«H^ ediioriai I The media coverage ot the fees protest rally held on May 6lh was unusual for the sympathy which it showed to Ihe campaign. A couple of T.V. stations even showed inten/iews with Union Secretary, Jorge Jorquera,emphasizing thalstudentsfelt they had CONTENTS a common bond with many economically disadvantaged groups in Australia. For the firsl time since the beginning of the fees campaign, it was stressed that the anti-fees 3. THE SECOND COMING Amer/can T.V. evangelism took a dive the protesters are nol merely protesting at having to pay $250 themselves, but rather are other month when it was revealed that multi-million dollar minister Jimmy protesting against the disincentive Ihal the fee represents for people from lower socio­ Bakker was into beastiality, promiscuity and other un-Christian activities. Our economic groups. Ivy League correspondent TISH DUN KIN prepared a screenp/ay/ora This link-up with the dispossessed of Ausiralia was inevitable. A very strong basis for our outrage at the fee, is that students must beallowed to be a force for change.They are luture T.V. soap opera. the members of society who are specifically set the task of research inlo the way society operates and Ihe ways in which il could be improved, 11 Ihis kind ol research is to be 4. ENGLISH DEPARTMENT QUOTAS The English Department is conducted in a balanced and ngorous manner then ail sectors of the community should debating whether or not to introduce guotas to subjects, and whether or not to be allowed to participate. As soon as the researchers are representative of only the cut research grants MAN DY JOHNSON reports on this drastic turn ol economically well-off sector of society then there is no incentive to advocate change. events I would argue that this is exactly the situation in which we find ourselves. Very many students inherit their professions from Iheir parents. The children ol professional go to 6. POV ERTY Susan Ryan has claimed that the majority of university students private schools, and then to university and Ihen into the professions. What kind of a force protesting against the Tertiary Fee are 'spoilt middle-class brats". KAREN j for change is this? Why do people seem surprised and outraged that universities are FLETCH ER spoke to four students living below the poverty line, and bastions of consen^atism? Perhaps I am being loo black and while. There are still many students who are discovered that Senator Ryan's fingers weren't quite on the pulse. conducting genuine inquiry intoJhe disciplines Ihey are studying. This kind of inquiry is threatened by lhe$250 fee, bythe onslaught of privatisalionand by thecuts in education 10. TH E DEATH OF QUS Every so often, student politicians inflict funding which are hitting all educational institutions. themselves on the general public, and ask to be loved. Failing that, they Despite all the disincentives and downright impediments, there are students who are content themselves with knifing each other in broad daylight Scarred war still workina for social change. veteran HOWARD STRINGER comments on the background battles in Few sons or daughters of poor families make il to university. 01 those ihat do, some go student politics, ruthlessly illustrated by the recent QUS campaign all out lor themselves, aiming lo beat Ihe nch kids at their own game. But most students Irom poor backgrounds do not act this way ihey do not forget where they come from, 13. MUTANT HORROR! Recently, Buildings and Grounds sprayed the and feel a heavy responsibility to use Ihe new knowledge around them and the solidanly ol others to strike a blow for the ordinary people of the wortd. Architecture Department with toxic chemicals. Shortly afterwards, students and staff complained about nausea and headaches JO BESLEV talked to the From amongst the middle cla;?s students (who comprise the majority in an Australian tertiary institution) there is a percentage who also aspire to sen/e something higher Ihan department and to Buildings and Grounds and filed the following report... theirown self advancement. They articulate what is besl in theirown class background... the demand for social justice. 14. Fl N E ARTS The Fine Arts Department is threatened by education cuts, and Students have requested, and received help from trade unions in their light against could possibly be amalgamated into the History Department in the near future. tertiary fees. In the new phase of the campaign we will be calling upon the unemployed, Art History student AN DREW ENTSCH was concerned about the fate of pensioners, Abonginal and womens' organisations and all those sectors of the com­ the department, and sent us this article... munity who most acutely feel the need for social change, for their support in ourdemand for "education for all. not just the nch". We are all in this together. 15. THE WINNER SUPPLIMENT Funsters take note! In this especially So, when disadvantaged groups such as these call for support students should meaty edition of Winner we look at surting, beachwear, Dreamworld, the answer Ihe calL In our research we should be looking always lo achieve social justice, a non-exploitative, humanized health system, an equitable and sustainable economy, a Grundy's waterslide, Cavill Avenue, Terry Towelling hats, Mango Singlets and fair and informative media... in every discipline there are advances which can be made, the great Australian Dream! REGGIE AS PIN comes out of the closet! so long as we are always questioning. MAUD SHAHKS has an appointment at the Dentist! HERBERT In the wake of the anti-stnke legislation Queensland workers desperately need our LEVEN is mad as all hell and won't take anymore! help. Similarly, Ihe federal welfare cuts have left many needy people in even greater need. We, the siudents. must be vocal in our support for these groups, and they will be 23. ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON f EES Ruthless foreign vocal in their support for free education. Our cause is theirs, and theirs is ours. correspondant BRUCE WESTERN recently held KAREN KAREN FLETCHER FLETCH ER'S household at gunpoint and personally threatened to kill (With thanks to Mei Shu Shu GAVIN SAWFORD unless his demands were met One ofhis demands at Adelaide University) was that Semper publish a serious article by him about tertiary fees... Reluctantly we agreed... 24. APOCALYPSE NOW OR LATER Semper action-person COMMANDER HARRISON B\SC(J\J winds up his mission to terminate NCC leader B.A Santamaria, in an Ampol Roadhouse on the road to credUs Victoria. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro... 29. THE POLITICS OF SELLOUT Angry young peop/e from the EDITORS: Howard Stringer ideologically sound faction of the Student Union respond to Tim Grau's article Karen Fletcher about Labour politics in the last edition of Semper. 31. CHILDREN BY CHOICE CAROLYN SCHMIDT reports o/me LAYOUT ARTIST: David Holden possible shutdown of the pregnancy counselling sen/ice, Children by Choice, • due to lack of funding... TYPESETTER: Lou Larder 32. T.V. SOAP and NIGEL THE WALLABY A new cartoon stripby GRAPHICS & BRENDAN O'SHEA graces the pages of Semper and proves that even PRODUCTION: John Carey inoffensive animals can be crushed by 'the establishment' in Queensland. Howard Stringer 33. LETTERS TO TH E EDITORS and CARTOONS Rupert Murdoch discovers life in the big city white Crocodile Dundee demonstrates new David Holden developments of Yuppie Technology The outcome could be fatal. Glen Thompson Hannah Cutts PHOTOGRAPHY: David Holden Look what we found in Marlon Smith's coiumn In the Sunday Mail, Dec 1 1985! Crumbs! What next?! PROOF READING: Bex Biderbek gcnf. (•'csi^ie pri-.i;J«nt. Bn.in Mu!i;n^. .*f.-: :-. *'«»« Crait tatt wMk w.h«n 500 enthu«i»e!« 10 fire up the judicnce r.t-; d.'gg.Rg <j;fpi., ,rv-. 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A tomato explodes in bloody juice on redemption, he understands the average The cool green eyes of judgement peer YANA: In the beginning, there was Jim, He Jim's lapel) sinner, and he caters to his every need. was a preacher, he had a wife. into a dim livingroom. Jim tried and failed to calm them. (Camera pans a warehouse stocked with {Jim and Tammy, thin and pimply and smi­ these items: "I'm Yana Wendt". (An angp/ horde stampedes from the au­ ling, emerge from the Stone Baptist Church ditorium where Jim has taken the stage.) Bakker-blessed washcloths cleanse the In the dim livingroom there sits an enor­ where they were wed.) mous couch.