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Others to follow?

Joe Patti, 2nd from left, at a recent Executive Grudge Meeting.

At the Union Council meeting held on April 18, Joe Patti, the Union Honorary Secretary, tendered his resignation. This resignation was accepted at the meeting on April 25th The Assistant Hon. Secretary, Peter Clarke, has been appointed Acting Hon. Secretary until elections can be held. Ken MacDonald, Chairman of the Activities Standing Committee, has tak^n on the job of Acting Assistant Hon. Secretary. Nominations for the position of Hon. Secretary will open on May ! and close on May 20.

Various rumours have been floating around that Joe's resignation was caused by personal differences with other members of the Union Executive. These rumours have no foundation in fact. The sole cause of Joe's decision to resign was overwork. Since he took office last September, Joe has been working more than a full eight-hour day in his office. In addition to this, he is expected to keep up with his course. He has not been able to do this, and after a trial period, during which he tried to limit his Union work to a level which would allow him to work on his course, he felt he had to resign before he completely ruined his chances of getting a degree.

Joe's position is not uncommon among the active members of Union Council. Alf Nucifora spends about 70 hours each week doing Union work; Peter Clarke can usually be found in Union Office; Vince FitzGerald, the Hon. Trr.isurcr, puts in many long hours (If.iling wilh the chaos in the Union's Finance Section; the Semper editors have averaged 5 hours sleep for llic past three weeks.

Tlicre is a strong possibility tliat more resignations will follow. Jn the face of massive sludent apathy, many of these active officers are starting to wonder why they are jeopardising their courses by spending time working for the Union. There is a small, but highly vocal, minority who hang around the Executive Suite and who seen) to think ihcy have licence to criticise anyone without doing any constructive work them­selves. The activities of these people do little lo encourage hard­working olficers to continue slaving their guts out.

It is clear that the days of laissez faire administration of the Union are over. In 19G6, the President often came to the Union Buildings for an hour a week. The situation has changed to such an extent that Alf is lucky if he is

away from the Union for an hour a week! With each Council Meet­ing, the Union takes on more responsibilities, most of which have to be discharged by ihe hard core oF activists.

The situation as it at present exists cannot continue much longer. The Union is becoming too large to be run wholly by part-time student oiTicers. There seem lo be two choices: to have a full-time paid Warden, as wc no\v have a full-time paid Refectory Manager; or to institute paid study leave for the President and possibly other officc-bearen.

The danger in employing a permanent Warden would un­doubtedly be the possibility that, over the years, he would gain control of the Union to the extern, that the honorary oiTicc-bcartTs would be unable to impose the students' wishes on him. Tliis happened to some extent with the previous Union Manager.

The idea of paying tiic President and persuading the University to allow him a year away from his sludies seems to be the ixst for J he Union. From informal talks with the Administration, it seems that

they would have no objection lo the President taking a year's lca\e of absence. The only difficulty now is to find a source of money to pay for a full-time Piesidcnt.

A sub-committee of Union Council is at present investigating means of reducing the work load on llie olficers ofthe Union.

it has been suggested that the Union be split, as in Southern Universities, where the Union is run hy the University and there is a Students' Representative Coun­cil (SRC) whicli exists to keep student politicians liappy. Any

proposal to split the Union would undoubtwily meet with great resisumcc, because an SRC would, by its nature, never have tlie resourrcs tn be able lo take the kind of action that the Union took jusl after the march last year.

From all this confusion, one thing is clear: some action will have to be i.ikcii soon to reduce the load on Union' olficers. if action is not taken, there could easily be a mass resignation, which would mean thai the University would be forced to step in and run the Union. And this wou Id nol be desirable.

NOTICE Nominations for the positions set out here­under open on Wednesday, May I, and close on Monday, May 20. Nominations must bear the signatures ofa nominor and tv/o seconders and should also be signed by the person nominated.

HONORARY SECRETARY ELECTORAL OFFICER

All nominations should be forwarded to the President, University of Queensland Union.

Authorised by A. J, Nucifora, Preifrfenl, U.Q.U.

SEMPER FLOREAT FRIDAY MAY 3 1968 - PAGE 2

semper floreat' the UQU. newspaper

Friday May 3,-1968

La.st vvcckfJid's Stinday Mail carrifd a .slory on page 13, liwidcd "University in iiivcslij^alc drug atifsls". Tlic arlicli: dealt with two students at this Uiiivnsity who were recently convicted in Sydney of posscssini iiictlie-drine and were lined SIOO each. In the article, a spokes­man for this University was quoted as saying that the University might consider il necessary to take action againsi these students, because oi" ihe bad name lhat the university was getting by association with the use oldrug.s.

There Is no doubt that the University has ihc legal riglil to take any action they may consider appropriate, as the .Senate has general power to acl on any matter alTccting the good name of the University. We would suggest, however, that the Univeisily has no moral right whatso­ever to take any action. These students have already been punished lor their indelensibly antisocial actions by a hefty fine, We do not feel that the University has any righl lo impose a second punishment for the same odencc.

KULTUR REVISITED

An open letter, signed by Brian Lavei-, and headed "Reply to ,Mf", drifted inlo our olTicc during Commem. Week. .Mlhough addressed to .Mf, il appeared to be a reply to our editorial in the 17 April Semper. Brian appears to think thai All' writes our editorials. We would like to assure Brian, and any oilier doubters, lhal wc wrilc our own ediloriais, without help from anyone; lhal they rcpreseni our opinions; that we will criticise anyone whom we think deserves criticism; and that we do nol accept suggestions from anyone as to the content of editorials.

Kennick

EDITED BY: nick booth & ken bradshaw

ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Vaca n cy

BUSINESS MANAGER: peter scally

STAFF: THE FOLLOWING KIND PERSONS ASSISTED'THOSE ABOVE IN THE PRODUCTION OF THIS ISSUE...

Alan Murphy, Jan Hafner, Billboard magazine, many kind anonymous correspondente, and onr cont r ibutors , whose names appear below t h e i r a r t i c l e s .

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TypMMtini by QUMMUH^ TyM Str**** Kt|ttt«r«4 In Autinlia for (nnimlsilon Pty. \xt, by pMt u t MW(H»«>'<

Sirs,

Mr. Gnuid has rc.id my letter to tlic Couriet-MaH very carelessly; fonscciiicntly his "answer" fS.i-". 2fl.3.68) creates a totally wroriR itnpression ofthe conteiU of my lellcr.

l-"irsily 1 complained alxiiit the inadequate training in Entjtish expression for .Srienre and lingitiecrins; students. This implies iliat many of ilicse stiulenls have a weakness which I deplore iiiit did not c()in]ilain aljmil. The subtle difTerenrc lictwecn cause and cfTcct escaped Mr. CJmdd. Obviously 1 should have said that all students rec<;ive inadequate iraininR in English expression.

i still maintain tiiat wrilint? essays full of whimsical ideas is not adequate irainini; for wrilini; reports. If I must train a man to carry packs up a mountain I will nol send him runnini^ round in a meadow picklni; dainty flowers.

Because I coinplaincd alwut a i)ias in llie syllabus Mr. Gould accuses nie of "culture knocking", Iconoclast that 1 may be, but 1 clialiensc him to substantiate his accusation. In support of my com­plaint ahout the syllabus allow me to quote from memory from an editorial in "The Australian".

"'i'hcy killed Shakespeare for us in High School and made us liissccl the body line hy line."

Docs .Mr. Gould really want lo perpetuate this? Clan siuonihly flowing prose ever lie a hindrance? Certainly not in

an essay when the reader can afford the time now and again to re-read a sentence to fully appreciate lio\v meaning and form of expression blend to create beauty. But reading and absorbing facts one docs not want to be disturbed by beauty.

Of course an criRinccr knows that an engine must be cranked to start it; he also knows that you cannol run a petrol cn.gine on diesci fuel.

'Hic crushing emphasis on Shakespeare and poetry is ofTensive to mc because it ignores the difTercnce in interest and abilily of the students. If inathemaiics can be ofTcrcd to difTerent levels why not Ivngiish also ?

Mr. Gould says that iny thesis that language was invented in the first place as a tool for communication is philosophically debatable. Bul lie fails to bring up even one argument againsi it or to ofTer an alternative.

It is extremely narrow to call an Engincrcing faculty without Shakespeare and poelry a cultural desert. To nie the sophisticated design of an engine or a harbour, or a pcnetraiing scientific hypothesis arc no lesser parts of our culture than a good play — difTerent hut on the same level.

To summarise: all I asked for was less bias, more recognition of other needs. Musi it be Vanity Fair? Would not A Town Like Alice be acceptable or must it be ruled out because it was written by an engineer?

E. T. Steller, Department of Mathematics

FREEU

Sirs,

Mr. Peter Dwycr's article on a free University of (Queensland in April 17th Semper impressed me both by the excellence of his ideas and the unreality ofthe proposed means of cfTccting them, Brisbane is nol Sydney, and 1 would suggest that we tiavc neither the resources nor the widespread enthusiasm lo run a separate Free U. on a satis­factory basis, i.e. both to produce worthwhile academic work and avoid preaching ctclusivcly to the converted.

I would, however, suggest that there are quite sufficient people here inicrcsted in broadening their horizons in a moderately dis" ciplincd way to form a Club or Socicly for this purpose. To theorize for a moment, such a club would comprise undergraduates together with postgraduates and stalT. The subjects for discussion couid be chosen, say, a fortnight in advance of the meeting, and the members would do as much preliminary reading and thinking as they had tim c and inclination to do. Pcrliaps a postgraduate student or self-sacrificing StafT member with sonic retcvanl qualifications could be appointed to chair the nieeling,

1 think such a club would have a much higher chance of survival than a free U., and would provide a hard core of hot-eyed fanatics to organise a proper free University at sonic date in our rosy future.

Yours sincerely, Gordon Soanics

PS. I notice that Mr. Mitch Tliompson was mentioned in connection with Mr. Dwycr's sclicnie. It would appear lhat SDA has ils eyes set on a much higher goal than control of the Union, ihcy arc going after the Senate now.

FILMY

Sirs,

Tlic University Film Group, although ofTering a fine selection of

filnis for l9fA gives evidence of a Bergman bias on the part of its

organizers. Alrcidy ,in the first two Avalon screenings, wc have seen "Smiles of

a Sunimcr Night" and "Seventh Seal"; and later this year the Avalon-screen will be illuminated by "Through A Glass Darkly". Thus Bergman filnis will appear in three of the Group's six Avalon screenings this year.

Even thougli \ consider Bergman THE Director, and I have seem these films many times, I feci il to be the policy ofa Film Socicly to .show films which are representative of a variety of cinematic trends .so as IO make the word "genre" one with unlimited connotations. In this way. Film Societies become informative and discu.5sion-provoking organizations.

The Film Group's extensive 16mm formal of films achieves whal I have said above. It's a shame it does not do this .is fully in its contact wilh the public at the .Avalon.

A Film Group Member, Arts l \

Sirs,

Yesterday 1 noticed a lecturer's door in Semper OnTicc. Surely Semper isn't that .short of funds that you must resort to pa%vning doors.

Yours insincerely, DOORLESS

{For the benefit of Doorlcss and other kind correspondents, the dooi in question was presumably removed as a Commem. prank, and was dumped in Semper Ofiice for reasons bcsi known lo the pranksters. Wc deny all advance knowledge of, or entanglement in, this vile plot. Eds.)

CULTURED REDS?

Sirs,

The address by Mr, V. Beljacv, First Secretary to the Soviet Embassy (note the carefully clarified distinction between "Russian" and "Soviet" on opening his address) was indeed mo.si informative and gave somewhat complimentary mention to students ofall higher institutes of Icirning. This view appears to be shared universally, irrespective of political allegiances.

However, such information as was given in the .tddrcss, with all dm' rcspccl to the diplomatic corps, is indeed valid and worthy of ap­propriate acknowledgment, but the point of criticism I wish to raisi-is this — Do suidcnts want addresses only wilh a basically political undertone delivered to them by any diplomatic representative? I don't think so. Even if wc arc confrontt^d on decisions by audiences of virtually rival schools of political thought I'tn sure wc would welcoiiir hearing something ofa country's culture and traditions. In this case the U.S.S.R. — the old and the new, i.e. prc-1917 and po.st-1917.

Maybe the Soviet citizens don't believe in the .ixiom "All work and no play makes J.ick a dull boy" but, after all, Russia, as Russia (before the establishment of the U.S.S.R.) w.i.s hardly devoid of, or starving for, cultures and traditions — why should ihey be veiled fioni the Western World now? Why place total emphasis on indiisirin! achievements by the workers ? Let's face it, culture and imdition don'i die a sudden death as can governments!

No one denies the quality or cultural extravagance of visiting Soviet theatrical companies, so why omit to describe this side ''I" Sovicl life in address&s to students?

Politics may differ from country to couniry — each man has faith in his individual political belief — bul national cultures and traditions form a universal link of friendship and understanding between countries.

As the U.S.S.R. and Australia are, diplomatically speaking, <ni friendly terms, as Mr. Beljacv confirmed, I am sure that by includtui; mention of ihc cultural side of life, Australia and the U.S.S.R. would Ixs consolidating the strength of the universal chain of culture.

Thank you, Mr. Beljacv, for YOUR patience with us, but next time could nol Mr. Tarakanov sanction the mention of the cultural aspects of Soviet life? I'm sure we'd all feel just that lilllc more enlightened about a country ofwhich most of us know very little.

Iraida Vishcnin, Arts 1

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SEMPER FLOREAT - FRIDAY MAY 3 1968 - PAGE 3

AND YOU THINK YOU'VE

GOTA BIG MOUTH?

.'\t the last meeting of Union Council on April 25, a motion was passed "that approval be given for a short period of experimentation in the use and reliability of a closed-circuit sound station within the Union complex." The passing of this motion was significant in that someone was at last beginning to realise that there was more than one way of having a cam­pus programme on the air.

There are three basic ways of presenting a sound programme for students and there are many variations on each theme. We can — (A) Give our .sponsorship to a local radio

station as at present. This could lake the form used on Campus Beat where the station's DJ comperes the pro­gramme and inserts live or pre­recorded interviews with campus personalities throughout, or we can supply the whole programme run by Union personnel.

(B) Use a closed circuit system, as pro­posed in the Union Cotincil motion, in which the programme is channeled into the whole or a particular part of the Union complex.

(C) Adopt a system which is common in .America whereby wc set up our own low-power broadcasting station which gives coverage over an area of several .square miles.

Let us look at each of these systems in turn. ^

Let's face it that Campus Beat is a flop. It is certainly better than lasl year's effort ("Hi there all you Mintic Munchers out there at the University") but il is still not good enough. It is a fact that there has been no efibrt at all by Union Council as such to control and select the programme of this Union. All thai has been done is that President Nucifors selected a few of his friends to do segments in the pro­gramme and look this to Council for ratification three days after the programme went to air this year. Since then, all that Union Council has done is to ask the President to "take steps to improve the programme". No real improvement has ever been apparent. Part of the blame for this lies with the Union and part with 41 P.

As far as the Union is concerned, we never had much to oficr the programme in the first place. The show certainly gave reasonable publicity for campus events, but the "entertainment" the Union sup­plied it with was almosi in all cases of the lowest professional quality. There was Nucifora himself (enough said); Taurus (thankfully he has seen the light and resigned; he tried Iiard at first with his .'\lf-imposed gossip section but was con­stantly censored by 41P and finally sounded so bored with the programme that lie would liave gone lo sleep on the job had he not given il away); there is Honey (the girl with the caustic voice which doesn't match her name; she suOers continually from nervous brcath-lessncss and is almost embarrassing to listen to. Because of this the listeners lately are able to concentrate on what she is saying); and finally there is Peter Clarke. Peter is probably the only person from the Union who does anything for the show. His voice is acceptable and he tries very hard to rake-up interesting E.xecutive Suite loungers for interviews. Occasionally he gets interviews with members of the academic staff and normal University students. Peter is probably the person who docs mosl of the behind the scenes work for the show, but he is certainly not the person who gets all credit in the eye ofthe public.

If we are to use such a system, surely Union Council should set up a sub-committee to plan a format and select speakers. The system which allowed Nucifora to select his own friends was never a good one in the first place, and he and his friends are undoubtedly the biggest bombs to hit the airwaves this year.

It should be borne in mind that the Union, or rather Nucifora, is certainly not the entire cause of the failure of Campus Beat. The other reason is 41P itself. They constantly censor many of the better segments supplied by the Union for un­known reasons. They record all of the segments at the beginning of the week so that we often have Peter Clarke .saying on

Tuesday night — "Well, it's Wednesday already. How time flies!" or Alf talking most informedly on the success of an event which hasn't even occurred. They persist with their rigid format system so that Campus Beat is indistinguishable from any other 41P DJ programme. It must be admitted that after Scmper's last attack on Campus Beal, they began lo play a couple of tracks of folk music each night, but lhat is not enough to improve the show. The most annoying pari of the whole show is the constantly-recurring "just like to say a little about our 4IP Pay Your Bills campaign. It's designed to help most Uni siudents meet the cost of a University education." Bomb!

If 4IP wants to know what to do they should consider this. In the early days of Brian Perkins' old Varsity Review on 4BH, the show had the highest ratings in Bris­bane between 10 p.m. and midnighl. Perkins was a smooth and relaxed an­nouncer, completely unlike the "Hippy Happy Turn 'Em on" type DJ which 41P tends to produce like a flogging machine. He played a well-balanced programme of folk and jazz records which were not readily heard in other radio programmes. Certainly times have changed since then, and pop music is more to the fore among Uni. students, but not the sort of pop music that 41P have been playing. Perhaps the 41P heavies would receive a surprise if they look a survey ofthe record titles played mosl frequently in the Union music room. The Union also has an excellent collection of imported albums which wc are sure could be made available to 41P for taping.

In short, Campus Beat is a flop, and if 41P and the Union are at all interested in saving it, they don't really have an im­possible task on their hands.

The other aspect to ihe use of a local radio station (i.e. the Union supplies the entire programme), is probably not feas­ible at this time as no radio station would

be prepared to let us do it, and whether or not they can depend on us to do it is another matter of conjecture.

The closed circuit svstem was tried out to some extent during Commem. week, bul met with an obvious lack of success. The big problem here is that this system, by its very nature, is bound to impose on someone. The listener does not have any control over the volume ofthe programme and there arc no facilities for personal listening. .Another very important point is that such a service could be operated only during the day and early evening, and these are exactly the times when least listening response could be expected.

The ideal situation, of course, is for the Union to have its own transmiller, so that the programme could be received by an ordinary domestic radio set. The cost factor would, surprisingly enough, be negligible. Some estimators say we could get on the air for as little as S50.00. How the P.M.G. would react to such a system is something lhat has not as yet been investigated propeily. There has been talk that the .A.N.U. in Canberra is likely to be given permission to operate on a domestic frequency, but nothing has been confirmed as yet. With the proper sort of pressure among the power.s-ihat-be it is not impossible that we could be given per­mission to operate on such a basis. .An alternative would be to apply for a "ham" licence lo broadcast on a short-wave frequency. Even if we iiad to resort to this, many students could listen lo the pro­gramme and many more would equip themselves to listen if what we oflTered was good enough.

Semper believes that the last system is the only one which would be of any use to this University both as an entertainment and publicity medium. To give readers an idea of the estab­lishment, operation and service of­fered by similar stations in America, we publish the article below . . .

THE UNIVERSITY BOOKSHOP

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HACKENFELLER'S APE, Brigid Brophy SOc

THE MIND READERS, Margery Allingham SOc

THE CIRCUS OF DR. LAO (Science Fiction),

Charles G. Finney 65c

THE NEW SCIENCE OF STRONG MATERIALS or

Why You Don't Fall Through The Floor,

J.E.Gordon $1.00

THUS GROAN, Mervyn Peake $1.80

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WEAK Comes On Strong at MSII By DENNIS BLYTH Program Director IIVvIA' Hnditi, .\!icliii;nti

.Stale IJuivmiiy

Wonder.^ Hall, home o{ WEAK and about 1,200 siudeiu.s, is shown with portions of Iwo similar dormitories, all part oj lite South Campus Hall cott^plcx at MSU.

.A litlltr more than two years ago, WlvAK Radio tm .Michigan Slate Univeisiiy's caiiipus, began liroadcasling with home­brew fquipmeni from a dormitory room in North Wcmders Hali. The call lelteis of the slat ion, recalls station manager David .Morris, described fairly accuralely tlie scope ofthe operation.

"The primary reason for ils creaiion was the student dissatisfaction with the local commercial stations. The fact is that local commercial stations don't want to |jrograin to suit the students' taste. This fact was demf)nstiaicd to me in October when 1 vvas inicrviewing the Beach Boys when they appeared to a sellout crowd ol O.UOO at Jenisou Fieldhousc. .At that time a representative of WJIM in Lansing who was also on campus for an interview, told ine that they were not interested in progranuuiiig for the students' varied tastes lux-ause neither of the rating surveys included the campus.

".As A result many MSU students have iell that this campus was being ignored liy the nuisic-record industry. VVE.AK Radio was created to fill the voi<l."

There were many obstacles to be over­come, ['"unds had to be appropriated, equipment built, and a room procured. But the enthusiastic VVE.AK stafT worked diligently and WEAK Radio was on the air in April 196(5.

"During those times it was good to know that ihe dormitory advisory stafi' was behind us all the way," reports station manager Da\e .Vlorris. "They feel ihat radio is a valuable organizational acii'.i'.;. for the residents ofthe dorm. I'or \\\\s rea­son the station will remain a student rtti. activity sponsored by and programmed for the students."

"The success of our station," declares Jim Donahue, WliAK's promotion direc­tor, "was directly related to the enlhusiasm >

generated by ils staff. Our people didn't know very much about broadcasting, but they know a lot about music and they were willing to learn the rest. Most important was what the siudenls said about our station being VVE.AK and the homt ofthe STRONG SOU.NDS which helped us to promote ihe station. Il didn't lake us long to build studenl loyally to the station."

While WEAK had the necessary student supporl, il lot k quile a while to build the active support of rtxord distributors. Many letters were sent, but there was little co-operation until a trip wfts made to Detroit to visit distril)ulors personally. That's when things began to happen for the station.

At that time mosl of the distributors remarked that the survey was behind on certain records. Moreover, distributors claimed they did nol need another Hot 100 outlet in the Lansing area. At Music Merchants in Detroit, Jack .Vlillman offered the most cutting comment about

college stations: "The trouble with most college !?tations like younself is that they're not doing anything original for their audience, i can go to any of the com­mercial stations iii your area and gel better response from them than I can from you. You should be innovating — bringing new records to the attention of your audience before the other radio stations do.

"Moreover, you should lie exptM'iment-ing with different formats at different times. If college stations won'l at least do this, then they're nol worth anything to me."

Wl-lAK's delegation returned to the campus sadder but wiser; WEAK now set (Hit to set up new programming bv innovating formats designed for the college audience.

The lirst'lhing WEAK did was to take a .smvcy of lisieneis' tastes and to base its

This was tlie extent of WEAK's sttidio equipment when il began broad­casting a year ago.

programming on "what's happeninii. " This is programming based on ilic principle that in the dormitory situation there are certain hours in each day in which most of the residents are doins basically the same thing. For example. from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. most ofthe rcsidenls are waking up and getting out of hed. During this time period WEAK programs '» bright miLsic which is popular and pleasani to wake up to.

Correspondingly, it has been found iluK i the evening is the most popular study lime. Therefore, during the mid-evening houi^ VVE.AK programs an easy listening formal which is good background music liir studying.

"Program.ming lo 'what's happeniii!;' during each time period of the day keeps our audience happy and enables us to / program different formals during tlnir best respective time period. During each time slot we keep in mind what the com­mercial stations are programming, what our listeners have lold us they want lo hear in the survey. Using these factors we believe we have been able to set u]) a fonnat which is most beneficial for onr listeners by filling the void created by the local commercial stations.*

WEAK has also found oul thai tin station is an important media in supplying news. According to a study made by tlu-Michigan State University Conimuiii<:i-lion Arts Department, campus radio stations are the second primary course of news for the resident student body. 1 "i ihis reason, WEAK Radio carries inws live at 5.50 p.m., and has a stall ol campus correspondents in dorms wide!) scattered throughout the campus.

"WEAK innovated in another way in the area of information," reporls proni<i-lion direclrir Jim Donahue. "WEAK giv'"- :

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advance publicity to campus events, including special on-the-spot coverage of noted speakers, sports events and concerts. For example, when the Beach Boys were here on campus at Jenison Fieldhousc, WEAK gave them a special push in publicizing their arrival. The concert was a .sellout. When the Boys finally arrived on campus, we covered ihc concert and aired an exclusive interview with them. Wc travelled with them to .Ann .Arbor for their next conceit, and while we were with them WE.AK was the only station in Michigan to obtain exclusive Beach Boy promos.

"WEAK works hard to promote artists who are appearing in the area, even if their appearance is off campus. Our biggest l^roblem, however, is lhat wc have never received any advance information or any promotional inaterial about the artists involved. Campus radio stations can do a lot more to publicize tbe concert, biu only if distributors would co-operate and give us some advance notice.

"WEAK's relations with record dis­tributors have been fairly good. But this has mainly been due lo the fact that we have made regular personal trips lo Detroit lo meel distributors personally. Mailings of records from them have always been quite sporadic, however. For a while we were oii]y receiving the singles that really needed promotion. Thus we were iTiissing out on several that were hits. Album ser­vice was almosi nil.

"Then we embarked on a big pro­motional campaign, .sending distributors weekly copies of our Fabulous Forty and written material about the station and ils potential for influencing sales. This mail campaign was followed up wilh personal visits to distributors. The important thing about this campaign is lhat il must never slop.

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thing they would like exposed to the college audience, I see to it that the material gets played. Once a station acts on what distributors have to say, then that station gets the reputation of a place distributors will like to turn to for help in exposing new product. As long as the station is known for co-operating with and helping distributors, the distributors will be more likely to help the station."

One question that distrilnitors have ahout college stations is what happens lo their records when they are given to the station. Distributors have expressed con­cern that their records are not being played or that they are remaining in the hands of station per.sonncl.

WEAK has a system of filing records which avoids this problem. Every album or single that is received is given its own numbered IBM card. The record is then cataloged by listing the title, artist, label date received, format, type of selection and olher pertinent information on one side of the IBM card. After the statioti librarian fills out the card, the card is then key punched and fed along with the station's olher cards into the computer at MSU's Computer Center. The computer then makes alphabetical listings of each record under the proper format and hy tilic and artist. The station has these listings on file and each disk jockey is able to use these lisls to plan his show. We have found lhat this system saves time and work by librarians in the actual filing progress alone.

•Moreover, having a central listing helps the disk jockeys find the records quickly for request shows. VVE.AK recommends lhal olher college stations with access lo time on a computer use this system.

A constant headache to radio stations is ihe establishment of a survey, WEAK

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"Conmiunications between distributors and radio stations is vital to the survival of the station, Through this campaign, the promotion men are constantly kept aware of the station, and we, in turn, are kept informed of whal is happening in the industry. Moreover, mailings of singles and albums has improved considerably. .Nevertheless, the most valuable aspect of this campaign has been what promotion men have had to say. They have totd us which records have the most potential and which records they would like exlra promotion on. These men really know the business. We have found they know their records well and in addition they seem to have an excellent insiglu into the college audience.

"When they tell me lliey have some-

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prepares a survey for weekly distribution to the residents based on requests and record .sales. The publication of this list creates listener interest and also serves to inform distributors of what is getting the heaviest air play during Hot 100 hours. In addition to helping record distributors, campus stations can help the local record stores by letting them know of the new trends in music tastes in the student body.

Specifically, college stations .should let record stores know what is being requested and what albums arc being featured. WEAK Radin visils East Lansing record

stores weekly to obtain a report of record sales and to let them know what is being requested.

Commenting on the role of campus stations, .Mr. Orr, manager of the Disc Shop in East Lansing, said: "Campus stations should be aware of the students' tastes and promote them. Student radio stations and record stores should co­operate more. There should be more access on both sides to what is being requested on campus and about whal is actually selling." Orr further pointed oul lhal currently in Lansing this is not happening. Commercial stations are not reporting requests like they should be. He indicated that his store was reporting sales to the commercial stations, bul that the playlisls of the commercial stations were not responding to record sales. When handed a copy of the campus survey, a clerk in his store remarked, "This is one of the best surveys in thtr area."

The other record stores agreed with Orr. Al Campus Music, for example, the opinion was exprcsstxi lhal the commercial stations' playlisls were "too artificial" because the lisls are not made by actual record sales. Moreover, the commercial stations are not keeping pace with the stock that tbe stores had on hand. This is .shown by the fact lhat either the stations are playing ihings before the stores get a shipment or the stations start playing too late lo influence record sales ofa particular item.

WEAK Radio is acting as a stabilizer to counterbalance both those effects. By maintaining good communication wilh he record stores, it has been able to reflect

studenl taste and at the same time con­centrate ils efforts where ihey are most needed.

WEAK Radio has only been in opera­tion nine months, .\everthele.ss, it has shown that campus stations have a great potential if they lake advantage of their particular situation and innovate pro­gramming designed expressly for tlu" students. Campus stations need not get in the way of university administration. On the contrary, VVE.AK Radio has shown that dormitory advisory personnel will recognize the radio station as a beneficial educational activity. Campus clubs and organizations will use it lo promote their activities, Perhaps the most important factor in favor of campus stations is that the students themselves will respond lo the programming bt^eause it is "their" station.

What is the value of a "WEAK" staiion? As a source of news of world and campus t;vents, the staiion has provided a vahialile service to the rampus residents. By covering campus e\'ents and roniro-versies, the station has aroused the interest of the studenl body, and has made them more active in student government.

Uy'siiTssing increastnl communication with record distribulors, the station has been able lo promote singles and albuin product suceessfully.

In addition, \VE.AK Radio has kepi local record stores infbrnuid of the trends of music taste on campus. Hy making its appeal directly lo the college market based on "what's happening" in ibe student's daily life, WEAK Radio has shown ils strength to the student body. All this proves that even a WEAK Radio station can be sirong if it I.\.\OVATIvS!

This is an artisf's impression of whaf nnost 1968-type Uni.

students do come 10 p.m. most nights.

If you look closely, you'll find a simu­lated-John McCoy (see centre left),

bringing you {see top left) CAMPUS BEAT '(see Color Radio 4IP, 1010 on your transistor).

rhis happening occurs Monday to Friday from p.m. -11 p.m. What are you doing tonight?

SEMPER FLOREAT - FRIDAY MAY 3 1968 PAGE 6

ARE THE NAZIS A D.LP. FRONT ?

Our aim is to show that there are traitors in our midst. There are people who are proposing policies of militarism and aggression which our fathers fought against in World War II. This can only be to the detriment of our country.

Party advotates a loiifflicr line

will) N'irlnaiii War (iisscnicrs, sf)

(loe.s the 1)1.1'.

11 is known lhal the .N'a-/,i I'any

is .'til cxciciiic ri(;l)l-winj; p;irly.

11 itiiist :ilsii he ((ii)i°<-(Ic<l llijit (iiir

j)n'.scill (i()\rriiiti iMil is sliglilly

i in l l l of (•(•Hire. To iis(! the wnrds

III' a wcll-kiKHvn I'rililical .Scii-nce

tc<Hir(T at this University, " i f i l i e

1)1,1' (lisiigrees vvilli the present

CJdvertnncnt, it is iisnally frnin

ihr ri.i,'lit."

\Vi ' know of a well-known

reli.i;ions i 'ronp whicli has, in the

pasl, ajipealetl from the pulpit ui

ils ))eople to support the 1)1.1'.

How can i)eople )>roress t<i he

Christian and in the same hrcalh

((inddiie sal(iratior) honibini,' rif

populated areas oINor lh \ ' ielnain.

<'xl«;nsive use.s of napalm, siip-

jii iri a crirrnpi oppres.sive Clovern-

Mienl and deny national indepen*

denrr? \'in<e (Jair nnisi .surely

KJoal when lie re;uls in the news­

papers that ihe K""<i " 'd <ligS<-rs

have (onfiscaled more Vielnaitiese

ri<e or lortiircd ,'inother N'ieina-

rnese woinati pristttUM".

Dick .Sheariii.'iii

Mi (k Heri^an

.Nazi C!ermany lii'tievcd in

ntiackini; couniries that inighi

|>osstl)ly attack it in the future.

The ! ) I , I ' uses this pieie.M for our

atiark on Vietnam, and it seems

thai ihey would took favoiirahiy

upon an attack on Oliina. The

Na/is had an all-roiisiiTMiut; haired

of one serlion of .society, ihejews.

This hatred rohhed ihem of :dl

rhyme and reason and favour in

the eyes of ihe World. The D M *

has a similar haired of the CIHI I -

immisis wilh similar eliecis. Itoili

die Nazis and lliir D I . I ' virtleully

opiKise a Kroup with whose views

ihey do nnl aijree. The .Na/is

alleiiipied (he genocide nf all

Jews. The D M ' ardently supports

similar aclioit a(;ainsl the N'iel-

iianiese.

Wiihin the social and political

ort;.inisaiion of Ausiralia. olher

similariiies tan he drawn, firstly,

the Na/is helievi* in almosi loial

militaiy niohilisaiioii. The 1)1,1'

lias for years heeii advocalinK vast­

ly increased military expendiliire.

and .Seiialor (.'. Hyrni', i lui i in; a

speech here al ih<' I'liiversily, said

lhal the D L i ' would he in favour

nf a luulear deterrent. The Nazi

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Perhaps witli the Common­weaUh Public Service — ir you've done very well — and have a good knowledge of Australian and world afTairs — and arc interested in research and planning. Or perhaps in journulisni — if you're very, very lucky. Or in computer \vork — if you like the idea.

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ODDS and

ENDS If you read this column avidly enough, you'll remember that the Job Corps was mentioned last time. This week, it's not just being mentioned — it's being pushed.

This is something that requires complete self-sacrifice on your part — from two to four hours "sacrifice" per year. Students arc always screaming that there should be more participation in community affairs. Now that we have the chance to do something, the response (pre­dictably) is limited.

So far, the Union has had applications from over 70 pensioners, some of them in such need that they can barely afford three meals a day. Fifty students have volunteered, but we need many more just to keep the Corps operating.

The Job Corps involves minimal effort on your part, so why not do the right thing hy people who really need you?

Plrtii.1 nre being mnilefor a Regional Conference nf Qiieenslwid Tertiary

Sltid'jils nn May 2.j nnd 26. Those invited include Ihe Tech., Brisbane

Tenclitrs' Cnlleges, Tfiwiisvillt [/>ii'i«rsity College, Gallon Ag. CalUge,

and Rockhamjilon nnd Darling Downs Techs. This Conference tvill

firm-ide an opportunity for Ihese organisations lo meet in an informal

atmosphere lo discuss common problems. A similar Regional Conference

lakes place ihrte times each year among the Universities of jV.S.W.,

A.C.T. nnd Qld. it,is hoped that the QJd Conference will become a

regular event, so lhat Ihe stronger organisations will be able to help the

smaller, ivcaker ones. The outcome, however, depends on the amount nf

supporl received.

Faint rumours have reached the ears of this reporter that Sports Union is planning its own magazine in com­petition with Semper. Title as yet undecided; Sports Union spokesman as Editor. It will probably be duplicated, and is expected to have a circulation of about lOOO, (The Editors of Semper have been unable to check whether the above is correct, but if it i s we would like to congratulate Sports Union on taking this step, thus futher removing themselves from contact with the majority of people who pay for SU's activities.)

The Union has received a number of complaints from residents of

Roseclije Street, Highgate Hill, tvho nre concerned about Ihe amount of

noise coming their way from dances held in the Union Buildings.

Apparently the sound from Ihe bands wafts oul of the Relaxation Block,

hits Ihe river and rejlects inlo Rosecliffe .Street. Union Reprei'.ntalives met

ivith residents one Saturday night recently. Unfortunately, this icas a

quiel night al Ihe Union, whilst the next night was noisy. Residents were

nol amused. Discussions are continuing.

Ifyou would like a good night's entertainment on June 1, roll up to Locus. This is costing over $1000 to put on, and will include four bands, three dance floors, a disco, a wine & cheese party, folk & jazz concerts, coffee lounge, comedy & sex (maybe) films, a discussion group, free food and much drink. The door prize is a trip to Fiji by air + $50 expenses. Apart from all this, it's for CAA — Community Aid Abroad — so you can do good for others while you enjoy yourselves. Why not come? $1.50 single, $2.50 double.

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more open forum INTOLERANCE

Sirs,

Presuming that he was correctly quoted, I absolutely deplore Mr. Nucifora's statements in the Courier-Mail, 22 April, reprinted below, condemning the Monash siudents who staged a mock cruci­fixion. To coin a phrase, I cannot condemn him strongly enough. I am sick of having the word "responsibility" equated with a blind acceptance of the Establishment's values. One supposes that the President of the Union would be a man of matiirity and integrity. In the pompous, pontificating and intolerant statements he has made, Mr. Nucifora demonstrated neither of these qualities. If his pro­nouncements represent his genuine beliefs, then he is open to criticism for his dogmatism. If he merely subscribed to the conventional view for fear that the mock crucifixion would have an adverse effect on the Union's Commem. Charity Drive, then he is beneath contempt. The only ray of light I see is the possibility that Mr. Nucifora was voicing his personal opinion. If he was authorized tospcak for the Union, then all is lost. Where arc the Light .ind Liberty in this place?

G. Peck, .Arts 111

Dear Mr. Peck,

» I fed lhat I must make some kind of reply toyour letter. Firstly, Alf .\ucifora,

as President of the Union, is authorized lo make statements on behalf of the

Union, and is required lo do so many times each day. Should he say something

to which Union Council violently objects, he can be censured by that body.

Secondly, I believe lhal Alf's reaction was the one lhat should befell by everyone,

regardless of his personal religious beliefs. I do not believe lhal il should be a

part of anyone's ethic lo mock olher people's religious beliefs. Thirdly,you accuse

Alf of intolerance. Doyou not feel that you own teller shows just a little of

this same fault?

Nick Booth, Co-ed'Uor, Semper

NUCIFORA HITS AT SACRILEGE

QUEENSLAND University Students' Union president (Mr. Alf Nucifora)

yesterday deplored the action of a small group of students at Melbourne's Monash University who staged a mock Crucifix­ion. "Nothing like that hsus

ever happened up here, nor Is It ever likely to," he'said.

"It Is certainly not our concept of a ROod prank.

"It is one thing to put on a prank; It Is another thing to be completely sacrilegious.

"I absolutely deplore this action. I cannot con­demn It strongly enough."

Mr. Nucifora said • the union was worried that this action by a minority of students at another unlvebsity could hamper Ite efforts to show that university students gener­ally were responsible niembers of the com­munity.

Hurt drive It could aJso react un­

favourably on the union's

Commem. Charity Drive the aim of which was to raise $25,000 for about 35 charities.

He said several students who had taken part in a nouse-to-house appeal In Brisbane yestercfoy had had doors slammed in their faces.

Others had been abused by people who. had read of the Monash students' action.

"We are very worried that this will be reflected in Commem. Week takings, and that the charities will sitffer as a resuJi," he said.

Mr. Nucifora added that the house-to-house col­lection had returned $1200. taking total appeal re­ceipts to date to $3000. !

SEX Sirs, .

I refer to the article "Sex rears its ugly head again" in Smptr, 17 April.

From a physical viewpoint, there is the risk of V.D. Doctors may eliiTiinate a source of infection in those who go to him with the view of indulging in premarital intercourse, but the ethic proposed by this particular writer would probably also encourage promiscuity among those not so hygicnically-mindcd.

From a mental angle, it would seem to me that the ethic which condones premarital sex would promote certain adhesion to Freud's "pressure principle". Surely, life is more than following a principle which ends in self-gratification, quite apart from any harmful psycho­logical cfTccts implicit in that principle.

Further, ii seems that repeated application of the "premarital" e*nic would, in time, make for a rather washed-up, bored individual. The pleasures of this life have an unhappy tendency to clog at some stage of their repetition, . "Mutual affection" is quoted as a desirable attribute of those

desiring sex together. True, it would seem, but the wirter also says, in effect, that many tnen, even-those with "experience", prefer virgins as marriage partners. It would seem, ticing these two statements together, that affection for an unmarried girl would preclude inter­course, on the grounds of the possibility of jeopardising her hopes of free choice in marriage. My argument, in this instance, would

naturally fall down if the pair consenting to premarital sex also married from free choice. Otherwise free choice for the girl would be limited to men who weren't so fussy.

What this has to do with aflTcction is lhat aflcction implies goodwill to the other person. Goodwill would not limit a person's freedom of choice. (1 make a distinction between goodwill and good intentions.)

On psychological grounds, I hypothctically propose that sex-drive is behind much work-drive, so that direct expression of uncontrolled sex-drive would reduce this work-drive. In the manifestation of this would be lack of interest in one's work, preoccupation with people as sexual objects, and other physical effects described above. {So hotv come all married men aren't wrecks? — Eds.)

Morally; Marriage is obviously not a prerequisite for sex, according to the article. I a-sk, "VVhat is marriage for, then?" To mc, marriage creates a stable structure within which two people can share life and rear children. Marriage, from a commonscnsc viewpoint, while not necessarily a prerequisite for sex, is necessarily a prerequisite for a family. Broken homes and neglected children would otherwise be created. The hum.in animal has that property of being dependent on its mother for many years after it is born, and our society has a property that the mother needs another person to support her and her child. It is therefore expedient from her point of view, and that ofthe child, that she lives with this providor in a legitimate state which we call matrimony. (Apart from that, marriage has many pleasant attributes!!)

OK, then ~ the writer says that if there is a risk ofa child arising from premarital sex, use abortion or the Pill.

About abortion, I think it is an imnatiiral way to terminate a process initiated by what (I have read) is one of man's most natural and exquisitely pleasurable experiences — which is a shame. 1 have read also that many girls go ihrough some lurid experiences at the hands of unscrupulous abortionists. True, legalisation of abortion would mean that it would be done by trained people, thus taking away the physical horror, but it would not rcmo\'C the sadness that a sensitive girl would experience at the loss of something which might have been, but wasn't.

To mc, the Pill is right in Hnc with the cheapening ofthe value which wc would othcr\vise place on sex. Various artificial means have been used from time immemorial to prevent pregnancy, but to me, all these have made sex about as mechanical as \veariiig a bathcap in the bath to prevent one's hair getting wet. The point is, that all these precautions prevent a rather wonderful and naiiual process from occurring. Why not let nature take its course, and that wiihin a stable relationship such as marriage, so that love of children is substituted for the fear of having children. Surely this is greater and more lasting than tlie transient self-gratification gained from a casual relationship between consenting partners.

.\. Virginian

SEX Sirs,

In the article titled "Sex Rears Its Ugly Head .Again" {Semper, 17 April), the writer states "This type of sludcnl (more likely lo be a sludent it) Med., Engineering of Law), it would appear, engages in intercourse (sexual) at Icist once or twice a week, usually a furtive ten miiuucs in the back ofa car rather than a night in bed." It is reassuring thai your correspondent considers lhat Med., En­gineering and Law students prefer their intercmirsc in the traditional way. {But see 0ED for definiliou of intercourse — Eds.) However, his estimate ofthe frequency of intercourse by ihc average student in the Faculties favoured by his opinions would be true, I submit, only in cases where the average student is married, keeps a mistress, or backs up for a second helping (smorgasbord style) before discarding the offal.

The hypocrisy of the "double morality" (nialc students who wish to have intercourse before marriage and yet \vant to marry virgins) is patent. The iconoclastic writer of "Sex Rears, etc." has, whilst expressing his views on the righteousness of fornication, overlooked the cumulative effects on the chances ofa satisfactory marriage between people who have had intercourse (not necessarily wilh each odier) before marriage.

The writer has chosen to restrict his comments bclwccn the time the girl swallows her daily contraceptive to the ninth mouth after she has a particular act of intercourse. This attitude is permissible for those whose thoughts extend no further. Whilst I don't object to this narrow view being held by misogynists, I submit that it is foolhardy for those who ultimately hope to become husbands and wives to have such narrow fields of view.

If a couple seeks help from the Marriage Ciiidancc Council, one question put to them in the course of interviews is "Did you have intercourse before your marriage?" If the answer is "Yes" (as it almost always ts), this is an important factor in analysing the reasons for the erosion ofthe marriage. It is common ground, for example, that very few shotgun weddings survive the test of married life. Similarly, the percentage of marriages coming before the Marriage Guidance Council in which intercourse before marri.'ige is admitted is far higher than the percentage of marriages in which it is rcisonably estimated that intercourse took place before marriage. The marriage in which both parties arc continent before the wedding therefore has a far higher chance of survival.

1 submit lhat the Editors of Semper Floreat would be doing a signal acl for their readers if they approached the Marriage Guidance Council and obtained an article on the subject "The effects of pre­marital intercourse on subsequent decadence within marriage", or some similar title, specifying how premarital ploughing helps to dig

the marital grave. It seems lo nic lhat it is indeed a Pyrrhic victory for the couple who have intercourse outside marriage — tlic boy becomes "experienced"; the girl becomes "second-hand" — ycl both face the same far l.irger prospect of airing diriy linen before marriage coun­sellors or the divorce courts.

As a Law sludent, I have a fiduciary inicresl in encouraging fornicators (adulterers and paramours, loo) to "enjoy" ihcir activities, believing lhal by the lime today's miscrcanis have married and cohabited for a few years, they will be potential clients for the divorce courts. However, those who have chosen to remain continent until marriage in the belief thai good things are worth wailing for, are tn be congratulated on their exercise of wilipfnvcr in the face of eon-sidcrable adversity.

I have mafic my decision on which course to follow and am not in the least worried aboul being classified as some kind of square. Neither should you.

Vovirs faithfully. Mens Consria Recti

Law II

VfCHY INCIDENT "I believe this play to be a plea for awareness, to see and not just look, to understand and not just hear, to communicate and not just talk.

"It Is a small 'incident' that could happen anywhere, at any time, and to any person, race or religion, if we refuse to coexist and see each other as human beings." Bunny Brooks, director.

The rendition of .Arthur Miller's Incident nl Vichy, ronrcrning the Irealmcnt of ihe Jews, maintains ihc high standard scl by the .Aris Theatre groups with iheir performance o( Justice is a Woman. Roles arc well cast. The sirong appear sirong; the weak, weak; ihc foolhardy and incredulous are plausible characters but wilhoui the excellent technical effects the play might have been reduced to mediocrity.

The set is startling, naked and unchanged throughout ihe per­formance, A black swastika plays over the scene which is bathed in a symbolic blue li.ghi, offset by two harsh lamps in the wings to add force 10 the rharariers who arc under the strain of an impending inierrogaiion.

The drama builds up noiireahly and, not pcrmilied the luxury of an interval, one can leave, relieved that this type of event docs nol happen any more . . .

P.S.

RASHOMON There is a problem at tbe University theatre. How does one explain to an experienced professional producer and a v/cU-rehearsed enthusiastic cast that just because they are present­ing a worthwlille dramatic experience to Brislnne theatre­goers, there is no guarantee tliat they will have large aud­iences? You might wish to argue that if the production is first-rate, then audiences will automatically increase. If this is true, the University theatre siiall be filled to capacity every night for the next week.

The production? Rashomon. The producer? Ron Ray. Ray has managed, with a largely inexperienced cast, to achieve a tremendous "total" effect. One enters the decorated foyer under a Japanese-type arch, only to find oneself immersed in the time and flavour — the complete atmosphere of the play, it is probably true to say that it is the aimosphere which reconciles and renders cohesive whal could be disturbing inequalities in acting abilities and what could be gimmicky ihcairica! effects. Well — you Iry idling people lhal there is a bamboo forest on stage, and a revolver, not to mention a real horse,' and "veal", wel, rain.

Apart from a fascinating stage set, Rashomon deserves a jirize for being perhaps ihe best handled production, technically, lhat Dramsoc has had for years. The only flaw, noted on the opening nighi. was the creaking of one of the side stage projections, and this has now been eliminated.

None ofthe aciors could be said to shine, but then, who nerds shiny actors? They were all more than adcqnaie, and achieved inspiring moments — Bridie Comes' face turned wilh anguish towards the magistrate; Nick Langton's first death; the farcical duel between Langton and Russell Tliomiien.

The theme of the play is age-old, is perpetvially relevant, and is presented forcibly ihrough the four versions of the supposedly one incident: "truth is but a firefly; now you sec it, now you don't". So lake a hint, sec Rashomon while it's here.

R.G.

ISLES LANE, BRISBANE

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SEMPER FLOREAT - FRIDAY MAY 3 1968 - PAGt 8

OUR THREE PRISONERS Amnesty International at Queensland

University

Amnesty Iincrnatinnai, the only intor-iiiilioiial moviMiiciil dtrdicalcd to llic protection oi" free political opinion and rc'liKion.s In-licf, is not iiotoiioiis in Qiiecns­land, .'\n arlicle in ".National U" of I81I1 Maicii, cniiilcd "Piisoner.s of (lon.scicncc" presented a general accoitnl nf the organization's aims and mclliods and nienlioned thai Aninesly groups "operated at Adelaide, La 'I'lobe and Melbourne Univei-silies." A group of Amnesty has also been "operating" in Queensland Univeisily for the past ten months. It was formed al a public meeting of studcnst and staff and is now ready lo expand ils activities. The group has adopted three prisoners — a Malaysian — a Greek and a German. 'I'be main ain) nf this article is lo publicize tliese cases, it is, however, first necessary to provide a litlle background.

Amnesty in Action Amncsly proceeds as follows: Informa­

tion about arrests of persons for "con-.scicntious" ofrcnccs is compiled by the Inlernationa! Secrclariai in London. Their main sources are the iulernalinnai press, broadcasts, information from exile organi­zations and private communications from the family and friends of prisoners. Individual cases arc further researched and carefully documented files are made up on the prisoner, the political and social background and the situation whicli led to his arrest, Finally the case sheets are sent out to the .Amnesty groups. Every group "adopts" three prisoners usually from each of the three power blocs, and proceeds to apply pressiuc for their release through various forms of appeal to the government concerned. .\t tbc same time groups raise money locally, to send to tlieir prisoners' families if they have been left destitute.

Our Three Prisoners 1. Thai Kin Tat

Thai was arrested in ihe .series of arrests which preceded the visit of President Johnson lo Malaysia in November 1966. He is a member of tlte National Working Committee and Secretary of the Malacca Stale Branch of the Labor Party of Malaysia.

It has been the policy ofthe Malaysian Government to "detain" its communist and .socialist opposition without warning, even when llic opposition is strictly legal. Political prisoners in Malaysia are de­tained under the Internal Security Act, I960, without trial, for "activities con­sidered prejudicial to the Nation's secu­rity." Detentions arc usually made for two years but may be extended indefinitely.

Letters have been sent to the Prime Minister, the Minister for Home AfTairs and the Malaysian High Commissioner lo Australia. One member of the group has

corresponded with a Labour Party M.P. in Malaysia who has sent detailed in­formation concerning the numbers and conditions of political prisoners. It has been found impossible to communicate with Thai's family and the Malaysian Government has, so far, refused to discuss the ca,se with us. Keeping in mind our close defence and trade ties with this "Commonwealth Partner" wc have de­cided that the next step should be a publicity campaign within Australia about the number and variety of political detainees in Malaysia.

2. General Avgeropoulos Since the military coup d'etat of 21st

April, 1967, a great many Greeks have been senlenccd by courts martial for ofTcnces against the new de facto govern­ment, such as — "circulating false rumours" — "insulting the authorities" and similar vague accusations.

General Avgeropoulos was arrested on llth May, 1967. At 80 years of age, the General is a well known figure in Greek politics. Born in 1887, he had a very distinguished army career until he was demobilized by the Mataxas dictatorship in the 1930's. He was a leader in the resistance during the German occupation and has been a member of three post war parliaments. The probable reason for the General's arrest is his membership of the Executive of the United Democratic Left Party.

The General spent some time on the notorious prison island of Yioura and was then transferred to a Prison Hospital in Athens, A Scandinavian Parliamentary Delegation visited Athens in September 1967, obtained permission to speak with the General and received a medial report from his doctor which reveals that he is in a very poor state of health.

The group lias written to Kolias (when he was Prime Minister) and to several members of the Military Junta. We have also written lo the Greek Red Cross and to the General himself. The support of incmbers of the Greek community in Australia has also been sought. Wc had still not been able to ascertain the nature of the General's ofTence when it was reported in the French newspaper "Le Monde" that Mr. Panayotis Tzevclckos, the Minister for Public Order, had announced the release of General Avgero­poulos on 4th March. We are presently seeking to confirm this glad news.

3. Theo Melhberg Before the war Theo's family lived in

Latvia. In 1940 the U.S.S.R. invaded and annexed the country. From 1941-5, the Germans, in turn, occupied Latvia. Theo's family (being of German origin) fled with the retreating German army and settled'

in West Germany in 1945. In 1936, when Theo was 21, he went with his two brothen to visit an aunt in East GcrmAny. tlie three Mehlbergs were arrested beciuse the "place of birth" section in their pass­ports indicated that they had been born on what was by tlien Soviet territory. The boys attempted to return to their home and were again arrested. Theo was sent to a labour camp somewhere in Siberia.

At the moment we arc mainly con­cerned with gathering information in this case. We have received two long letters from Theo's mother and others from the Latvian Red Cross and the West German Government. We have also written to Soviet officials but have received no reply. Our next step will be a delegation to the Soviet Embassy in Canberra to discuss the case.

Membership of Amnesty is open to all. The University group invites the support of anyone interested in promoting, m a practical way, the following two articles

of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Art. 18: Everyone hat the right to freedom

of thought, conscience. and re­ligion ; this right includes freedom to change hu religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religioit or bdUf in teaching, prtettct, wtMTship and observance.

Art. 19: Everyone hat the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right inciudcf freedom to hold opinioni without interference and to tttk, receive and impart in­formation and ideas through any media and<regardiesi of frontiers.

Contact: Bev Riley, phone 97 7418

or Mike Noonc, phone: day 71 1377 ext. 356

night International House 7 5593.

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Friday, May 3 AvaloBt 8 p.m., Rtufumon, presented by Dramsoc, Sl.OO single.

Saturday May 4 AikutttlM IlMh, "Nurk's Nite Out", with three band»: "The Cherokees", "Capitol Show Band" and "The Living End". All inclusive price $4.50 double, $2.50 single. Avalon I Raskotnon at 8.00 p.m.

Monday, May «to ThnrMfoy, May 9 Avalon I Dramsoc's AuAomon nightly at 8 p.m. — youn to see for only one buck t

Friday May 11 Kdasaiton tUdti Football Club's "Jfumft In — Crawl Out*'. Dance 8-1 to the fabulous Dwellers. Free supper, XXXX and spirits. Only $1.00 single. Avalon t Dramsoc keep l ugging with Rashomon.

Satnrday, May 11 AvalMit Dramsoc's Raskomtm.— last night — 8 p.m. — $1 each. Don't miss out. Tonight the horse misbehaves for the first time on stage, and adds a new element to the rainfall scene. Whrie Unit First day c^vacation. Continuous parties* baby!

Saturday May 11 to Moadayt MiX 1> A combined religious societies camp will be held some* where. We'd like to give details, but no-one's told us.

Saturday JujM 1 Loouat CAA takes over the Union. See Odds & Ends Golunm for detaili.