NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY NEWCASTLE UNIX ------------------------- NOT TO BE REMOVED UBSCRIPTION DRAW ................ d dozen cans of beer donated by 209 wins an LP or tape (value £6) donated by Vaux Breweries. Volume Records, Ridley Place. 975 wins lunch for two (value £5) donated by 492 wins 2 complimentary tickets donated by the Barley M ow, Sandgate. the Tyneside Cinema, Pilgrim Street. 150 wins 2 complimentary tickets donated by the Gulbenklan Studio (by arrangement). 321 wins 2 complimentary tickets donated by The 903 wins 2 complimentary tickets donated by Studio, New Bridge Street (by arrangement). Tyne Theatre Co. (by arrangement). 729 wins 2 free meals (value £5) donated by 1014 wins a £5 voucher donated by Kard Bar of Wimpy, Northumberland Street. Cross Street 516 wins a 12" single donated by R.P.M. 008 wins a £5 voucher donated by Flip, Cross Records, Level 5. Street 991 wins two free tickets donated by Cannon 852 wins a bottle of wine donated by Grants of Cinema, Westgate Road. S t James. 1039 wins a Sutdoy Lunch for two, donated by 348 wins 2 free tickets to a Union Event. (See Luckies Comer Bar, S t Mary's Place. Sid. Ents Supremo). 684 wins dinner for two (value £10) donated by 1024 wins film developed 1 hour service by Joe Rlgatonies, S t Mary's Place East Qukkpics, 37 Nelson Street PRIZES TO BE COLLECTED BY MONDAY STUDENTco m NEW 1 5 /2 /8 8 No. 778 Price 15p Thursday, 11th February, 1988 IN THIS CONTROVERSIAL RAG MAG ISSUE SUNDERLAND STUDENTS P.2 GOES AHEAD NEWS COMIC RELIEF TO BOOST CHARITY FUNDS PICS NIGEL VINCENT REPORTS A banning order slapped on Sunderland Polytechnic's "sexist and racist" Rag Mag, by their Union Executive, was last week overturned by students. \ Following an Emergency who said "It was a repression of pressure to allow the publication General Meeting last Wednesday, free speech; I naturally wanted to to go ahead without further delay. 0 0 the decision to lift the ban was bring up a few points and certainly With only one Executive Officer carried by an overwhelming others did too. available on the day, the magazine m ajority of 95% in favour, "There was an undemocratic was passed as acceptable without although the publication remained feeling about the whole thing. The the rest of the Executive being m effectively impounded for some fact that the magazine was raising considered. time afterwards when a full-time money for charity was clouding "It was passed on the pretext officer of Sunderland Polytechnic the issue", he added. that the rest of the Executive would be shown the draft before it Students' Union refused to unlock The publication, which was ban­ was published" explained Rag the office where 10,000 maga­ ned due to the large content of Chairperson, Mark Howard, "It zines had been hidden earlier in racist and sexist jokes, together was thought that if it hadn't been the week. with jokes about disabled people Rag organisers facing a £2,000 sent to the printers that day, the P.3 and homosexuals, was the fourth Poly would not have had a Rag bill for advertising refunds if the draft to be made before it was Mag at all. Maybe this was a bit RAC 88 magazines were not released printed. LETTERS drastic", he added. were threatening legal action if With last year's Deputy Presi­ the decision carried by the mass After the magazine returned dent producing the initial format from the printers, it was only a VALENTINE'S meeting wasn't complied with and leaving the jokes in an en­ Please Pay At Least For This Mag immediately. matter of hours before the Deputy 40p, velope which has since dis­ President, Mr. Woods, and other DAY PERSONAL Controversy arose, however, appeared, it was left to this year's Executive Officers decided to ban from the start of the E.G.M.. with Rag Committee to compile a new it. COLUMN the Union President, Ms. Anya version. After completion this "The mag was not particularly The controversial Magazine. Bickers, failing to turn up to Chair second draft was first passed by OTT throughout, and most stu­ the meeting - called by the Rag the Union's Executive and then dents could laugh it off" said Mr. Committee - because she had sent to the printers, only to be lost Woods, "However, it has to be P.4/5 been kidnapped by a Rag "hit in the post together with other remembered that the magazine is squad". important Union mail. sold in the town, not just to LOCKED OUT ARTS Deputy President, Mr. Andy In an unprecedented act of students. Many of the jokes were Amid drastic spending cuts, the University will pay out over six Wood, took the Chair in her place, generosity, the printers offered to morally and constitutionally thousand pounds to revamp locks at the Easton Road Flats, due BUDDY BOYS but walked out when the vote was put together their own version of wrong” he confirmed. to the persistant appearances of flashers over the past six years called after only three speakers the magazine. Upon arrival at the When questioned about the or more, who harass those in residence, particularly on the had been heard - two in favour of Polytechnic, this draft was re­ controversy caused by the ban­ lifting the ban, one against. ground and basement levels. jected out of hand due to its ning, Treasurer, Mr. Larry Blan­ Although the police have been informed, there is little they can do to catch P.6 Treasurer, Mr. Larry Blanchard, offensive nature, which left a chard, added, "Certain people the culprits; as a girls school nearby serves to attract dubious types to the took the Chair in his place and the panic-stricken Rag Committee a didn't do their jobs properly". area. This problem was brought to the attention of the Welfare Officer MORE LETTERS vote was eventually carried with matter of weeks to supply a new The Rag Mag is now on sale and (Caroline Clipson) and the Women's Officer (Hilary Weaver) who have 145 to lift the ban against six to and final version. making money, but 3 members of campaigned for changes in the security at the flats. keep it. As a result, when the final draft the Rag Committee and two Among the new measures requested are: floodlighting of the car park (at The procedural manoeuvering was eventually compiled by the others, including the Deputy Pres­ the back of the flats), new mortice locks on all doors, and new curtains. which cut short the debate, was Rag Mag Editor, Steve Mehew, ident, are due to face the Disciplin­ These measures will hopefully pre^pnt people from gaining easy access to later condemned by Mr. Wood, the Union Executive were under ary Committee. the flats without being seen, and prevent them from entering the residency. A further undisclosed sum is to be spent on upgrading security. Mr. Costello (in charge of Easton road flats) was "not 100% sure" that these changes would be implemented immediately. Hilary Weaver had also £1,142-22 asked for all the ground floor residents to be male, but the University claimed Last week's Comic Relief that this would unfortunately be impossible due to the present allocation P.8 capers staged by mem­ system. In response to the harassment people have received in the Easton road bers of the Students' Un­ area, the Union mini-bus service operates a route to the Easton Flats with SPORT ion raised a staggering preference to residents of the flats. £1,142.22 for charity. John Herd SKI SPECIAL This remarkable sum broke all targets and goes towards the estimated £10m raised in total SMASH BUT NO GRAB throughout the country. The "RPM" Record mean that the doors on With such money rais­ Shop on the Union's either end of Level Five have COURIER ing antics as spending to be kept unlocked whilst the day dressed in a goril­ "Fifth Avenue" was the building is open. LEVEL 4 la's outfit, to the rather the subject of an The owner of the shop, more impromptu 'spon­ attempted break-in UNION SOCIETY sored strip' (down on Marek Norvid, said that he Level 2), not to mention late on Friday night. was particularly pleased that KINGS WALK the head-shaving, the day The would-be thieves the culprits had been NEWCASTLE was considered a huge smashed the window in the thwarted, since he has just success, with staff and door, before being scared had delivered a new consign­ NE1 8QB students alike joining in away by the alarm system. ment of "Indie" records. the jolly japes and red The new fire regulations TEL. 091 2324050 nose fun. The Spiny Norman ladies in comic costume Stephen Silk NOW OPEN AT CROSS STREET opposite Flip of Hollywood NEW SEW ON PATCHES include - 6 Anthrax # Beastie Boys # Cinderella # Def Jam f Iron Maiden Megadeth • Metallica • Led Zeppelin • Tom Cat • Top Gun ( KARD BAR Whitesnake • Pink Floyd • 10-5 COURIER Thursday, 11th February, 1988 BUS BASH NO SALE CHANCELLOR TO The Union minibus was involved in an unfortunate accident last Monday. Returning AWARD DEGREES home from a riding club outing, the bus was A congregation is to be held on Friday 6th May, in driving round the Blue House Roundabout King's Hall, at which the Chancellor will confer a when another driver drove straight into the series of Honorary Degrees. side of it. He claimed not to have seen the The recipients of the degree of Doctor of Civil Law will be Sir John Hall, the Chairman and managing director of Cameron Hall huge orangey red hulk of a bus, but again, as Developments - developers of Gateshead's Metrocentre; Chancellor Sam Bousfield (Union Treasurer) commented, of Bradford University and former chairman of ICI, Sir John Harvey "he may have been blind." Jones, MBE, and Professor Sir John Walton, who graduated here in 1945, and returned in 1956 to take up a post in the Neurology The other car was a complete write off but luckily the department.