U.P.E.I. SUN. Feb. 10, 1983

Student wants pom out

HALIFAX (CUP) — Andrew Ager claims he is not a censor. Nor is he a Victorian prude. He

is a university student who oppoSes the degradation of women through pornography 1 and is trying-to have Penthouse, Playboy and Playgirl removed . from the Dalhousie University a bookstore. . _ The idea is not a new one. _ [aura White, a student at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, is ﬁghting to remoVe ,V pqmography from her campus bookstore. Two years ago University of Ottawa students sueceededin similar campaign.

Ager [met with bookstore manager Irving King’twice, and twice King refused to remove the

1 magazine. Kirk later said “academic institutions should stand for something — the anti— suppression of ideas and anti- censorship." He said his personal opinions do not matter much because the bookstore‘s policies are generated by an administration committee. I.

- Said Ager, “I am not denying them (readers of the magazines) their right (to read . what they want. Those people whoﬂwant to read it, how am [going to stop it? It is my right asa free citizen of

Canada to fight with conviction against something which I find degrading against a majority, just as it is their right to light . against me. Pornography aims at suppressing the free speech of women. -

"‘lt is extremely important to

: differentiate between porno- graphy and erotic art,” said

Ager. “Art is an expression of the beauty of the human body. It is a positive expression. Porno- graphy is an expression, usually only the male viewpoint, It is a degrading stereotype of women, sexually and emotionally. This (removing the magazines) is not censorship if it is accomplished

. because it is a show of public

concern.” '

.These magazines thrive, according to Ager, by combining pornography with some good literature and this makes them ‘more dangerous. It makes them accepted and deeply ingrained alongside of the Other common , products of society, like produc- ing cars or furniture, he added.

“Playboy is a corporation that is symbolized by the male being r served by a lovely young woman with a c'ottontail stuck on her ass.”

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In answer to the oft-expressed argument that women have the choice whether or not to pose for these magazines, Ager replied, “the women do it voluntarily,

not at gunpoint. They do it voluntarily in the sense that 3 l4

year gold goes into prostitution voluntarily. Would you support her right? Financial dispair, peer pressure from friends, an inability to see any alternatives.

“This free and voluntary choice which one would be hard- pressed to support in principle results in the disappearance and presumed death of more than

,8,000 children and- adolescents into the streets of New York City I . .per year,” hesaid.

Ager was cit'i'ng figures given by Father Bruch Ritter, founder and president of New York’s Covenant House, a sanctuary for children caught up in the city’s billion-dollar sex industry. “Yes,” resumes Ager, “it’s voluntary. It is to be supported

because of that?"

Ager plans to continue fighting to have the magazines

removed from the bookstore

with the support of the Dal- housie Lutheran chaplain and “quite a number of people.”

Scott Ramsay

m The Kim Mitchell Band

TITLE: KIMMITCHEIL

Kim Mitchell, the creat- ive ex-leader‘ and guiding force behind Max Webster is back with a h—t 5 song mini 1p. After pulling the plug on the Max Webster

project midway through their

'81 tour with "RUSH" there

was some doubt as to whether

Or not Kim Mitchell would make a serious run at a new band. But by producing Coney Hatch's debut album, Kim Mitchell has. apparent- ly found sane inspiration and has put it into good use.

On the new EP he again jOins forces with Phil Dubois (Max Webster's lyric writer) as they pre— pare for a major national tour following the release Of a forthoaning album.

Best cuts on this EP aOre "Kids in Action" and the Single "Miss Daneanor" GROUP Dire Straights

True“; Love Over Gold

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Straights! Unlmovm and perinerss. But all that has changed in the past 5 years.

With ﬁne release of their first self—titled album came their first hit "Sultans of Swing" which was ignored at the band's home (Britain) until the song topped every other countries' music charts.

Now, five years later and with three hit record to their name, Dire Straights have secured themselves as a major re— cording act and will con— tinue that trend with 'Love Over Gold".

The record's first hit "Industrial Disease" cap- italizes on precisely the same elements that made "Sultans of Swing" such an enormous hit.

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world—wide poularity and many hits over the past

few years. Now all the band'

best are available on a Single 12 song disc.

'IWo of these selections are not past hits but brand new songs featuring the band's new lead singer John Farnham. His style seems to fit in quite well with the band's older mat-

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