riday, Oct. 24, 1980

 

The Other Press

Si ‘page five

 

Ski club poster offensive

Dear Editor

A girl lies huddled in a
corner, shaking convulsi-
vely afraid of the slightest
touch. She has withdrawn
from reality into a state of
shock.

A boy stares through the
bars of his cell, feeling pain
and humiliation. He too has
recoiled from a reality that
has become to painful to
face.

These people are the vic-
tims or RAPE.

Of course if you have not
experienced -the thrill of

rape first-hand just ask the
friendly girl at the informa-
tion counter about the Ski
Club.

I know that may sound
ludicrous, I too have yet te

 

by Jayne Akizuki

It’s usually a treat when a
touring company brings a
Broadway show to Vanc-
ouver. Ain't Misbehavin'"’
Tony winning musical,
dazzled audiences at the
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
last week on its second
Vancouver visit.

This musical brings to life
twenty-six recorded songs
composed or recorded by
Fats Waller, one of the
all-time great musicians of
jazz. Waller became one of
the first black superstars;
his songwriting, singing and
piano playing won him fame
in the 1930’s.

A five member cast, a
six-piece band and a pianist

ful art of gliding over white
powder on Grouse has to do
with the brutal act of rape,
but that’s what the posters
displayed by the Ski Club
advertize.

As incredible as it may
seem two posters in the
cafeteria building advertis-
ing the Ski Club have listed
in the lower right hand
corner the words, ‘“‘rape,
pillage, plunder, ski.’’ The
words pillage and plunder
are simply indicative of the
gross intellectual deficien-
cies of those responsible for
the posters. The word rape,
however, is an inexcusable
affront to the students of
Douglas College and, in
fact, to all human beings.

_ The thought of someone

“Ain't Misbehavin” returns

kept the Queen E. patrons
applauding and the joint
jumpin’. The cast displayed
a wide vocal range, a raun-
chy sense of humor, and
all-out professional
showmanship. Milton Craig
Nealy puffeg a reefer and
teased the audience with
“The Viper’s Drag’’; Clent
Bowers and Nealy had
everyone clapping to the
hilarious ‘‘Fat and Greasy"’
then the company followed
up with a moving rendition
of ‘‘Black and Blue’’. The
songs were performed with
the warm geniality and
sassy humor that Fats him-
self was known for.

After the energetic, very
enjoyable performance, the
backstage halls and dressing
rooms were still humming

 

capable of graduating from
some secondary institution
actually printing the word
RAPE in an attempt to
attract people to a recrea-
tional activity makes me
seriously consider buying a
shotgun to dispose of the
mindless scum. I have,
however, a slightly more
painful atonement in mind
for our impotent excuses for
human beings.

If the members of the Ski
Club are worried that they
are being penalized for
some other feculents non-
human actions, I would urge

them to dispose of the
cancerous pieces of dog
feces.

An enraged human being,
Scott Peters.

 
 

 

with excitement. As she
wiped off stage makeup,
Michele McCain, whose
powerful voice and jiggling
body had been well used
onstage, remarked that
Canadian audiences, though
still fairly coll, are becoming
more receptive. She added
that by ‘‘réceptive,’’ she
meant audiences that would
really let go and sing and
dance in the aisles to the
music if they felt like it.

I could see her point; I
could picture people in New
York letting their inhibitions
go in a theatre, but not
Vancouver playgoers.
Hopefully, though, in the
future more touring com-
panies will start coming
here and showing us the
best Broadway has to offer.

 

 

Question: What shouid be done about
people who cause damage at pub nights?

Liz Kennedy:Huh, I don’t
know. Why don’t you
people stop bugging me?
Leave me alone and let me
live my life in peace.

 

       
  
 

Peter: If you can’t find out
who it is you should call the
RCMP and the RCMP
should press’ charges

Yvonne Peddemors: If there
was security here nothing
would have happened. If
they can be identified take it
out of their ass. If they are
stupid enough to do it they
should pay for it.

Cindy Lindberg: Make them
pay for it and take them to
court and make their res-
titution. They can’t be
respecting what the college
is doing for them.

 

 

     
    
  
   
 
  
  
  

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