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Many students al QUT may be reading this wonder­ing what all this Semper shit is doing in the back of Planet'Why is this so? In 1987 a right wing executive locked the editors of Planet outside their offices, and Semper responded by printing six pages of Planet in their paper. In 1989. the right wing has taken control of UQ Union executive, and in theirinimitable style, have once mpre attacked the freedom of the press. So n()w that's explained, what exactly is Semper's problem?

Semper Roreat is latin for 'lalways flourishing", aitlioi^i it seems that "always struggling" would be a better name for Semper this year. For the first time since .Sem­per started in 1922 its freedom to publish has been des­troyed, and the forty-five students who have contributed to Semper for this environment edition may never l)e published- but not if .students at UQ have any influence on the matter.

As is our usual practice we contacted the president and acting |)resident prior to our fini.shini,' .Seni/)er to re(]uest that they sign every page, and on the advice of the legislative committee convenor (Cameron .Spen­celey!) delete any material they consider defamatory-so much for /rcedom of the press] The jjrt'.sident. Victoria Brazil, however, has refused to view the pages ()[ the third edition of Sein|H'r. let alone .signed them.

The l/'nion treasurer, ./ulian .Sheezel. itj his tillitiiale wi.sdoin, has also seen fit to intervene. /\f(er .s|H'aklng with Minister .Littleproud on the telephone during the last (iccupatic >ii of finance, he wrote a letter lo our prin­ter stating that if ihey printed .SeinixT (hey would not Ix* |)aid. ()tir advertisers were not too im|)ressed widi the treasurer's economic genius. He also decided, in a second daring piece of astute and ititelligenl political analysis, to write us a tnenioranduin threatening to reduce our wages. In typical fashion young .Ittlian's words were lollowed up by no action what.scH'ver. and we received our full [)ay.

Why is it. then, that the executive have decided tiot to print this publication, when none of them had even laitd eyes on it? Brazil states that she can't sign the pages becau.se .she can't get inlo her office. Various members of SDU {Students for a Democratic Union) and ourselves, have reassured the president Ihal she will not l>e dismemliered by rabid, foaming .socialists if she comes to her ofiice lo sign the pages of SemiHT, P*nlnniW!nTTOij|l!IBJi|rrril WTPT TT YifirTrsl ''I'

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Lasl week .she ordered the finance controller to bring the slaff payrolls to her hou.se lor her to sign. That's what we admire alxnjJ Vicki, always preparcfl to sland up "for what .she Ix'lieves in (whatever il is) and IK* phy.sically present to justify her aclions.( She's Ix'eii off campus for two weeks now and many of us wonder if .she'll ever come hack - what with ,so many National Party conferences to attend, and everything.)

.So the executive claims that they didn'i allow .Sem-|x.*r to go (o print because we, as edilors. are harring them from their t jffices. Hiis is (|uite obvit lusly not true. Ilu' jx'ople that are iKcu[)ying tbe Union at the moment are a broad cro.ss-.section of siudents. sluxked and angered by the blatant ignorance of the constitulioti displayed by (lie executive. ^Mthough we su[)[xirt and are involved in this canii)aign. to give total res|Min-sit)ility of the.se actions (supjxirtefl by the 1 (KM) stutlents that have signed tlie|X'tilion) lo ourselves as'U-aders of the coup", is frankly (jutte uni rue

Hut Ihe facl of the matter is that on V\«Hliies<lav afternoon when Darren .Stewart (acting presuleiiti was asked to sign tfie pages otSeinix-r. and toUl cfi.il it was his constitutional duty to do MI. he got ID Ins cn and drove away, t^uite t il)vi( itisly thts reliisal to piihli>h is pure iM>lilical viclimis;ilioii and an attempt lo x*t so tally Iriislrale ourst'lves aseditors

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"HELLO VICTORIA YOU'RE SACKED"

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Just when you thought anoiher occupation wa.s complc<ely out ofthe question, some smart arse in

'•'the back of a .SDU (Students for a Democratic Union) organising ujeeting, piped up and .said "What aboul the Finance CJfllrei'". And so activity and life was breal'lied hat k into the pro-dernocracy iiuivuK'tu, and the execniiv<^ in their well worn de-sij iic-r label "let'sitread on everyone but us" lKK)ts, began ,10 tremble onre more.

Having heard through "unknown sources" that Tony Ryan - the specially appointed, completely neutral friend of Cameron Spenceley's counting the pedtion - had reached a result, things were on the move. Apparendy Ryan had discovered (surprise! sur­prise!) that the peuuon was in fact valid, and unless he found some really good, completely irrelevant legal reason to invalidate it, he would find himself in the proverbial deep shit (and I don't mean the execu­dve).

So a rally was called once move, over one thousand students again attended, and this dme about 400 stu­dents descended on Finance, aldiough many students, intimidated by the police with sledgehammers, de­cided to leave early. So we entered Julian Sheezel's office and before you could say "'VSU" three dmes quickly, he was on the phone to Minister Litdeproud. I guess I should state here that the executive still main­tains they're not political or linked with Queensland Nadonal Party.

The occupadon of Finance was a far more colourful affair than previous occupation - colourful mainly on die blue side of the spectrum. Thirty-five police, six police cars, two unmarked vehicles, two paddy wagons and a police bus all decided tojoin the fun, thought­fully called on campus by our beloved Registrar at the request ofthe executive. After a quick briefing by the executive the police restored peace and order by sledgehammering through door^-

So life isn't really all beer and skitdes, but I guess 1 should state that their action was not motivated by boredom amongst those weirdo hippie socialists that hang around the Forum Area. Once more an occu­pation achieved a ver>' concrete result. The Registrar undertook to count the peution and we all know the result - Yes it's valid, with over 1,900 real and ven.-angry students' signatures, right there in red, blue, black and somedmes pink ink.

And how has the executive responded? In precisely

the same arrogant, elitist and unrepresentative way they have before, "The petition is not valid", they .say. The acting president, Darren Stewart (who received a whopping 300 votes in lasl vears election on the VSU ticket), told me he saw no reason why they shouldn't remain in office.

Fortunately, most studenls did not agree with liim. At the rally last week we saw another 2,000 students assemble to voice their protest. Following the spea­kers, the largest occupation so far took place, wiih students occupying evers- ofTice of the Union. It was decided that an interim executive be announced and Jane Lye, Julie Hamwood, Russel .N'ormati, Bub Heather and JefT Cheverton were elected on the exe­cutive.

But this executive and their supporters have de­cided not to assume power as arrogaiuly asTBA. Tiieir sole purpose as an interim Union is to arrange new elections so that STUDE.NTS can decided who they want to run their Union. They have aitemptect manv times to negotiate with the old executive and weie refused. Ali we want is new elections so that the siii-dcnts can decide, and finally .settle this matter

But once more the executive have concreted their heads into the fioor of the Union Building and mass student and public opposition isn't going to shift

them. The Students fora Democratic Union have now been approached bv businesses in Toowoomba who wish to provide financial support. We have received letters of suppoit Irom campuses all over Australia.

But even if they don't resign or have new elect imis, I don't believe we can sav we've lost. For the first lime in years large amounts of stutlents have become involved and aware oftheir Union, and have shown a strong commilment lo fij^ht for democracy attd litcir foii-stittiiional rights. The atrogHiice ami coiiiein[)i Inr demtjcracy that this executive has tUsj laved is hevustd belief. We can al! feel strcHigaiid proud that we have ibught these reanionarv [oires on citmptis, anil even il they don't go in the next few nioiitlts, they will iievci take control of our union again.

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QUT Student Guild Council's current discussions on making the Women's Rights area an Equal Opportunity area are inspired by similar moves by the National Party Student Union executive at UQ. Women's lights at UQ are arguing against what they consider to be rep­rehensible changes.

Two long meetings were held with the Women's lights committee and collecdve to discuss the pro­posed ammendments. These suggested changes were to change the name of Womens Rights to Equal Oppor­tunity Area, and to have men on the commiltee. "They were put forward by Women's lights vice-president Lesley Whitehouse, and the Union president, Victoria Brazil.

At the large meetings most women voiced objec­tions to the suggested changes. The idea of lumping together all the disadvantaged groups - Uie Aboriginal and Islander students, women, overseas students, and disabled students - into one area was. according to the UQ Union executive a "cost saving" measure. To those groups in question however, the assumption that one area (on a budget of $51000 and with only one full time organiser) can hope lo address such large and diverse groups is both ignorant and insulting. The fact that of those groups only women's rights w.as notified, is horrendous.

Members of the Al)original and Islander Study Unit and the University of Queensland's Women's Associa­tion were diere to argue against an Equal Opportunity Area So too were the UQ University's own Equal Oppor­tunity office shich argued that Uie University Adminis­tration was opposed to another LO. office on campus because of the name duplication and die lack of direc­tion in Uie area's objectives.

At the two meetings it is decided that a name change to Women's Equality Area is acceptable but Eujual Opportunity Area is not. Tlie issue of men on Uie com­mittee was deferred for further discussions.

At a legislative committee meeting two days later, Uie direction of the Women's Rights meetings were completely ignored by voting to give Council the choice t>etween a name change to Equal Opportunity area or Women's Equality area.

The National Party executive have also attacked Women's Rights in the area of budget. Unt>elievably, no money at al! was allocated for workshops, conferences or Blue Stocking Week. There is no way that Women's f^hts can he effective wiUiout money for campaigns. •

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which has been generated by Uiis campaign againsy' ••overlooking the^uddy carpark. I saw a faded blue tfie Right. The campaign for a democratic studentf ^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^-^ ^^^^ ^own die road and turn into Union IS perceived as legitiinate. There are so many ^ ^ ^j f j^e parking area. The view from Alistair's people supporting us - the University, academics, other* —-^ studenl Unions."

Poffice was clear and in Uie smoky neon light I sawi

"I've never been involved in studenl politics iH'fore. I guess I've been guilty of the general student apathy that exists when il comes ot gettting involved in stu­ent issues, Bul, the day thai I went to a .sit-in and .saw lozens of 'hired thugs' bombard their way into the 'nion building. Violently forcing their way through lasses of sit-in supporters to help force Victoria into

Uie building -1 saw a blinding flash of light and I KiMfAV it as my destiny to fight lo the death, until democracv as once again restored in our Union. Since that day -I now . . . I've been on a mission from (K )fl"

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laniacly grinning face as he slammed the carnitb reverse and smashed it into my own car 1 turned to Amanda and said, 'Let's look at the moon, for his time is limited, and a new dawn will arise.

.. J i S i f .«*/, "Tlie campaign lo remove the Union executive brings |

> pO'-W ^^V^ j ^ —'^a . i back memories of my childhood days when myself and P V * j ^ „ , , ^"^ J W r -* • • - • ' ^ « * ^ * | "ly brothers went toadhunting. No matter how much« ^\'^°^^QX<^% '

"The exec, kept putting out these press releases | . would beal a load viith our clubs, it would always ^'*^ about how we were a bunch of freelance rabid socialists ggg, {Q manage lo crawl away, refusing to die; bul we %^\> with body lice and bad manners. 1 saw a socialist one B j^^g^ j^, the end it would. 1 know we will eventually J night but you coqld hardly hear him over the clink of | defeat the Counlry Toad." j . "' ^ ' •' ^^ ^ ''^'''' ^^^^ sleeping in Victoria's office, poker chips and pop-fizzof beer cans coming from the \gm i M W . ^ • • « MM ^l^tlfi tj w ySF'^^''^ ^ ' ^ "'^^ ^""^^^ ^^^'^^ ^" "^ "^'" ""• '"'* ''•*' fal dudes card game in the coffee room. They had lo Wi \ W ^ ^ ' • ^ H ^ ^ ^ ^J'^ \ fMBmki's beer buddies kepi ringing up all night to .see if we play in there because the big meeting room was full j ^ j ' s dual power they've got the account and we've {'were still there. They stopped after vve told them it with everyone watching videos and drinking bourbon. 1 . .j^^ f jj gj ^^o knows where it will go?" idn t matier who was ringing, we were going t() break Except for Linda - she was knitting." W^M k''««HJBkNf t LK' ^^^mMSS^ ^^'^^'^^ ^yxm-i arms for it.

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EDITORIAL What's this five page growth on our backside, I

hear you ask? fs UQ's Semper planning to over-run us from behind? Infiltrate our pages and write its own editorial on our turf? Maj^ Uiey will if Uieir Union Executive doesn't allow them to print soon. Who knows when UQ wiil have freedom of the press? Ifyou want to know more about Semper's troubles read pages 36 - 40 which also give an update on what's happening at UQ.

Things seem quiet eind under control here com­pared to Uni but it appears Uiat UQU's Executive is not the only one around interested in bringing down 4ZZZ. In recent QUT Student Guild Council Meetings steps have been taken toward this apparent goal.

Initially Council voted against allocating funds in Uie annual budget for 4ZZZ for the first time since the stalion began 13 years ago. Of all years to cut funding, yotir Council chose to do it when 4ZZZ depended on it the most.

Now they are proposing to sell the Bill oi Sale on the 4ZZZ transmitter The Executive is proposing several options which would come close to des-troying4ZZZ. Is Uiis just a concealed effort to follow in UQU Executive's footsteps?

Both CouncOs are also investigating the possibility of changing Uie Women's Services Area into an Equal Opporlunity Area. Although the majority of our Executive opposes this concept Uiere are still members of Council who would love to see this passed. Changing the area to Equal Opportunity Area sounds fine, except when you think of all the minority groups on campus who would be put under the one umbrella. For more information go to the Women's Service Area, upstairs Communily Build­ing and read about Uni's battle on page 36.

A fair slab of the paper has been devoted to Voluntary Student Unionism. Please read pages 16 and 17 very carefully. All students need to be aware of what VSU is all about. To some it means not hav­ing to pay Guild Fees. This merely emphasises the need to be better informed because, in fact, VSU means paying more money and losing all student input and control over student affairs. Imagine what PLANET would look like if Admin controlled it? That is. if there still was a PLANET.

THE EDITORS Kate Charles

Tamara Playne Danny Loch

CONTRIBUTORS Ross Muir.Brendarj O'Shea, Brett Buttfield.

Marie Low, Mdrea Dickinson, Helen Whittle, Josephine Kneipp, Niki Harrison, Stephen Hamacek, Patrick Mead, John Spencely, Simone Blanton, Carrie-Ann Hutchinson.

Rebecca McGucken, Darren Schmidt, Michael Ware, Bree McKilligan, Jeff Cheverton, Peter,

Katrina Jensen, Tina Ussette.

GRAPHICS

Hannah Cutis, Brendan O'Shea, Scott Beattie, Lindsay Coiborne, Darren Roach.

COVERS The House With No Steps

and Bree McKilligan

Thanks Brendan...

PLANET 2 U3dM3S

NT TS SEMPER FLOREAT

UQ student paper Semper is under attack again. Years ago Uiey helped out when PLANET editors were locked out of their offices by Uie then executive. Now we return the favour and ask Uiem to tell the world The TruUi.

Pages 36-40.

BEER ^^ THEORY

BOND UNI

Women are horribly stereotyped in the media by advertising executives vi/itii no sense of reality. This is a male perspective on women in advertising, and lells Uie exec's where they can stick their 'ideals'.

Pages 12 & 13.

CHIP RIPOFF

Bond Uni opens Uiis monUi. Is Uie role of private The price of a plate of chips has risen sharply in uni's becoming importani in Australia, or is it recent times - rises in no way connected lo the just Bond being self-indulgent? We'd choose CPI. Are potatoes growing in value or are we QUT anyday but take a look at what could getting ripped off? Darren Schmidt investigates. happen at Bond. ^^8^ ^'

Page 9.

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Niki Harrison visits the land of the long orange Beer. We drink it. We love it. We live it. But sarong and comes back more sound than usual. which beers benefit whom? How can you get And what's all Uiis stuff about naked trees? very, very drunk and keep your ideology intact?

Page 7. Pages 5 & 6.

Planet Rage Page Page 11 Sick, sick, sick, sick, sick. This page makes me really sick and I'd avoid it at all costs if I were you. Mind you, this is a free paper so go ahead and be ill. We don't really care. Mind that nifty heading now.

Voluntary Student Unionism Pages 16-17 More on Voluntary Student Unionism, that thing that so many students know so litUe aboul. We present anoUier almost completely objective story to help Uiose poor unfortunates who weren't convinced that it was wrong last time decide for them­selves Uiat il is this time.

Beermonster Crossword Page 22 AnoUier bloody HUGE PLANET crossword lo keep the masses begging for more. No sleep 'til the sun comes up, gonna drink until we drop. I'd rather drink and do crosswords.

Campus Whafs On Page 14-15 All the big thangs, Uie litde Uiangs and the downright obscure Uiangs happenin' over the next few weeks on our beloved campus. Also revealing photographs of people in embarassing drunken situations.

Reviews Pages 24-30 We tell you what '^ good to see, sounds great and reads well. No it's not a television wiUi a high IQ, merely more reviews than you would want to poke a stick at. There's lots and they might gang up on you.

From the Prez, National Day of Action Page 32 Tlie President talks about important things including more on VSU just in case you'd manage to avoid it so far. Also photographs from the National Day of Action for you to try and spot yourself in the crowd.

River Rafs Ball Report Page4 The River Rat's Ball wasn't a huge success. In fact, it lost a lot of money. This is the report that was sent to members of the QUT Student Guild Council explaining just where and why all that money went.

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Failed an exam recently and feel like ending it all? Depressed by a usually dull lifestyle heightened by QUT's drab appearance? Don't despair, there's a whole world out there, places you've never been lo, never seen, students just like you who also wonder whether il's all really worth il. Even in South Australia.

And while we're talking aboul the land of liberal drug laws (well they are compared lo ours) and... um... I don't really know what else happens there becau.se I've neverbeen there (and probably never will unlike two othercer-tain PIANET editors). Anyway suffice it to say that this issue's intercampus column is from the peoples at Hinders Uni which is down and to the left a bit in the overall context, bul somewhere to the righl if you're actually heading that way. If life at QUT is beginning lo get you down, THERE'S ALWAYS FLIN­DERS UNI... (go on you two, see if I care)

I sit here in the corner of the Studenls .Association colleding dust and wonder­ing what 1 can conceivably contribute to Planet that woulcl be worth printing. I consider writing a suicide note bul reali.se its limited literary value. I vow I will cea.se writing in the first i)erson and give an over\'iew of flinders Liniversity.

Minders Liniversity is an architectural abomination, truly a visual abortion, it looks to have been designed by a retar­ded five-year-old on valium, whose only contact with aesthetics wa.s a deep appreciation of show boxes. This is all very grey, very cement, very depres.s-

ing. A citridus hippy from the .Arts depart­ment has promoted mural painting and several works by himself and siudents have been crucified ufx)n the walls. Iliey make the architecture look worse by comparison.

The liniversity is clearly divided by a .swamp lake inhabited by mutant ducks with beaks .sharp AS razors. ()n one side of this lake is the Humanities buildings, refectory, tavern, etc. ()n the other side of the lake is the dead zone. Sciences.

No one lives in the Science buildings; .small animals shriek out in pain as they're

tested upon, pale oppressed siudents scurry along in the shadows • des­perately avoiding the sun and contact uifJi others.

Despite its modern (ie, bad 70's look) design the science buildings are poorly lit and evil, A rumour purports thai all science students do is party and fuck, I've met some who live this life, they have decadent humanities personalities and live lives oi atheist alcoholism. 1 like these peo|)le but they do nol accept il as a compliment when I lell them that they do not .seem like science .student.s, llicre is a huge anchor sad gra.ss and so few real people.

On the mirror side of Hinders, central to Sciences, is University Hall. A bridge umbilically links the Uni Hall lo the cam­pus. Uni Hal 1 is a pagai 1 place, its inhabitaiiLs making .science students Icxik like saints, Uni Hall is a paragon of meaningless .sex, drugs, petty and obscene attacks and no privacy. It is a warren of activity, an immoral area and fun to visit.

I've slept there a few times in the bed of a druggie friend who slept in his car off campus rather than return lo his room, lale al night odd noi.ses can be heard in Uni Hall, Satanic chanting and cackling. Those who move out never go back.

Both .science and Uni Hall lead lowards die main part of the campus, that area

consisting of die registry/, refectory, humanities, social sciences, union, students association, library, bookshop (first fian<l) and tlie university's magnetic cenire - Uie tavern. Humanities Ls inhabited by the futile. clic|iies of drama siudents flutter around .squawking madly, littie of significance occurs fiere. though the lecturers are insane and amusing. Best to discover the nature of a campus is the tavern.

Hinders Tavern is a sparsely fur­nished, people cluttered area that attracts all the elements of the campus; science students pleading for a lay, humanities students dealing for drugs, lecturers drink­ing in preparation for essay marking. The food isn't bad either. Alcohol binds this university together.

Well, I'm still here in the Siudents Association, 1 have a wall cavity here that runs from the Students Association kitchen, along the back of the men's toilets to Uie far wall of the tavern. I'm sitting in my wall cavity wishing Planet had not asked me to write about this university, just thinking about it has thrown me into blackest despair.

f think I'll go and talk to Jim, Uie rubfjer-faced, cx-Gen, Sec, that should cheer me up, but I'll never forgive Planet for making me contemplate the evil I find myself amidst. The horror. The horror

Brett Buttfield

LEHERS Brady Bunch outrage

Dear Pervaders of Evil,

When 1 read your la.st issue of PLANET my first reaction was one of di.sgust at the lies printed under the banner of the Brady Bunch Crossword.

At first I was able to pass this libel oii as ignorance however it soo became clear to me that your motives were a lot more .sinister

We lovers of the Brady's can forgive mistakes such as suggesting that Mike drew houses when wc know for a fact that he worked on high-rise buildings (the episode ctmcerning the installation of the pay phone confirmed this). Whal we can't forgive is the treatment of the two Brady's s>inlx)lisiiig gtxKl old fashion­ed values, namely .lan and Peter Your paper is obviously involved in an intri­cate plot to rewrite history and further acceptance of your .satanic beliefs by tarnishing tiie world's percei)tion of Uiose people strong enough lo stand up for honesty and the American way.

Your attacks on .lan and Peter are beyond belief.

Firstly to suggest that Peter's hero was .lesse .lames is irresponsible and downright dangert)u.s. In fact it was that litlle meglomaniac l )bby who worshipped that dirty rat Je.sse .lames. Yes Uie same Bobby who inhumanely made his little sister sit ior hours on the oUier end of the teeter totter in his relentless search for attention and yes the same Bobby who wrecked the roof of his Dad's car by putting an umbrella up in it as it was being closed (which is acluajly an old devil worship ritual from the 1930's). Peler would never have had a par I in any such activities and is a shining light for our youth of today. Your attempts to spoil his reputation and entice hU followers from the path of righteousness has out­raged me to Uie Nth degree!

But your despicable rag was not satis­fied wiUi just attacking a wonder like Peter, No!!! You had the gall lo attack

Letters to the editors should be addressed to: PLANET, c/- QUT Studenl Guild. GPO Box2434, Brisbane, 4001; or delivered to the PLANET office, lower around level of the Community Building (next to tlio games room). Letters should be brief and interesting, and we prefer the writer's real name. Space per-

I mitting, oil letters will be published but preference will be given lo shorter ones. Ilo right of reply is ovailable In the some issue except on editorial matters. Opinions expressed In letters are not necessority those of the editors or the QUT Student Guild.

Shock allegations split the Brady Bunch down the middle! Was Bobby really a meglomaniac? Was Jan really embarassed about her braces? Does Marsha have three arms and, if not, whose hand is on Bobby's shouldei^

only skin deep and was content to go the saint herself, Jan!!! Yes, that god of a woman we all adore!

How dare you suggest that Jan was vain and embarrassed about wearing braces when in facl itwas her witch (bad witch of course) of a sister who refused to go the formal after being fitted with braces!!! In fact the show's producers went to great lengtirts to show the humility of that angel Jan. Yes, Jan was upset when her aunt who was identical to her at the same age turned up and didn'i look like Ita Bulrose. However this was obviously a result of having to share a bedroom with two horribly vain and ob­noxious sisters like Cindy (yuk) and Mar­cia (spew).

The show's intended parallel of Cin­derella is obvious! But no, not even under Uiat sort of extreme pressure and social­isation did Jan crack. She quickly saw Uie light and realised that beauty was

through the rest of her life being plain. (What an inspiration to us all!!)

My rage is such that 1 can't go on, my anger issuch Uiat I've been hitting Uie keys so hard my fingers are beginning lo bleed! Let my blood be on your collec­tive heads. But before t go just let me warn you. We're nol going to stand for Uiis any more! We're going to go to our windows and scream, "We're nol going to stand this any more!!!"

Jan and Peter's names must live Uirough history untarnished! Viva Jan!! Viva Peterl!

Sam the Butcher

P.S. If you ever attack John Boy Walton I'm going to bomb your office.

Sam the Butcher is not a member of this university. He is not currently writ­ing a book on the impact of bad TV on

our culture und he is definitely not pre­paring a doctrinal thesis on the Brady Bunch as .social myth, metaphor, and discourse. He doe.sn't even lecture in advertising. .And don't forget our next 'fV .special "John Boy, Grarnpa And What The Roo.sler Saw!) "

The f.'r/.v.

LF. Club fight back Dear Eds,

We are writing to you concerning a mailer of gross misrepresentation. It was pointed out to us (by a friend who braved the nauseous tedium of Uie drK'el. titled "Groovers' Ciuide") that the L.F. Club has been viciously attacked. Hav­ing read tlie rest of the paUietic "review", il is ea.sy to see how the pea-brained plebs who wrote il (probably while listening to Blame it on the Boogie) got a little con-fu.sed. Their submission is a strong case against unsupervised, talenlle.ss con­tributions to your publication.

We believe that if this .sort of distorted picture is lo be painted and nothing said about it. contributors to your paper will see an opportunity lo lawlessly print their wretched misconceptions without tiie slightest attempt to discern the tniUi. So maybe we (the LF. Club) do hold cocktail parties, visit Greal Kepjjel Island and Mission Beach, and gel chemically imbalanced al times bul "disgustingly rude" we are nol. Next time Josephine Kneipp or Carrie-Ann Hutchinson need a name out of the hat, maybe they could Uiink of one wiUi more Uian two tetters.

The L.R Club.

Wliy should they when you couldn't think ofmore than two in the first place? Just think of it this way, out ofthe entire QUT population there are about 300 L F. Club members. Ten thousand people can'l be wrong. Anyway, who'd join a social club without a sense of humour.

The Eds

PLANET 3 SEMPER

Drowned Rat The River Rat's Ball lost over $20 000. While that will be absorbed in the

activities budget, sometliing obviously went wrong - wiiy organisers budgeted for a loss in the first place is a question that should be answered. This report is the one tliat was sent to students elected to Guild Council by the ball organisers justifying their actions. Twenty thousand is a lot of money. Then again with VSU Admin would organise such events. Their last ball lost about $25 000.

Although the ball was a complete social success, it was financially disastrous. The details of the expenses and incomes are listed in the Detailed Costings sec­tion of this report. The reason for such a terrible loss was the poor attendance. The reason for the poor attendance was Uie high ticket price. The reason for Uie high ticket price was the high cost of staging Uie ball, and Uie Executive deci­sion not to lose more than $4000.00 on Uie ball. About 350 people attended the ball instead of Uie required 750.

As the ball was intended as a service to the students, no advertising was done other than on student campuses (QUT, UQ and GU) until it was realised tiiat not enough tickets were going to sell. FM104 was advertising the ball once or twice a day. Almost every day of the two weeks leading up to Uie ball Uie Guild Tarago travelled to VQ and advertised the ball by means of a loud hailer. Posters were erected and re-erected all around QUT. Night time raids saw posters go up inskle every college at UQ. Tickets were avail­able from QUT Student Guild Office, UQ Unkin Office, and Uie FM104 Rock Shop.

Advertisements were made over Uie Guild P.A every fifteen minutes between twelve and two every day for Uie two weeks leading up to the ball. Flyers were distributed at the entrance of the com­munity building during lunch times. A stall was set up in the entrance to the refectory to sell tickets and promote the ball. Several full lectures in BLT 1 and Uie John Kindler Uieati-e were addressed and encouraged to come to Uie ball. The indication from these classes was that almost all students knew aboul the ball.

To reduce Uie loss made by Uie ball, it was decided to put on sale 300 balcony seats, to sell at$10 each, at no extra cost to die Gu\\6. These tickets would be for the concert only, and no food or drink would be available. So that Uie full $40 ball tickets would sell before the $10 concert tickets, the Executive decided not to advertise Uie concert tickets until Uie Thursday before Uie ball. It was pre­dicted at die time Uiat Uiese $10 tickets to see Mental As Anything would sell out quickly.

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About one week before Uie ball, not enough tickets had sold. The ticket price musl have been too high for students lo afford. The possibility of cancellation was investigated. Most of Uie major expen­ses (band - $13 OOO, catering - $7 125, mixers - SI 000, posters - $700, deposit on hall - $500, cups - $500) would have to be paid anyway, if we were lo gel more Uian $13 000 income to Uie ball Uie less costly choice would be to hold the ball as planned. In terms of people, $13 000 represents 325 student priced ball tic­kets, which seemed a fairly sure thing (at Uiat stage about 190 tickets had been sold).

Discussions were held wiUi organisers of similar successful balls. Their advice was that it was normal for tickets not to sell until the last few days.

It was decided to advertise more sb-ong-ly outside Uie student market. FM104 was contacted for help. They offered to advertise and host a half price ticket rush. This would potentially cost Uie Guild $2 080 because Uiose tickets were sold at half price. At that stage it did not seem that we would sell Uie tickets at full price, so it was $2 080 Uiat we did not odierwise have. The 104 half price tic­kets sold out in five minutes.

The buying rush in the last few days did not come. Twenty tickets sold on Uie last day, and 35 tickets sold at the door Bill Ryner, the station co-ordinator at FM104 expressed grave concern at the price of the tickets.

The ticket price could have been lower if: 1. Fixed expanses were cut, or 2. A larger venue allowing more people had been chosen, or 3. The Guild was prepared to lose more money from the start.

The last alternative is Uie least desirable.

Fixed expenses could have been cut by booking a cheaper less known band. This ball was intended lo start a univer­sity tradition. It was meant to be talked

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Saturday 18TH MARCH '89 Main Auditorium CITY HALL 8:00pm FORMAL

about enough to ensure that next year tickets would sell quickly. This could not have been achieved wiUi a no name band.

When selecting a place to hold Uie ball the folloviing factors were con­sidered: 1. The venue must allow us to serve our ovm alcohol. 2. The venue must be close to public transport 3. The venue should hold enough peo­ple to make the ticket price affordable. 4. The venue should be grand enough for a prestigious ball. 5. The venue should have catering facilities. 6. The vepue must be available on the night. 7. The venue must have sufficient power requirements for Uie band.

Taking all of these factors into con­sideration, Qty Hall was the best choice.

In summary, Uie ball was an expen­sive attempt to establish a university tradition, and wheUier or nol it even achieved Uiis will not be known until next year. The experience, iacts and fig­ures, and contacts the Guild gained by staging the ball will be of benefit in the future. When a similar event Is held in the future, the organisers can use Uie figures compiled liere and the recom­mendations made in this report as a guide to making their decisions.

All of the loss made by the ball will be absorbed within the 1989 activ­ities budget.

hangover These days having a few beers

can cause more than one hangover for some people. They're the ones who see drinlcing certain beers as making a political statement There is, however, a cure for this hangover drink Coopers or brew your own. Michael Ware explains the dilemma that some beer drinkers are faced with.

Beer Beer And more bloody beer. It is one of the nation's most popular drinks as litre upon litre is swilled daily by Uie Uiirsty masses, ll is almost as if an entire culture has grown up around it in this country. Tfiat wicked amber fluid has become an integral part of our lifestyle and our image of ourselves, particulariy here in the sub-tropical north where beer drinking is loudly extolled by some as a positive virtue.

pot are worth con.sidering, al least for a moment.

The beer industry is a powerful force in this counlry as it pumps out gallons of alcohol each year and generates millions of dollars in the process. When it comes to beer you really are talking largeyscale-wiUi!Uie4}£QductionT5ri,893 million litj res in Uie year 1987-S8 alone. 'ThLs ijnm^ns^ sea,' of beer is consumed in Austral a j6t Uie' rate of 111,7 litres per person ner year, Thai's an intojqG; pure alcohol for K^ months. At sofflRhii carton, or evj^more'l bar, beer//ertainly^ indusi

apparent propensity to avoid paying taxes.

Apart from the Taxation department tiiere are several otiier people who are seeking a few answers from Mr Bond. Exiled and refugee Chileans are par-

-ticQIarlyleeh toTlmi-outAvhy Bond has decided to support one of tlfe most lethal regimesinSouUi America. Bond has made a substantial investment in\the Chilean

"But Alan Bond is not Jnterested in politicis or the

the jfikMin people, his profit

seems."

iperates under inochel, the

by leaders, rights groups

Whelhet^ou \i or light, cloudy or tuie?iiratxittieor six-pack or carton, bot or cdd, occasion­ally or daily, it all seems to be the same thing- quite a nice drop. Bul are all beers realiy the same? For many a beer is a

"It is a sad, that every ti

froth filled mouth you are actually

making a political statement!"

lion Bernie Power has managed to per­suade his employees to forget about tiieir respective union and award in favour of a Voluntary Employment Agreement (VEA).

This means Uiat employees work under conditions and wages mutually agreed to by tiiemselves and Uie company. Wliile at first it appears Uiat everyone is merely getting what they want, the reality is quite different In reducing employment agreements to VEA the company is put in a major position of strengtli. The tecl;-nical, legal and financial resources of the company far outweigh the resources available to the individual employees who must enter negotiations with the company, thus ensuring the employer access to better advice.

Withput-^hc-ngcessary expertise the .empToyees are liamtSkto be taken advan­tage of by an unscrupvjous employer

we condone the influence and inlr ol these powerful business interes (j Uieir products on sciousness.

bought Ca.sUemaine;Pei1k|n^™<| porated It into hlsSe^erl'^" *- " these

beer, but notwithstanding personal tas­tes, the truUi is that the innocent brew of hops, bariey and water is more than just something to drink on a hot summer afternoon. It is a sad, almosi tragic fact Uiat every time you raise Uiat froUi filled glass lo your mouth you are actually making a political statement!

For the self confessed lager beast Uie politics of beer is neither here nor there but for Uie Uiinking person, or even those wiUi just an inkling of a conscience, Uie wider aspects of drinking that humble

, Brewinc "^^^^^e 'nous lor now Queeii-

.sland's most popular and widely drunk beer is in the hands of a less than pop­ular entrepreneur

As the ABC has been most diligent in pointing out lately in a Four Corners investigation, Queensland's newest beer mogul is a far from ethical businessman. Alan Bond, a man who spends more money chasing after a tin mug than a iiormal individual could spend in a life­time, has found himself the target of a number of allegations as to his business practices, not the least of which being an

e telephone company is renowned brutish beatment of unions ano^

bers. The company is a major he of Pinochet's powefbase. ind is not interested in politics

plight >of the Chilean people , his , .(liihcern is his profit margin :-or*

soiit{^riiS>

^pnd Brewing is more than just XXXX though. It]also includes Swan, Tooheys and the lesser'known Eiinu. Indirectly, then, every time you buy one of beers you are giving Bond a fe cents to altewjiim to carryjinnlSTie is at the presen

Alan Bond however is not the only beer manufacturer who seems to have surrounded himself in controversy. In Brisbane's own t>ackyard, down Uie high­way at Yatala, Bernie Power and his Power Brewing plant have recently stepped into Uie local political limelight. With State Govemment support and ecjuipped wiUi tough anti-union legislati'on, Powers have begun what many would see as yet anotiier spate of union basihing.

has resultea in a call ions pnd the Labor a consumer boycott owere beef." to the Fede/ated Liquor

ItriH&s Union (LTU), whd represented most of the Powers wpncers while they were originally><iliployed at Cas-Uemaine anjliCBnton, that is exacUy what is haawltflng dov/n at 'f alala.

Union Secretary Brian Ellon claims Uiat during discussions vkith Powers the workers were told that the new VEA document was tietter Uian Uie industry standard. This, Elton says, is untrue.

"Tliere's a number of glaring anomalies," he said. In fact "clause by clause, it's inferior".

Elton feels that workers arc being short­changed on important conditions such as shift loading for day shifts immediately after night shift and workers compensa­tion make-up payments.

Taking advantage of the new legisla- "We're saying, look, for 100 years

can be cured PUVNETS UHdWaS

Queenslanders have been making Cas-Uemaine and Carlton and we've (the union) been fighting all Uie batUes to obtain the conditions in that industry. And then Bernie Power and all his mates come along," he said.

The Powers agreement is being used by the National Party government as a role model In Uieir current anti-union campaign, according to Elton.

"At the moment Uiere is no major indusby employer wiUi a .successful VEA

"This is a very clear mes.sage to the employers who want to use that (anti­union) legislation... to change and des­troy the conditions fought for and won by unions in this State," he said.

The Powers dispute is obviously__,a wider issue than just the employment of a group of beer workers at Yatala, It has been consciously sharpened as another prong in the government's increasing attack on unions in this state.

This has resulted in a call from unions and the Labor Party for a consumer boycott of Powers beer.

This simple act of defiance has been slammed by die Premier, Mike Aliern, for being blatantly anti-Queensland and "working against the interests of Queens­land".

So, if you do not like the way Bond tiies to get away with anything and every­thing, and you would like to toi your support to the unions in some small way. then you will find yourself slocking the fridge with Carlton beer.

But then again, the owner of Cariton, John Elliot, is not a paragon of virtue himself. One of die more prominent big wigs oi die federal Liberal Party, Elliot is also chairperson of IXL and on Uie board

of BHP. There is nothing intrinsically wrong wilh any of this, except that one of the companies with which Elliot is involved hcis commercial interests in SouUi Africa, despite a woridwfcle econ­omic sanction against the infamous home of apartheid.

",..one of the companies with which Elliot is involved has

commercial interest in South Africa..."

Nevertiieless Carlton beers, such as Fosters, VB, Crown Lager and Pilsener have become the choice for the discern­ing thinker and drinker

lliere is, however, another option that is cheaper, can taste better can be more alcoholic and is sure lo be ideologically sound - make your own! For an initial outlay of $60,00 and a further $8.95 for ever>'subse(juent brew you could enjoy all the subtle pleasures of Uiat ale or lager for a mere 36 cents a bottle. Many a long night has begun in the quiet con­fines of one's own home enjoying the fruits of your own labour

The most popular brand is the Soutii Australian Coopers - for anyone wlio's interested.

Bul anoiher implication of this whole dilemma is the role of these brewing companies in .sponsoring Austi-aliati sport With only a paltry dribble of funds com­ing from the Federal government many sports are forced fo turn to commercial bodies for money. In return for handing over millions of dollars, the companies receive massive advertising benefits as their brand names are .spla.shed all over jerseys, posters and billboards.

A{)art from the tobacco companies the other major sponsors are largely the brewuig companies. Alan Bond is par­

ticularly adept al making the most of this as he injects money into everything from the Swan IVemium Tennis Classic to Uie Queensland Rugby Union XXXX Cui) to the XXXX backed National l^.s-ketball Ijcague. All of which are extremely high profile competitions, f-lven Au.s-tralia's latest hero, Wayne Gardner the WooUongong boy, rode lo victory on the crest of a wave of Bond Brewing capital in the Swan Premium SOOcc Motorcycle (irand Prix!

"One could ask what is happening to rugby league, the once avowed working

man's game."

Bernie Power has by no means been left out in the cold wilh his full .spon­sorship of the Brisbane Bronco.s. The Broncos players wear his brand name, they ap{>ear in his ads and they let every­one know that they drink their mate Iter-rue's tx'er ()ne c{)u Id a.sk uiial is liapixning to rugby league, the once avowed work­ing man's game. In the worst possible light it could be .seen now as an instru­ment of worker bashing, no matter how uniiUcntional,

But the question remain.s: without the Ix^r companies' money wiiat will lx\-otiu' of the sports'.'

The issues rai.sed here probably will nol change the drinking habits of most people, indeed the majority of peo|)l(' will .scarcely give it a thotight, but at least now you can have .some idea of tlu' influence that your actions can have as you pa.ssively aid and patroni.se one* com­pany or another.

A;id although Ihe lone individual feels Uiat his or her personal boycott will not have much impact the combined effect of all tbo.se "absentee pots" will! ,hisl look al Powers. The L'J'U claims they have had a drastic effect on Power sales. and if that was nol the ca.se why then would Premier Alieni Uireaten legiil action if not facing a union victory'.'

One wonders if periiaps now it is no longer simply a ca.se of "Sorry Bondy". as the indefatigable King Wally woulcl say, but now it is "Sorry lieniie, oh, and .Sorry .lohn Elliot but I think I'll make my own!'

Michael Ware

PLANET 6 U3dW3S

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Have you ever been trudg­ing your way down Elizabeth Street to suddenly find your­self swept along in a proces­sion of saffron-robed, bo­hemian love-children chant­ing garbled Indian words? If so, you've met the Hare Krishnas.

Who are thesegroovygurus and what are they doing? 'rbu may well ask. Is it a drug induced orgiastic ritual'? A bizarre advertisement for 101 things to do with an orange curtain? Or a ta.sk force of L. Ron Hubbard guerillas on a mission to brainwash you and swift you to some .satanic hovel far, far from Stafford Heights and vegemite .sammy.s?

If these are ihe queslions that have plagued you throughout your university career breathe easy. For Planel made a pilgrimage to the Hare Krishna farm at Muru-illumbah, iNew SouUi Wales, to meet Uie cosmic funsters behind Uiis strange movement

The Hare Krishna farm, nestled in the green hillside of Murwillumbah, is home to more Uian 1(K) Hare Krishna devotees, who live in Krishna Karavans, grow veges, worship and go to school Uiere. 'The farm has been running for 10 years, and Ls die Australian-style Hare Kri.sh;ia Mecca,

from all walks of life give up Uieir vices to join Uiem.

Vilasamanjari (formerly Penny), 38, a Hare Krishna devotee, said she used to be a real ragen "I used to smoke, drink, the whole bit. My husband and I were professional pool players; we did a lot of hustling. I used to see Hare Krishnas chanting down Uie street and Uiink 'bloody silly Hares'," she said.

She said she didn't believe in God until one fateful day. "I fell in love wiUi a Hare Krishna man, and so I became a devotee myself. But Uie hardest thing for me to give up was illicit sex - sex makes the world go round, you know?"

Although some devotees find it hard to give up sex for fun, others are glad. A male Hare Kri.shna. 40, (who was a truck driver), wearing the .saffron robes of celibacy, said sex means bad karma in your next life.

"If you are loo lusty you will come back as a tree - trees are there because people wanl a naked, sinful birUi. That is why trees have to be naked all the lime," he said.

Maha Jug>'a Dass, 24. a mild-mannered Hare who used to be Mike ,a mechanic from Salisbury, said that if a Hare wants to have sex, he/she has to get married.

"I found that sex was the hardest tiling to give up. ff you start feeling any .sexual agitation as a Hare Krishna, you have to gel married," he said, "But 1 don't want to get married yet"

Maha/'Mike said his parents freaked out when he became a Hare Krishna. "My parents didn'i believe in God. They came lo Uie farm to find out whal I was getting into - and now they're Hare Krishnas too."

He said the Hare Krishnas don't deserve their reputation as bohemian weirdos. 'Thisisn't a sect or acult-we have notii­ing to do wiUi drugs, devil worship or orgies. Ifs a culture Uiat goes back before Uie time of Christ"

"We're just normaf people with dif­ferent religious beliefs."

Niki Harrison

with devotees travelling from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to live amongst the greenery and commune with nature on the banks of the Tweed River (The farm has a large government-funded school, a temple and large fields where vegetables are grown).

If you have a George Harrison-style fanla.sy about a magical oasis just near Nimbin with endless meditation, yoga and life-giving vegetarian food, then fiic Hare Krishna farm is your scene. ()n the olher hand, if you're a mutant pisswreck who enjoys eating dead animals whilst singing Madonna's "Material Girl", then Krishna karma isn't for you.

The Hare Krishnas make a deal with they join the movement: to give up sex. drugs, alcohol, materialism and meat, in exchange for a place in the spirit worid. Are Ihey ma.sochistic loonies or higher beings? The Hare Kri.shnas say people

PLANET 7 dadlAiaS

n uim sem

UTTER DISGUST! That's how I began my year Disappointed? Pissed off? You bet. I had never felt so deflated in all my life. Queensland University of Technol­ogy, YOUVE LET ME DOWN.

I am, of course, referring lo Uie massive price hike of that most hallowed of com­estibles, Uie ruler supreme of budget gut-fillers, the life support of Uiousands of starving and anaemic students, the almighty PL^TE OF CHIPS AND GRAVY.

Students attending this illusbious institution for the firsl time this year would have noticed Uie delectable mor­sel on and around refec tables in Uieir first week probably. In fact they pro­bably would have noticed the delect­able morsel even BEFORE meeling Dr Dennis Qbson (whom you would all know by now).

Whenever it was you noticed it (it doesn't matter) you would have looked to the price list and saw "PLATE OF CHIPS-$1.40".

"Not bad," you muse. "You'd be flat out gelling chips in town for Uiat price. 1 wonder if the gravy is extra?"

It's NOT extra! you are surprised to find. Plus you get bendy plastic forks and litUe thingos of salt and pepper for free. Whacko-the-diddly-oh! This is a bloody good wicket! Eh, isn't il?

When I came to this illustrious institu­tion, 1 went to the refec (after going up to meet Dr Dennis Gibson of course) and looked al Uie menu. I must admit that at first I was attracted to Uie relatively cheap nachos.

Nachos proved to be quite edible, but after two or three months of eating il every day, 1 think the corn chips formed a plug in the pit of my stomach that only dissolved after I'd shared an intimate relationship one night with a bottle of Stone's Green Ginger.

Time for a change, I thought and I looked toward the other end of the ser-very. Here there were a good number of "suits" and a few other students who were dressed as shiltily as 1 was and looked like they knew what they were doing. In fact, one brazenly asked for a plate of chips and gravy, and when the girl dutifully dished it out for him, he demanded even more gravy!

This procedure was unheard of at the oUier end of Uie servery, where Uie nachos was delivered on an options basis: "hot sauce and no chives, please", or "no yoghurt, please". None of this "more gravy" business, or more of anything else. You either want il or you don't.

I considered it a prelty bloody good ticket so 1 joined tiie queue. I anticipated a fairiy huge "glug-factor" in Uie forUicom-ing meal, and I was a bit dodgy about the look of Uie gravy. To be really safe, 1 snatched a few salt and pepper thingos to drown Uie taste. Plastic fork and away I went.

The Price? $1.10!!!!

Okay, it wasn't a gourmet platter by any stretch, and Uiey slill aren't Butyou can't beat chips and gravy if it's a good gizzard swelling you're after And back in first year, Uie value beat everyUiing, 1 would have gone for the braised steak and mushrooms wilh spuds, peas, corn every day if I could afford it But I couldn't, so chips and gravy it was for a year

Second year was no surprise. There was a bit of strife with Uie Union, Expo fired up and, as could be expected, my beloved chips and gravy went up five cents to $1.15. A bit of a bugger to find

Uie extra change, but an extra twenty cents a week wasn't going to break me.

I wasn't concemed. Here was a meal Uiat was being enjoyed (sort of) by Uiousands of mediocre students, male and female, of all faculties, not costing Uiem a pound of flesh and taking good care of their carbohydrate count.

In 1989 AD, a sour wind indeed blew through Uie smeary glass doors of the refec and around the hiUierlo sensitive instincts of the people who Uiink up foods for us to eat, the Gratifiers of Ravenous And Violent Yearnings for Starch (GRAVYS).

The GRAVYS decided the price would take a completely unreasonable leap through the ceiling to level out at a quite inconceivable $1.40.1 was devastated.

Okay, it's obvious what they're trying to do to us. Some wily bastard has taken a keen interest in the facl that the refec .sells more chips and gravy than just about anything else, "O-ho!" the same wily bastard thinks, "it's a wanted com­modity! Let's capitalise on the demand and screw twenty-five cents extra out of each serve."

I must admit I've maintained my plate-a-day habit, despite Uie disgusting infla­tion, and I'll bet a lot of others have, too. The emotions that flew around as the price-hike began to be accepted cam|)us-wide would have been familiar lo regular smokers after the cigarette taxes were implemented in Queensland. However the deplorable treatment dished ouf by Uie GRAVYS to QUT's favourite meal is far more insidious Uian a mere cigarette lax.

Insidious. Doug Brown, chairperson of the Community Building Manage­ment Board and financial word-spinner for QUT's money department told me Uie cafeteria's budget is designed to break even - no profit no loss. The refec, then, is a SERVICE provided by the University - isn't that nice of them?

However, according to the "Trading and Profit and Loss Report for Month Of March", the cafeteria ran al a profit of $27,770. •

Okay, there's been a stuff-up some­where. Thirty grand in the clear is a long way from breaking even. Theoretically, Uie GRAVYS should be meticulously slic­ing a cent or two off here and there to keep bankrupt students from turning to crime Ihrough want of food.

This ain't happening. Not only are the cents nol being sliced, they are being piled on wilh gay abandon. Wliat hurts mosl is that the chips and gravy are cop­ping the worst of it - and I'm wilting. Why not hike up the lemon chicken or the peppered steak? Let the "suits" carry tiie burden. You don'l mind, do you suits?

1 couldn't give a bugger if there is some discrepency between Uie finance department and Uie GRAVYS, even if it is to the tune of $30,000, bul for Uie sake of my miserable keycard, couldn't some way be found to bring Uiat hideous price down?

Chips and gravy will remain the ba.s-tion of Uie poor student. While there is tertiary poverty, there will be interest in a meal that is cheap, hints at tastincss and weighs down heavy on the pipes inside for a while. That chips and gravy should be placed further from the grasp of Uie masses reeks of a selection pro­cess that intends to flush out the poor from this institution.

GRAVYS: don't you dare pul a price on salt and pepper thingos.

PLANETS UadlAI3S

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PROFIT by

DEGREES "The University seeks to attract the

best studenls, to set Uie highest stan­dards ol learning and research and to provide Australia and its regions, wilh graduates who have the intellectual and practical skills to meet Uie challenges of the 21st Century" (from Bond Univer­sity's Prospectus),

In less than a month, Australia's first private university opens its doors, m the midst of great debate over the future of tertiary education. On May 15lh, Bond University takes in its first studenl 'guinea pigs' willing to pay tlie$18 000 a year fee tobe part of thegreat 'Alan Bond Exjieri-ment'. If il succeeds not only will it mean another notch in Bondy's belt, but it could mark the beginning of Australia's answer lo .'Vmerica's I\7 League.

However, if it fails il could leave the 90 academics and almost 300 students involved in the project, wondering what happened. Bond Univer.sity has come under an incredible amount of media and ))ublic criticism .since die idea vvas first proposed in Uie mid 198()'.s. Il's Ijeen labelled as a 'rich kids' uni from the very beginning • an image thai the university developers seem willing to accept

Sel on 212 hectares of prime (Jold Coast real estate the network of faculty buildings, commercial centres, com­munity areas and residential and sport­ing facilities has cost the major sponsors an estimated $300 million.

So where did tiie money come from?

The two primary sponsors are the Ikind Corportation - already established for its interests in brewitig, media and property -and E.i.E, Development Cor­poration - a major Japanese organisa­tion dealing in computers and elect­ronics,

()ne of the firsl criticisms of the Univer­sity was that Alan Bond was using it as another big time profit making venture. But it's doubtful whether this is true.

Vice-Chancellor of Bond Uni, Pro­fessor Don Walts, .said the aims of the institution aren't lo make money but are lo eventually break away from these two major sponsors.

"The whole idea of the university, on tiie basis of ils sponsorship, is lo establish independence of the Bond Corporation. The whole of our planning, the courses, tile investment, Uie planned income from fees, aims to produce sponsorships and scholarships, are all aimed at producing a university which can in the long term be independent

"The fees of course will be Uie major means to this independence. They will amount, on average, to aboul 70 per cent of Uie revenue requirement of Uie university."

With the average six semester course costing around$36 000, it'snotsuprising

that Uiat is where they hope most of the money would be coming from. But before Ihey can break even and meet the costs of the initial year, the uni needs 3500 students to fork out Uiis rather substan­tial fee.

The projected number of enrolments by opening day is between 275 and 300 students - a figure well short of the fairly ajiibitious target of 500 enrolments made in 1988, and even further off Uie 1987 prediction of 800 lo 1000 students.

But Professor Walls defended the uni by .saying that the number of enrolments would undoubtedly increase as the institu­tion became more established.

"It's a long term venture. It's not some­thing that's going to succeed overnight. We believe the number we have makes it a very respectable university.

"ITie numlx;r based around very good quality students and a good mixture ol under graduate and post graduate siudents, puts us in a very healthy po.silion."

So presuming things do get under­way, how will the courses of a private in.stitution compare with that of a publicly funded one like our own?

One of the other earlier crit!ci.sms was that it would offer only a narrow range of faculties where siudents could virtually buy their own degrees.

But Bond offers both under graduate and post-graduate degrees in such areas as; Ixiw, Information and Computer Science, Business and Humanities, although the Science and Technology Degree won't be available until next year due to a lack of interest.

Acting Dean of the Law Faculty al Q.U.T., Mr David Gardiner says their Law Degree, for example, is one of Uieir successes.

"In terms of the matier in the course we are pleasantly surprised lo see a pro­fessionally oriented degree. They have a very traditionally based law degree sup­ported by sound theory so that people who come out of Bond can use their degree lo go into practise."

A number of senior Q.U.T. staff were consulted by Uie course developers at liond University during the planning stages and the general feeling by our staff is one of co-operation wiUi their Bond colleagues.

In fact at least IhreeQ.U.T, staff mem­bers have found the idea of working on such a new and untried project an offer too good lo refuse.

"Certainly Uie packages Uiat Bond can offer are generous," David Gardiner said, "In the case of one lecturer who left last week, apart from a salary package she was offered Uie chance to complete her

Masters Degree on site. This offer could accomodate her furUier educational endeavours plus her job."

Such offers have led lo speculation on a numberof Australian campuses aboul Uie meUiods used by Bond to recruit its staff, Tfie uni has been accused of headhunting - baiting academics with promises of higher salaries and fringe benefits.

But Professor Watts is quick to dispel the rumours, saying the uni was merely seeking staff to fill positions.

" I don't know what headhunting nieaiLS. 1 guess there was a little bit of sensitivity in South Australia because we did pick up a significant number of people from the University of Adelaide, I really don'l know whether the word headhunting is meant to be derogatory' or compli­mentary."

David Gardiner also says there is no animosity between our two unis as far as he can guage bewteen the Faculties of Liw.

"I can't honestly say there's been any evidence of headhunting. We're on very good relations wilh the staff of lk)nd. There's no negative or suspicious circumstances."

But is there a place for these private institutions in our society? The idea of paying such a high price for an educa­tion is one that doesn't appeal lo the majority of Australians. There's enough people up.sel with the implementation of the Higher Education Contribution Scheme.

Acting Dean of the Infomiation Technol-og>' faculty al Q.U.T. Dr .lohn Gough, sums it up by saying:

"The idea of spending money on terliary education is alien to some Australians, It's outside the Australian tradition. You can't suddenly introduce private ter­tiary education because ordinary peo­ple in ordinary suburbs can't afford il. You have to know about it al least 18 years before so you can put money in the bank to pay for it."

But whether students choo.se to opt for private lertiary educalion or nol, it could be a decision many will have to face in the future. Already there are at least five oUier private universities in Uie pipe line - jusl waiting to see if Bondy's project pays off.

It's a long term project - no university is made overnight.

But as Professor Watts says, "One would hope that Bond University can a.ssume a place in Uie Australian society as a private university, which will be as important as the greal private univer­sities of olher cultures."

Now it's jusl a simple matter of wait and see...

Vanessa Reynolds ahd Skye Murtagh

PLANET 9 U3dV\13S

)f PLANET STARS ^ .SACoHTARIUS: You should be firm today Take no nonsense from anyone. Use lorce if neccesary; especially on scorpios. Go on. really lay into those snooty bastards! CAPRICORN: You get on well with casual relationships, but jusl when getting excited and making a fool of yourself they turn out to be gay after all. Oh well, why not gel together with a .Sagittarius friend and go beat up some Scorpios? ,AQU/\R11JS: You will find life very,., um ... what's the word: sort of .something, .'\ny-way. you'll probably have a good life and not be adversely affected by your incred­ible character deficincies. Probably best to stick to things you are confident at. if there are any. Things iike really piling into .Scorpios. i lSC'ES: Financial decisions have to 'x' made soon! A crLsis is coming to a head! It couid be an e.xplosive day for relationships! This is the first day of the rest ofyour life! I'm making all this up can you tell? .•\I IF>>: You will spend a very funny (fiiimy for everyone else.) five minute session on the train pretending you're not reading the stars and trving not to move your lips. .And tiie damn thing won't even nieiition the liklihood of a good bonk this week. I'AURUS: You are irritable and depres.sed! ,' nap out of it! Read a iiook! Ring u))aii old flame! i-lnd a Scorpio and beat tlietn insens­ible with a crowbar (3KMIN1: At exactly 3.15 you will suffer con­vulsive yjains. and by !i5S you will be dead. \'et another victim of high pressure living. Phew! That was pretty damned accurate! .So live it up! Take some Scorpios with you. C.ANCEf : Financial decisions have to be made soon! A crisis is coming lo a head! It could be an explosive day for relationships! This is the firsl day of the rest of your life! Your parents lied to you! You're really a PISCES! Beat up some Scorpios anyway! LEO: Time to make the big change you've been planning. Take Uiat Holiday; buy that new item of clothing; indulge in gratuitious violence on the Scorpio of your choice! VIRGO: It could be a big day; it probably won't be. of course. Probably just a good time lo spend with someone you know, Ix^come very intimate, and ask Uiem wheUier they're a Scorpio or not LIBRA Be firm. Be hard. Don't be afraid to correct people. E.speciallyif tiiey think you're a Scorpio. SCORPIO: You feel sensitive and unduly .sliy. Fight it! Make an effort to be Uie extrovert! (jo up to anyone you meet and .say "Hi! I'm a Scorpio!"

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' form ofa barrow ol dirt. Mr Burrows, a Queensland

University postgraduate stu­dent, wheeled his barrow into the foyer of the Australian Taxation Office in Collins Street, MeJbournc.

He shook-hands with the waiting Tax Office director ofi finance, Mr Greg Brogan. andj offered the deposit.

The dirt was symbolic of Aboriginal land. Mr Burrows said, and he asked Mr Brogan to accept the land in payment and return it lo its original owners.

Mr Brogan said: "I'm afraid I cannot accept it because it is not the normal form of legal tender"

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PUNET11 UBdWaS

WHATS ON CAMPUS APRIL

Thursday 27 Last interested persons for Gatton

IntercoL See Gym.

Lunch time band. Unknown Soldiers.

Friday 28

Kidney Lawn.

Free films. Princess Bride. Red Heat.

Kindler theatre, 7pm.

Saturday 29 Gatton State Intercol till May 1,

MAY Monday 1 Women's Steering committee meeting weekly in May. Women's Resource Area, 5pm.

Well here's the pics you'pe all been tuaitingfor.Goon, tell all yourfellowpisspots you've made itto the pages qfPIASET. Before you cut it out attd paste it iit your scrapbook rententber that there's no other social page in all the uotidasttott-eliteasthisone. Ifyou can *t remember when you did all this drinking, it was either at 1) the law piss up 2) the Communication get together, or 3) the Geology smoko.

Wednesday 3 QUT Rugby Union vs Griffith Uni

at Kedron Park CAE, 4.30pm.

Friday 5 Free films. Two Moon Junction.

Robocop. Kindler Theatre, 7pm.

Saturday 6 Women at Work Seminar. Kelvin

Grove CAE Refec, 8.30am - 4.30pm.

$5 Unemployed/students.

Qld Medical Women's Society

seminar on sexually transmitted

diseases. Bardon Professional Centre,

1.30pm - 5.30pm. $5/2 concession.

Sunday 7 UQ-QUT Fun Run. 10km. Starts at QUT early mornmg. See Recreation Officer for details.

QUT underwater club. Picnic and boating day. Jindalee boat ramp, 8am.

Tuesday 9 QUT underwater club meeting. Kym Beazley Room, 7.30pm.

Wednesday 10 QUr Rugby Union vs BCAE at Kedron Park CAE, 5.45pm.

Friday 12 Free films. Big. Presidio. Kindler theatre, 7pm.

Sunday 14 Sailing cruise on Moreton Bay. Leaves Hamilton

Wharf 8.30pm. $27. Contact Gym or Recreation

Officer.

Monday 15 QUT Cup finals start.

Women in QUT annual general meeting.

Kym Beazley room, 1 pm. Light lunch will follow.

Students and staff welcome.

If anyone has any activities, events, or meetings they would like

to see on this page contact the PLANET office.

Wednesday 17 QUT Rugby Union vs Police Academy.

Kedron Park CAE, 4.30pm.

Friday 19 QUT Cup Winners, Boozers and Losers

Party. Stay tuned for more details.

Wednesday 24 QUT Rugby Union vs Griffith UnL

Kedron Park CAE, 5.45pm.

Thursday 25 Student Guild Council

meeting. Kym Beazley room, 5.30pm.

Friday 26 Drink the Pub Dry. See page 34.

PLANET 15 U3dwas

Ihrough. Here there <vas peace and warmth. Often I slept a while and woke ro.sy and fluid, but not this time. For .some rea.son I fell peaceful anyway, ready to visit my secret place.

A Short Story By Marie Low.

I had to escape to the hill after every time we didn't fight. Thrashing Ihrough die straggly fringes, I would swear as each thorny finger scratched my legs and kick al it in frustration. The world blurred sympathetically at my distress. The birds and beetles hurried lo clear my paUi and tlie elves prepared my slielter; dressing iljn .sooUiing greens and peace­ful browns.

It was no different on that morning. 1 rose and fought my brownless hair, my endless washing, my hopeless oven. 1 rose and didn'i fight my faithless hus­band, silting colourless behind his baked beans, watching me wilh a wary eye; a Hawaiian living on the side of Mauna Loa. He bravely shovelled his beans. 1 snapped at him and once more it didn't happen. His brown eyes are too careful, too cautious. He traps me w/iUi his lack of reaction. So weary of his drab, wood kitchen. So weary.

I hale him.

He makes me into a bilch. Snariing, snivelling, snapping at heedless beets.

"More lea?" How nicely I put it

"No, thanks." He dismisses me wilh a fiick of his vein-striped wrist and a glance at the clock on die wall.

"More tea?" 1 say, goaded by jealousy of his flawless skin, his springing curls. "More tea? More tea? More lea?"

"I said, no thanks, Rachel," he looks at me, a gentle reprimand in his voice.

He was gone and as always 1 hurried to the bush, stomping out some ritual passage as 1 went, flying in a dizzying whirl. I slopped. A man was in the bush, not far from my clearing. A man with a sapling white back, shirUess and dap­pled by the leaves of a gum. A man formed somehow from Uie setding pieces of an angry kaleidoscope.

He was bent over something 1 couldn't see. Absorbed. Alone in possession of

himself. His spine crawled up comfor­tably from a canvas stool and shifted every now and then, quietly, like a cat .settling itself in the .sun. Around the .SUKII, like an arrangement of himself, were pieces of plywood with gum-coloured splotches and .sometimes circles of deep green or grey.

crept forward a little. He turned and l(K)ked at me with pale, blue eyes. "Helk>, I didn't know anyone else knew tills place," he said,

1 fell slupid. caught in a vivid pink and blue spla.sh against the khaki. I had been crouching slightly so as not lo be con­spicuous. 1 straightened up,

"Well, I do,p'm afraid."

He kept on looking. "I'm a painter, and this ,.," He looked around him, his red eyebrows roaring in the morning sun. "Well, this is worth painting,"

"Yes. I suppose it is."

"Uo you live around here?"

"Yes. 1 live just down through those tree.s, you can jusl .see a little of the pink roof from here,"

"You look a little pink yourselt" He smiled. He looked nice when he smiled, blue eyes beetling into sparks.

"Oh, I was running. This place is .sort of my sanctuary. 1 fell iike I needed if this morning."

"I'm sorry. Would you like me lo paint somewhere else?"

"No. 1 feel better now,"

"Why? Was .something fhe matier?"

"Oh, jusl the usual hassles. My hus­band gets up early to go lo work."

"I see," he said, and he did.

This morning I tread the way car­efully, peering over the low bushes in case he was there. Bul he wasn't No long back, no red hair. No flushed pink palette of a face. The rock looked bare wiUiout his canvas stool. 1 was glad.

The clearing was twice as tree now it was relieved of its Uireal, warm and glow­ing, open after the constrictions of the bush. 1 walked to the top. There is a place there t)etween Uie two ti^es where you can lie in the grass, rocking with your pulse and feel Uie breeze whisper over you. The sun just barely warms the hill top and flickers you in gold. I picked up Uie ends of my hair and held them, dry like the long grass, so the sun peeked

llie place is private. Sealed like a womb in the thickest part of Ihe bu.sh. Morning glory covers a dead framework of Ian-tana, leaping from one skeleton to the next and leaving a small cave under­neath. It is cold and the ground is hard and wet so 1 keep a jumper and a blankel there. Here 1 can .sit and read and forget. Forget my husband Michael who couldn't wait six months before having his first affair, liastard.

keep some of my books here, too. .lust a few at a lime so they won't be mi.ssed from the shelf. Today there was another one there. I don't think 1 had seen it before and I don't remember put­ting it there. It musl be one of Michael's I brought up accidentally. It's funny, I didn'i think he was interested in romances.

"Rachel," he .said, reading his jjaper,

"Yes?" I switched off the television and looked out at the ending day.

"You remember Russell Stewart, the one I was going lo invite lo dinner, but we decided he'd probably be loo bu.sy working lo come?"

"Yes, Michael." The truth was I had refused lo cook for anyone he cho.se lo lake ht)me from work. If it was only c(K)k-ing he wanted from me, 1 couldn'l see the point in staying.

"Well, he said he met you the other day." He looked at tne encouragingl.v. Wliat was he talking about? I hadn't seen anyone else since last Tuesday when shopping became unavoidable.

"He met me? Where?" 1 was curious in spite of his condescending eyes,

"He said he .saw you wandering aboul in the bush. He was painting up there," He kxiked at me curiou.sly. 1 wasn't going to let him see 1 had a guilty secret. /\iiy-one could take a walk now and then. I wondered how the painter had kn( wn who I was.

"Oh yes, I didn'i know he was a friend of yours. He never said his name."

"He showed me tiie iiainting. He's really very good. Sort of made all that drab-ness look quite nice. Whal did you think of it?"

"Tliink of it? 1 didn'i notice particularly."

"Oh. I tiiought you liked paintings,"

II is awful. The swift little interchanges of meanin^ess words, saki because silence is die only oUier option. He's like a litlle boy who's found a toad, iwking witii a stick to make me spit. A constant prod­ding in die side can leave you bent for always. That's why I need Uie clearing. The words are bepnning to gather into dark clouds, bunching on ttie edge of consciousness.

PLANET 18 U3dW3S

The ti-ack was Uiirsty. Particles of dust clung to my legs as I walked, billowing in desperate pleas for water. Clamour, an endless clamour. Even here. My shoulders stooped forward in my hurry to get to Uie hill.

This time I slept, tired from the res­traint of not hitting his bland back. A wall as smooth as his cheerful face. Sleep came easily with release.

Still in a sort of dream, I crawled into Uie secret place and curled up on Uie warm rug. The semi-darkness soothed the red from my eyelids. Slivers of sun danced patterns Uirough die green leaves. I loved this place. My own place. My own things.

Something was shining on Uie edge of my vision where nothing should shine. I rolled over. A tiny picture in a gold frame. The view from the rock where his stool was. It was a beautiful picture; sensitive and intricate, catching the warmth of Uie autumn morning. 1 losl the significance of ils presence in admiring il.

The morning seeped through slowly, .shaping into Uiouglits .slkling off tlie creep­ing vines. The leaves pushed against each olher like floating eyes, trying to get a look al the picture, I reali.sed why. 'llic painting was in my own secret place. Aiul 1 hadn't put it there

That nighl we made love Or rather, Michael did. Pleasure etched itself deeply in his facele.ss emotion. When he had finished, he noticed me and looked fora long time into my face His brown eyes dripped with gratification. He smiled. I .enning back on one elbow, he pushed a strand of hair from my face.

Straight out of a book. There was what he must have fondly supposed was a tender silence.

"Is that how it was?" 1 said. "Is dial ho w it was wi lb yo u and her?" He wi need at the words spat between clenched teeth.

The eyes withdrew, hurt He turned slowly over and faced the wall. After a while his back shuddered wilh quiet snores. My blood beal like a hammer.

The next day there was a note. "1 love you," it said, "Meet me here tomorrow." I propped the note up in a splash of sun and resting my head on my arm, lay looking at it. A starding happiness seared Uirough and Ihrough my body. He loved me. 1 went through the day with a deep sense of joy.

I walked slowly and happily lo the clearing fhe next morning. There was no hurry. 1 fact I thought it would be nice if I caught him there for a minute in Uie act of waiting. I had not yel really looked at him, never seen him pensive or thoughtful.

The branches has been unusually com­pliant, bowing out of my wayas 1 walked. Now 1 watched them blur as I started lo walk faster, hastening the happy end. A careless hurry made me run. I loved Uie blue sky, freckled with leaves. 1 loved Uie tearing twigs and Uie fiard, reliable solidarity of the bees. A clamouring inside kept me running, faster and faster.

Suddenly, as I got to Uie clearing I stopped. I wanted to catch him in this last final moment before we met I wan­ted to calch him in my memory, here, waiting for me. 1 crept to the clearing and peered Uirough ttie thick green cover­ing, delighting in this, the la.sl knowledge 1 could ever hold over him.

He was Uiere, His shirt winked blue through the vines and his dark head was bent over the tiny painting. He was Uiere, waiting lor me in the clearing.

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ACRdSS 1. nssed as a ...(small amphibious thlngy). In context, they couldn't org­anise a newt-up in a brewery, Tve even given you the cuiswer. 3. Where to buy it in botdes. 7. After lots of beer you'll get very drunk,... with anything anyone says and eventually find yourself naked and tied to a street sign. 9. Life without beer leaves a ^antic ... - Uiere's no way to avoid it 10. SouUiem brand. You can get it waUdn', you can get it talkin\ you can get it drivin' a plough... I just get it and drink it IZ After a k)ng sesskxi youll eat almost anything maybe even a Big... I never knew 100% pure beef could taste so bad 13. Painful cerebral after-affect 14. There is a... limit beyond which you shouldn't drive. The ottier limit -the physical limit - means you fall down a lot, and can't drive. 16. Toowong pub where much beer is drunk. 17. On Sunday arvos in 16 Across it is often hard to... yourself talk. Laugh. Sq). Guzzle Vomit Guzzle Vomit, etc 21. Beer Baron who featured in offi­cial UQ O'week publication, owns a Uni, yachts, an airship and will hap­pily pay out $400 000 to people ttireat-ening defamation proceedings. 23. Regurgitive process Uiat allows you to drink even more. 24. Type of beer ttiat isn't 40 Across. 25. He/she... down to skull die jug. ff you were drunk you'd probably pro­nounce it as "Shat". 27. The sorry tot w^o use scab labour.

I 29. You probably speak a lot of Uiis after a few. 31. Person in 21 Across has vested interest and many telephones in Uiis country. 32. Powers have Uieir VEA, Bond could

I have an STD (he does own a lot of telephones), and Litdeproud wants Qld Uni's to have their very own...

[ 34.1 own a panel van, do doughnuts, wear flannies and sing along to Hemi after a few. I am a... 35. Vernacular for a carton of stub­bies or cans. 36. What is known soudi of tfie bor­der as a Middie. (They have funny names for their drugs down soudi). 37. Prominent (and quite, in fact very, FAT) ex-politician who must have con­sumed his fair share. 38. Police campaign commonly con­fused wiUi insect repellant.

I 40. Type of beer Uiat isn't 24 Across. 43. Most stubbies are Not Refundable so write NR in here.

I 44. Fight Alcoholics'Anonymous. Get veiy drunk every day. Pledge to drink... (a very long time?). 46. You are in short supply if you only have one ... left and the Bronco's coming for a BBQ. Hey you with the pawpaw on your head... 47. Don't forget to get your take-... before 8pm on Sunday.

I 49. The negative abdominal feeling after elegant sufficiency. 50. Time to start drinldng again. 51. The institution Uiat brought cheap beer to many a gung-ho soak. Pre­pare to toast the Queen, drink with . a ^ g men and listen to their stories of how many times they scored in Cairo during WWL 52. When p ^ { ^ transform hx)m quiet reserved types to beermonsters Uiey are said to have undergone a.

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DOWN 1. Go for a night out and not drink? 2. Stumbling generally indicates you | are just a... pissed. 4. Sbc bucks for three stubbies means | they are two bucks... 5. Oh, what a good night we... 6. A lot of beer in bulk (spelt wrong j because I'm drunk). 8. What you tend to do in drunken | conversation. 10. The employment situation atj Power's brewery. 11. Place wherie you can buy beer and | be sentenced for D&D. 12. The beer sellers who feature a j bowtied boss. Down, down, down... 13. She and.. went for anotiier drink. 15. The legal driving ... is 0.05. The] usual drinldng level is much Wgher. 18. Cheap and more alcoholic brew. 19. If you're drinking more Uian four j pots you might as well buy a... 20. In Uie morning you may have a | hang-... 22. Beer baron Bondy is tfie cause of j much depression, lack of expression, | and... in Chile. 24. The next best thing to beer on tap. Eight botUes of this size and they'll be | fishing you out of the gutter. 26. The white tfiings in tfie bottom of I the drawer for tfie morning after tfie [ night tiefore. 28. Short and fat pair of shorts and | a beer. 29. Fine, but cloudy as the ad says. 30. The super random police cam­paign tfiat picks on '68 Valiants. 31. Could give Uie game away if you I dkl Uiis into Uie testing device Anoiher word for puking, spelt the way it's | pronounced. 32. In Victoria VFL and beer go very j well togeUier. Keep V as Uie first let- j ter and reorganise the remaining let­ters to fit. The result is what a veryj iJrunk spectator/would call Uie game. 33. State where Cbc jer's comes fixim 34. "You're Pissed!" (init). What your | Dad says when you can't find tfie key. Your reply: "YP y'old fart. What of| it?" 37. How you feel with furry teeth, | anarchk: bowels, and throbbing head. 39. You and your friends were arres­ted at Schoolies in a "wild... spree". 40. What a brewer does. 41. Beer is advertised a lot on... 42. We all remember the night we| received our ... scores. Some went out to celebrate, others just went out | to forget 45. What you told mum when you | were young and really going out to | sink piss. 46.... and can'ts, things to put beer| in. 47. Arrgh, can I pour yee a wee tan-j kard of... 48.... owe me a beer you old bastard| 51. Hanging over the was bowl yoi could say you felt... (init) Also come out of rats' bottoms.

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PSSST! Wanna buy a degree?

1 have been told 1 have to write about graduaUon. Graduation is .something I know very liltle about having never grad­uated from anywhere in my life. Bven the Johnny Young Talent School kicked me out for failing tap Uieory. 1 have nothing really to lell you and will probably end up talking aboul sex. In the meantime I will humour the PLANET editpeople.

According to Uie dictionary "Gradua­tion" is either a) receiving a degree after compledng a course of study, or b) .some­thing to do with a thermometer.

Being the inquisitive type I decided to explore the Uiermometer side of things first.

'fliermometers are usually small gla.ss cylinders contiiining mercury to measure your temperature. Thermometers can also be lethal weapons. If confronted by someone armed wiUi a thermometer, approach cautiously. Often they will tr>' to sUck it under your tongue - even 1 wouldn't slick anyUiing under my tongue. The more experienced attacker may attempt to approach from behind if you know what 1 mean. This can cau.se ugly scenes. Unstable thermometers often spray their filthy silver stull ever\'where. For this reason, never let anyone stick a Uiermometer in your ear, even under controlled conditions.

I'll bet you all diought that 1 was going to start talking about sex. You're all bkxxly disgusting. I've gol no idea why 1 even attempt to communicate with you. Any­way, the sexual insinuation bits happen laler. I just never thought Uiat you could do that sort of thing wiUi a single Uiermometer.

On a terliary level, graduation has lit­Ue to do wiUi sex, except possibly for the lucky few at the post-grad party.

But whal is graduation? What does it mean? What does il do to young kiddies?

GraduaUon is an unimportant and un­desirable aspect of tertiary study. When you graduate you are not a studenl any­more. This glaringly obvious fact seems to escape most students these days. Most do nol seem lo realise that to avoid Uie graduate lax all you need do is not graduate. Simple really.

The oUier good Uiing about not graduat­ing is that all your friends do. Not only does tfiis mean dial all Uie people you've really hated for years will be out of your

life, il means that you get to go to their graduation nights. Not the ceremonies of course merely the post graduation night ceremony pis.s-up.s.

This could be a good place to talk about sex. Bul I'm not going to - atmos­phere is always important they say, I usually say "stuff the atmosphere", bul in this case 1 think 1 mighl keep talking about graduation just to really annoy you.

As you get older and more of your friends begin lo graduate you begin to discover just what a cheap night out you can have,

I have .set up a network of friends on Brisbane campuses so that this time of year is perhaps Uie busiest on my social calender and 1 am assured of not miss­ing any graduation nights. In facl, I am guaranteed of having several friends al each one. Move around and steal the free champagne from all tables and sell what you can'l drink to Uie highest bid­der on the black gown market.

Get your own gown and do the rounds of all the ceremonies. Walk around pre­tending you know people, wishing them gocxi luck in Uie future, telling theiijjarents how nice Uiey were to study with and how hard Uiey worked. Wliile they're not looking drink all their alcohol.

There are several things you could do ifyou have to go lo the aciual ceremony. Always make sure you attend in a gradual-ion gown. That way whenever someone is absent you can go up and collect their diploma. Stockpile them and become a true academic, collect them and swap wilh your friends, or sell Ihem to the fiighest bidder. Any big business aspirants can easily corner the market. Change the vice chancellor's graduate list so that your name is called every Ume,

And on the subject of big business, why nol talk about the soon lo open Bond University? Well, more specifically Bond himself. After much re.search I have discovered that Alan Bond is aging, rich, kind of fat, and can'l sing. Therefore il is my considered opinion Uiat Mr Bond is really Dvis. The fact that his pseudonym is one letter shorter Uian Uie name of Uie King only confirms my suspicions.

As an academic wiUi all my stockpiled degrees I intend to infiltrate Bond Uni and reveal Bond for what he really is - a big fat Elvis, Once I have achieved my educational coup, I intend to rename Australia's first private university wilh Elvis/Bond as its firsl vice chancellor.

RaUier apt terminology possibly. I think The Elvis Who Isn't Really Dead Univer­sity has much more character. Of course, the Elvis Impersonation course will be out of reach for mosl siudents, but elitism isn't such a bad thing when you're being paid to enforce it Ajiyway why pay Uie government when you could pay me much more?

My graduation ceremonies would be much more exciting. Alan/'Elvis obviously likes Humphrey B, Bear otherwise he would never have bought the Nine Net­work. Hence instead of wearing gowns, graduates would wear Humphrey suits to keep the King hapijy. Tlie King himself would wear a Fat Cat costume to annoy the hel! out of whoever owns the Ten Network this week.

I can hear all your sweaty liltle palms rubbing with glee, you .sweaty little un­desirables, f^d luck though, because those days are slill a way off.

I'm afraid that al the moment the best 1 can do for you is a cheap, completely unused diploma that fell off the back of a truck, Complelely above board. Honest. ,'\nyone wanting a degree from any Queensland tertiar>' institution can get in contact wiUi me and I'll see what 1 can do.

If you hurry I'll even throw in a dis­crete but sopliislicated presentation cere­mony, a nice glossy photo of you receiving your diploma from Humphrey himself {or, al tlie very least someone dressed up as Humphrey), a party lo invite all your scabby friends to, and a set of stain­less steel carving knives. How much would you expect to pay? Don't answer, Ijecause we'll also throw in this pair of genuine stainless steel Graduate Diplomas at no extra cost,.. suffice it to say that it's only a fraction of what you'd be charged up Uie coast at that Bond place.

The one problem with graduation is that there are no Nudey Bits. Of course you can take matters into your own hands,

I like to tell a short little tale I heard a long Ume ago to break the ice. Tliis is a story wiUi a moral. Morals are good things in theory. 1 don'l have any really. Any­way, there are these two bulls standing al the top of a hill looking down at a pad­dock containing many cows. Tlie young bull looks up and says to the old bull, "Let's run down the hill and service a few

cows". To which die older bul! replies, "No let's walk down the hill and service die lot".

I don't particularly like the (lack of) morals suggested by the story, nor the obvious sexisi aspect or references to

. mechanics. It ju.st seems lo work at grad­uation parties. If you think about it, there are many other levels on which it can be taken. If you take it literally, you'll pro-Ijably find your.self in trouble. On a liigher plane it means don'l rush inlo anydiing. It is for this reason Uiat 1 am not par­dcularly hurrying my degree. Sex really had nothing to do wilh it, did it? I jusl needed some Nudey Bit insinuation.

And if by chance you are unlucky enough lo graduate yourself, remember "Tomorrow is Uie beginning of the rest of your life". The weather bureau has forecast thunderstorms for tomorrow -die rest of your life will really suck. You will never be Elvis and you will never wear a Humphrey B, Bear suit

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MANUFACTURE Terrorvision

Not my cup of lea, I'm afraid. This is only for Manufacture fans (wherever Uiey may be) and that breed of quiet, counlry folk who enjoy nothing better Uian lo hit the smoke and listen to machinery for forty minutes or so, I sup­pose this music isn't necessarily meant lo be particularly pleasant, bul surely il could have been a litUe more interesting!

What we have here essentially is lots of pretend mechanical noLses over that monotonous drum beat, wiUi lilUe frag­ments of speech repealed over and over (... and over), with a generally pessimis­tic mood conUnuing throughout Oh yes! One track has.., la da!... singing. I jusl diought I'd mendon it, though it doesn't really excuse much.

1 was quite disappointed in this one, I diought that maybe it would intrigue the experimental side of my nature, but unfort­unately 1 was jusl bored.

Ho hum... Oh well, one might buy it. Stephen Hamacek

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JOHNNY DIESEL AND THE INJECTORS Johnny Diesel and the Injectors

This guy gels the guernsey for most purile, ridiculous, stupid, service station sounding name since MIKE AND THE MECHANICS. I mean really, please spare us such inanity -it's enough to make you hate the guy intensely before you even put this on die turntable and one certainly feels like eiUier whitewash­ing the cover, or al the very least keep­ing this well hidden at the back of the record collection.

If you overcome UiLs hurdle what you're left vriUi is a good, solid, sometimes even inspired rock'n'roll record that shows enough promise for a debut lo suggest

Uiat Mr Diesel (. . . I don't believe this) could in facl lay claim to the mantle of being "The future of rock'n'roll" (which of course raises Uie more fundamental issue of whether in fact rock'n'roll has a future . , . but we'll leave Uiat for anoUier day).

Anyway die point is this stuff is immeasurably superior to anything released by NOISEWORKS (now there's another great name) or Mr Barnes of late ,in Uiat although recorded in America it has a certain irresi.stable reckless abandon to il in a way only the best records do (it kicks ar.se)and none of the songs were co- written by American jerks from bands such as Journey or Eoriegner. This said it's also true that there's room for improvement and if the albums two singles "I don't need love" and "Soul Revival" k)osen your bowels then 1 wouldn't bother.

llie highlight of the record for mine is the bluesey ballad "Since I fell for you" and if young Johnny pursues this avenue of music, changes his name lo someth­ing dial lessoffends the sensibilities, and survives the backlash that inevitably follows having a pre-pul)e.scent audience who think that this guy isjust S-O good-looking (so mayl)e i'm jealous) then he couid well be the heir lo the territory on which Barnes currendy has such a stranglehold. Patrick Mead

THE HAPPY MONDAYS Bummed

Unfortunately a record dial gives a stimewhat less than decent image of the band. With an offensive and sen.seless inside jacket and dubious tille, it was suri>rising to find they actually had some­thing musically satisfying to offer.

Basically a collection of songs that would only fit inlo the general category of non-mainstream. AlUiough described by NME as having the energy of acid and Uie awkward aggression of good indepen­dent rock, and the character of Dennis Hopper, Charlie Bukowski, Hunter S Ihompson and Johnny Rotten. I'd have lo add Died Pretty to that list, as 1 feel it's more them Uian Johnny Rotten.

Ihe second .side contains a couple of tracks that are almost danceable (but only to the experienced, I had litlle suc­cess). All over, quite a good album. Was number 12 on NME's Top 50 albums of 1988. John Spencely

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VOODOO LUST Life Love Booze and Bitterness

The new tour track offering from Voodoo Lusl with new bassist Steve King and e.vCelibate Rifle drummer Phil .lac-quel, featuring (you gue.ssed it) .s<mgs alxHit life, love, booze and bilterness. Tyiiic illy raw and energetic, ;ill four iracks allow (iary Slater the scope to wail along Ul his uiimitable slyle, guaranteeing accept­ance amongst VL devotees, Wliether others will accept il .so easily is a dif­ferent question. Certainly nol objection­able if you can stand incessant drums and hurried guitars j nmding oui cliched rifts. Daniel Loch

HOWARD JONES Cross That Line

After removing three years of dust from the Fairiight, Howard Jones has. once again, managed to produce a myriad of musically intricate and lyrically beautiful songs and ballads.

He has a delinite talent of coaxing a listener into a piece then changing mid-song, to create the whole, using an amaz­ing variety of styles.

For Uie first time, he has made a purely musical piece: out of thin air a sok) plant > piece. This and "Last Supper' have the pleasant effect of making the hair on the back of your neck stand on end. This is music to be listened to on a back veran­dah with a good bottle of red, so that one may truly appreciate his voice, musical talent and ingenuity.

His besl is still his first, Humans Lib, but cross that line is a continuum of his brilliance. Simone Blanton

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BOXCAR Freemason / Comet

The B{ )XCAI offering is currently num-lier 16 "with a bullet" on the BILLBC )/\RD American Dance Charts, altliough it .seems to only have shifted about 3 copies in Brisbane.

In any event .tliis is pure unadulterated dance floor music ; superbly executed and sounding su.spici(Hisly like NEW ()RI )ER in parts - it's bound to be a hit in Uie longrun.

Actually, although I'm not heavily into this purist D-A-N-C-E scene, 1 vvas most impressed with the way these young guys used the 12 inch format and in the end their poli.shed, classy, competent .sound had me liking this almost in .spite of myselt Patrick Mead

STEPHEN CUMMINGS A New Kind of Blue

The flalulant wank of the promotional blurb which describes this record as "absolute bli.ss for the pop weary" is quickly forgiven as the truth of the state­ment makes itself immediately apparent upon the fir.st listen. This record is atisolutely brilliant - side one consisting largely of acoustic numbers.while the songs on side two are given the more full band treatment

Stephen Cummings previous album "Lovetown" was voted Australian Album of the year by "Rolling Stone". "A New-Kind of Blue" seems destined lo follow in ils footsteps.

I'he songs range from the straight ahead pop of the current single "Your house is falling" to beautiful ballads such as "Carry the torch foryou" and "Wlien

love comes back lo haunt you". Central to Uie whole pr(x:e.ss Ls Cummings' magnifi­cent voice which, with its ingrown pop sensibilities, can arouse ones passion or almosi reduce you to tears within a cou­ple of .songs. The backing vocals of Rebecca liarnard also feature prom­inently and the songs arrangements are nothing short of startling.

If you can only remember Stephen Cummings from his work wiUi the Sports or slill experience nightmares thinking alxiut Ills ill-conceived solo debut "SENS()" (oh gymnasium...), then you will be in for a shock. Tfiose fortunate enough to have seen this man at the FM club recen tly will understand. For Uiose who didn't gel a copy ol "A NEW KIND OF BLUE", a more emotive, .spiirkling pop album would be hard to come by. Patrick Mead

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WEDDINGS, PARTIES, ANYTHING Goat Dancing on the Tables

This is great Typi(v->1 WPA - with the trade mark piano accordian , fiule elc -there are four songs on offer here. Side A is Paul Kelly's "Laughing Boy" which is particulariy suited to WPA's style, and has even been receiving .some airplay.

Side B sees a rollicking live version of Tex Morton's "Sergeant Small" as well as the new instrumental "Goat Dance (Al Falafel Beach)" and anoiher Mike Thomas original "Tough Time", which is packed wilh Melbourne imagery.

All in all, another great relea,se from my favourite band (well, it's hard to remain objective) -1 suggest you give this a lis­ten - and if you get the chance, see them next time they play at Uie FM club -they're fantastic. Patrick Mead

THE CULT Sonic Temple

According to vocalist lan Astbury this is the definitive Cult album, at least at Uiis stage of their evolution. If this is indeed "definitive" then it could easily downgrade the qualityof Tlie Cult's earlier albums in the eyes of the hitherto un­initiated.

Afier "Dreamtime", "Love" worked on a cerebral level, relying heavily on

atmospherics and texture. "Qectric" on Uie other hand had its base in .simple aggres.sion.

On"Sonic Temple" The Cult tiy to com­bine Uie.se elements, and sadly fail in die attempt, although one can hardly blame them for trying. Some tracks are plainly Tlie Cult, such as Uie firsl single "Fire Woman", some of die others just plain horrible. Daniel Loch

VIOLENT FEMMES "3"

"3", Uie Violent Femmes' fourth album (makes sense?) sees Uie Femmes back lo their best

Actually the album title may well be a realisation by the band that they func­tion besl as a three-piece, bul Uiese guys are not your average everyday group,

Gordon Gano, Brian f chie and Victor De Lorenzo have been making suitable manic, unhinged music since Uieir debut .self-titled album some years ago and it must be said that this is their finest effort since that time.

Ever since weird Gordon sang about throwing his darling daughter down the well in "Country DeaUi Song" or espoused the merits of masturbation on "Blister In Ibe Sun", vve've kind of hoped that it's all a part of the stage show - that Gordon in reality is a nice, sane human being jusl like the rest of us.

On "3" however, he does nothing to suggest thai this is the case, with fines like "Yes... 1 was choking a girl/l loved die way I treated her" and "1 was totally a jerk/'l wanied to permanently pound his prick inlo Uie dirt" (MoUier of a Girl).

Anyway, this Is typically brilliant, stripped down, back to basics (acoustic guitar, drums, bass) Violent Femmes. Humour Gordon and buy it

Patrick Mead

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EMERALD CnY Emerald City is a movie dial survives

on a brilliant script. David Williamson has adapted his stage-play for die screen by skilfully exploiting the added dimen­sions of the film medium.

The magnificent views of Sydney which are such a motivating force for Uie char-, acters are brought to life in film (much more so than on stage 1 imagine).

This movie is rich with meaning. The script is fertile with irony and plenty of cutting one-finers. These are delivered with the fire of our besl actors John Hai^eaves (Malcolm, Cry Freedom) and the cooly-controlled RuUi Cracknell (Mother and Son, ad infinitum).

I already expected good performan­ces from those two and was doubly pleased to discover the talents of Nicole Kklman and Chris Haywood (better Uian

his usual In Raf/erty's Rules and Car­son's L.aw).

The characters come lo life in their individual sti-uggles to find and hold onto their moral high ground which is fast going underwater.

It is the Australian version of big busi­ness in movie-making and Uie place of the artist the shark, die aclor, and the producer againsi a Sydney harbour back­drop. The resultant conflicts are etched in the intricacy of each character's mot­ivations as they find out where they stand between self-advancement and principle.

It is a movie where audience's loyalties are constantly shifting as Uie characters make crucial decisions about their artis­tic tieliefs and the commercial corrup­tion of Uieir ideals.

Emerald City is a lively combination of a humourous and intelligent script, sen­sitive acting, and a good locale. Tamara Playne

SALOME'S LAST DANCE What do you do when you come out

of a film dial is another work of a great and prolific film maker and you didn'i really get anything significant out of it?

Whal to do is compounded by the knowledge that you're expected to write a review of it 1 can't begin lo describe it (a verygood cop out so far). Lest to say it is anodier Ken Russell film (another good cop out). And I suppose you'll like it if you are a Ken Rus.sell fan (i.e, you've seen Gothic).

It is a play performed within a film and does all die really zany Brechtian things like alienation and stuff just to remind you that you (and a few of the actors) are watching a play which is not real inside the reality of Uie film. Getting the idea Uiat I'm nol exactly approaching Uiis very intellectually? I can't really pre­tend lo find a greal amount of significance

in the absurd combinations of gold pain­ted topless women flagellating a very gross fat king till you know what hap­pens. Nordid I really find much meaning in the use of a severed head on a silver platter for female masturbatory pur­poses much of a buzz either.

Some reviewers have berated him for degrading die work of Oscar Wilde by apparantly basing the film on Wilde's Salome but taking it just that little bit furdier (probably the body paint did it). Other reviewers of the Russel ite brigade praised his development on Wilde's ideas.

I feel that if you're not offended by an artistic brash parody of pornography and if you really are sick of the banal American cop movie Uien Salome's Last Dance would be a challenging piece. Tamara Playne

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BLUE JEAN COP "Blue Jean Cop", based on a true slory,

centres on the underworld of New York City - drugs, corruption and murder. Roland Dalton (Peter Weller) and Wchie Marks (Sam Elliot) team up in the investigation of a police corruption ring that operates on the basis of stealing from drug dealers.

Add to this basic plot a beautiful assistant district attorney and exloverof Dalton's (Partricia Charbonneau), his patient and .somewhat silly fiance (Blanche Baker) and a totally inbelievable last minute stunt scene, and you have the movie in a nutshell.

The romantic side of the film, other than providing very mild comic relief, is an unnecessary extra, as are the sad attempts al far out action scenes.

The film is credited to James Glikenhause, who wrote and directed it. Rather than the thought provocation he was aiming at in bringing a true story to the screen, he has ended up wilh an action/drama^romance Uial doesn't q'lile get there.

In spite of the patchwork script and undesirable attempts al special effects, Uie performances by Sam Elliot and Peter Weller save the film from drowning in its own tears. They add little character and personality to whal would oUierwise have been an unrealistic and very average action film, and in doing so, set it ever so slightly apart from the hundreds of films written along die .same lines, which grace the walls of video shops.

So while the point of the story may escape you and it will never be up for an Academy Award, there are worse ways to spend $8 and 90 minutes, Andrea Dickinson

DROWNING BY NUMBERS If you love Uie humour in Greenaway's

Draughtsman's Contract and The Belly ofan Archiiect then you'll appreciate his latest even funnier effort If Greenaway means nothing to you then Drowning By Numbers can be.st be compared wilh die absurdity of Holel New Hampshire and die surrealism of Yellow Submarine.

Drowning By Numbers is an English production which takes die reverence out of sport and death in a bizarre narrative.

Basically it sounds terrible: a mother, daughter and niece each drown their husbands in an absurdly guiltless way. They enjoy perculiar relations with the coroner who writes the deaths ofi as accidental. His young son spends his time conducting eq^erinients on Uie emot­ional capacity of sheep. He is always the firsl to discover anyUiing dead and marks the scene in paint and heralds the death wilh a fire cracker or two.

It's all perfectly reasonable in context and that is the skill of Greenaway: fo make the absurd look normal. Ils main character is fairly similar lo the male lead in Harold and Maude, Smut, as he's ironically called, is also mostly left lo fiipiself by a disinterested parent to make sense of the world.

I suppose the narrative seems normal compared lo the sellings. Each shol h&f something equivalent lo the Butterfly Ball in it: close ups on insects crawling over six)ill fruit; fantastic oj>en air break­fast feasts complete in a yard of bleating sheep; some great super-realist por-

MAURICE This is one of those beautifully shot

films about Cambridge boys in Uie early 1900s. Ifyou have seen Another Country or Brideshead you'll know that I'm talk­ing about boys discovering their homo-.sexualily in Uie most tasteful way possible among the hallowed and highly hypoc­ritical walls of old Harvard.

It's the sort of thing that is whispered about by those in the know and hoped by all that they'll get over it with a for­tuitous marriage lo the kind of woman who doesn't susfject a thing (and couldn'l imagine it if she did).

From my viewpoint I felt the homo­sexuality was portrayed honestly with a variety of characters oUier Uian the usual sterotyped gay wimp. But as with a lol of contentious subjects it has lo be set in the past to gain mainstream acceptance. Compared with My Beautiful Laund­rette. Parting Glances, Kiss of the Spid-erwoman and the like I found the movie did not challenge my ideas from a hetero­sexual perspective.

Maurice's similarity to /Xnother Coun­lry is overwhelming. All the shots that exploit available light in a university set-ling have been used. The cloister shots .syanbolising secrecy and closelness are repeated in Maurice as well as the inevit­able rowing punt scenes along the meta­phorical river of life.

ll did however progress from the uni­versity setting (i.e. Another Counlry) to focus on the life of Maurice who did not 'normalise' after uni. The portrayal sug­gests those who don't conform are des­tined to lead tragic lonely fives. Perhaps this is in accordance with the period set­ting and tho.se who prefer more positive statements should see the films eariier mentioned, Tamara Playne

trayals that reek of Geoffrey Smart; and the numbers 1 to 100 appearing sequen­tially as a puzzle for the viewer to s|K)t.

always feel really comfortable with the insensibilities of the world after see­ing a film like Uiis. ll reinforces Uie outkxik Uiat the world is nol based on logic but inanity. Tamara Playne

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HUJVIAN RIGHTS NOW! James Henke (Introductions by Peter Gabriel and Sting)

On 10 December 1948 Uie governments of every country in the worid .signed Uie Universal Declaration of Human lights. Basically Uiis Declaration .says no govern­ment anywhere or at any time, shall deprive any person their ba.sic human rights - their righl to civil and polilical freedoms, food, shelter, healUi-care, employment education, maternity rights, labor rights and much more regardless of race, sex, relisjon, wealUi or political opinion.

Just over 40 years after this Declara­tion was signed many countries choose to ignore it This was wliy Youssou N'Dour, Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel, Sting and Bruce Springsteen donated their talent for six weeks, travelled the world and spread the word on human rights.

This book, as you can well imagine, contains lots of excellent concert photographs and allows Uie artists to express their thoughts on human rights. The most interesting aspect however, is Uie stories of die human-rights activists who travelled with die entourage and tells die difficulties of getting permission to perform in or near countries who par­take in the gross violation of human rights.

"Human Rights Now!" follows Uie tour through every continent of the worid (except Australia due to the cost and oUier logistics). All in all Uie tour seemed to be a great success. The membership of Amnesty Internalional has increased dramatically in the countries loured and people who didn'i even know about the Declaration are now familiar wilh it (a copy of it was handed to every person

[who attended a concert).

This book is definitely not one just for die fans. Besides being a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of Uie lour it also has some inspiring stuff from the artists and the human-rights activists.

P.S. Since Sting wrote his introduction, one of the political prisoners he wrote

I about, Sita Ram Maskey, a 39-year-old teacher of deaf children jailed without trial in Nepal for organizing a protest againsi the sale of contaminated milk powder manufactured at the time of the Chemobyl explosion, has been released.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Amnesty International - it's a name mosl have heard, yet how many know exactly what it does or how it does it? And of those who actually know the whys and wherefores of Amne.sly Inter­national how many know that a little of their own lime could save lives and stop torture throughout the world?

Basically Amnesty International is an impartial, non-political wodd-wide move­ment that promotes non-violence in the search for human rights. It is aLso a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Members of Amnesty International set out to do three things. Firstly, to seek to obtain the immediate and uncon­ditional release of men and women de­tained because of their beliefs, color, .sex, origin, language or religion pro­vided they have not used or advocated violence. These people are known as "prisoners of conscience". Secondly, to advocate fair and prompt trials for all political prisoners and lo lol)by on behall of those detained without charge or trial. Finally, lo oppose the death penalty, tor-lure or any otiier form of cruel or degraci-ing treatment or puiiLshment of prisoners. They do this by assigning a group to a prisoner. The group then conducts a "paper war" - writing lo officials and leaders in the country where die pri.s<)ner is detained, lobbying local media and where possible contacting the prisoner and their family lo let thein know Ihey are not forgotten and providing financial support when resources allow for it.

Amnesty International began in 1961 when an ardcle by Peter Benenson -"The Forgotten Prisoners" - launched the "Appeal for Amnesty", calling for the release of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners all over the world. The campaign then became Amnesty International as it is known today.

Since its earliest days Amnesty Inter­national has relied on its members, ord­inary people like you, for support. To remain tolaily impartial il cannot accept donations from any govemment or politi­cal party and will not, except in the con­dition of special approval, accept more than five percent of its annual income from any one source.

The need for an organization like Am­nesty International and its membership of "ordinary" people is a very real one. As you read this hundreds of thousands of people are being held in prisons and camps for no olher reason than believ­ing in something. For the pasl fifteen years people have been "disappearing" in Chile with their families often never knowing what happened to Uiem or even if they are still alive. In South Africa there have been reports of Uie torture of children as young as seven and eight years old. The slory which inspired Benenson to write "Tlie Forgotten Prisoners" is beyond imagination for many Australians. In November 1960, two Portuguese siudents in Lisbon during the Salazar dictatorship were arresled and sentenced to ten years imprisonment for raising their glasses in a public toast to freedom. "The Forgot­ten Prisoners" was written lo move the public lo demand the release of these prisoners of conscience.

It is not possible for single voices to promote worid-wide change but when these voices are united and become one the potential for change is enormous. By using your voice you can amplify the

message promoting human rights and freedom.

Anyone Interested in joining the newly-formed QUT Amnesty Inter­national group can attend the next meeting on 9 May in the Kym Beazley Room at 12 noon.

Carrie-Ann Hutchinson

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\C COMPANY OF IMAGF5 Janine Burke

Well, yes. It seemed like a good idea. In fact it was very readable, like Mills<!4 l^)on. IJicepl that in Mills & l^ion, the characters interact, and have motiva­tion (even if it is "iuv"). If .laiiine Burke's representation of the arl scene is rep­resenlative of (leople she actually knows, they are the most self-obsessed collec­tion of people conceivable.

The many characters in "Company of Images" begin as interesting on the sur­face and stay that way. The reader is given no opportunity to have a deeper insight into their motivations and real emotion.s, because Ihey seem lo have none. When people in the book do con­verse, il Ls only in terms of .sender-mes.sage-receiver. Often, the receiver doesn't even boUier. 'Ihere "LS no mutuality m any human interaction within the 254 pages of text as the characters wander off in their own worid <Kcask)nally influencing odiers whom we can only assume are at best in the periphery of their own conscious­ness. As it was, the characters ended up lieing unmotivated, shallow, self-absorbed .sexual stereotyjies.

Pity. As I .said, it was a good idea and the characters have possibilities which stretc h a long way beyond what Ms Burke has presented here Josephine Kneipp

MARGARET

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CATS EYE Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood is the most enthrall­ing writer 1 have everhad the pleasure to read. Her latest novel, "Cat's Hye", gras­ped me from beginning to end.

Atwood knows words: kii(>ws how to u.se them, I feel that any review 1 write woukl not do her justice.

"Cat's Kye" is an account of one woman's life from the in.side. Through Atwood I got lo intimately know i;iaine.

At liO, Elaine, a (lainter celebrated by the Women'.s Movement, returns lo her hometown loroiito lor a retro.speclive of her work. The surroundings trigger IJaine to relive a [KISI .she had longliefore locked deeji within her memory.

Klaine.s life unfolded Ix'fore me The most captivating .sequences involved her shaping years at school, 1 believe most women will in .some way relate to l-Jaine's traumatic school year.s: the menial tor­ture she experienced under the wrath of her female peers.

Through Elaine Atwood ob.serves society and the way il has changed over the last 50 years, jwrticularly with regards to women.

Elaine, unable to relate lo other females, tries hard to be whal she is supposed lo Ix,'. That is, what others have told her she should be but .she never quite .suc­ceeds. She is simply Elaine: a woman shaped byher pasl like all of us - unic|ue and fascinating.

I will never forget her.

Kate Charies

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THE BALLAD OF LOIS RYAN Where you can see It: The Paint Factory, West End When you can see it: Until May 6

The metal carcass of the Cement Fac­tory and the sprawl of the United Foods Factory, unsleeping giants of light indus­try, will stare you down into the harsh­ness of die Paint Factory thealre sel. The echoes of this outside worid are belted at in the play which introduces us to Lois Ryan, a textile factory worker in a Northern Queensland town and mother of two.

Katrina Deveiy as Lois, Peter Marshall as her husband and Fiona Winning as her best friend work with a musical crew to create an onslaught of percussion and action. Clever IJTICS, humour and costume create the turmoil of the fac­tory and of U)is' life. Although Ixiis' story is a tragedy Uie presentation of Uie issues of industrial .safety and women's rights is unforced and painless.

One critic said the play "leaves too many questions begging". The absence of answers however adds to the feasib­ility of the production, ll shows efforts are best spent presenting the simple facts from which spring Uie obvious ques­lions. Wliy does Lois feeel lonely in the company of her family? How did she come to be working the midnight shift

alone al a dangerous machine? After the play Katrina Devery laughed ironically, "when you do a show Uiat has 'Uie answer' you've done the ultimate show". Unfor­tunately the message of Lois' ballad is best expressed by the absence of answers.

The play written by Andrew Bovell,

ROMEO AND JULIET Where you can see it: U Boile, Hale St, Milton When you can see it: until 13th May

He is quoted and misquoted in daily conversations by eveiyone I know. We all had to study him at school. He is the pinnacle of every actor's aspirations. Every director wants lo direct at least one of his plays. Why? Well, if you ha))-pen lo go lo see Li Boite's production of Romeo and Juliet it will all make .sen.se.

In his production notes, director Jim Vile quotes Shakespeare's ciuitem-porary l^n Johnson. "Not of an age, but for all limes", ll is a greal challenge to be able to show today's youth (and not .so ytHilhful) thai this beautiful 4(U)-year-old poetrv' is still relevant, still signifi­cant. A challenge which ,lini Vile and his cast have met with high spirits and great energy, i cannot remember the last time I enjoyed a Sliake.s|X'iire (e.s|KKi;illy Romeo and Juliet, which can txTomever>'maudlin indeed) as much as I enjoyed this one.

To reveal Uie modern relevance of Romeo and Juliet, Jim Vile has centred the theme of this production around the generation gap. The gari.shly-clad, rap-dancing youUi are in stark contrast to the con.servalively suited elders of the play. They are the products of their parents, but do nol share very much

was originally developed and per­formed by the Melbourne Workers Theatre. For this production Sireet Arts visited the Rocklea Spinning Mills for insight into the factory systeni and also lo borrow ideas and machinery. The Paint Factory was transformed into a weird mechanical and musical ensem­ble. The music written by Irine Vela, is

with them. Yet the youtii are keeping alive a (|uarrel which Uiey had no part in wliile their jiarents Ijeconie weary of it.

The cast was simply excellent. Their grasp ol the language and understand­ing of the .sentiments involved was sujieri). Darryl Hukins (Romeo) and Veronica Neave (Juliet) played (he young lovers beautifully. The balcony scene (which we all know back to front) field my interest every second, and throughout you have no doubt of the honesty of their feelings lowiud each oUier, Hie bil roles in Shakes­peare, however, are always the gems, and veiy beautifufly polished gems in this production, Juliet's Nur.se (l^v Lingford) was the delightful old friend we all want to have Peler l.amb, as Tybalt, encapsulated the barely con­tained energy and anger of adolescence.

The highlight of the whole play for me, however, was Peter Brown as Mercutio. Peter Brown Sjjoke his lines as if he was brought up with iambic i:>enlameter a natural manner of speech. His character was so alive and hill of energy it was hard lo remember he was an actor in a |)lay

1 gained more from (his production of Roiiieo and Juliet than I have achieved from watching any play In years. If you like Shakespeare, or just like excellent theatre, don'l miss it Josephine Kneipp

one of the play's most attractive, strong features. No rhyme for rhyme's sake -Uie songs are vehicles for dramatic sloiy telling.

The cast and crew were impressed wiUi enthusiasm of the Rocklea Mills workers and management who have foll­owed up their assistance by attending Uie play. Their comment; included, "Greal

piece of percussion on a heap of scrap iron". "A wonderful performance, and down lo earth, between John and Frank I and myself we have been in textiles over' 42 years... a greal performance there should be more of it" And the final auth­ority "I never Uiought a cotton can could sound so good". Helen Whittle

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JOHN SCHUMANN

John Schumann, ex-Redgum fi'ont man Catholic and Communist, took a sip of his Fosters. "Better than drinking that Bond fourex crap," he said, before he leaned forward to continue talking about topics ranging from the graduate tax to 'Tmding oneself" in Indonesia.

John and Sydney-based singer/song­writer Pat Drummond had just finished an hour show on the Kidney Lawn, and had drawn the biggest lunchtime crowd this third year sludenl has ever seen. Renowned for his unconditional politi­cal statements, John started the show with comments on student unionism and die graduate lax. He later elaborated on them.

"It's the principle of the graduate tax that I am angry aboul, ll scares people, expecially the socio-economically dis­advantaged who want to do something, into backing off because they are going to have a debt as s(x)n as Uiey graduate.

"Il is a drift into a direction that sup­ports corporate Australia. The cultural and intellectual Australia is going to suf­fer because this lax dictates the choice tietween a business'degree and. for exam­ple, a philosophy degree. Nobody is going to want to do studies into our culture because it is going to cost Uiem a con­siderable amount of money."

John, a philosophy graduate and for­mer high-school teacher, was equally condemning of the proposal to end com­pulsory sludenl unionism. He believes Uiat tertiary institutions should be spawn­ing grounds for free political thought, and die loss of student conti"olled unions would undermine this,

"There are students who are political wimps and would not have a clue as to what was going on around Uiem, and there are siudents that are politically active.

"Student unions provide the funds, the time and means at the disposal for those who have a political commitment Without these funds ctimpuses will be at the mercy of Uie government and org­anised action such as that against the graduate tax would not be able to happen."

John Schumann and Pal Drummond not only have specific ideas on politics, but on their role as musicians and artists in Australian culture.

"Some people are in this business for die money, some are in it for die girls, who we could never get, bul we see il as an art form," said Pat.

I was reminded of tfiis as Pat shiimmed away melodies on his guitar while we talked, the action being almost second nature. They tour around in John's HQ, take the time to play to 400 students, and write songs they themselves say will never be popular.

"We could do more commercially ap­pealing material that would get guaran­teed airplay and probably stay in people's minds for two weeks, and make money, but that is nol what we are about We wemt to make statements and music that

contribute to the historical and cultural fabric of Australia," John said,

"The Pat Drummonds, Uie Eric Bojies, the John Schumanns, the John William­sons; they are ail going lo be influential in years to come, bul who is going lo remember some of Uie wimpy pop bands that are around at Uie moment?

"There is a severe lack of Australian bands that do not copy Americans, The US cultural influence on .Australia is so strong that to be successful, Australian artists must mimic Americans.

"What we are about is singing .songs in an Australian accent about Australian life, culture and history, referring to Aus­tralian places, not Memphis or Ten­nessee. Unlortunately Uiis is why we will never be as big as some Austi-alian artists have been, bul we will be the ones who will be remembered," John said.

Though John does not liken himself to Henry Law.son in this respect, others have:

"The best thing that has every been said to me was by a guy after a gig who said ""If Henry Lawson was alive today he'd be playing bass in John Schumann's band".

"That was Uie ultimate compliment"

he admits his methods have toned down even if his politics have not.

"I tiy lo paint pictures, as wiUi Borrowed Ground, and i find this more effective Uian shouting pofitical chants. I wanl to get people thinking, shake them up a bit"

Though being a communist .seems radical and extreme, John .says his con­victions are rooted in fundamental beliefs.

"I am a practi.sing CaUiofic, and 1 believe Uiat the basic Christian principles of com-l>assk)n and loterance need lo be adhered to for the survival of this planet." John .said.

"Self-interest groups, such as cor­porations, have to be removed as they are destructive to this ideal."

John pointed out the need for exten­sive research inlo non-fossil fuels to replace diminishing resources and save a tainted environment However he said Uiat enough research was not being done because corporations could not then make money out of the fuels they use such as die sun and wind.

In the days of Redgum, John would front songs such as Raggin' Raggin' and sneer'' If dial's being commo. it's commo where we sland". However these days Ross Muir

"This is an example of die destructive nature of capilalLsm, and why it will event­ually go," he said.

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She that knows, TELLS

ll you started QUT around the same time I did, 1986. you would have experien­ced a number of major changes to educa­tion. First there was the H ^ e r Education Administration Charge which started at $250 in 1987, By die end of the year Uie Government was looking to major res-

hucturing wiUi its Green Paper on liigher education.

By the time the Green Paper evolved into the White Paper (ie policy), institutions were already implementing Uie paper's recom mendations: smaller committees, amalgamations, etc. There has also lx;en a scramble for university status with QUT one of a handful successful so far.

In addition to the White Paper came the Wran Report on Funding of Higher Education which event ually gave birth to the current studenl tax.

Now Queensland too has jumped on Uie bandwagon of change to tertiary education with its proposal to introduce voluntary membership of sludent unions and guilds.

Briefly, whal does VSU mean? * Voluntary Student Unionism * You'll still be paying anyway- probably more * Privatisation only means profits go off-campus, not back into student services and facilities * Students lose control of student affairs * There is no group to truly represent the interests of students

* No more funding to clubs and societies * Loss of activities such as O-Week, the Oktoberfest, Drink-Uie-pub-dry, car rally * Lo.ss of advice and representation on educational concerns such as appeals againsi exclusion, how to obtain a stu­dent loan etc

...and much more. For more information on this, please read the arlicle on VSU on pages 16-17.

OTHER NEWS

The Engineering MaUis Seminars to help first-years pass Maths will be held again this semester so watch out for notices about this.

Ves, the Allernative Handbook will be coming out this year. Unfortunately it has been held up by the departure of one of the Guild's staff but is due out in die next few weeks.

Also in the next few weeks, a Blue Phone will be installed in Uie Law Faculty. QUT refu.sed to provide a phone for Legal Practice students even though use of a phone is necessary to their cour.se. So Uie Guild, Uie Faculty and die Legal Prac­

tice siudents got together to tinance it diemselves.

University Challenge is coming up in September and as we're now Q-U-T, we're eligible. The Guild will be running trials for the leam to be flown to Tasmania so gel out your Trivial Pursuit boards and slart memorizing.

Over the next few weeks you might have some studenls approach you ask­ing you questions about the Guild. In order to provide a better value for your fees we need your feedback so plea.se give them a few minutes of your lime.

Finally, QUT does it again. About 250 QUT studenls drank more Jim Beam Bourbon in one nighl at Mary Street nightclub (QUT Thursday) Uian 900 peo­ple drankatasimilarevental Uie Calam-vale!!! Could 1 plea.se have your names for the Drink-lhe-pub-dry?!

And don't forget to make use of your Guild. If you have any problems or com­plaints, please come and see us on the top level of the Communily Building.

Tina Lisselte PRESIDENT

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NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR FREE EDUCATION

Siudents from campuses all around Ausiralia rallied on March 22 in support of free educalion. Protesting against die ALP's education jxilicy, studenls pul for­ward demands including: abolition of the graduate tax and Higher Education Contribution Scheme, increase in Uie level of Austudy and the number of studenls eligible, abolition of Uie over­seas student charge, end Uie restructur­ing of education t>eing undertaken in Uie interests of l)ig business raUier than society as a whole.

Around 5,000 students demonstrated in Mellxiurne where there has been an

pay pay! extensive campaign including boycott of die graduate tax. In Sydney approx­imately 2,000 studenls marched, in Adelaide 1,500, in Perth a smaller group, while in Hobart and Newcastle NUS act­ively prevented Uie free education groups from organising anyUiing and Uiere were no actions.

In Brisbane 400 students assembled in Roma Sh-eel Forum and heard speeches about the restructuring of education, die graduate tax, the impact on already disadvantaged groups and what was hap­pening nationally in the free education campaign. Following tinis we marched lo die De|)arlnient of Employment, Educa­

tion and Training (DLLT) via the Queen Street Mall to present Uie list of demands. As expected there was a wall of police slopping studenls even entering Uie buOd-ing, let alone confronting those respon­sible for the policy. After DEET we went to the Taxation Department, only paus­ing to tell Victoria Brazil that her support of tertiary fees was not welcome. Again the police and again Uie Federal ALP government being protected from

"dangerous" students.

AlUiough Uie numbers were small this is just the beginning of Uie campaign. From here we can organise a campaign to fight for free, accessible, equitable and high quality education for all. But nol wiUiout the involvement of lots of students... so ifyou want lo get involved come up lo the Education area of the Student Guild. Leesa Oiesser

Director of Education

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Confronted by an attacker most women would have no idea how to adequately defend themselves. As a result of this realisation, self defence classes for women are becoming more popular. Susan Chapman, an expert in this field, recently held a self defence workshop at QUT for interested women. One participant tells us about it.

I spent my April 1-2 weekend at QUT with six other women, punching, elbow­ing and kicking the * * * * o ut of p unching bags, and each other, in the gym. (Just for something different). And hopefully these sessions will become a regular thing, in the hope of STOPPING viol­ence.

Self defence is something that usually does not come very naturally or easily to women. We are conditioned from childhood to be feminine, weak and sup­portive of men. Girls too often grow up believing it is wrong to hit back - "girls shouldn't fight", "you hit like a girl", "men don't know their own strength (it's not his faulthehurtyou)"-and that men should be forgiven for hurting us, because after ali, men are put in the world to protect us, aren't they?

No. Everj'one has the right to defend their own body and to believe it is worth defending, and this is the rtiajor princi­

ple behind women's self defence instruc­tion. The first problem is that women are not used to punching and kicking and have to get past the mental barrier of not feeling it's allowed. Many of us discovered justhow strong we were and how hard we could hit someone on that weekend. And knowing that boosts confidence.

Statistics of attacks and assaults indi­cate that it is in the first few moments that self-confidence is crucial. The way a women walks, looks at others, talks and reacts to a confrontation can deter­mine whetiier she will be approached

or hurt

Rape is a crime of violence, not sex, and the man is a coward in the first place to he attacking a "helpless" woman. In most cases the attacker can be frightened off by aggressive reactions.

Of course not every woman is comfor­table with kicking or punching and so each must work on those skills they find individually comfortable and strong. The basic idea of self defence is not to leam to fight, but enough to surprise or disarm an attacker and escape.

During the workshop, held by an

experienced female instructor and organised by the Student Guild, each of us worked on our own tactics for defence and escape, at our own pace. And now can in tum help other women, who care enough about themselves to be pre­pared, to discover their own abihties.

We have been approved after hours access to the gym and plan to meet regularly to practise and improve, and all women are welcome to join in. Con­tact Carla Gorton, Women's Services Officer, at die Guild Office on 221 3144.

Rebecca McGucken

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The Network of Women Students in Australia (NOWS.A) is holding its annual conference at FLINDERS UNIVEI ITY, SouUi Australia, from Tuesday 4lh lo Thursday 6th of July 1989.

This conference is the only one of ils kind being organised by women students, for and about women, on an annual basis in Australia.

The first NOWSA Conference was hos­ted by women from tiie Austiialian National University in Canberra during July 1987 and marked Uie beginning of an upsurge in activity by women studenls on many' campuses around Uie counlry.

The Adelaide NOWSA Collective, aim­ing lo continue this tradition, hopes that tills year's Conference will be as en Uiusias-tically attended and as successful as it has been in Uie past The recent inti oduc-tion of regressive education policies make it more important Uian ever for women studenls lo get togetiier and organise.

The theme of Uiis year's Conference is "Women - Building On The Past, Creat­

ing Our Future",

Speakers and workshops are curren­tiy being planned and women from all campuses are welcome lo suggest topics they v ish lo be covered at the Con­ference or volunteer to organi.se and facilitate a workshop of their choice.

WORKSHOP FORMS and REGISTR>\-TION FORMS are available from die Women's Resource Area, QUT Studenl Guild, upstairs in the Communily Building.

Registration bef ore. May 31st is S30.00

Registration after May 3Ist is S35.00 (l egisti-ation includes Uie Uiree-day Con­ference plus lunches and moniing'afler-noon tea).

Accommodation is being organised on a billeting basis to keep costs at a minimum for those attending tfie Con­ference from interstate.

For further information contact the Women's Resource Area, QUT Student Guild, phone 221 3144.

Public Meeting

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Communily Building

Screening of video "BROKEN PROMISES"

and Guest Speaker

Food and Drinks Provided

ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF WELCOME '

Hosted by the QUT Guild Women's Resource Area

and Women in QUT

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Followed By: Bus trip to an unsuspecting pub where you'll meet up with 300 students from different campuses (UQ, Kelvin Grove, Griffith University). There are some drinks provided free at the Venue. So come along and Drink The Pub Dry!

Or maybe just buy a carton and watch videos all day on a machine from Radio Rentals

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Since the last edition of Planet you per­sons have mi.ssed out on so much fun, fun. fun!! (Unless of course you were there). On April Hi, a group of appro.x-iinately (iO eiilhu.siaslic sports per.son.s nu't at the Kedron Park CAR campus for what was supposed to be the inter­faculty Sports Day. LInforfunately, the ri'sponse from mosl faculties wa.s pretty poor.

In the netball competition, the winner was 1 lenitli .Science (Nursing), followed by .Science (Biology), then .Science (iVIicro-Biology), A leam wa.s chosen to cf)m-pete at the State Intercol at (jalton for (JUT.

The boys (oops MICN) from Ijigineer-ing ariived in force lo i lay f(K)tball. 'Hiere were al.so re|xs from Cleology and Busi-

ne.s.s. A gixjd game of league was enjoyed by all, .Some representatives were also cho.sen for theState Intercol from these players. Competitors in volleyball. ba.s-kclball and tennis also turned up.

Points gained from the day will carry onto the QUT Cup Trophy points.

()n 29 .April. QUT will be going to com­pete against colleges, uni's from around Qld at the State intercol al (iitlon ((|AC:), The lasl two years QUT have brought home the trophies and we are hoping to make it a hal trick this year. If you have notiiing planned for tiie fvlay Day weekend whv not come as a supporter or even bet'ter still a (OMPKTnOR, Info in the gvm or from myself. Jody Martin Recreation Officer

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"HELLO VICTORIA YOU'RE SACKED"

Petition Valid

Just when you thought another occupation was completely out ofthe question, some .smart arse in the back of a .SDU (Students for^a Democratic Union) organising meeting, piped up and said "What.about the Finance Office-'". And so activity and iife was breathed hack into the pro-democracy mijvmeiu, and the executive in their well worn de­signer label "let's I read on eveiyone hut us" boots, began to tremble once more.

Having heard through "unknown sources" that Tony Ryan - the specially appointed, completely neutral friend of Cameron Spenceley's counting the petition - had reached a result, things were on the move. Apparendy Ryan had discovered (surprise! sur­prise!) that the petition was in fact valid, and unless he found some really good, completely irrelevant legal reason to invalidate it, he would find himself in the proverbial deep shit (and I don't mean the execu­tive).

So a rally v/as called once more, over one thousand students again attended, and this time about 400 stu­dents descended on Finance, aldiough many students, intimidated by the police with sledgehammers, de­cided to leave early. So we entered Julian Sheezel's olfice and before you could say "VSU" three times quickly, he was on the phone to Minister Litdeproud. I guess I should state here that the executive still main­tains they're not political or linked with Queensland National Party.

The occupation of Finance was a far more colourful affair than previous occupation - colourful mainly on die blue side of the spectrum. Thirty-five police, six police cars, two unmarked vehicles, two paddy wagons and a police bus all decided tojoin the fun, thought­fully called on campus by our beloved Registrar at the request ofthe executive. After a quick briefing by the executive the police restored peace and order by sledgehammering through door^i

the same arrogant, clitisi and unrepresentative way they have before. "The petition is not valid", they say. The acting president, Darren Stewart (who received a whopping 300 votes in lasl years election on the VSU ticket), told me he saw no reason why ihcy shouldu'l remain in office.

Fortunately, most students did not agree with him. At the rally last week wc saw another 2,000 siudents assemble to voice ihcir protest. Following the spea­kers, the largest occupation so far took place, wiih students occupying every office of the Union. !i was decided that an interim executive be announced and Jane Lye, Julie Hamwood, Russel Norman, Bob Heather and Jeff Chcvenon were elected on tlu* exe­cutive.

But this executive and their supporters have de­cided not to assume power as arroganilyasTBA, Their sole purpose as an interim Union is to arrange new elections so that STUDENTS can decided who ilu-v want 10 run their Union, They have aiieinpietl niaiiv times to negotiate with the old executive and were refused. All we want is new cicciions so that the stu­dents can decide, and finally settle this matter.

But once more the executive have concreted their heads into the floor of the Union Building and mass student and public opposition isn't going to shih

them. TheStudeiits fora Democratic Union have now been approached by busines.ses in Toowoomba who wish 10 provide financial support. We have received letters of support from caiiipu.sesall over Atisiraliii.

Bul even if ihey don't resign or have new elect ions, I don'l believe we can .say we've lost. For ihe first lime in vcais large ainoutiis of suiileiits have become in vol vetl and aware oftheir Union, and have shown a sirong comniiiment KJ fight lor democracy and hieir con­stitutional rights. The arrogance and coiiieinpi lor tU'uiocracy that ihisexecuiive has(lisj»li\yvtl is beyuiul belief. We can all feel sirotigand prontl that we have rought thesereactionarvloires on cainpns,and even if tliev don't go iu the next few inonihs, ihey will never take conirol of onr union again.

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So Hfe isn't really all beer and skitdes, but I guess 1 should state that their action was not motivated by boredom amongst those weirdo hippie socialists that hang around the Forum Area. Once more an occu­pation achieved a ver)' concrete result. The Registrar undertook co count the petition and we all know the result - Yes it's valid, with over l,9u0 real and verv-angry students' signatures, right there in red, blue, black and sometimes pink ink.

And how has die executive responded? In precisely

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QUT Student Guild Council's current discussions on making the Women's Rights area an Equal Opportunity area are inspired by similar moves by the Nadonal Party Student Union executive at UQ. Women's Rights al UQ are arguing against what diey consider to be rep­rehensible changes.

Two long meetings were held witii the Women's Rights committee and collective to discuss the pro­posed ammendments. These suggested changes were to change the name of Womens Rights to Equal Oppor­tunity Area, and to have men on the committee. They were put forward by Women's Rights vice-president Lesley Whitehouse, and die Union president, Victoria Brazil.

At die large meetings most women voiced objec­tions to tiie suggested changes. The idea of lumping togedier all the disadvantaged groups • the Aboriginal and Islander students, women, overseas students, and disabled students - inlo one area was. according to die UQ Union executive a "cost saving" measure. To those groups in question however, the assumption that one area (on a budget of $.51 000 and wilh only one full time organiser) can hope lo address such large and diverse groups is botii ignorant and insulting. The fact that of those groups only women's rights was notified, is horrendous.

Members of the Aboriginal and Islander Study Unit and the University of Queensland's Women's Associa­tion were tiiere lo argue against an Exjual Opportunity Area So loo were die UQ University's own Equal Oppor­tunity office shich argued tiiat the University Adminis­tration was opposed lo another EO. olfice on campus because of die name duplication and the lack of direc­tion in die area's objectives.

Al the two meetings il is decided that a name change to Women's Equality Area is acceptable bul Equal Opporlunity Area is nol. The issue of men on the com­mittee was deferred for further discussions.

At a legislative committee meeting two days later, die direction of the Women's Rights meetings were completely ignored by voting lo give Council die choice between a name change to Equal Opportunity area or Women's Equality area.

Tlie National Party executive have also attacked Women's Rights in the area of budget. Unbelievably, no money at all was allocated for workshops, conferences or Blue Stocking Week. There is no way that Women's Rights can be effective without money for campaigns. •

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people supporting us - die University academics, o t h e r j j ^ f i ^ g , , ^^^ .^ ^j^^ ^^^^^^^^ lig ^ I ^ ^ student Unions." ^^^^^i . .^ . . . , : i • • * u i J TU

— ^||||B|mi|imaniacly grinning face as he slammed the canmoreverse and smashed it inlo my own car turned lo Amanda and said, 'Let's look at the moon, for| his time is limited, and a new dawn will arise,'"

"I've never been involved in student ))olilits before I guess I've been guilty of the general stiKleni apathy that exists when it comes ot gettting involved in ,siii-' lent issues. But, the day thai l" went to a sit-in and ,saw lozens of 'hired thugs' bombard their wav inlo Ihe Jnion building. Violently forcing their way tlirtmgli

inasses of sit-in supporters to help force Victoria itito i die building -1 saw a blinding flash of light and IKNKW il

/as my destiny to fight to the death, until democracy /as once again restored in our Union. Since thai day -1 :now... I've been on a mission from (JOD."

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« seem lo manage to crawl away, refusing lo die; but w e | A | ^ ^ ^ ^ with body lice and bad manners, I saw a socialist one g j pgw in the end It would. 1 know we will eventually,» ^ ^ w night bul you could hardly hear him over the clink of B defeat the Country Toad." | ' ^''"' ^^ ^ ''^^' ^''^^ .sleeping in Victoria's office, poker chips and pop-fizz of beer cans coming from the \mm i BH^^ ' ^ ' ^ J | MM W^SS^i •< v! -^raThere was a nice comfy couch lolie down on. but Vic-fat dudes card game in the coffee room. They had l o d P ^ l ^ ^ ^ * | *»^Pf t^^»-» ^'^Z•'(OlMP'^'-"^ ^^^'' buddies kepi ringing up all nighl to see il we play in there because the big meeling room was full | "u-g ,^^^ "j. ."they've gol the account and weVef were still there. They stopped after we lold them il with everyone watching videos and drinking bourbon. 1 ^ ^^ offices Who know.s where il will go'?" ^ ^ "' matter who was ringing, we were going It > lireak tjccept for Linda - .she was knitting," ^TBFM ^^^^mskm^^tt t y c l gJSi RiGV'l " '•' ' Byrne's arms for it."