or eat U.5.iL $1.00 No. s Juiy22ncl, 10B6 U.K. 50p N.Z. $2 Australli $562,000 "f 4^.-.v ^ l*\iJA l.^flT'"'^-. '/ *>"•»Australian, s are often criticised over our seemingly i compulsive habit of "knocking". ' | However, a positive consequence of our penchant for cridcism a is its effect on our public utilides. Govemment services such as || Australia Post and Telecom are the subjects of constant p surveillance by the public, making for a better chance that tax- ^ payers' money is used wisely and responsibly. g 4 LBttors to tha Editor However, there is one public utility that invariably escapes the || caustic Australian public eye. ^t 5 Does radioactive waste deposited by tlie University in Our police forces derive an unspoken exemption from f indooroopilly constitute a risk to public health? JEFF accountability due to the firmly-entrenched assumption that all ''- WATERS reports police are the just protectors of law-abiding citizens. We are all r taught from our earliest years that if you can trust anyone, you >« can trust a police officer. ^ 6 MARIA ANN HIULCAHY takes a look at the furore However, there are imperfections in all public utilities, and the ^< surrounding the proposal to teach Peace Studies in aura of credibility that cushions the police has made the public ^ Queensland schools hesitant to believe that the forces of law and order can be guilty *'^ of any misconduct. / 7 Gould Ronald Reagan start a nuclear war because ho Others justify what they perceive to be 'minor* misdemeanours thinks It's end's will? GORDON FRASER FARRER, from by balancing them against the service provided by the police. A ^4 University of NSW Union newspaper 'Tharunka', writes^ common retort by citizens hearing of imperfections in the } \ about the President's fundamentalist christian beliefs police force is "but who would you tum to ifyou were in p* trouble?" '^< 9 The University will lose a valuable resource if the However, police officers' duty to serve the public does not give ^ them the right to act at will, and all honest dedicated members Govornment Department goes ahead with plans to ^>^^ of the force should welcome attempts to discipline officers who if close Its newspaper room. TIM 6RAUE reports bring it discredit y 11 Ace reporter JACK OTOOLE caught up with Norman Gunston during his recent visit to Brisbane for Safety ^ Week 12 JATRINA JENSEN investigates a police proposal to ANGELA WARD fH make lournalists carry police passes when they are reporting at protests r 13 That Incurable socialite JACK OTOOLE gets Invited to LIBRARY HOURS all the best functions. Here he writes about the time Exhibition Wednesday he had at Earle Bailey's campaign launching August 13th, 1986 ^ Union News, with JENNY FOX Herston Medical Library: 9am — 5pm 15 Read all tho reviews and more in our 8 page Cultural All other libraries Supplement will be closed. V S'x^wMPvi-; ,->; ? 25 Prince Cassock of tbe African National Conference UNIVERSITV OF OUEEMSIAND UeflAFWS made a recent visit to Brisbane. ANGELA WARD reports ...••^ / .#• .v-' v.^^ 26 Read all the latest about Lemmlng-Ald — the j^- ..^ forthcoming UQU Revue ; Semper It a noR-profit palltlcal and cultural magizlne based at the University ef Qaiensland. "" EDITOR: Angela Ward 27 GAVIN SAWFORD rounds-up the Union's 75th ^ PUBUSHER: Jillann Farnir. U.Q.U. Presldeat f-^^-i Anniversary celebrations DESIBN A UYOUT: Loelse Bill, Glenn Ikempson / COVERS: Gleen Thempun, JeliN Jiggens 20 Semper has been sifting through the archives and has ^ TYPESErnNG: Matt Mawsen resurrected some of the highlights that have appeared y ADVERTISING: Angela Ward (371 25681 In our pages over the years ^, PRINTER: Qneantland Tines, Ipswich I ^ CMtflhirtiM* m «ftMM4 iHrt •• ntiMttlhlNty li ut»ifttt ttr ••MIICKN mtiriaL y 35 DIRT ~-r -"' / / / ..j:..- .^.... / F f ••.y* JUST A COUNTRY BOY Dear reader, «d for a story on po»<* -"-"Sirs,This page was ,<»•• - trrr« rr .,uv Angela and Uouise — ncui and- .-^utca to tears if she had to give iice at the Tribunal. ...v-oramii but were too at frightened to say. The parents of friends of Michael ost dieir licences several dmes because of minor lis mother has spent over $15,000 in legal ,,_-—r-_——- (successfully bills and court costs. ^t-'s' detcnded a charge of having ridden a motor bike along and rininit HriYJr|prher^tne a common occurrence.. afootpadi. Hi^H^HHHB^BMIRgHMBais niiiiiiiii ill ll II iiii iimni—pm a v.^^^^ iber of occasions, she says, but they were also years. panel van to purchase a second-hand tractor. The The only avenue left open to die—w^wwwi—ae (dpHHdaaMlMHHBBgHIHHM^BiTeafmeni ^(••I^BHBHmBiBMBBVitdc hope appeared to be subsiding. success there. Despite her pessimism, M rs Ashley says she wU continue to do whatever is necessary for the as she and Mark left sake of Mark's name. approached them and warned "Only if you lived here for the last year of his life wanted them either "iri jail or dead". li would you have seen how he suffered." £r, after Because I'U eiuier run you dovm orrun you off SHARON UrCLLARD 3 PARTS OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENT MISSING OR ILLEGIBLE j^,i AUSTfiAtIA LtUxc^ Dear Editor, Dear Editor, Dear Editor, One of the greatest criticisms Congratulations on the last two I wish to express my disgust at the salad bar has been dismantled and the changes in opening times for the ref­ choice of hot food (leftovers) abysmal, levelled by students al Ihe content editions of Semper, especially the and not even a sandwich in sight! and tone of Semper articles centres inspired cover featuring 'patriotism ectories and bistro. They mean Ihat One occasion, I asked a woman on the on the dubious motivation and sin­ gas'. I would like to draw your after a class finishes at 8pm it is impossible fo obtain a hot meal or hot food bar whether the chicken was cerity in the author. So often it readers' attention to more facts re­ deep-fried or roasted and she had the appears that any chance to 'have a garding nuclear power and media even a cup of coffee (not that it was nerve to shrug at me. I perservered and go' at the govemmeni results in an reporting. ever decent) on campus. asked her how long she'd been serving article of unarguable journalistic Much was made by tho western press 1 was under the impression that these there and how long the chicken had been merit. It does not. about Soviet secrecy over the Chernobyl eating places represented aservice bythe available and did she ever look at what What prompted me to write in was the accident. Much was also made by tho Union to its paying members. Un­ she served and she had the nerve to say to mindless article in the last issue on local press of the peace movement's fortunately (especially forpart-timers) the me "I only work here!". Well, if she foreign students and their unfair fees alleged hypocrisy, i.e. when the Soviets service is substandard and deteriorating doesn'tknowforcan't even identify what ("What a Price to Pay") by Cindy Healy. foul up we say nothing. Bearing this in at an increasing rate. she is serving), how the hell are we My beef is that Cindy, in classic Semper mind, consider the following facts ig­ 1 find the refectories are no cheaper supposed to know?? style, has failed to (1) look at the question nored by western and local media pro­ than the corner store and, in many cases, To summarise, I protest against; on an unemotional and really objective ductions; the products are dearer (e.g. drinks, The earlierclosing times ofthe plane and (2) provide an alternative point The worst nuclear spill in U.S. history chocolates, etc.) than many non- Bistro and Main Refec of view. occured at Sam on July 16, 1979, when subsidised outlets off-campus! In fact, I The substandard service Foreven entering this debate I shall be 100 million gallons of radioactive water, know of several students who cannot The substandard choice, particularly labelled a 'racist', 'opportunist' or, dare containing uranium tailings, breached afford lo eat at theml ,in regard to good wholesome food we say, 'government supporter' in that from a 'holding' pond into the Rio Pucrco I also understood it to be Union policy The lack of food and drink outlets on inimitable Semper style where all the near Church Rock, New Mexico. Samples that the same price be charged for the campus after 8pm authors are so terribly intelligent and of tho river water indicated a level of same products at all refectories. Nol true. The reduction in working hours of socially progressive that their word is radioactivity 6600 times the maximum At the Main Refec they charge an out­ refectory staff. standard for drinking water. Needless to necessarily the truth. rageous 75c for a bottle of plain, un- 1 realise that my voice is one in the say, independent, let alone Soviet, flavoured mineral water, while in the To make my point, consider these scientists were not informed or invited to wilderness but, consideringa guaranteed opposing views: Bistro, the price is an even more outrag­ student market is recognised, I fail to see check the site of the accident for eous $1.00'. (1) Education is a privilege, not a right. themselves. The large-circulation dailies, why some professionalism and profit­ This is not a normative statement but a including the liberal Wash/ngtof7 Post, ig­ I have now been told that the Main ability — through tender or otherwise — realistic one.