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CONTRIBUTE NOW OR ^'LL SEND OUR MOTHERS ROUND EDlTORlflL features: WHAFLLTHEYTHINKOFNEXT WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY, BEREFT OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM THAT I DIY MFOIA - MANIPI 11 ATF ANH INFII TRATF P NOW POSSESS, I HATED WASHING MY HAIR. NOT BECAUSE I HAD DECIDED EARLY IN LIFE TO GO FERAL, BUT BECAUSE THE ACT ITSELF ANNOYED THE LiviNPi IN A FANTASY WORLD - DRIIPIS AND MFDIA 6 FUCK OUT OF ME. I MEAN, BY THE TIME I'D USED THE SHAMPOO, MY LIHLE IN INTFRVIFW WITH THAT fiUY ON TV AND RAHin - IT MifiHT BF PAIII ARMS WERE TIRED AND I COULDN'T USE THE CO.S'DITIONER, I ASKED MY MUW "WHY DON'T THEY MAKE A SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER IN ONE?", MnDFRMOT 8 "DON'T WORRY SON" SHE SAID HOLDING ME TO HER BOSOM, THERE IS A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO DEVELOP A 2-IN-1. SiiRFiNfl THF NEWS NET - INFORMATION OVFRI OAH 10 THEY'RE OH SO CLOSE NOW, AND WHEN THEY SUCCEED, THE WORLD WILL BE A BEHER PLACE." 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BUT SERIOUSLY, WE CONSIDER SEMPER TO BE PART CF AN IMPORTANT TYPE OnF TO THF ORGASM - WANK AWAY YOUR TROIIRI FS 35 OF MEDIUM - INDEPENDENT PRESS, BSING INDEPENDENT VEANS THA' WE CAN PUT FORWARD VIEWPOINTS WHICH MAY RIN CONTRARY TO MAINSTREAM 01IF.9T OF DEGRADATION • SAI O ON SCREEN 38 OPINIONS AND VALUES. AS A STUDENT PAPER IT IS IMPORTANT THA' WE THF CARDIGANS - QR BUTTON-FRONT JUMPERS 42 MAINTAIN OUR INDEPENDENCE AND ARE NO" CENSORED BY 'KE SAVE CON­ SERVATIVE FORCES WHICH LIMIT MAINSTREAM MEDIA. THE EDITORS OF RABELAIS, THE STUDENT MEWSPA=ER A-^ LA TROEE UNIVERSITY, PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE ',\' 1995 ABOUT THE AR" OF SHOP LIFTING, POINTING O'J' THAT FOR MANY STUDENTS, TRYING '0 SURVIVE ON 3EL0W-'HE-?CVERTY-LINE- INCOMES, THIS IS A LEGITIMATE AND NECESSARY PART 0- GETTING BY , SEVERAL CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE CASES HAVE BEEN FILED AGA'NS' 'HEM SINCE AND EACH ED'TOR FACES A MANY THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE. 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BRO.NWYN POWELL AND UNDA piiFRTioN TIME - FXAM PREPARATION FOR THF CHRONIC PROCRASTINATOR F^Fi DAY, LOTS AND LOTS OF THANKS TO PUBLICATIONS: ANTHONY TAAFFE AND NICOLA MORRISS ADDRESS: SEMPER, UQ UNION, ST LUCIA 4067 .c^unRT RTORY ROUND TWO WINNER -1 ORT .qANPAi s 32 PH. 3377 2237 FAX. 3377 2220 POETRY 34 As A LAST NOTE WE WISH TO SAY THAT THE OPINIONS IN THIS MAGAZINE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE EDITORS OR OF THE STUDENT UNION, SEMPER IS PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSUND UNION AND THE PRESIDENT, CYNTHIA KENNEDY, IS RESPONSIBLE. 1 Jatiita Tooiiiey The mainstream media has become 'Community radio. Brisbane has an excellent public radio sta­ tion - 4z2z. Zed can be found al 102.9 on the FM dial, and one of the most powerful forces in the provides an excellent avenue for the dissemination of alter­ modern world, with the super-wealthy native information, Ltsten to the station, find out where your interests lie. engage in dialogue witi the presenters, and per­ having a monopoly on major newspa­ haps become a vcluntecr at the station. Zed can be contacted pers, television and radio stations, and at 3252 1555: email at [email protected]. mainstream movie production. The ' Alternative publications. Magazines and journals which pre­ mass media supports a culture of over- sent alternative realities and visions for the future can be found on a large number of topics, from permaculture gar­ consumption, promoting and protecting dening to anti-consumerism. Information about these maga­ the interests of large corporations. The zines can usually be found on the 'net, or in similarly inspired publications. Often these publications are looking for contri­ values and beliefs of the privileged butions, so find one you are interested in, and send in your writing. Siudent newspapers such as Semper are an excellent groups of society are strongly reflected avenue for spreading alternative information. and promoted in the mainstream ' Create your own publication. You can put out a magazine media while the concerns of margin­ • Culture Jamming. The Media Foundarion, in Canada puts with only one person and a photocopier 'Zines (alternative alised groups and those who are organ­ out a publication called Adfausrers. which contains many magazines) are pnnted by groups and individuals all ever the exciting and creative ideas for 'culture jamming* - subverting v/orld on an endless variety of topics. You can find some of ising for social change are distorted or the mass media, This includes clever 'subvertisments' or ad them at record and comic stores, on the net. or through other ignored. It is through the propaganda parodies, television "uncommercials'. billboard liberation, and 'zines. Making connections with already established publica­ ideas and tools for subverting the rT\ed\a. Visit the Adbusters tions is a good ways to spread the word about your publica­ spread by the mass media that the state Culture Jammers Headquarters on fhe web at tion. http;/.''wvw.adbusterts.org/adbuster5/, or contact them at and other controlling forces such as The Media Foundation, 1243 West 7th Avenue. Vancouver. BC * Video. An excellent medium for combining words with mov­ large corporations "manufacture con­ V6H 187 Cananda. ing visuals, video is increasingly being used by groups and individuals to spread information. Undercurrents is an alter­ sent" to the dominant version of reality. * Manipulate the Media native news video from the UK, which challenges the main­ "It helps to think of the media as individual parts, rather than stream media's definition of 'news by documenting activist one huge organisation., those individual parts are competitive, action around the world. It is shot on domestic camcorders, Knowing this can lead to a feeling of sometimes uninformed, often sloppy and always working usually by acfivisJs involved in the issue. You can contact powerlessness. What can we do in the against a deadline. You can exploit these weaknesses to your Undercurrents c/o Small World. 46 Rymers Lane. Oxford 0X4 advantage." (from David Alexander's How You Can 3LB England. News Unlimited is an Australian alternative face of such powerful forces? Take Manipulate the Media) Stage a clever media event, time it news video similar to Undercurrents, which covers key issues right, send out a good press release and you may just gel around Australia.