§^m words, "crack the wind ofa poor phrase"). There were on the beach also the issues of authority, parental influence, parent- they say he made child-teacher interaction, and the very nature of literat­ a thousand packs Open 6 nights a week of lightfy salted (CLOSED TUESDAY*) ure itself. (Aesop's fable o^ Freudian fantasy.... or somethhig else?), niedia-control and inifluence, and the margarine, Ross Clark sempar floreat 5

In Queensland, it is an "offence against morality" for a woman to take control over her own body. That is, the laws which prohibit criminal code attempts' to/procure abortion (section 224 and 225 of the Criminal Code of Queensland) and the supplying of drugs or instruments to procure abortion (section 226) are included in Chapter XXII of the Code: "Offences Against Morality" (see box). Thus a person who in, any way becomes involved with a woman exercising her right as a human being is liable to serve a term of imprisonment of 14 years CHAPTER XXII with hard labour (no pun intended). Indeed, a woman who attempts to procure- her own miscarriage is liable to seven years penal servitude OFFENCES AGAINST MORALITY with hard labour (i.e. that abortion itself is not a crime, only the intent to procure the mis­ carriage). '\ • • These laws are repressive not only to women, but also to society. They deny the rights of S.224 half the population of this state to live full, secure lives, free from the burden of giving birth to an unwanted child. Each year thousands of Queensland women, unable to obtain abortions Attempts to proctu-e abortion - Any person who; (legal or illegal) in their own state, make the long journey to Sydney to terminate their preg­ with uitent to procure the mistarriage of a woman, nancies. whether she is or is not with child unlawfully admin­ isters to her or causes her to take any poison or other The law in Queensland with regard to abortion must be changed to acliieve a woman's noxious thing, or uses any force of any kmd, or uses any other means whatever, is guilty of a crime and is democratic right to limit her reproductive capacity. The repeal of all abortion laws in this liable to imprisonment with hard labour for fourteen state is necessary, so that each individual woman has the personal right to choose when she will years. bear a child. Indeed, the "offence against morality" - abortion - Is inconsistent with other important sections of the Criminal Code,

S.225 Because of this inconsistency, abortion cannot be regarded as murder, Murder is the kilhng of any person coupled with one of a number of The like by women with child - Any woman who, specific intents. The Code in s.291 and s.292. (see box), with intent to procure her own miscarriage whether defines unlawful killing (Uiis includes murder, s.291) and specifies she is or is not with child, unlawfully administers to the time when a cliild becomes a human being . capable of being herself any poison or other noxious thing, or uses by killed (s.293). At the tinie when abortions can be performed force of any kind, or uses any other means whatever, inition of s.292 or permits any such thing or means to be administer­ safely, the foetus does not fall within the def- ed or used to her, is guilty of a crime, and is liable to and therefore cannot be covered by s.291, Tlius, it is sub- imprisonment with hard labour for seven years. mitted that abortion cannot be regarded as murder and therefore the laws proliibiting it should be removed from the statute books. S.226 There are other more cogent reasons for Supplying drugs or instmments to procure abortion - Any person who unlawfully supplies to or procures repeaUng these laws. Until a hundred percent for any person any thing whatever, knowing that it is effective method of contraception is developed intended to be unlawfully used to procure the mis­ a woman should be entitled to terminate any carriage of a woman, whether she is or is not with unwanted pregnancy she might have during cbDd is guilty of misdemeanour, and is liable to im­ her cliild-bearing years. It is basic to the prisonment with hard labour fot three years. rights of women as human beings that they have control over their own reproductive capacity. For too long women have accepted the so-called morality of the male, CHAPTER XXVIII HOMICIDE: white ruling class. These* men, be they politicians or clergy, have imposed their SUICIDE: CONCEALMENT OF BIRTH oppression on women by declaring that, abortion Is an "offence against morality". For women it is an offence against morality S.291 that they should be denied control over their own bodies. D Killing ofa human being unlawful - It is unlawful to kill any person unless such killing is authorised or justified or excused by law. Janice Fewin

S.292 For further information: When a child becomes a human being - A child be­ Children by choice Association (prosibortion) comes a person capable of being killed when it has 194 Musgrave Road, Red Hill. completely proceeded in a living state from the body Phone 36S580. of its mother, whether it has breathed or not and whether it has an independent circulation or not and Right to Life Association (antl-abort)on) 1 Wharf Street, Ctty. whether the navel-string is severed, or not. Phone 313379.

S.282 -

Surgical operations - Any person is not criminally responsible for performing in good faith and with reasonable care tmd skill a surgical operation upon any person for his benefit, or upon an unborn child for the preservation of the mother's life, if the per­ formance of the operation is reasonable, having re­ r gard to the patient's state at the time and to all the chcumstances of the case. /l4Aifi^

STOP PRESS: THE PRIORITIES OF THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS COMMITTEE CAME UNDER ATTACK THIS WEEK WHEN IT WAS CLAIMED

THAT THEY WERE ONLY INTERESTED IN ABORTION REFORM. THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS COMMITTEE DOES NOT DENY THAT THEY

SUPPORT ABORTION LAW REFORM BUT CLAIMS THAT ALLEGATIONS THAT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF THEIR THREE THOUSAND

DOLLAR BUDGET WILL BE SPENT ON ABORTION CAMPAIGNS ARE TOTALLY UNFOUNDED. IN ACTUAL FACT. ONLY THIRTY DOLLARS

HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE ABORTION CAMPAIGN. THE ISSUE IS RAISING CONSIDERABLE DEBATE AND SEVERAL OPPOSING

PHAMPLETTS AND PETITIONS ARE CIRCULATING. • 6 semper floreat

DEMANDS FOR REFORM BYROSSMORTON

4. The abolition of the 1 to 7 scale of assessment, standard problems - health, housing, public works, and THE UNIVERSITY and the substitution of the concept "completed food production - the present bureaucratic structure, the course" or "did not complete the course". by its nature, does not allow a quick response to emerg- Every year the University resembles more and more Let me give the reasons that support these demands. i ig or growing problems or to old problems taking on a a supermarket. It has pre-packaged courses and a com­ new form. petitive check-out counter issiung meal-tickets for the WORKLOADS Only in an atmosphere in which all productive mem­ successful. The scramble for the goodies inskle has For the purpose of University reform, the workload bers ofthe University have the abiUty to amplify and recently been rendered more frenetic by an equally com­ stands as a means for students to cast off the burden of attenuate the variety of courses designed to fight these petitive check-in counter, in the form of quotas. imposed workloads. The combined influences of problems in a fundamental way, can a quick and adeq­ Beneath the outward appearance lies a power basis business/financial interests, senior administrators, ac­ uate response be given to avert their (possibly disastr­ by whose machinations the whole structure is made to ademics, and others, have produced a Harvard-like ous) consequences. work. The nature of this power stmcture is obscure "push and go", especially within the recently introduced hi practical terms this means staff-student democratic except to some enlightened ones who happen to be in Semester system. control of courses and course content by some method the "academic swim"; the average student Is dimly This system has forced students into courses cramm­ of judicious consultation. The otiier aigument for staff aware ofa fearful combination composed ofa Senate, ed with work. The "elective freedom enjoyed" by student control lies in the human needs of those invol­ a Professorial Board, a Staff Association, and various students is illusory in that the quantity of work required ved. other bodies, some espousing the cause of students re­ is.aknost unvarying. Most students are forced into a Human beings have a need to give, to create, and presentation. gaflop that allows little or no exploration of the subject, thus grasp the world and make it their own home. The student quickly becomes aware as he enrols in and sparse development of understanding. The result Students, on the whole, young, more flexible in theh a set of pre-packaged courses that this cluster of auth­ is that the student is painfully (conscious: of work dead^ outlook, and above all, without a position to protect, ority is the instrument by which academic life is con­ Unes, of impending exams, and of the need to "please" have much to give in the way of ideas to the solution of trolled, but he does not know precisely by whom he is the lecturer. pressing world problems - more perhaps than the trad­ controlled. He sits in classes in Lecturers' words, work­ Student control of workloads becomes necessary for itional "•'ixperts". From them, teachers can leam, and ing out problems given to him, and in due course he productive learning when one considers that such leam­ m turn give of their wisdom. takes an examination (or several exammations) the out-' ing requires time for reflection (and this varies between Instead of allowhig the polarity between staff and come of which is dedded in secret by his lecturers, who mdividuals), and also a certain amount of freedom from students to be a precipitant for dominance/submission, subsequently issue to him through the Administration anxiety. Ihe student himself knows best himself his the polarity through a productive sharing of responsibiUty a piece of paper telling him of his resuhs. If he is seek­ capacity for work, and as a human being also tespects can be the source of great productivity. In a simUar way ing a higher degree, he must satisfy the Department the need for both his colleagues and hunself to work as productive sharing between departments in the form of that he can thus proceed, hi practice one can only co-operative units. inter-discipUnary studies, can lead to great creativity. imagine this means a.closed meeting of Departmental These two >^>ects - uidividual rate of work, and the staff which pemses his academic record to see if the need to work in harness with one's feUows - can and required number of credits, distinctions, or what - have EXCLUSION you appears there. should be balanced out. In any event, it is tbe students, indiwdoaUy and corporately, who should control work­ Information made avaUable to each "student at the One thing becomes evident of the examination of loads. begmrjng of each year states: the University experience - namely that the student, The University requires a satisfactory rate of pro­ whilst his life is controlled by a plethora of rules and STAFF-STUDENT WORK CONTROL gress toward a degree and students with a record. an academic eUte has Uttle or no control over his own of failure nuiy be excluded..... productive University life, Student control of workloads becomes possible If a climate of trust and confidence exists between students Behind this mling appears to be the phUosophy that A group of students caUmg themselves, for conven­ and staff. This can be developed with a framework of uiefficient or slow students must be culkd out, that ience, "students for control of workload" formed in democratic staff-student control, but there is another, only tbe fit survive. 1974. Existing withm the wider libertarian movement, more pressing need for staff-student control of courses. Exclusion is a state of ultimate alienation, particular­ they voiced dissatisfaction with the above state of ly exclusion from an educational mstitution, which pur­ affairs, hi a series of meetings last year, they formulated The University does not exist in isolation; one is ports to have as one ofits chief goals the aim of teach­ and discussed a set of demands designed'to win back aware of cluster of problems - population pressure, ing people to leam. control - to make them masters of their own destinies. violence, various kinds of discriminations, poverty and The demands still stand and are as follows: oppression - to name a few. hi the current pattern of In this case, exclusion represents a failure ofthe events, some see an alarmuig trend toward the collapse University to fulfill its primary function. This break­ 1. Student control of workload. of Western culture. Some can hear the distant rumbUngs down is not hard to pinpoint in the system in which 2. Staff-student democratic control of courses and of doom for mankmd. Yet these problems are not in- . students are barred or discouraged (except in a few course-content. surmountable. cases) from discussion or negotiation about assignments 3. No exclusion of students from University (Le. Students, no less than any other class, know of them and exam results with their assessors. They are given that students be permitted to continue untfl their and can identify them m terms of their strategic solution. very Uttle opportunity - except by the clumsy expedient assesson conskler their studies adequate and - Whilst many University courses contam answers to of repeatmg a year, or at best takmg supplementaries — complete:) to amend their mistakes. The faculty of leaming how to leam, and in particular.leaming frpm one'sj mistakes, is considerably impaired. Exclusion robs students ofa chance of seeing themselves as they are - individuals beuig born agaui accordhig to theh own plans. One can understand the University's mling on ex­ clusion only in economic terms; the Umitation of the University to cope beyond a certaui number of students. However, if a student is allowed to continue untU his • studies are adequately completed'(and completeness is surely a quality innate to the human mind), i esthnate that fewer resourses would be used than if the student repeated the year. Moreover, the lessons learned by ji^icious consultation with one's assessors would surely make a better graduate than one who merely "ran the miU" and took a closed exam. The University wishes to exclude those who are not fit, and mms ils resources at those who are. 1 say, that the University's task is to make one fit (i.e. to draw out one's innate potential).

FAILURE AND THE ASSESSMENT SCALE . The 1 to 7 scale has been held up as a means for a student to gu^e his performance, and also as a means whereby potential employers may rate appUcants for selection into a career. Yet the scale is competitive - that one is a "5" student impUes that a "6" student is better than him, whereas a "4" student is somehow in­ ferior. The manifestations of this expUcIt competition are not hard to see. One hears of certam students who wUl not lend lecture notes for fear of losii^ theh advantage;' of students burnii^ electricity (and their vitality) through­ out the night because of the competition. What is more insidious is that one is constantly con­ fronted with the spectacle of students estranged from • each other, inches away along the same desk and yet light years away in academic affmity. One can see the kind of attitude that may be engended; 'I am competing agamst hhn, therefore I mOst maintain a certain aloofness. The world outside is hard and competitive; I wUl try to block it from my mind. NotMng really matters except

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DEMANDS FOR REFORM (cont) The 1 to 7 scale is a twin-edged sword dividing stud­ entails a balance between one's own perception of one's ents from their feUows and thwarting their human individual ability and interests, and the wish to co-op­ needs for productive love. The concept of "completed erate in a collective endeavour. the course" on the other hand is potentially an integrat­ Above all, for tiie purpose of University reform, we that I do well, that 1 compete successfully." ing force drawing one on to explore, to understand, h maintain that control must be placed in the hands of This attitude - a form of extended egotism - could encourages students to work steadily and productively. the students and staff and not imposed from above. be the reason for the commonly mentioned phenomena With the fear of failure removed, one is free to nurture I want to add here tliat in my view the clause at the of student apathy and lack of communication widiin the the spirit of co-operation. bottom ofthe enrdlmenl form pledging obedience to University. At the same time, fear of failure acting as a the instituted authority is still valid. I believe one miist negative motivation to work also exercises a paralytic SUMMARY respect rational extemal authority but also develop effect on the mind. One sees students indulging in all The I to 7 scale should be abolished so that the setf-discipline and self-respect that needs no dependence sorts of displacement activity up to a short period be­ spirit of co-operation can be fostered. The courses, on it. In this sense, given the demands discussed above, fore an examination/assignment deadline, then working and course content should be worked out between Universities could no longer become supemiarkets, but frenetically to cram their work. Yet people, because students and staff to correspond with the perception of productive communities. D they are human, long for community. Tliey long to problems felt to be important in terms of human wel­ overcome their separaleness. fare. The control of workloads by students ideally Ross Woods Morton.

she copiously noted with her Q.N. \(^ taught shorthand, she had time to cf flick through the Orientation Hand­ o^' book, on the lookout for something .^ .^^ remotely scandalous. She found a number of possibilities. The first was a standard looking article on drugs, / the next on contraception, another &' <^%. dealing with house sharing for stud­ -^^//VG ents, recommending mixed sex houses, the third related to cheating. Not much there she thought. Theii Union President Towler was on stage, not much larger than Ufe but struggling with his cap and gown. She got an exact copy of his speech. The final paragraph made her heart ckciA sing: "1975 has been declared Inter­ national Holy Year by the Vatican and International Women's Year by the United Nations, so I expect to see a lot more hoUness and a little less male chauvanism ffom you all". Now 1 know how to foUow up those innoc­ uous articles she gloated. (Even Q.N. cadets are pretty shrewd 11 )i FUpping through the handbook byPintlus&Co. .^^ again she came across the drug article ^"e. .^v first, and thought, right, this is it. •STUDENT DISCOUNT "^^//Vr ,VKe^ Drup will be this week's scandal for •MAIN AGENCY AT UNION SHOP \(^ Q.N. She did wonder whether it was and at all coUeges. o^' a dead issue, but decided that with the average reader it was not. depots also at '.^^ Pouring through the artide, savour­ 224 Hawken Drive, St. Lucia. ing every sentence, at last she found one which was potentiaUy scandalous, Cnr. Lytton Rd. & Northcote St., DRUGS/SEX/CHEATING .assuming the rest of the article wasn't East Brisbane. Monday 24th Feb. 1975. Brisbane read, and with sufficient publicity peo­ ple wouldn't bother to read the rest of FACTORY: 47 Vulture St., West End. All was as usual in the corridors of it, she reasoned. Phone43410-42910 . Queensland Newspapers. The tiles were The sentence she found read: "So gleaming with their weekend polish. if you really want to know what acid From behind the glass partitions came is like, try h, (but be wary of the dan-. the usual clatter of typewriters and gers) - it can blow your head off." the none too melodious luUaby of She decided to confront the pres­ phones ringing. ident with this sentence. Should get Suddenly there burst a cry from a a good reaction she thoi^t, from a man in authority: We must get some man who wants women's Uberation to sensationalism hack into the pages of procede in a holy way. the paper if we want to maintain our Her hunch payed off and Mr Tow­ sales - the pubUc expects to read ab­ ler criticised the article and even gave out more than our brilliant Premier her a quoteable quote: "I certainly and Gough's latest bunglings, they don't approve of giving advice like want a scandal that they can be dis­ that!!" gusted about, it's the only way to fiU To ensure objective reporting she the letters to the editor column. The also asked deputy Vice ChanceUor more scandalous the better, so that (fabric and fmance) Ritchie for his op­ people wUl sit up and take notice of inion, but he said: "Students had to us, and think how marveUous we are take the responsibility for things print­ for uncovering yet another disgusting ed in the handbook." social quirk. When she returned to Q.N. with her With this advice ringing in theh story she was duly congratulated and ears, the cadets clicked into action. the article appeared the following day. Ticking off possible dens of iniquity She also handed over her sample bag m their minds, one bright cadet struck (having eaten the lolUpop) and anoth­ on the university. She was congratul­ er joumo eager for promotion found ated on her journalistic insight and another article on dmgs, this time in sent on her way by the chief of staff, the student newspaper. This was even complete of coiirse with photographer worse and said that "Queensland uni­ and notebooks. versity would be a junk scene by the It was the beginning of orientation end of the year, because ofa massive week at the University so she was in influx of heroin into the country." tuck. In addition to the usual hand­ Queensland Newspapers was set for outs thmst onto all and sundry, and the week - enough scandal to keep us in particular, reporters from Queens­ going for a while, the upper echelons land Newspapers, and the naive-look­ were heard to mutter - especially if ing, she was presented with a show we can get the community standards bag, What could this possibly have organisation uiterested in it. in it she wondered? As she groped However, by Thursday, drugs were into the depths of the bag she dis­ beginning to loose their audience ap­ covered a lollypop. Note: seducing peal, so the editor demanded a switch unsuspecting freshers with opium to sex, which was executed in an eq­ sweets! ually thorough way. By Monday sex She dug deeper and found a had also begun to lose its appeal and pretentious looking magazine, with an Q.N. switched to cheating. (Althougli aminous black/red/white cover. Flipp­ Prof. Milns saved that article by saying: ing through the volume she noticed an "it was probably a tongue in cheek advertisment by her employer - ex­ comment". So once again Queensland plaining the absolute need for fair and Newspapers managed to show Queens­ impartial reporting, despite its many land University for what it is - a den difficulties. Spurred on by this advice of sin, sex, drags and generally a pit she found a program for the day's of iniquity in the bend of the river. activities in her bag. Spedal thanks are due to the Aust­ The official opening was due to raUan who saved the week with their start in 15 minutes and aU the import­ article commenting on the ridiculous ant people in the University were due drug fracas and began with the quote to speak. Not likely to be very sens­ "A Load of Bull" is how a doctor dis­ ational she thought, but 1 may pick missed claims that U of Q was develop­ up some dues. So, over to Mayne mg into a big drug scene. O HaU she went, complete with photo­ grapher and notebook. In between the speeches, which Julianne Schultz U semper floreat HIJACK

FLIGHT INTO TUNIS Wc could see the police and fire engines in the dis­ Then the voice of the Arab leader came over the tance. They did not come any closer than about half a intercom. Dubai, 21st November, 1974 .... 10.30 pjn. and the mile. Negotiations were-pniceeding. The Arab com­ "You wiU put seat belts around you. We go." British Airways, V.C. 10, sets herself down after her long mandos demanded more fuel for the plane and got it. flight from Beirut. We sat in the plane and waited." This time the Arab commandos pulled down aU the John Moriorty and Chris McGuigan decide to stretch blinds of the plane. We flew for about an hour and Uien By this time we were ail swapping information about landed. their legs. I stay aboard to catch up on some sleep. A . ourselves, our names and nation^ities. We were calling noise in the aisle of the plane awakens me. each other by our first names. Peter Woodforth, the chief steward, was sitting near I am looking down the ban-el of an automatic revol­ me. He carefully raised the blind. The V.C. 10 refuelled, and the air hostess, called ver, held in the hand ofa very tall, handsome black man. Josie, spoke to us over the intercom. "I know where we are", he said, "It's Tunis". In his left hand,held very tightly, is the chief steward. "Ladies and Gentlemen, please do not be alarmed, "Where the hell's tiiat," I asked. I re-act automatically. 1 stand up, ignore the revolver I do not believe the commandos mean to hurt us. "In North Afiica", he replied, and ask, "Is this a hi-jack?" Please stay cahn and obey orders. Soon I feel, it will be The black man doesn't answer me. all over and we will be freed." "Thanks", 1 replied, "I've just come out of Lagos, Nigeria and I've travelled halfj-way home and now I'm The chief steward begs me not to argue with him. Then the Captain's voice. back .ilmost where I started from". The black man motions me with his revolver to move "Ladies and Gentlemen, 1 have been told by die com- "Never mind love", Peter replied, "I'H let you know down the aisle of the plane. mados to teU you they are waiting for a French Cor­ when the cocktail hour in London is and we'll have a respondent to arrive. They ask you to tell this reporter drink." The chief steward begs me to do as he says. the tmth about the hi-jack and to teU him how you have I move with the chief steward down to the economy been treated. As soon as the French Conespondent "Are yougoing to open the bar?" I asked dryly. seats. Suddenly there is gun-fire outside the plane, takes the story, 1 am expected to fiy the commandos (later 1 was told a stewardess and caterer had been injur­ and the correspondent to an unknown destuiation. I "Can't do that love", he replied, "But our friend here ed trying to escape the cross fire of bullets). feel ypu will all be off-loaded here until 1 return from has a bottie of whisky he's prepared to share with us. the unknown destination to pick you aU up again. We'll drink whisky and water at die cocktail hour and As the gun-fire continued, I dropped, to the fioor of Please keep calm, keep seated and obey orders." later have a whislqr nightcap." the plane and buried my head in the seat. The black man with the revolver, backs quickly towards the front We waited half a day with the commandos watching We did just tiiat, with Peter promising our friend of the plane. He slaps down the seats ui front of us aU. for any sign outside. We had only biscuits aboard and whose whisky we were drinking, a replacement of the There are about 40 passengers huddled together. He very little water. We were rationed to a small dose of bottle when it was ail over and he could get to the bar. then walks towards the back of die plane and coUapses water and biscuits about every 2 hours. The commandos November 23td. Negotiations were still going on the scats behind us. Two other black men come down were getting restless. The French Correspondent seemed strong on the flight deck.. Wc sat and sweated U out. the aisle, carrying repeating rifles. like he wasn't going to show. The hot sun ofthe desert penetrated the plane. I act­ One Arab speaks English. He asks me whether I am ually felt my skin getting sunburned. The air condition­ er wasn't much help. Only hot aii came through. To Pakistani or Indian. I tell him I am Aboriginal Australian make us more comfortable, the commandos opened and proud of it. I then lecture him and tell him he the exit doors on,each side of the plane. I was luckier should be working towards the success of the Second than some, I was right alongside the exit door. Worid Black Festival of Arts, that is to take place iri Nigeria next year. I leU him I think theh actions stupid There were four children on the plane and a pregnant and not in die best interest of the Arab cause. Also, that woman. She was about 8 montiis pregnant. We really I have always been sympathetic to their cause. To hell sweated about ber condition but she and the children wUh wars, time to end them aU. were marvellous. They were all Indians. There was no Whether he told the commandos what I said, 1 shall panic, no complaints. never know. It was about five hours later, 1 found out Four hours after we landed at Tunis the commandos that he had been hi-jacked out of Dubai with the rest of released the mothers with the children. It gave us a real the caterers and was not one of the commandos. He sense of happiness to see them go. One of the ah host­ had been hi-jacked because he spoke English and he was esses cracked under the stram and the commandos were the commando^ interpreter by force and not by choice. worried for her. She was immediately released as well. One of the commandos mounted guard in front of The leader of die commandos had chosen me to go us and one at the back. They cradled their repeating with the mothers and chUdren but there was a difference rifles over their arms, like a waher cradles a rare bottle of opinion between them. The others seem to thhik I of whie before serving. should be treated the same as the British as I was travel- The passengers are aU extremely cabn. Everyone sits Ung on an AustraUan pssport. Those witii British pass­ still after tiie gun fire outside ceases. Minutes pass. ports were given the same treatment. Even the Indians and Pakistanis who held British passports. Suddenly the tall young black Arab, revolver at the ready, comes down the aisle and motions to a young man I got the strong hnpression that the commandos sitting in front of me to go with him. They were gone were not over fond ofthe British or the AustraUans. about fifteen minutes and when they came back the The chief steward knew that the leader of the com­ commando motioned the man to reseat himself. The mandos had selected me to go with the mothers and Arab commando disappeared back to Uie flight desk. children and asked as they were leaving if I could go The young white man, looking very pale, whispered to too. They replied "she stays." me, "They tied my hands behind my back and took me" to the fli^t deck and threatened to shoot me in the Peter tumed to me and said, "Say you are an Indian head if the captain didn't come aboard," YUSSEF (HI-JACKER) love." Later the captaui reported that when he arrived on Yussef, my son . I said, "No, I'm Aborighial'Australian and in spite of board, the young white man made one of the coolest What do you do here us trying to cut our ties from the BrUish all these years, statements he had ever heard, "It's nice to see you With your dreamy eyes I guess I'm stuck with youall." aboard captain." That tell of moonlight . Peter grinned and answered, "Thanks love, glad to We stayed on the ground at Dubai for three hours, And sun have you witii us." We could hear tiie activities outside ofthe refuelling of And the warm touch I thanked him for his efforts to have mc released. the plane. Then the captain spoke to us over the inter­ Of a girl's embrace? com. The love you feel for children , After the release of the mothers and children, Uie captain again spoke to us. "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Pours from your heart It is my duty to teU you I have just handed over command And it's easy to see "Ladies and Gentiemen, the commandos are still - of this plane to Uie Arab commandos. They are in fuU Since you wear it on your sleeve. negotiating. They have changed theh plans and are now control and they have told me to tell you they do not The soft lines around your moujh demandhig Uie release of political prisoners out of Cairo mean to harm us. You must keep calm, do not leave Tells of er\dearmet>ts, and Amsterdam in exchange for us all. Please keep cahn, sit and obey aU orders. Caho has promised to send ui your seats and at all tunes obey them unmediately." You dare not speak. 13 prisoners and Amsterdam has promised 2. As soon Then the voice of the leader of the commandos spoke Your tired eyes as they arrive, the commandos have promised to re­ to us. Have seen blood and tears, lease us all. 1 do not believe they mean us any harm. Fear and contempt "You wUI put belt around you. We go." We waited. I see you in the moonlight We fastened our seat beUs and the giant V.C. 10 Relaxing, contented in a girl's embrace. Two hours later one ofthe released poUtical prison­ started to roU. We were ordered to drop our passports But reality clouds my vision. ers, I thhik from Amsterdam, came aboard. He was in­ on Uie flooro f die plane and Uiey were coUected by one troduced to us as tiieh Vice-President. The commandos of die commandos and taken to the flightdeck . We For there you stand. Erect, were very happy to see hun. They kissed and embraced flew aU night. When we were over Belmt, we were told him. He Uien walked down tiie aisle of Uife plane and Alert, ' ... our position by the Arab leader. shook hands with us all. Caressing, In the early hours of the next morning, November A repeating rifle, Wc waited, expfcUng to be released, but soon we 22nd, we found ourselves over a large stretch of land. knew someUdng had gone wrong. We were told to fasten our seat belts as we were going In your desert-strong to land. We found ourselves touching down at TripolU, Sunburned hands, Suddenly the leader of the commandos came down North Africa. Kath Walker the aisle, foUowed by two other cominandos and they semper floreat 9 by kath walker

pointed to each of us asking our nationality. We replied About 5 p.m. on the 23rd November, the command­ as they pointed lo us. They were very upset and tired About an hour later those on Indian and Pakistani os seperated the hostages. All Uiose on British, Amer­ and tense and angry .'The leader pointed to a man and passports were allowed to leave the plane. The caterers ican, Danish, Swiss, French and AustraUan passports on said, "He'll do, him, take him to the back," were made to stay behind. 1 was later sent to a seat one side of the plane and the others, Indian, Pakistani further up the plane and told to sit witii Uie other white The man rose and walked to the back of the plane. on the other side of the plane. women and the Indians on British passports. We all pre­ Two rifle shots rang out and the man did not come There was a majority of black people on the plane. pared ourselves for yet another night on the plane. back. The air hostesses face, as she walked past, told us At the most, of the 40 odd passengers only about 12 or At ten thirty, I was told I was to be released. We he was dead. at the most 15 passengers including Uie crew were white. were taken into the first class compartment, given back When we could take in'the situation that the man our passports and told to gather our bags. was dead, shot in the back, Peter said, "My God, we We were taken to the flight deck, where a rope hung owed him a bottle of whisky." down from the catering door. He was on a West German passport, but I beUeve it The released Vice-President was down on the tarmac, had nothing to do with his being shot. The commandos placing a steel ladder against the plane. We had to slide were well a^are of the fact than an American Jew was down the rope and the V'ce-President guided our feet -also on the plane and they had allowed him to sing and until we felt the steel rung of the ladder. I stepped back play his guitar for us. to allow the other young Australian giri to go first. I followed after her. We found out later that Cairo had not kept their promise to release 13 prisoners. They sent after many The Vice-President's hand were firm and gentle. When hours of waiting, only 5 political prisoners and tiiis is I reached the tarmac 1 took his hand and shook it saying what made the commandos angry and led to the death "May peace come quickly to your country my friend." of the West Gennan. He thanked me and turned away. I walked toward Prior to this, the West German was talking freely to the waiting security guards and the Tunis police about the commandos. He was able to speak a language they 50 yards away. I looked back toward the plane. understood. Wliat he said to tiiem no one wiU probably Tlie Vice-President was busy guiding tiie feet of an ever know, but they spoke quite freely to him and witii­ Indian woman down the ladder. out malice. Only the commandos themselves could tell us what he talked to them about. P.S. 24th Norember, Tunis. U was reported that the commandos requested political asylum from the Tun­ After the shooting of the West German, the com­ isian Government. They were given temporary poUtical mandos then informed the Tunis Govemment that they asylum on condition that they released the rest of the would shoot a hostage every two hours unless Cairo kept hostages which comprii^d mainly of tiie crew ofthe their promise to release the rest of the political prisoners V.C. 10. The commandos have appealed to many coun­ they had promised. tries for political asylum but were refused by all... More negotiations followed, the next hour was, we The P.L.O. has requested their release and had pro­ knew very cmcial for us all. The engineer and navigator, mised a trial and possible execution on their retum to on pretext of going to the toilet warned us'as to whether Palestine. aU was good or bad. Tunis had Uien decided to grant tiiem political They would come down the plane and talk from the asylum. Moongalba, comer of their mouths saying, "not good", or "It's Stradbroke Island. They released the crew, laid down their arms and levelling out", etc. etc. gave themselves up to tiie security and Tunisian police.D Gheus fora Ygajr & we lljive you $103.81 in interest Most other savings institutions would give you $37.50 (calculated at current rates of 33/4%) You could almost pay for your books with our interest.

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He w.alkcd away, un­ generally has been disparaged for decades by the attit­ university students, of protecting the head and what is scathed. Barry unhesitatingly attributes his excape to ude of popular media which select and emphasise the in it. Legislation made safety helmets mandatory in the regulation protective racing clothing he was wear­ sensational and macabre, the dangerous and anti-social 1971. Few are the arguments for projecting your bare ing. This walking away from hairy dings is a common elements. head around the countryside at speed, and all are spec­ racing phenomenon. Despite this apparent ability of the motorcycle to ious. Anyone who persists in propounding such argu­ Have you ever noticed that all Police motorcycles arc attract attention when something goes wrong, the most ments must have !)nd something happen to his head. equipped wiUi crash-bars?When you slide off, it is bett common cry when a car driver is involved in a collision As a shop assistant for some months in one of Queen - er to have tiie weight of the bike on these solid bars than with a bike is, "I didn't even ree him". land's largest motorcycle and accessory distributorships, on your leg as it slitiiers and twists along tiie road. But A motorcycle is inherently unstable. Unless set in I discovered that there is more public ignorance about make sure the bars are tough enough not to bend and motion :ind guided by an alert operator, it certainly safety helmets than any oUier item of motorcycling trap your leg. won't stand on its own two wheels. Sometimes, the gear. Alright, Uiis is a pessimistic approach. You ride a alertness of the operator is lacking when it is put in mo- CHOOSING A HELMET bike, so you can expect to fall off. Most often it happ­ ion, and both operator and machine fail to maintain ens so quickly you're off before you can think. What that desired equilibrium. Discriminate carefully when buying a bash-hat: don't can you do then? Yet motorcycling has a lot to offer. It has a mystic buy a cheap one which may be useless. You can be fin-, Gregg Hansford, Australian Unlimited Road Racing appeal to youth that transcends the mere necessity to ed for using an unapproved helmet. TTiose with any Champion for two years, has most discomforting views commute. It gives you a combination of physical sens­ form of projection (such as radios) are illegal, and leth­ on the matter. He wants all road riders to treat every ations unmatchable by any other vehicle. It is Uie clos­ al (they act just Hke the neck-snapping knot m a hang­ car as tiiough its driver really wants to mn over you. est the human body can approach to identification with man's noose). Look inside the helmet for stickers re­ "They are always thinking of sometiiing else," says machinery. Once the controls are learned and riding presenting standards codes. These are granted to man,-- Gregg. You have heard about tiie driver who claims, "I reflexes are about automatic, you can experience that ufacturcrs by virtue of quality and strength after samp­ didn't even see him." The windows were up, Uie radio unique thrill a motorcycle offers, the impression that le hats have been rigorously tested to destmction in was blaring, and the hermetic atmosphere has cosily it is an extension of the body, responding harmoniously laboratories. Naturally Uie best quality helmets cost lulled our motorist into a coma. to the perfect co-ordination ofthe muscles. There is a - more. And m*e sure it fits comfortably. The fastest Gregg Hansford has fallen frpm a bike heightened feelingof acceleration, and leaning deeply . For normal road ridingjlowe r standards arc approved was at 140 ni.pJi. (224 km./hr) at Sandowp circuit last into a fast curve gives a sensation beyond description. the current Standards Association of Australia code be­ year. He walked away, unscratched. The bike was tot­ Out on a country road, you are not isolated Ln a cocoon ing AS E33, For racing, A.CU. (Auto^cle Union, the alled uito a fence. I have seen hun fall off at 90 m.p Ji. of steel and glass, but able to readily identify with the sport eontrolling body) approved hebnets are necessary, (144 km./hr) and hit all the scenery tiiere was. Before surroundings. You can go further afield than feet, hoofs, the code being AS E43, and these are more than suit­ Uie dust settled, he was picking up the bike to inspect or oUicr wheels. Motorcycling offers an awareness ex­ able for the street. If in doiibt, ask tiie salesman, who it for damage. Next race, he went out and broke the perience in itself will remember the Trades Practices Act, to tell you lap record he had just previously set. As the cheapest and quickest means of independent whether othsr standards codes conform to ihese specif­ This all sounds incredible. But Gregg's secret is ab­ transport, the bike is without equal. University students ications. out to be made open knowledge: he knows how to fall choose it for this reason, apart from the love of motor­ (Note: - The above Standards Association of Aust­ witiiout injury... he has leamt how to fall correctiy. cycling in itself, which may develop later. Unfortunate­ ralia codes are very recent, and may not appear on some He learnt this by ... falling. ly, however, many of these young people fail to ever helmets that reach or exceed specifications. The Amer­ Hansford, a motorcycle dealer is outspoken in advis­ complete their courses. ican Snell Foundation code may be trusted - Z90.1, ing novice riders to take their first bike (preferably a This alarming fact brings us to the point of this etc. - the helmets that are covered by the new Austral­ trail bike) into the bush, not straight onto the road. article. ian codes are listed in the January 31 - February 13 There, he says, one leams how to fall, because it soon issue of Revs Motorcycle News Magazine, page 3) sinks in that there are definite indications when a bike "IT COULDN'T HAPPEN TO ME ...." The letters SHCA do not constitute a tested stand­ is about to "letgo". One quickly learns how to react, ard, but represent tiie right to quote Uiat tiie Safety Hel­ knowing which way the wheels go when things are rou­ Accidents happen, and despite the oft-repeated ass­ met Council of America tiiinks a manufacturer has made gh.. If you as a novice know an accomplished rider, ask ertion, "It can't happen to me!" ... it does. A motor- pretty good skid-lids in the past - it is a guide only and for the benefit of his experience - take him wiUi you as cycUst must be aware at all times that he is far more is to be taken with the presence or otherwise of other you leam tiie tricks ofthe trade. Gregg considers that vulnerable, more susceptible to injury than his friends standards code stickers. Uie youngsters who ride ui mini-bike clubs at the age of in cars. It is not speed tiiat kills, but Uie extremely The choice between a full-face (Ned Kelly) type hel­ 12 or so will make very good street ridersb y the time rapkl decelnration that occurs when the speed ofa hum­ met and an open-face (jet) style is up to the uidividual. Uiey can obtaui licenses. an body is retarded by impact with it large, solid mass. As far as tile old "pudding-basin" is concerned,... well, So, we leam how to know when we're going to fall In sixteen years of riding, my worst injuries occurred let's go to Uie road-racing scene: The "pudding-basin" off, and are less likely to get hurt when we do, because (six days ui hospital, no permanent damage) when I was style is banned by tiie A.CU.... CNuff said) Australian (i) we are wearing protective clotiiing, and (ii) we have forced into a parked car at a speed of 25 m.pJi. (40km). Champions Stan Bayllss (Sidecar) and Tony Hatton (Ul-' benefited from the experience. Now, what can we do Bones can be broken, and skin torn , at much slower tra-lightweight solo) have recentiy been converted from to lessen tiiat uncomfortable degree of inevitability ab-' rates of progress. Every motorcycle sold is capable of "jet" style to full-face helmets after suffering facial cuts OUT falling off? reachuig speeds which in some circumstance can cause in racing accidents. The full-face helmet is practically a fatal accident, whetiier one of Uie step-through "fift­ universal in road-racing, but moto-cross ridersprefer.th e THirK BEFORE BUYING ies" or the road-burning superbikes. "jet" style, open-face. It's up to you. Eye protection is Inspector George Hewitt, of the Police Traffic Bran­ a vital necessity - wear .goggles or a vision. ch, who served as a motorcycle patrohnan for twenty Defensive riding is a set of acquired techniques. Most years stresses that it is inevitable that a motorcyclist will novice motorcyclists arc iri late adolescence, many still PROTECT YOURSELF - ANTICIPATE, EVEN going through a phase when physical growth often out­ fall off at some time or other. This is a hard fact to face, AT LOW SPEEDS but experienced motorcyclists wiUagree. runs emotional maturity. Compulsive actions often take tiie place of cool judgement. Traffic situations have a Let us try to modify this rather intimidating inevit­ When a novice rider falls, even at low speeds, he ih- . nasty habit of producing the. Jekyll-Hyde syndrome,, ability. variabily puts outhis hand. Would you put your bare and tempers empt. The young motorcyclist must never hand on a grind-stone? LeaUiergauntiets are far tougher forget that he is physically exposed and more vulnerable, USING YOUR COMMON SENSE Uian human skin, and easier to replace. The same goes and remain constantiy aware of his own mortality. for foot-covering. Count tiie number of "thong-nongs" If you can't avoid falling off at some time, how can you see on motorcycles, and remember the Australian you reduce the risk of injury when you do fall off? slang term, "plates of meat'' Leatiier boots or shoes • Inspector Hewitt points out several aspects of police are a necessity: even sandshoes and gym boots are dan­ training and methods which must carry some weight. gerously ftagUe. The mbber soles give.a "grabby" feel-

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STATISTICAL MOTORCYCLISTS (INCLUDES PILLION PASSENGER^ NO. OF YEAR KILLED INJURED CYCLES REG. : 1969-70 17 , 70S N.A. 1970-71 31 897 22,722 1971 • 72 44 nil 28,622 1972-73 80 1331 37,111 1973 • 74 69 1672 50,505 . CARS AND STATION WAGONS 1969-70 512 .9645 N.A. ' 1970-71 559 10S43 518,954 1971 -72 535 10184 549,600. 1972-73 545 ' ' 9572 588,085 • 1973 • 74 534 9604 629,341. temper floreat 11

The physical aspects of controlling a motorcycle de­ 1. POSITIONING. Watch wheels of stationary vehicles for Uie first sign of mand good co-ordination, balance, and refiexes. If you A car driver has many blind spots. He can be follow­ movement. examine yourself and find you are accident-prone in ed for miles by a bike without being able to see it, then If you pass between lanes of cars waiting at an inter­ ordinary hfe situations, stay well away from motorcyc­ decide to make a tum just as the cyclist decides to pass. section, do so slowly and ready to brake: watch the les in die first place. Don't ride in a set position behind any vehicle. A driv­ occupants for any sign diat a door is going to open slap- er's field of vision attracts more attention, so make sure bang in front of you. Then when and if you get to tiie you shift position (gradually), and take a mark when front, enjoy the advantage ofa clear road ahead, and you may well smirk. SIZE OF YOUR BIKE, you see Uie driver's eyes look up at you in his mirror. Be alert for changes in road condition: Uirottie off • 2. A Victorian-based national motorcycle magazine for blind corners, hill crests, and dips. Keep your eyes Should provisional licence holders be limited to mot­ carries a campaign entitled L.O.A.L. - "Lights on and open, and when you see a car, stay out of its way - orcycles of capacity less than 250c.c.? This is a moot Live". The effect can be studied every day, and part­ that driver is out to get you. Water is a very good lub­ pouit, for when such legislation was brought down in icularly in poor liglit conditions, as many riders are al­ ricant between tyre. mbber and road, especially when the United Kingdom during the mid-sixties, Japan quick­ ready aware of tiie day tune benefits of using low beam. mixed with rubber dust and oil afier a dry spell. W?tch ly realised the potential of a new market, and produced The electrical gear is already spinning, so it costs noth­ under trees even when other parts of the road are dry. 250c.c. motorcycles with unprecedented power and ing to put it into circuit, except a negligible amount for Learn how to maintain your bike in a safe condition performance. However, it is generally agreed that such bulbs. And if you have a high-beam fiasher, try it - legislation would do good m keeping the raw recruit Carry out hand-book maintenance religiously. If you ^ see how it rams home to a car driver, night or day, the think you can't manage routine maintenance, make it a away from the 1,000 cc. superbikes, which are a hand­ fact Uiat you have right of way. Wow! ful even for the expert. Besides, their expense contrad­ date every Saturday afternoon with your experienced motorcyclist friend until you learn everything about icts the basic reason under discussion: students choose 3. A campaign in England expresses that "dull is dead­ how you can keep your machine road-worUiy. Subscr­ motorcycle transport for economy. While you're busy ly". Protective clothing is good, bright protective clotii­ ibe to the motorcycle publications, which carry valuable fallijig off and leaming on a smaller machine, you'll be ing is better. Attractively coloured leather jackets pro­ tips on riding and maintenance. safer and richer, two attributes you need to enjoy your tect you and tiie good clotiies undemeaUi (from air- next year's big roadbumer. bome road dirt, even if you don't fall), as well ^s bring Tlie final point is obvious: if you're going to ride a bike, dpn't drink! Cars and drink don't mix; bikes and Despite the size of the motorcycle, there is evidence attention. The best colours are day-glo orange and yell­ drink are fatal. that inexperience is involved in a significant number of ows. If you don't Uke having your headlight on, slip a The pessemistic approach may sound a bit paranoid, bike smashes, says Joe Kenny, traffic engineer of Uie day-glo orange cover over il (and don't tell me you've but it comes from experienced motorcyclists, who have R.A.C.Q. He states tiiat accidents involving motorbikes never noticed them). Refiectivc tape on helmets, gloves,, kept themselves alive and in one piece. So It seems a contaui a combination of factors, which make compet­ and tiie bike also helps you be seen. A strikingly-colour good attitude to adopt for the sake o*" self-preservation, ent assessment of the problem very difficult. Quite of­ ed helmet, remember, projects noticeably above Uie A former racer once said he feels safer hurtling around a ten, the cause of an accident is not just the availability general roof-line of cars. road-racing circuit than on the street, because (a) all the of speed and power. An objective, competent, and in 4. If tiie horn on your bike is one of those commonly traffic is going tiie same way, (b) everyone knows what depth analysis isnecessaiy before guidelines can be set tiiere to attract canaries, get a good, loud one. A good he's doing, and (c) there are no cars on the road. D in a specific way. Mr Kenny does believe, however, that loud hom on a bike Is so surprising (you've got to wake licensing standards and procedures should be improved. them up) tiiat it will make a semi-trailer yield. Ron Muir This suggests tiiat tiie present set-up accepts a standard Cars are driven by the most inconsiderate people on of trainuig and competence that is too low, and echoes earUi, who never have to think more than a few yards the need for greater experience in the appropriate sit­ in front of themselves. I know, 1 drive a car, and youll uations for a leamer. Mr Kenny, believes improvements know, if you do too - although being a bikie also, you CKfftC HftWSf0^i> in general street riding may weU result from member­ may tend to try a littie harder at times. But the vulner­ ship of a club Uiat organises social runs and reliability able bikie must anticipate as far ahead as he can see, as trials in the company of experienced riders. well as to boUi sides and behind. Develop the use of peripheral vision, and the "shifty look". Drive not only DEFENSIVE DRIVING . . for yourself, but for every otiier vehicle on the road. UNliMtteci Never assume that you have been extended the right of If the inevitability of falling off cannot be elmiinated, way, because tiie driver might-"not have seen you". it can be reduced by the observance of common-sense Many motorists actively resent the presence on the L^vi defensive riding techniques. Remember, car drivers seem roads of motorcyclists; Be prepared, always in the right to be out to run over you. Inspector Hewitt frankly ex­ gear at the right time. When a situation looks even ^ for h€«ifj uffel presses his view, "When the law conflicts with common mildly threatening, have fingers and foot on tiie brake sense, let common sense prevaU". Guidelines can be set. controls ready. The front brake does 60% to 90% (even A bike is a relatively small object, and cocoon

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t can remember looking down the dark stretch of road and sliding the bike into a turn. I thought there wasn't a car, but there must have been. Can two beers make a car disappear or was it only my instinct for self-preservation iOiSIS K that was gone? I also remember holding or being held by someone. I thought I was dying. They said later that I'd kept on repeating: "I'm going to die, aren't 1?". There were so many lightsflashing and moving above me or in my head. I keep saying I remember, but everything was so unreal that I can't be sure of anything. AUeTRALIA AND NEW 3!EALAIMD BAIMKINO GROUP LJ1VIITB3 I've got twelve months in hospital, in traction, to think' about it though. Some days I just want to stretch my MCOKNMnM IM MM MO OU MM body. And that's when 1 think about the future. I can't use my hands at all, and I need them to make my living. My girl, who was in the accident too, comes to see me. Her teeth went through her tongue and lips, so she can't advises that this Bank has been kiss me'yet. I wish we could just hold hands, but mine are in plaster. I don't know how long I'll be helpless like punted extended trading hours this. at the Agency conducted in the Forgan- Smith Builduig. I loved my bike, really loved it. It's written off now, like me. That feeling of being free, that's the great thing. I knew the statistics - everyone knows a dead or damaged bikie. I thought I was a good rider; I always tried to be New Hours: careful. It seems people give up their bikes when they get older or have families. But it's great to be young and not have to give up anything. TUESDAY 1.00 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. WEDNESDAY 1.00 p.m. td 3.00 p.m. Riding still comes back to me like the ultimate high the druggies talk about. You just never forget it. I won't ride THURSDAY 1.00 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. again though. Even if I can, I won't. 12 lemper froreet

ORIENTATION 1975

PHIUP (17) ENGINEERING KEAREN a?) ARTS JENNIFER (35) SOCIAL WORK IRENE (17) ARTS/SOCIAL WORK

I've wanted to come to Uni since i came to University because I was My main reason for coming to Uni grade 9. I always liked English and bored with working in an office and was to become a social worker. I al­ I always wanted to be an engineer. I Intend studying .lournallsm. I am hope that a degree would give me a ways wanted either to teach or become My decision was between Q.I.T. and conning here to learn so I don't intend chance for a professional career such as a social worker, University. I couidnt see much diff­ to mess around. Social Work. I don't really want to get Involved erence, so, as my friends were coming My main object Is to get a degree. I anticipate that people at University in non-academic actlvltes at Uni, but here I decided on University. I basica­ At this point I don't Intend joining will be more accepting and although I I may Join some outside groups. lly want to leatn about machinery and clutjs etc. am shy, l would like to participate in I only decided to come here during become qualified. all aspects of UnWcisity ilfe. Ihe holidays. Before that I war\ted to I think I would like to ioln in some become a kindergarten teacher. of the social activities at Uni. I'll Just have to take things as they come.

SUE (18) SCIENCE PATRICK (19) ARTS JOHN (17) ARTS Orw week ago I decided to come t decided to give up my Job and come RUSSELL (18) ENGINEERING to University t>ecause I had started to University because It could not be My main reason for coming to Uni­ at Kindergarten training college and any harder than working, and anyway I To me, coming to University will, versity was the pursuit of knowledge didn't like It. decided to have a bit of a bludge for a enable me to get a Job that pays well. and Inteilectuallsm. I see University life I'm coming to learn and get a while. At this stage I anticipate a greater free­ as a chance to experience diversity In better Job; my Ideal career would be UniversUy has always had an appeal dom at Uni than at school. Perhaps my relationships. to work In an environmental latmr- for me, probably because life ts a bit first Impression of Uni Is tt^e great ex- In terms of t^ecoming Involved In ex­ atory or a research unit. different on campus. Beskles it supplies pense Involved, (text books, etc.) tra curricular activities, I could see my­ what I need — a sheltered workshop. self becoming Involved In social issues.

PETER (17) ECON/LAW JOHN (17) ENGINEERING MOIRA (17) SCIENCE CHERYL (17) SCIENCE I decided to come to Uni In sec­ The combination of family pressure My main reason for coming to Uni­ My main reason for coming to Uni­ ondary school. My plan to give Ilfe and personal desire brought me to Uni. versity Is a desire to further.my educat­ versity was to get a degree — however, I more meaning through more money, It was Just accepted that I come to Uni. ion as far as possible to become qualified also see it as an opportunity to get to I don't really want to get involved At the present, I am looking forward for a good position. know more people and to develop a In extrat University level. I can forsee At the moment, University life is sporting clubs around campus. ing club. University life as lots of study and cannot very bewildering —Just a mass of mean­ see myself becoming involved in any ingless faces. extra-curricular activities. SEXUALITY TORUM "WOMAN IS MOVING" glen tomasetti 'the woman is dangerous'

If any of our more concemed male students are • should stop being afraid of their bodies, and stop still being plagued by the fear that the women are clinging to the gender roles laid out for them by con­ taking over, they should have been present at tlie vention. The pressure so often placed on the male to forum on Women and Sexuality, held at the Schonell be the leader and expert should be relieved by both Theatre during Orientation Week. Bettuia Arndt, partners trymg mutually to please each other. trained psychologist and editor of the controversial Forum magazine, sat on the edge of the stage and sp­ That faschiating topic, the female orgasm (or lack oke candidly and informatively on the basic problems thereoQ, also lookup a large part of the discussion. underlying the changing concepts of sexuality in mod­ One member ofthe audience (male), summed up the ern society, dispute over tlie clitoral versus the vaginal orgasm with the comment "What does it matter?An oigasm Bettina placed the emphasis of her discussion on is an orgasm". On the whole, the discussion was in­ the need for total communication in a sexual relation­ telligent and definitely could not be classed as sexist. ship, with couples being more educated about what Bettina stressed equality throughout with no impUc­ to expect from themselves and each other. Many of ations of female superiority. But I'm afraid some of today's problems, she continued, have been fostered our male friends are still worried - quote another by the lack of valid information given to teenagers member of the audience (again male): "I tell you - about sex. As a result, many chOdren are still grow­ .the worn an is dangerous!" D ing up with the idea that sex is either dirty, or one of L.H. those magical, mystical experiences that wUl 'happen' when they are older. Modern movies aren't helpuig either, for portraying misty love scenes where boy meets girl and intercourse means instant and simult­ union shop aneous orgasm, feed your particular habit

Bettina also stressed that people should become weeb, toffees tnd many otJiergoodies more aware of their own sexuality, to avoid the frus­ fags «nd "bicci tration and disillusionment that is inevitable If the news'T^^andm^azines It's impossible to participate in a musical sexual side of a relation^ip falls. Men and women Uni T-thlrti and souvenin experience without feeling at least a little love. (opposite Union Office) i«nip«r floreat 13

"The best thing the Union's ever done". This seemed to be the 4ZZ-FM was beseiged by phone calls from all over Brisbane with opinion of the vast majority of people on campus during Orientation enquiries and messages of support, poUticians - both state and Aus­ Week as 4ZZ-FM broadcast a variety of music, news and interviews. traUan - also supported the estabUshment of a Union radio station. The broadcasts, made under a provisional Ucence granted by the On campus, the students and visitors almost unanimously supported Australian Govemment, were hopefully a preUminary to the Union the continuation of 4ZZ, gaining a fuU Ucence in the near future. So, after years of taUc and vacUlation, it looks as if the campus Several thousand hours of work by volunteers; thousands of dol­ might finally fulfil its much-vaunted ideal of becoming involved in lars worth of equipment loaned by FM distributors; station I.D. calls the community at large instead of being a sheltered workshop/ivory recorded gratis by Brisbane groups; the willing help from the Union; tower for the privUeged few. D and a week of toiling into the early morning hours - aU produced a S.G, week of professional standard radio.

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ages on freedom of worship to the bonzes (monks) of the SouUi and to the Cao Daists. For both the PRGand the Khmer Rouge, the cap­ ture of the two capitals, even if they have the capacity to succeed, would be unwise. U could produce a shock waveTiig enough to induce a reluctant U.S. Congress to vote mote military and economic aid to the two gov­ ernments. On the other hand, a political upheaval stems from the concept of a "people's revolutionary war", whidi insurgents in tbe two countries are following. The Vietcong and the North Vietnamese ate not sentimentalists who refer to heroic episodes in the his­ STAB toty of their struggles for "national liberation" in nos­ talgic remembrance of things past. Everyhistorical article published ui their newspapers and journals is intended to be relevant to a contemporary situation. The PRG's INTHE publications persistflntly refer to "the traditions of Jan­ uary 9,25 years ago, when South Vietnamese students staged mammoth demonstrations against French agg­ ression", and to an uprising on January 17,1960, by BACK peasants in Ben Tre against the U.S. and the late Pre­ sident Diem.

North Vietnam on December 24 last year pubUshed STRATEGY and broadcast the strategic Ideas on "people's war" by General Vo Nguyen Giap, the North Vietnamese master­ mind the "liberation" campaigns. Again and again, Giap refers to a historic-landmark in the Uberation of Viet­ CAMBODIA/VIETNAM nam: an uprising on Januaiy 19,1945, which led to the people to go "on strike and destroy the Administrat­ overthrow of the pro-Japanese government, Khmer Rouge and Vietcong military tactics seem ion, hand over weapons to our forces or tum them Giap's thesis emphasises that a revolutionary war, to have shifted to a phase in which the decisive blow against the cruel traitors and to defect." It also warns such as those bemg waged in Cambodia and South Viet­ to theh adversaries could be a stab in the back. An the people of inevitably deterioratmg living conditio­ nam, is a "struggle by all revolutionary means - by re­ end to the wars in Cambodia and South Vietnam may ns in the almost totally encircled capital. gular forces, militia and guetUlas - and by mass upris­ now be achieved not by the capture of Phnom Penh The current offensive has brought the insurgents ings. Tactics shift, but Giap insists that "our war, strat­ and Saigon, but by political upheavals within the two to the "gates of Phnom Penh," as they describe it. egy does not emphasise purely rtiiUtary affairs,.. Con­ capitals to oust the regimes of Presidents Lon Noi and But it does not seem to be their aim, if it ever has fronted by an aggressor enemy we could not rely on Nguyen Van Thieu. been, to take the capital by storm. Rather, the milit­ our ~armed forces but rather have had to tely on the From Jan.l, when the Cambodian People's Nation­ ary objective is to create conditions of acute distress forces ofall the people". He adds; "In tiieir just strug­ al Liberation Aimed Forces began what they call "the in order to force poUtical action against die Lon gle, a people can use an all-people uprising to end the first month of the great artd powerful offensive of the Noi Government. The fightuig for Phnom Penh is domination of a powerful imperiaUst countiy". 1975 dry season," the liberation front, headed by primarily a campaign to interfere with its "alimentary Pruice Norodom Sihanouk, has broadcast appeals, pa­ tract" - to prevent vital supplies from moving up the The Vietcong and Khmer Rouge assessments are that rticularly to the people of Rmom Penh, to rise up ag­ Mekong River from South Vietnam, The insurgents the political and economic deterioration in Saigon and ainst the Lon No] Govemment - or if that is not pos­ seem to have largely succeeded in that objective. Phnom Penh have come to the point where political sible, to move into the liberated zones. They have strategic positions along the Mekong River action should be given more emphasis than the force of A special appeal was made to the Buddhist monks from which to destroy convoys of military supplies, arms. However, neither group sees an immediate mass of Rinom Penh and olher provincial capitals, inviting fuel and food. The capital has been reduced to an explosion. Both are circumspect in their predictions on them to cross over to the insuigents' side and not to airUft-to-mouth existence, but most ofthe supplies when they think that upheaval wUl occur. D become involved in military activities. This is a seduc­ being flown in are arms and anununition. tive appeal as the Govemment has asked the people hi South Vietnam, Uie Vietcong's military objectives in beleaguered Phnom Penh to assemble in Buddhist are modest. The communists are presented as being on temple compounds to be organised into what amounts the defensive - to prevent further land-grabbing, "pac- to a home guard against the Khmer Rouge. If any ificallon"'(the grouping of people in strategic hamlets) monk is in a dilemma about his religious vows against and "rice-robbuig forays" by TTiieu's forces. But, as in killing and his obligations as a citizen ui wartime, the Cambodia, the poUtical objective is to use military press­ escape route the GRUNK offers would be tempting. ure to increase Saigon's econoniic difficulties and furth­ denmark The Govetnn^nt has also warned people aboui in­ er stimulate the several poUtical movements attadcing filtration by Khmer Rouge activists. At the same time Thieu and caUing for an adminsistration that wiU ser­ On January 10th this year, the Danish people went its wUlingness to arm citizens' self defence units sug­ iously implement the Paris Agreement. to the polls to elect members td their 179 seat pariia­ gests that the Lon Noi Govemment is gambling on North ^^etnam's poUtical ends in SouUi Vietnam ment ^oUceting). The result of the election was the loyalty among the people. are Umited immediately to the "completion of the nat­ largest swing in Danish history to Mr Paul HartUng's The Khmer Rouge is calculating that mounting ional democratic revolution". This impUes a coalition Uberal Party which was the largest party in the pre-el- difficulties in obtaining supplies of food and oUier regime of all anti-Thieu forces and the Provisional Re­ ection minority govemment. The liberals increased necessities for civilians will lead to a political explos­ volutionary Government (PRG). Li keeping wiUi this their representation from 22 to 42 seats which, howev­ ion. Its radio broadcasts twice daily, calling on the tactic, the Vietcong have been addressing special mess- er. Is stifl a smaU muiority ofthe total number of seats. The major opposition group to the liberals and th­ eir alUes is centred around Mr Anker Jorgenren's Social The situation of women is showing some improvement algeria but it was not rapid at the end of 1974,Recently re- leased' Democrats, who also had a mfld fanprovementi n the statistics show that in the labour force , the absolute num­ vote taktag them from 46 to S3 seats. Shice the elect­ ber of female job liolders is small, but the rate of increase is ions nb stable govemment has been formed as neither large: 50% between 1966 aiul 1973, and an expected 66% be­ Mr Jorgensen nor Mr HartUng is able to form a coaUtion tween 1974 and 1977. .Women make up a majority of stu­ anywhere approaching half the seats k the Folketing, dents in the medical and paramedkal fields. For the present, This is mainly due to the fact that both major parties however, most women are still engaged in household labor - refuse to form an alliance with the third largest party, the average number of children below 15 years old per hus­ the rightwin g Progress Party. band-wife unit is about 3.5 - and, what rarely gets counted Antl-tax The Progress Party (don't be mislead by its into the statistics, fam labor. name) is pecuUar in that its main aim is to reduce tax to as near to zero as possible. To achieve this, its pol­ The wom0i 's movement, as represented by the Union Nation- icies include the firing of one bureaucrat every 40 min­ ale des Femmes Algeriennes, was Ih^ely during the war for li­ utes, the abandoning of most of Denmark's very exten­ beration but became quiescent after that -in 1967 most wo­ sive social services and the aboUtion of the nation's de- men still wore veils. Most feminists have been hostile to the fens-35. These arr to be replaced by a taped telephone Boumedienne group for their lack of sympathy to women's message saying: "We surrender", repeatedly in Russian. affairs. There is some evidence that feminism is resurfacing The leader of the Progress Party is Moigens GUstnip, among newly educated women and women working in facto­ a miUlonaire, who ta a bid to demonstrate the absurd­ ries and offices, but their numbers and their polttktd impact are still small. ity of Danish tax Liws haa managed'qver the past few years not to pay tax ataU. This has been done by dev­ eloping an intricate web of overlapping interests amon­ Women seem to be still subordmated in the family. In 196 7, gst his companies. However aU is not weU ih the state 10% of females but only 1% of males aged 15 were married: of Denmark, even for the Progressives. There has been and 73% offeniales but only 20% of males aged 20 were mar­ a spUt in theh ranks and their founder Mr GUstwp U ried. In 1971, supposedly 90% of marriages were arranged now facing 300 counts of tax evasion. D J.C. Polygamy, tiiough rare. Is legal, and husbands still have the superior rights in initialing divorce. !i2 semp«r floreat 15

The students received Uttie sympathy from the On December 2nd, 1974, the students from all the urdvers- 'heroic Ethiopian masses', as they had dubbed tiie ities and colleges staged peaceful mass demonstrations through': people reared under the Emperor, and«who were out the country in support of Ihe fust demands of the peasants. Some 10,000 students demonstrated in Kuala Lumpur 2,000 bt ready to give their new rulers a chance. To them, the Penang, and 1,000 in Ipoh. The students did not carry any iveap- student voice, fuU of revolutionary rhetoric which the dps, not even a stick. They did not cause any Incon venjfnce to .. the pitblic. InKuala Lumpurihe students wanted to holAa rally For thirteen years Ethiopian students stood alone masses hardly understood, sounded out of^tiine, -The - > people also were hungry fdr action, but Uie officers In the Selangor fadang to explain to the public the plight ofthe against Emperor Haile Selassie's rule by divine right. poor people and their demands. Instead of commending the of the DERG were at loggerheads, discovering real , They were systematically beaten, frequently tortured Sludents for their selflessness and deep concem for the people, and sometimes murdered by the good old Emperor's poUtics for the first time m their Uves, They hoped the Government sent tmck-loads of riot police to disperse them. men. Without them it is doubtful whether or not tlie to talk the students round, aware that the big powers The police fired tear gas and beat them up. Tlie students ran watched with more than a passing interest. and took sancmary in the National Mosque thinking thai the military could have seized power, as they gave the police would not attack them there. Before entering the niosque, Correctly blaming the past, they revealed Uie Emp­ movement its intellectual strength and poUtical direct Ihey took off theb shoes. The riot police came charging inlo the ion, and for a short time they did enjoy, justifiably, eror's negligent tole in last years famine situaUon, and mosque with their fllthy boots on. They beat up the students the status of national heroes. confirmed that he had been informed and reinformed who, in self

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REVIEWS ^35^^^ •*«, The Joy of Sex deals with sex as unanxious, self actualising people play it. 1 am not personally, evien sexually, acquainted with such members of the human species, and Comfort is open in my opuiion to charges of creating anxiety in that he presents a books somewhat idealised expression of sex. The publication is illustrated with full-colour prints of erotic paintings from Japan and India, with a profusion of tasteful, though at tunes far too decorative, line drawings by Charles Raymond and tidings of comfort Christopher Foss, This 'ideal' quality, then, is not and joy limited to the text, but pervades the technical and artistic aspects also. Judgments on so-called 'deviant' sex are held back THE JOY OF SEX in The Joy of Sex; rather is die reader presented A Gourmet Guide to Lovemaklng with myriad sexual technques, equipment and ex­ periences: Ed. Alex Comfort, M.B., Ph.D. 'Normal'implies that there is something which Rigby Ltd in assoc with Quartet Books Ltd sex ought to be. There is. It ought to be a wholly satisfying link between two affectionate people, from which both emerge unanxious, rewarded and ready for more. Subtitled A Gourmet Guide to Lovemaking, this I grew up in the convent school of an old middle- publication adopts a tongue-in-cheek (and everywhere class suburb in Brisbane. My education suffered no less EQUUS - Peter Shaffer else for that matter) consumer approach, giving than many others under the often tyrannical administ­ those loving couples who will use the book a menu Queensland Theatre Company ration of the Sisters of Mercy - an order whose name of sexual delights from which to find their joy. From probably gave me my first experience of the ironic. 'Starters - the Basic Ingredients' through 'Main It was with some hesitation that I ventured forth For several years I was taught - unwillingly on my Courses' to 'Sauces and Pickles', The Joy of Sex with my free ticket to see the Queensland Theatre Co­ part — to perform meticulous feats of memory upon meanders in a lightly humorous though informative mpany's first production for 1975, In the past their ihe ivories. Perhaps this more than any other factor style to a more serious discussion of 'Problems' (and plays generally have not rated highly with me. However, led me to abandon the piano as an instrument of what to do about them). if Robui Lovejoy's retum to Brisbane signifys the change expression soon after primary school had done vwth me. Indeed, a decade later I began to realise the that was evident in Equus, I would advise theatre-goers PER VERSION: In books prior to the seventies, beauty of classical music - a discovery I believe to buy a season ticket. this meant, quite simply, any sexual behaviour depended m substantial measure upon my ability which the writer didn't himself enjoy... The to forget the association of former discomfort with commonest perversions in our culture are getting my musical experience. Equus by Peter Shaffer is a play that depicts, vwth hold of some power and using it to kick other considerable skill, the intricacies of psychosis and the Music and sexuality have something in common; people around, money-htmting as a status activity, perplexities fadng modern psychiatrists. Shaffer delves they are both facets of human communication, they treating other people, sexually or otherwise, as deeply into human passions, concluding with the idea demand practice, care, and an environment where things to manipulate, and interfering with other that it is better not to destroy a person's faith if it can­ theory and practice may complement. people's sex lives to ensure that they are as rigkl not be replaced with something better. He draws only This link is especially important in my own and as anxious about them as the interferer... a subtle line between sanity and insanity in some poig­ growth, for it took considerable time beyx)nd my Hangups ofthis sort are extremely difficult to nant and well delivered soUIoquys by Martin Dysart, formal education to appreciate either. There is tiiat cure, whether they lead to sadistic mutilation, the psychiatrist. vague recollection of one day in a Greater Public purity crusading, Belsen or Vietnam However School classroom where breathless youngsters were sorry you are for the possessors, they are treated to a period where a self-confessed celibate dangerous people and best avoided aspartners As with his other well known plays, - Five Finger C!bristian Brother explained the ins-and-outs of Exercise, The Royal Hunt of the Sun and Black Com­ or as mentors - you will only be asking for a human sexuality. To this day 1 only recall the word lot of trouble. edy, Shaffer has achieved a fluidwor k based on an ex­ 'breast' intenrupting the entire embanassuig procedure. citing and original plot. The story revolves around a This quotation may be construed - and probably boy's love - both physical and spiritual, for horses. A I preface this review in such a manner not because should be - as an attack upon the preferences and psychiatric disorder that blossomed from a diildhood I believe my experience was typical, but rather because activities of the Festival of Light, the Society to confusion between a religious picture and that of a I believe it was not atypical, and that there are some Outlaw Pornography and the Community Standards horse. Theresultishisbelief in the deity of Equus, a readers who continue to struggle in their private Organization from which this Union and its pub­ god who is present in divine form m all horses. agonies and ignorance of sexuality. lications have attracted some virulence of late. Bettina Arndt, the Consultant Editor of Forum Alan Edwards, director of the Queensland Theatre magazine, who spoke here during Orientation Week Company, is Back on stage playing Martin,Dysart, a predominantly about the failure of communication psychiatrist in an English hospital. Edwards is excellent. between sexual partners, has called The Joy of Sex He plays the role of "the high-priest of the great god a book totally devoid of moral infunctions, but norm" with an understandmg that shows considerable rather combining excellent factual mformation... talent. In the early scenes of the play, however, his with both common sense, a rare tolerance and voice is inaudible. In later scenes his voice and diction warmth. I agree, and there's more. This book is are very good. about love as well as sex, you don 'tget high quality sex on any other basis... one can't teach tenderness. The honours in the play must go to David Waters who plays Alan Strange, the disturbed boy, I consider Though I admit to certain reservations about his performance to be one ofthe best I have seen on a Comfort's approach, The Joy of Sex has got to be Brisbane stage. His work is extraordhiary in its sensit­ the most impressive, promising and thorough assault ivity and its lack of inhibition througliout. on sexual anxiety yet published. It's magnificent m myriad senses of the word (particularly m price at $12:95), and the sort of Costume design and direction must take a lot of publication 111 be reading as I fumble around in the credit for one of the most interestmg and exacting as­ dark, searchmg for sexual enlightenment, D pects of the play — that of the horses. Timing was ex­ ceptional, especially sound effects. And costumes, un­ J(M Roberts usual yet exciting and effective. The horses add an The Joy of Sex was a long time corning; it's a eerie, pervasive atmosphere to the production, magnificent work and deserves the widest readership for reasons I shall shortly enumerate. Peripherial acting was generally good, I could not After stumbling into the mysterious twilight and CAMPUS PHARMACY decide if the dialogue between the psycharist and the awkward pleasures of sex, there followed close upon Shopping Centre magistrate was the fault of the playwright, Peter Shaff­ my heels an interval df moral exertion while I tried Unlvenity of Queendand er, or Hazel Howson, playing the magistrate. I finally to come to an understanding of what was gouig on. STLUCIA decided it was the fault of Shaffer., "lie dialogue was This duration never did end. To my mind, it's a Telenbone- •• • 701509 strained and somewhat contrived, the only defect in an process of education, morally and physiologically. Ontenu]6882) otherwise excellent play. I hope it continues in at least a generally positive PROMPT PRESCRIPTION SERVICE direction. AGENT FOR PERFUMES COSMETICS What more can I say? - Ah yes, the nude scene. Faberge Revion • Alex Comfort is the author of some half-dozen Dana Cyctac Tasteful and definitely non-sexual, yet fully function­ books on sex,, and has been published hi poetry and Lanvin Steiner al in its role.-A credit to the skill of the director and literature. At 54, he's reputed to be an expert on Lancome Max Factor his cast. D aguig, which may explain his concem for a joyous tA u™^** PUNISHING 24 Hour BUck and White sex; sex bebig one facet of human behaviour partic­ Prompt Colour Service, Laurence P. Gormley ularly •conducive to profound anxieties. semper floreat 21

Harikar Rao) come together with people from the main­ stream of rock. Now Ravi Shankar not only plays Sitar but dabbles with moog ^hthesizer. It may preturb purists, but as one who is attracted to Indian music without any real comprehension of its nuances or phil­ osophy, I feel this album is a welcome addition. 1 don't think that it was Ravi Shankar's intention that this record be treated as soberly as the strict trad­ itional forms. An Indication of the lighter tone that pervades the album is the cover photograph which feat­ ures the musicians with the wrong instruments. (Ravi Shankar is the one with Tom Scott's Saxaphone.) The presentation ofthe record also refiects the meticulous work involved in its production. Again there is a plastic sleeve within a paper dust-jacket bearing the Dark Horse motif, and a lift-out title sheet which also incor­ porates a sequence of apintings. The musicianship and ovics recording throughout is,of course,faultless. POOR PIAF The first side is devoted to songs on Krishna, open­ ing with/am miss/n^^'ou sung in English. It also app­ Edith Piaf is something of a cult figure to some of us. ears as a reprise on track four. This, as well as the Her life was a tragedy, she grew up as a gutter snipe, be­ THE PLACE I LOVE Splinter, (Dark Horse second and third tracks sung in Hindi, apparently refer came famous as a singer and lady, and died in the gutter Label) L35318. to Krishna's sexual dalliances. Jaya Jagadish Hare, the . in filth and rags. After hearing of Piaf s death, Jean Coc- fifth track, is a twelfth power and majesty of Vishnu in teau said in his dying gasp, "Whal is life without Piaf. Bill Elliott and Bob Purvis, otherwise known as Splinter, his ten mcamations. , ' The Piaf story should be a very moving one. The are in the fortunate position of being the first release on The second side is given over entirely to instrament- material for a very sensitive and touching film is begging George Harrison's new label Dark Label (which incident­ al music for a ballet entitled Dream, Nightmare and to be used. Piaf at the Village Twin fails to come to ally is the name of his newjilbum). They are fortunate Dawn which is developed around the rather worn not­ grips with PiaPs tragedy. in that Harrison has spared no effort in ensuring his lab­ ion of the battle between good and evil as represented The films begins with a desperate EditJ and sister el's debut is successful. To achieve this, he not only in the theme of past present and future. (The explan­ parentless at a very early age. They ekeout a precarious adopts the role of producer and plays several instruments ation and stmcture of the ballet is set out in the lift- living by singing in sleezy Paris streets. The story pro­ (and, 1 suspect, does uncredited back-up vocals), he also out). The fact that this appears trite does not detract gresses up until Edith is acclaimed at her debut at the invites a number of friends to assist hun. These include from the beauth of the music itself. It is quite amazing, A.B.C. Theatre with a song called "L'Accordoniste" in Klaus Voorman, Billy Preston, Jim Keltner, Mel Collins, ranging from the usual Indian forms to something app­ the late 1930's'. The interpretation of Piaf in this period Gary Wright, Mike Kelly and Alvin Lee. The role of roaching jazz. At one point there is a spellbinding amal­ is a rather transient one, and the audience doesn't feel assistant engineer is taken by Kumar Shankar. gamation of Gregorian, Judaic, Buddhist, Islamic and the pain, and compassion it should from the Piaf story. Hindu themes. Edith Piaf is a memorable person because of her myst­ The album's presentation is excellent, having a gate- Althougli this album proves to be an excellent and ique and charisma, yet the film ignores completely the fold cover, and a lift out lyrics sheet. The recording is graceful exploration into integrated music forms. It is psychology of this.significant person. faultless producing a sound immaculate and clear. A worthy ofthe attention of those who like Indian music A barrage of Piafs songs in the film makes one think specific indication of how painstaking are Harrison's and hopefully will broaden its acceptance. that it has been an attempt to make a formula type film. efforts'to launch this duo appears in Castafine Town Brigitte Ariel as Piaf acts well, if only it was compliment­ which was released as a single. Among the credits we ed by the direction. find Hari Georgeson playing bass, P. Producer on harm­ THE KIDS AND ME Billy Preston (A. & M) If you know the Piaf story well, go and see the film onium, and percussion by Jai Raj Harisein. Every other L35254 and be disappointed. If you don't know it, see the film, track on the album, when examined, will reveal various but you must realize that the film doesn't present the combinations of these pseudonyms. At one time or another, keyboard's player Billy Preston essence of the Piaf story. D has been a session-man for the best - including Little The Harrison stamp is so implanted in the music that Richard, Sam Cooke, Sly Stone, Barbra Streisand, Ar­ THEY JUST KEEP ON some tracks (e.g. China Light, Situation Vacant) etha Franklin, Beatles and Rolling Stones. Wlien he is COMING AND COMING like out-takes from George's triple album and it comes not backing other people, he is usually out with his as a surprise to discover that all the songs have been band, the God Squad, consolidating his reputation for The Towering Inferno: - an ominous look at whal written and composed by the duo. being one ofthe hardest working and happiest perform­ might happen in high rise buildings should a firebrea k ers on stage. His shows are invariably exciting and col­ out. It stars Paul Newman and Steve McQueen. This The outcome ofall these labours is, to say the least, ourful, appealing to both black and white audiences film is capitalizing on the success enjoyed by The Pois- disappointing, h is merely a bland inoffensive album of with his hybrid of soul and rock. No doubt this is what edon Adventure, and it is bound to be bad escape drama. light pop-soft rock. The material runs the full gamut sells his albums in America. from featureless to dirge-like and boredom establishes Earthquake: - wjth sensurround is bound to have you Yet his albums consistently fail to refiect the drive quivering with anticipation, it wil! be interesting from itself after only four or five hearings. The provision of and flash he develops on the stage and, apart from a the point of view of visual effects. If you're a building a lyrics sheet only serves to reinforce my sense of dis­ couple of smgles, he has rfiade Uttle impression outside demolition enthusiast, you'd probably enjoy the fdm comfort as the lyrics do not bear any close scrutiny and the U.S. This album represents an increase in his for­ and find it is all it's cracked up to be. occasionally verge on the appalling (as in China Ug|it tunes in that the better performance pushed the album and Somebody's City). into the Cashbox top 30 whereas the single Nothing Juggernaut - is a surprise drama on the high seas star­ from Nothing reached the top 5, However it is not with­ ring Richard Harris and Omar Shariff. It concerns bomb The most frustrating feeling that 1 haveabout this out its flaws. threats and extortion attempts on an Ocean Liner. album is that such a vast collection of talent should be The album opens strongly with Tell Me You Need So as far as quality goes, you'd find with these three dissipate^ on material as inefiiectual as this, i am not My Loving and an instrumental Strut tin. From here films it's pretty much a throw-up between them. saying that this is a particularly bad album but I think the songs begin to weaken so that the next three tracks What might be more interesting is a sequel to the we have the right to expect better from such a gathering. while not bad are either uninspiring, colourless or over- French Connection, The Godfather (without Marlon I know a number of unrecognized groups who are equal long. Side two contuiues this trend down to the some­ Brando), and a sequel called The Trial of Billy Jack. to this performance without the benefit of such cele­ what embarrassingly weak/o/i« the Baptist. A strong Also keep an eye peeled for Funny Sady, a comedy with brated assistance. (e.g. Audience, Magna Carta, Tir Na finish to the album is provided by Creature Feature. Barbara Streisand and James Caan; and the climax for Nog.) the year is sure to be La Grande Bouffe (soon for the Incidentally, the album's title is derived from a fund Crystal Theatre), where some French businessmen de­ The corollary to this is, of course, the realization raising event hosted by Billy Preston for St. Elmo's cide to suicide by eating and screwing to death. It is a that Splinter,without this support, would probably Village, an arts and crafts centre for black children. deliglit of decadence and a real morality tester. D wander off into obscurity. Dark Horse is off to an in­ The artwork on the album is done by the kids. D auspicious start. Jeffrey D. Hardy BUl Holdsworth mwiUtJ IkllUinid Bii^use SHANKAR FAMILY & FRIENDS (Dark Horse A HAPPENING rbgrammes welded t< Label) L 35317 _ Awen to identify.) 7 Howbvef|^/«*|IC|ienent wert phone This, the second rekase on Dark Horse Is also produced Lovers of the blues will be well catered for w to expose exiimti|tyfidlMy ai 0 by George Harrison who, as Hari Georgeson, also plays at Festival Hall on March 12th. In one show D.*j'."&"L.G'.'NiAVNE xperc guitar and auto-harp. Klaus Voorman, Billy Preston, there will appear Sonny Terry and Brownie ibic and 1 Jum Keltner, Nicky Hopkins, Tom Scott, Billy Shears, 23 Sherwood Road, w^nS McGee, Freddie King, Alexis Korner, Hound - NEWSPAPERS 6 (who I suspect is Ringo Starr) are aniong the friends in­ dog Taylor and the Houserockers, Buster Toowong. volved with this album. Unlike Splinter, the presence of Bennett, Brian Lanib and others. They start HOME DELIVERIES - MAGAZINES 4 George and friends is not intrusive or overpowering. In­ at 7.30 p.m. and we are promised a minimum stead of imposing their character on the music, they make of four hours music. Normal price is $6.80 L --STATIONERY 4 make chaste and tasteful embollishments to Ravi Shank- but a student concession price of $5.80 is ar's compositions. available. EDDIE & BRENDA CRISP'S The album is yet another step in Ravi Shankar's EXTRA ECONOMY growing association with western music. Previously he E SSO GUARANTEED WORKMANSHIP had emphasized the uncompromising nature of classical THESIS TYPING Hindustani music and the only musical collaboration re­ cord prior to this album that 1 can think of occurred OERVICE 2 AX^Grad' e Meclianics with classical musicians, e.g., Yehundi Menuhin). See Christine ^^TATION Jephson st, Toowong His contacts with rock were lunited to appearances c/- Botany Dept. at festivals (notably the Bangla Desk Concert) where his IJ PER ATION Specializing in Britisli, his music remained traditional, undiluted and hypno­ Phone: 703731 parlicutariy B.M.C. cars. \ tically rhythmic. But now, he, members of his family, and other traditional musicians (eg. Allan Rakha & SATURDAY MORNING LUBES AND SERVICES 22 wmperftoreat

a position on Council or on a comm­ The roles of the committees. views charges for such things as room ELECTIONS ittee appropriate to their intended Many new students will be eligible hire annually and is generally respons­ change of enrolm.'jnt. Written notice to vote in the elections for Committees ible for checking that the money of Nominations are called for the of such intention must be submitted and some more seasoned students seem the Union has been spent in the man­ following voting positions on the with the candidates nomination. vague about the roles and responsibil­ ner intended by council. 64th Council of the University of ities of the Committees that are lo be Nominations for both Council and Union Theatre Committee Queensland Union. Committee positions wiH open at elected. For this reason I have attempt­ ed to detail the main areas of respons­ This committee, subject to Fin­ 4 Medical Faculty Representatives. 9.00a.m. onThursday 13th March, ance Advisory Committee and Union' 1975. ibility of the Committees. In this man­ Any active member of the Union ner perhaps candidates can have a clear­ House Committee where responsibil­ who is a member of the Faculty of Nominations will close at 5.00 p.m. ities overlap, advises Council as to the on Thursday 27th March 1975. er idea of what they are nominating for Medicine may nominate for the pos­ and electors wiU have at least an outline General Administration and Hiring of ition of Medicine Faculty Represent­ Nomination forms are available at the Schonell Theatre. It must pro­ Union office and from Area Vice- of the positions concerned. ative. The Women's Rights Committee mote the Theatre and IJnion product­ 3 Post-graduate Students Represent­ Presidents. Part-time students will be ions therein and coordinate and guide sent nomination forms upon written This committee has.the following the various student groups who are atives. duties: Any active member of the Union request. It is essential that candidates users or potential users of the Theatre clearly stale the position for which (a) To generally advise Union Council who is enrolled for a Doctorate or a The above information on Comm­ they are nominating. in respect of matters relativet o Ihc ittees is not meant to be exliaustive, Master's Degree or for a Ma-stcr's rarious questions of Women's Rights. qualifying examination may nomin­ Volinl; for all positions will take but rather lo serve as a rough guide, (b) To maintain communication be­ to the responsibilities and powers of ate for tlie position of Post-Graduate place at the polling booth in the tween the Union and the various wo­ Students Representative. refectory during the week of April the committees which are to be el­ men's groups active at the University. ected. D ' Chairman of Union House Committee 14-18, 1975, except that the follow­ (c) To formulate and recommend to Any active member of the Union, ing members of the Union will receive Council such measures as the Comrn^ except a part-time external studcni, postal ballots: iltee considers necessary or desirable to Peter Phillips may nominate for the position of (a) A student .who spends more than the cause of Women's Rights. Electoral Officer. Chairman of Union House Committee. half of his/her timetable in the Hos­ pitals Area j(which includes all areas (d) To organise and direct sucl) Chairperson of Women's Righls Com­ forms of activity as the Committee outside Ihe'St Lucia area used by the mittee. considers necessary br desirable in the Any female member of the Unjon FacuUyof Medicine.) cause of Women's Rights REFEC. ECOLOGY may nominate for the position of (b) A student who spends more than half of his/licr timetable in the Turbot The Chairperson of Women's Chairperson of Women's Righls Com­ Rights Committee has a vole on Cou­ mittee. St area. ncil and Ihe Committee has a budget (c) Exlernal students. of approximately S3,000 annually. NO PERSON MAY NOMINATE FOR (d) Life members of the Union.. MORE THAN ONE VOTING POS­ (e) Such other members of the Union Union House Committee ITION ON COUNCIL AT THIS EL­ who shall request a postal ballot in The duties of Union House Comm­ ECTION writing by 5.00 p.m. Thursday April ittee consist primarily of supervising 3rd 1975. generally the trading operations of Nominations are also called for Cornpleted postal baUots roust be the Union, (i.e. the various refectory the following elected commitiee pos­ relumed bearing postmark no later areas, the tiieatre, the second-hand itions of the 64th Council of the than 5.00 p.m. Friday 18th April 1975 book exchange, and Union shop). University ofQueensland Union. lo be counted as valid. The committee is responsible to Union House Committee Union Council for the employment 2 members of the committee (part- WHY THESE ELECTIONS ? and supervision of paid officers of 2 members (full-time) time) the Union appointed by Council to 4 members (general) supervise the trading operations of The elections for Medicine and the Union. The committee has con­ Finance Advisory Committee Post-^aduate representatives are taking siderable autonomy within it's terms 2 members of the committee (part- place because last year's Council declar-, of reference but can always be over­ 2 members (full-time) time) ed the resultso f the original elections ruled by Council. 2 members (general) for these positions null-and-void, citing The Chairman (sic) of the comm­ irregularities in the elections. The re­ ittee, amongst other duties acts as the Union Theatre Committee presentatives of last year's Council have t Chairman of Union Theatre Com- Executive Officer ofthe Committee remained on this year's Council pending and is responsible for seeing that the mitee (general) new elections. This is the first available 1 member of the Committee (part- decisions of the Committee are carried opportunity for fresh elections to be out on a day-to-day basis. The pos­ 1 member (full-time) time) held. 4 members (general) ition is considered onerous enough to The position of Women's Rights carry a weekly allowance of $32.00 Any member of the Union enroll­ Committee Chairperson was created and important enough to have a vote ed as a part-time intemal student may last year by Union Council, which, at on Union Council.. nominate for a committee position the same time, provided that the posit­ designated"part-time" ron should be directly elected. It has . Any member of the Union enroll­ Finance Advisory Committee This is a rubbish bin. There are been filled in an acting capacity until The Finance Advisory Committee, ed as a full-time internal student may • elections could take place. ' several of these items in all refectory nominate for a commitiee position under the Chairmanship of the Treas­ The various committee positions are urer must advise Union Council on all isles. designated "full-time" being elected because students in a Use them! Any member of the Union may matters pertaining to finance and in­ referendum last year, dedded, by a • deed no financialappropriatio n can DONT BE A PIG! nominate for a committee position large majoiity, that important comm­ designated "general". be placed before Union Council un­ Throwing your scraps away is a ittees should be directly elected. Again less it has been considered by this For all the positions above ment­ this is the first occassion on which that Committee (or, in it's rare absence, small gesture but-it contributes in ioned, candidates who have a bona- decision could be implemented. the Treasurer). A major function of large measure to pleasant, hygenic fide intention of dianging their status the Committee is the drawing up of • surroundings during the lunch rush. or faculty during the term of the 64th the Annual budget for recommendat­ Council may nominate for election to ion to CouncU. The committee re­

THAT SECTION 4. (a) OF THE CONSTITUTION BE AMENDED BY THE INSERTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES "Services Vice-President" AFTER "A.U.S. Secretary" IN THE PART LABELLED "Executive". THAT SECTION 30. 2. (a) OF THE CONSTITUTION BE ENACTED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: 30.2. Ia) Services VIce-F'resident as Chairman.

THAT SECTION 17. 1. AND 18.1. OF THE CONSTITUTION BE AMENDED BY THE INSERT­ ION OF THE WORDS "Services Vice-President" AFTER THE WORDS "Local A.U.S, Secretary". v/ THAT SECTION 16. OF THE CONSTITUTION BE RENUMBERED 16. 1. AND THAT THE FOLLOWING NEW SUB-SECTIONS BE ENACTED AS FOLLOWS: The Union runs according to rules and regulations. We have a widely extensive 16.2. A Presiding Officer of Elections shall be responsltile.for advising Council on disputes constitution with attached regulations which tells us, your office-bearers and repres­ arising from alleged breaches ofthe Constitution and ReguiaUons relating to elections entatives, the manner in which we should conduct Union business on your behalf. •and referenda. ' . • Our Constitution can be changed and updated to keep up with changes in student ^®' \' . ...T*"..'^'"^'"' 0"'"f o' Elections shall be a Judge or a Queen's Counsel. The appolnt- needs and also to more effectively service these needs. •"/."u "i H ?.'"•• '•'^" ^ "y **^ °' Special Resolution of Council and the recommendation of There are two ways that the Constitution can be changed: of the Executive. (a) by referendum or 16.4. The Presiding otTiwt of Elections shall hold office trom the time of appointment (b). by special resolution passage at Council at two consecutive meetings. until that officer's death, resignation or removal from oflice. The Presiding Otticer The following constitutional changes will be presented for tneir tirsi readmg at ol Elections may only be removed from office by a Special Resolution of Council the 3rd Ordinary Meeting of Council on Thursday, 6th March, 1975 at 6.30 p.m. in on the Recommendation of the Executive. / the i. D. STORY ROOM. ' THAT A NEW SECTION 13. 7. OF THE CONSTITUTION BE ENACTED TO READ AS ^"A.^BI^ENACTED AS FOLLOWsl'^"'^"^'^'°'^ ^^ REPEALED AND A NEW SECTION FOLLOWSi • " • 17. A. (a) No person already a member of Council shall nominate lor a turther position on 13 7. (i> On pr«s«ntatlon ol a pellttan to the President signed by at least ten (10) percent ot Council, provided that a person holding one ot the following positions may nominate members of the Union entitled to vole In an election tor a position of Union Council, for a further position and that person already a member ot council may nominate tor such petition ctlling for the removal trom office of the person holding that position, a one of the same, that Is to sayi • Referendum shall be held to determine whether that member of Council shall be so , tl) Immediate Past President removed from office. (II) Chairman of Council °' (2) Only persons eligible to vote In an election for the position If held at the time of the (ill) The Student Senators J Referendum shall be eligible to vote In the Referendum. (Iv) Cl\alrman ol Union House' Committee (3) The Referendum shall be otherwise conducted In accordance with the other provisions . • (v) Chairperson ot Women's Rights Committee ot the ConstltuUon and the provisions of the Regulations relating to Referenda and (b) No person receiving a salary or allowance Irom the Union for a position elected or the member ol Council shall be removed from office tf more than fifty per cent of the • appointed Shalt nominate tor a further position which, If that candidate were elect- votes east ara In favour of removal from office, provided however, that If ihe-total •. M or appointed, would entitle Otat person to receive a further salary or allowance. ''.'' number of votes so cast in favour does not exceed fifteen percent ot tha number (CJ tSo person shall nominate for more than orie position at any election. elegible voters ,Ihe member ol.Councll shall retain his position - . Notice is hereby given Uiat the Third Ordinary Meeting of the University of THAT SECTION 56. OF THE CONSTITUTION BE AMENDED BY THE ADDJTION OFA Queensland Union Council will be held cm Thursday, 6th March at 6 30 n m. in the NEW PARAGRAPH (c) TO READ AS FOLLOWSi • J. D. STORY ROOM in the Union Building. . D • 56. tc) Removal ol members of Council from Office under the provlslonsof Section 13.7 above. THAT SECTION 4S. 3. tb) BE AMENDED BY THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE WORD "fifty" FOR THE WORD'Hvwnty.flve'^ AND THAT THE WORD''General''BE INSERTED AFTER Mari Anna Shaw ' . rUK intwun" i»»onix->i»- n...^ ...r-.. ••••-•• — •'—.. Union Seaetary. THE WORD "Area" AND BEFORE THE WORD "Reserve" mnptrnowrt 23 where the

adapted from a children's story by Maurice Sendak, "Where the Wild Things ate", That night Kerschwen wore her wolf suit and wild things are made mischief of one kind... and another... The Chairperson caUed her "WILD THING" and They roared their terrible roars and gnashed their Kerschwen tumed to the Council (who at that Ume terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and show­ looked just like you or me) and with a gli nt in her ed their terrible clavw till Kerschwen said "BE STILL" eye said'Ta EAT YOU UP". and tamed them with her magic trick of staring into Kerschwen was "named". From the right side of their yellow eyes without blinking once and they the chamber a few satisfied chops appeared. Council were frightened and called her the most wild thing of moved hito Committee of the Whole and soon a for­ all. est began to grow - subterfuge, counter-subterfuge - except... for one slithery, slimy snake who hissed general intrigue - fangs began to appear and tongues and sissed and refused to accept the decision. began to drip. A supper recess was called and the wild rumpus of The forest grew... recriminations, rationalisations and general disgruntle- and grew until the ceih'ng hung with vines and the ments began. The wild things had wild looks in their world became the world all round. eyes, but Kerschwen was the wildest of them all. A mouse scuttered from one side ofthe forest to Back in the chamber amongst the forest and the the other mouthing words of peace, honesty and jus­ vines, against the backdrop of the Ark, the business tice, but the battle lines were drawn with feline beasts proceeded. being cut and quartered in the centre of the chamber The wild things once more roared their terrible as is the normal practice. roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their An ocean tumbled by and the Council chamber terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but they became an Ark - there were pairs of lions, tigers, were running out of steam. pigs, cats, dogs, geese etc., although some wete only The Ark disappeared, the vines dissolved and the one of a kind and were of course being faced with forest dwindled. Slowly the wild things started to extinction. change - they once again began to look just like me The Ark sailed off through night and day and in and you. Right, Middle and Left congratulated them­ and out of weeks and ahnost over a year to where the selves on a good performance and commented upon really wild things are. the lack of serious casualities. They quietly dispersed and it was only the wreck­ age left behind for the cleaners in the mommg which hinted at the war that had raged all through the night and into the early hours of the mom. and so they all rested in peace ... AN ACCOUNT OF AN ORDINARY MEETING OF UNION COUNCIL until the next time ... • MS.

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CONCERTS Dr Frank Graham, psychoanalyst, Last year. Activities liased with various promoter to arrat^e student will speak on "L^ve and its Relation­ ' Free concert DV group "MARQA" ship to People's problems" on Fri­ ticket reductions, in retum for assisting them with their advertising. presented by Activities. Union For­ day 14th March 1.10 p.m. In the This year we negotiated a $2.50 discount for students for the Cleo Lane um Area, 1.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. Able Smith Lecture Theatre. Dr Wednesday IZItAarch, Graham is presently practicing in Concert, and a reduction for the Australian Blues Festival. l^ndon and Is speaking on behalf If you want information on concert concessions, please contact us ENTERTINGLEMENT of the Yoga Soctety. Activities presents) in the Activities Office (upstairs in Union Building) or ring us at 711611. Rock 'n Ron Roxys, starring the PATCHWORK Silver Studs with the fllm "L.et the Gay Women's Group meets every Good Times Roll" Patrons must Tuesday night 8 p.m. at the Camp t>e properly attired, bobby socks, Club - 379 George St. City — dis- Heather Ross, pointy shoes and brylcream. B p.m. cusslons, social nights, new memb­ Cultuiral Activities Director, Admltance $1.00 ers always welcome. N.B. Roxys will be held every WORKSHOPS'75 Friday ntght 8 p.m. -1 a.m. In ttw MEETINGS . Union Coffee Shop. See Roxys Vietnamese Women's Delegation . Once apin the "Activities" is offering Arts and Crafts workshops board for programme. arrive In Brisbane 29th March, for both Union and Non-Union members in a hope that not only will reception Waterside Worker's hiall DOINGS Saturday 7.30 p.m. Lunct> time people become involved in an area outside their studies but will have VOQA relaxation and meditation meeting Relaxation Block Tues. the opportunity of meeting new faces. The emphasis is on Community group (not Yoga Society) forming April 1st. Further details phone shortly, enquiries — Union office 714983. Activity and enjoyment of the course plus interaction with others. dest. (ti/ieetings will be held Fri­ Workshops range from Basic Car Mechanics/Typing/Cooking through day tunchtimes. CONFERENCE People's Market, all day every Wed­ Radical Ecology Conference, Mel­ to Dance, film, art, pottery, textiles and music. nesday In the Unton Forum Area. bourne Easter 1975. For inform­ Information booklets will be available at the Union office and work­ You are invited to sell candles, 2nd ation phone 70 2459 BBQ at 4 hand clothes. Jewellery, Junk, etc. Devon St. Toovirong on Saturday shops commence the week beginning March 10th. Further amendments Rent and commission free. Phone 22nd March at S p.m. entry $1.00 Heather Ross, Activities Ofnce and time changes will appeardn worlshop notice board in the Union 711611. WANTED office. The Queensland University Yoga Activities needs good musos, groups, Society Is offering Yoga classes and artists for Roxys, Union dances Ruth Bolton for beginners thts semester at the and Union Nites. All contacts and following times. Information appreciated. Contact Activities Workshop Convenor Womem Heather Ross, phone 711611 Monday lO.OO a.m. Green Rm. Wanted, complaints, criticisms and Tuesday 4.00 p.m. J D Story Rm, siqgestlons of this year's Orientat­ Wednesday lO.oo a.m. Green Rm. ion Week. To Orientation Directors 11.00 a.m. Green Rm. c/- Union Office. Men 1 (one) five string banjo, preferably Tuesday 10 a.m. Green Room In good condition, but not fussy. Ih 1 p.m. Michie Bid 338 Willing to pay money. See Ralph Thursday 10 a.m. Green Room 2nd year Architecture Studio, Sth 11 a.m, Green Room te For enquiries and enroSmenls con­ Floor, Michie Building. tact the Society In the "all" down­ A Cocker Spaniel puppy reasonably stairs In the Relaxation Block 10 - priced or a short shaggy dog with 4 p.m. Monday to FrWay. lots of understanding and charact­ L"/ er. Phone Heather Rots 711611. rScifv\ft7'n D'ALLIANCE DEALINGS 20 year old female would like to /nion 'itdtJ your meet dominant attrative warm in­ Anti-freeway booklet prepared by telligent woman for a relationship residents ot BovMn Hills. The twoK- dwit-flVSOJ tte oWn- * 't»«w let presents all the arguments against K Replies to Unda. freeways, the aggressive bureaucrats (D'alllarice replies should be address­ who build them and explains why ed to Box 69 c/- Students Union. you deserve free public transport. Person should enclose another en­ Anti-freeway booklet 40 cents In­ velope with the reply. Indicating cluding an alternative transport plan the add concerned. Replies may be tor Brisbane. From 15 Markwell St collected from Uixlon Office, strict­ Bowen Hills. ly confidential.) I mill iWiiBii I I INFO Ssmpor Is running a series of class­ THE HECATE ified adds to replace Community Compost. Any members of the University community are Invited "IN" to advertise, contact Heather Ross at Actlvitlas Office. A Women's HELP DEN Activities desperately needs a pub­ licity team (artists, runner offers and putter uppers). Enquiries-con­ <.iv^ tact Activities Office. Union Build­ ing. Interdisciplinary Journal Black families in Brisbane are losing EVERY NIGHT money by not filling out their tax­ ation forms. Ttie aboriginal island­ er L.egal Service needs your help for Just one night this year to assist In TOP Contributions welcomed in any area of the humanities completing forms. Please leave your or social sciences. We are also interested in articles on name for Abschol at Union Office. women's position, or involvement, in any other areas. RALLYS SINGERS Reviews of films, plays, and original poems and stories There will be a Women's Fair in the Square to celebrate the opening of AND are also welcome, as well as graphics, photographs, etc. International Women's Year on March Sth — international Women's A small payment will probably be made to contributors. (3ay, The official programme begins GROUPS at 10 a.m^ In City square. Interests include displays by women's groups. Subscriptions/contributions/articles to Carole Ferrier, A play reading, speakers — various English Department, University of Queensland, singing groups. St. Lucia, Brisbane 4067, Qld. SPEAKERS ° Brian McCarthy, graduate of the Yoga Institute, Bombay and men's iHidanI* $1.00 teacher for the Queensland Uni­ Copy Deadline: Subscription rate: versity Yoga Soeletywlll speak on "Tho Basic In Yoga for modern Man" Second Edition $2.50 per year. on Wednesday, tt/larch 12th at 1.10 27 BLACK ST p.m. in tha J.D. Story Room, Union SOth June, 1975 Sinf>le copies: $1.50 Building. MILTON HE ENVIRONMENTALIST by Richard Blundell PLUTONIUMl HALF UFE \24>i60 YEARS.