tfiWFRSITY OF *UCI 2 1 APR 1 9 8 3 CENTENARY S.G.M. LITERARY INSERT C.K. STEAD PROFILE ;e < INSIDE lcti FEATURES W E / S T 5 eral coi Wednes Violence Against Women — 7 EXEC Elections — 5 ired that Amnesty International — 4 N o r membe: M- ting to dc REGULAR FEATURES tiness and SRC Report — 3 iness was Campus News — 4 asions wit Newsbriefs — 6 tore who1 Outskirts — 6 i , cific items Survival ’83 — 8 o hoursi Chaplains Chat — 8 Letters — 17, 20, 2 1 sussed. Notices — 23 ' t Media — 24 xecutive REVIEWS rV£ KC Asking For It - 8 sion o: vP iversity C< TE MAATAAPUNU last item On Literaria — 9 ning’s 1 C K Stead Profile — 1 1 ipanied Interview - Riemke Ensing — 13 Student at the Gates (review) — 14 mbers ha Poetry Reviews — 15 nplicate m Poetry and Prose — 10, 12, 16, 19 both a £ ierai Met SA’s part been org Cover photo by Marti Friedlander S p i r on for a mbers of r e g i o n . «ring cont further 1 of knov CRACCUM ting to ticipation cellation A\V/A\V/A\V/A\V/A sntually d< Editor rticipation Louise Rafkin yifll Gene kchtime. T Production Manager Elizabeth Leyland Sub-Editor Neil Morrison }RC Contributors Fiona Cameron, Robert Leonard, ENT) Rangi Chadwick, Sara Noble, Karen Edmonds, Kirsty McDonald, Heather Worth SPECIAL GENERAL Newsbriefs In attendanc John Bates |y debate < tennifd celel MEETING of the most i "he Centenai Photography ring the mot Sarah Westwood, Gil Hanly itions and ^ Elizabeth Leyland THURSDAY 1PM — REC CENTRE ther endorse ither refem d and Mat Cartoonists lamed that Courtney, Carmyn Bear A motion that the AUSA will participate in the John cited the petition as an indicator of stut jnistrative Centenary celebrations has been put forward to be interest, although many students were ill infoi and always discussed at this Special Meeting. Layout Assistant of the SRC policy. John, of course, has perst fcty^she Lisa Glazer As stated in the SRC and EXEC reports the stake in the decision. He feels, however, that tory to the issue has been hotting up for weeks. Despite three average student will benefit from AU^®‘itionoftl weeks notice in CRACCUM, the instigator of the involvement. ‘If a V.C. from overseas comes Proofreaders it elements Ivan Sowry, Arnold Snarb petition, President John Broad, feels that not and is impressed with students, New of about t enough student input has been heard on this issue students may be able to attend there. This will Maori w and that a SGM is the only way to decide such an usonthemap.’ with the p: Typesetters important motion. After the SRC Wednesday, And what of the students already on our ity wou Barbara Hendry, Raewyn Green John drew up the petition and circulated it, and Maori and women students who feel tional exp Distribution gathering over 500 signatures by that evening. institution is a sham as regards equal rights? oppositi Shale Chambers Any SRC policy can go to SGM if there is a ‘This will send ripples throughout iination of petition of at least twenty signatures, and a special University, they will think we are being while the i Advertising SRC can be called with only ten. Is it a case of although the reasons behind the boycott are was no Jeanette Winters lity’s hi: tough bikkies? petty.’ he said. a total boy CRACCUM is a source of free expression and Janelle Grady, SRC chair, has commented that ‘I To the question of what student input is in pation in information for the Auckland University don’t think it will make SRC redundant. I am celebrations, John cites the Christian groups, inie’s argi community and is not an official publication of concerned that a student politician can exercise his choral society, and the field club as examp] who add( the University or Association. power base to overturn a decision made by other achieve student involvement. was reful students. If students are prepared to debate, and Heather Worth, mover of the original motii Send all mail to CRACCUM, AUSA, Private claimed tl Bag, Auckland. CRACCUM is published by the five hundred students prepared to come, that is boycott the celebrations, feels that ‘The public Auckland University Students’ Association, fine, but I am not so sure.’ students that attend SRC’s and SGM’s the bei appr Princes Street, Auckland, and printed by John Broad defined his reasons as being in the it is more democratic. What I find offensive is ,te the mol Wanganui Newspapers Ltd. 20 Drews Ave, seven, •xest interest of the students. ‘Past graduates, a president races down to the typists office ssion of Wanganui. present students, and future students. The reason Phone: Editorial 30-789 ext 67 types a petition calling for an SGM. Mi was defei Business 30-789 ext 66 I typed and distributed the petition was because I students who signed the petition were unaware er club a wanted a SGM. I do not think that 67 students the debate on the issue, hopefully they will be SA at the r ints’ Socie ‘In New Zealand, if you have any passion, that's radical' should decide policy for the whole university, it is aware of the importance of the boycott through attached t not a decision reflective of the whole student body. SGM.’ using the - Merata Mita The SGM will be a test to see whether I am right.’ ECUTIVE ICTION requiring capital expenditure were referred to Finance Committee for further consideration. A long and acrimonious debate occurred on a */ lo&K relatively trivial matter, the waiving of functions T5 controversial items on the agenda for J— room hire charges for the International Student Wednesday’s meeting of the Executive \ \ % Congress. The Executive eventually decided to that debate would be lively and heated, / authorise a transfer of the hire fees from AUSA’s members used this as an excuse to allow the \ ■> \ , political budget to its catering budget. This to degenerate at times into an exercise in r*") * m decision was met with various profanities uttered lAL and personal point-scoring. The order of % l r by International Affairs Officer Paul Sutcliffe. ,s was altered from the agenda on numerous Executive made a number of appointments to isions with the unfortunate result that several I * K 5» various positions within AUSA and to University tors who were asked to attend the meeting for committees. These included former Sports Officer |dfic items of business were required to wait up Robert Young as Winter Tournament Controller, o hours after the time their business was to be Heather Worth and Bob Lack to Student Union Management Committee and Jonathan Blakeman and Karin Bos to Theatre Management Committee. Vacancies still exist on Student Union utive took it upon itself to elevate .S'; Management Committee, Library Committee and ion of SRC’s resolution to boycott the Catering Committee. versity Centenary celebrations, scheduled to be Hamish Foote Other decisions made by the Executive were the Elast item of business, to an early stage of the refusal to send a representative to the Australia ining’s business. The confusion which and New Zealand Student Services Association ompanied this debate reflected the lack of time conference, the allocation of $130 for a forum and a mbers had to think about the issue. To motion: ‘That AUSA participate in the University protest about sexual violence and the refusal to nplicate matters, requisitions had been received Centenary celebrations’. A subcommittee of receive what purported to be a set of minutes from both a special SRC meeting and a Special Executive was established to investigate a meeting of Welfare Committee chaired by former _jeral Meeting of AUSA to further discuss Centenary-related contracts and in the event of the Welfare Officer and Sports Rep hopeful Neill Reid. ISA’s participation in the Centenary. The latter General Meeting motion being lost, to decide which A proposal from Student Christian Movement to been organised by President John Broad, an of these should be cancelled. donate $500 to the Auckland University Student ion for which he was accused by several Executive’s decision of several weeks ago to not Refugee Education Fund was deferred. mbers of acting in direct contradiction of and grant the use of Room 237 of the student union for -LS. wing contempt for SRC. use as an interim marae came up for Quotes of the Meeting: , further complication arose from Executive’s reconsideration. This was raised by National [ of knowledge of the existence of contracts Affairs Officer Trish Mullins who had previously T can’t remember what the committee is but I ting to Centenary events. AUSA’s non- voted against this use of the room but who had know I'm convenor of i t ...’ rticipation in the Centenary would require the changed her mind after an extensive study of room — Barry Weeber icellation of any such contracts. The meeting usages in the Union. Trish also presented to the mtually decided to adopt the SRC policy of non- meeting several recommendations designed to ‘You can tell what the time is without looking at ■rticipation but to not action it until after a make more meeting rooms available for student the bloody clock. ’ facial General Meeting to be held this Thursday peak-time use. The marae proposal was passed — Jonathan Blakeman fchtime. This General Meeting will discuss the without dissent and the recommendations (about 12.30 am) RC REPORT subscription. Speakers in favour of this condition being imposed 50. SRC believes that the legal definition of rape of a woman or NTENARY DEBATE argued that the Law Students society was in a unique position girl should be: in having its subscription collected by the university from all a) penetration of vagina or anus of a woman or girl by a foreign students during Law Faculty enrolment and that was object against her will tantamount to compulsory membership of the Society for Law b) sexual intercourse with a woman or a girl against her will students.