October 14th to 28th 1982
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I feel strongly that it is time
for men to confront this type
of intellectual darkness- a
quick look at history reveals
those civilizations that be-
came amoral were destroyed
by their own lack of self-
control. In societies where
anything goes- everything
goes. While people have the
right to express themselves,
the issue of pornography
goes far beyond self-express-
ion and stops at self-abuse.
Do people haye the right to
abuse each other, even if
they agree to? The law says
no- I say no- what do you
say?

Yours Truly,

Everett Robinson

Councellor

Dear Editor

In addition to its objection-
able content and infantile
reasoning, the article entit-
led ‘‘Pornography:a Philis-
ophical Outlook’’ (Other
Press September 30, 1982)
displays the author’s poor
grasp of English grammar. If
Mr. Laine is going to contin-

Jue to enlighten us with his

wisdom, he might well be
advised to pursue a course in
remedial English. This is,
after all, a college news-

paper.

K.A. Sermat

A stroll through your fay-
orite record store is becom-
ing more like a wild goose
chase through a jungle.
there has been a phenominal
stockpiling of records over
the past five years.

Record executives are
becoming increasingly con-
sc ious that the record market
is decreasing due to avail-
ability of home taping. Along
with limiting the number of
albums released, there is
also increased speculation
regarding commercialism.
Record companies invest
large amounts of capital in
promoting their product and
they expect a fair return for
the effort.

 

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Dear Respondents:

Ladies: I would like to
thank you for your somewhat
‘quaint’ letter in reference to
my article ‘Pornography - A
Philosophical Look’. It is
indeed refreshing to see an
interest on campus in areas
other than educational cut-
backs.

Sir: Thank you also for
your response; irrelevant to
the fact that you missed the
point of the article entirely. I
am open-minded towards
criticism, so you may call me
anything you wish. Yes, I
am male, and not embar-
assed, nor apologetic, of my
‘archaic’ philosophy whatso-

ever.

‘K.A. Sermat’: Finally
thank you for your letter. f
won't touch your first sen-
tence,but I do agree that ’t
have a definite problem with
parallelism in my writing.
Thank you again for remind-
ing me of this.

Thank you all again!

Warren ‘laine
The Other 'press

Dear Editor:

Last April, the Nuclear
Awareness Group (NAG)
was formed at Douglas
College. At that time, we

made definite decisions abou
made definite decisions
about what our aims should
be, namely:

Music Too Commercial

This promotion controls the
playlists of both AM and FM
stations. These playlists are
directly related to record
sales. Concert bookings and
requests which are the end
result of record company
promotion. —

There is less and less pro-
motion of musical forms that
are not tried and true in the
market. This is why, after
five albums, Van Halen is
earning in excess of seven
figures yearly, while XTC is
almost flat broke.

‘This directly constricts the
public, by limiting their
choices and right to listen to
various musical forms and
restricts musicians who are
forced to play what is deem-
ed to be ‘‘commercial’’ to the
record buying public.

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- To promote, within the
community, a rational debate
over the arms race.

- To make available
information pertinent to that
topic.
role in nuclear proliferation.

-To support the recom
mendations issued by the
Canadian Government at the
First United Nations Special
Session on Disarmament in
1978.

Since that time, we have
been involved in circulating a
number of petitions, fact
sheets, and newsletters. We
have been centering our
actions over the issue of the
Cruise Missile testing within
Canada. On Thursday,
October 7, we presented two
films, ‘‘Prophecy’’ and ‘‘The
War Game’”’ at the McBride
Campus.

Currently, we are involved
in promoting Disarmament

 

Week which is from October
21 - 31. Calendars of events
are posted throughout the
campuses of Douglas
College.

Yet, this is only the
beginning. In the future, we
shall present speakers,
sponsor group discussions}
and distribute _ further
materials. In addition, we

plan .to work. with _ other}

organizations favoring
nuclear disarmament.
Anyone wishing to know,
more about the Nuclear
Awareness Group. should
contact:
Michael Lacusta, 536-1285
Barbara Eby, 936-2454 or
591-1111 between 1530 and
1930 hours, Monday to
Friday. Newton Kwantlen
Campus.

This creates an endless circle
because the musicians who
are talented enough to play
and write songs must do so
in a strict style so that they
can eat. Those musicians
who choose not to play and
write top 40 material either
starve or leave for England
or California.

Where there is a more
tolerant attitude towards
creativity in its broadest
sense. Understandably this
is a generalization why over
the last fifteen years, the
largest percentage of trend-
setting musical style has
come from England.

by Glen Nazaruk

 

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Wayne Lacker
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Colette Lyhne
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How are your studies going
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Colette Madsen
Late nights, early mornings-

 

Michelle Ming
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