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_ Pedersen says Gimme Shelter

Vancouver (CUP)

If you happen to be a univer-
sity president, Mick Jagger’s
famous phrase takes on an en-
tirely new meaning.

And shelter is exactly what
University of B.C. president
George Pedersen is going to
get--$500,00 worth..

The UBC Board of Governors
has decided to renovate the
president’s residence, which

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Mr. Hunter,

Regarding your article on our
band, The Edsells. I would
like to thank you for the encou-
raging things you mentioned
about us and, like most pro-
fessional musicians, I readily
accept your constructive crit-
icism. '

However, it behooves me to
discern how you completely
botched up the supposed
quotes!First, the mention that
the Edsells are trying to, and 1

_ quote you, ‘‘cash in’”’ on the

North American rockabilly
scene, is total rubbish. (By the
way, I'll give you a tip. Any-
one who was trying to cash in
on any music, would never ad-
mit it.) What I did say is that
we, in the band, are trying to
get our feet in the door before
it closes on us. We are not
attempting to ride on anyone’s

has housed the Botanical Gar-
den offices and laboratories

since 1975. The house was.

built in 1950 for $61,000 and
was intended to be the official
residence of UBC presidents.
“We feel it is important for

‘the president to live on cam-
- pus and establish better links

with the community and stu-
dents,’’ David McLean, board
member and property com-
mittee chair, said. ‘“To some it
may seem to be an extrava-
gant move. We don’t think it

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coattails, and making money
is not our primary objective.

Second, the implication that
we have been around longer
than the Stray Cats is non-
sense and, may I say, that
quoting myself as saying this
is twice as ridiculous. The
Stray Cats are 8 year veterans
at what they’re doing.

I said, and you can quote me
on this, that we, The Edsells,
have been playing rockabilly
since before the Buddy Selfish
Band was even conceived.
(Notice:Bud-dy Sel-fish - con-
siderably more syllables than
‘Stray Cats!

Mr. Hunter, please accept
what I have said as sound crit-
icism, as I accept what you
have said. The noise level bet-
ween our sets was very dif-
ficult to communicate over,
and it is understandable that

This university is putting up a
small amount of money to do
the job,’’ said McLean. He
said UBC ‘‘showed restraint’’
in only spending $200,00.

The board intends the presi-
dent to develop contacts with
people and corporations that
can donate money to the uni-
versity, McLean said. ‘‘For
that you. have to have the
tools. Things don’t happen
automatically.”’

UBC students should support

one could make a mistake in
hearing. But, I foresee many
lawsuits if you don’t watch
your quotes.

. Just before I let you off the
Hook, I would like to confirm
that we, like most rockabilly
bands, have only one lead gui-
tar player - me. Gene Murphy

Dear Editors,
I found the article on the
‘‘Vancouver Five’’ printed in
the Feb. 24 issue a distateful
piece of one-sided ‘‘journal-
ism.’’ Typical of the propa-
ganda of the ultra left, the
blind rhetoric should leave a
bad taste in the mouth of any
person with eyes and an open
working mind.

The protrayal of the police
SWAT teams as thugs poun-

the plan and contribute money
to help defray the cost,
McLean said. ‘‘It’s their house
just as much as the presi-
dent’s,’’ he said. ‘‘This could
be the start of a whole new
way of running UBC.”’

Pedersen said Feb. 21 that his
occupancy of the house was

‘put forward as a condition of

employment,’’ but that it did
not necessarily provide for the
best in family living.

“‘There is a fair incursion on
your privacy,’’ said Pedersen.

plays rhythm guitar.
Although I’m sure this
wasn’t your fault, we prefer to

spell our name with two ’Il’s.
Don’t feel bad though, no one

ever gets it right. Incidentally,
you screwed up Buddy Sel-'

fishs’ name too, but I'll let

cing on those poor environ-

mentalists is repulsive. The’

police had reliable information
that these five people were
armed with automatic weap-
ons. They were captured on
the way to their practise area.

Terrorists are known, in the’

rest of the world, to prefer
martyrdom in a blaze of glory
over capture. Using massive
overkill and surprise, the po-
lice shocked the five into im-
mobility, preventing blood-

Profanity Denounced ® "=<:
“Yes it was us”

On page 5 of the last edition
of the Other Press was a
questionaire entitled ‘‘A Sur-
vey.”’ One of the questions in
this survey, written by Nancy
Powell, was ‘‘Do you think
that there is too much swear-
ing in ” The Other Press?”’
The question was followed by
two boxes labelled ‘‘Fuck yes
”’ and ‘‘Fuck no.’’ It is impor-
tant to point out that the orig-
inal responses were entitled
‘Duck yes/no’ and that three
subversive Other Press types,
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and Martin Hemeritz sneaked
in disguised as Zulu Warriors
and sabotaged the original
layout. We wish to stress that
the actions of the thre€ are not
reflective of the wishes and
policies of the Other Press

’ staff in general, and of Nancy

Powell in particular. We ex-
tend our apoligies to anyone in
the Student Body who may
have been offended by this
irresponsible and _ relatively
tasteless bastardization of
Nancy’s questionaire.

Se

have no social consciencé.
Bombs are indiscriminate and
unless precisely constructed,
unreliable. Transformer oil is
a pollutant. Burning this oil,
by the bombs, means the bom-
bers are not environmenta-

“It’s not all great and glor-
ious.”’

Student board representative
Margaret Copping said she
supports the plan and will not
speak against it to the board.
“If Pedersen can establish
contacts with corporations,
that’s the money we’re going
to need, given government fis-
cal restraint,’’ said Copping.
“‘There is every indication that
he will make the most of the
facility, and that is hearten-
ing.’’

ells Fire Back

you figure that one out.

We appreciate the criticism
and we found your phot-
ography excellent. I truly hope
that your mistakes haven’t
hurt our reputation but all the
same, I thank you for taking
the time to listen. Sincerely,
Chris Schoenefuhs

Bombing the Five

lists. ‘he true peace move-
ment can not afford violence,
and would be unable to sup-
port those who use it.

Spouting the mindless, cliche
slogans only indicates mental
blindness. I have relatives in
East Germany that are oppres-
‘sed by the state, I have travel-
led in Europe recently and
have seen the East-West bor-
der. After seeing the Wall,
with guns pointing at their
own people to make a country
a prison, I prefer our so-called
“pig state’? to Marxist free-
dom.

As editors and journalists,
the organizers of this paper
should avoid printing, or at
least rebut, this sort of writ-

ing.
Ralph Shearman

Survey Criticism

Dear Other Press,
You may find my answers to
the survey somewhat stupid.
This is because I feel that this
survey is a sarcastic bunch of
garbage. If you were really
interested in what the stu-
dents have to say, you would
have pertinent questions. I am
really disappointed, as you

  

have hit a new low. You claim-
ed at the AGM that you didn’t
have support. Well you have
made the situation twice as
bad with this demeaning sur-
vey. We the students deserve
better.

Yours truly,
Gwenellen McKe

Pigeres