space
      Moose
      comic
      labelled
      “hate
      literature”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
     
     
      fellatio
     
    
   
   
    
     
      barn
     
     
      project
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sor
      Five
      days.
      WHERES
      THE
      ca
     
    
   
   
    
     
      FUCKING
      FELLATIO
      BARN?
      BERG
      WU
     
     
      eo
      ES
      ys
      Ss
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Source:
      The
      Carillon
     
     
      (University
      of
      Regina)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Hannah
      Scissons
     
    
   
   
    
     
      REGINA
      (CUP)
      -
      The
     
     
      controversial
      cartoon
     
     
      Space
      Moose
      has
     
     
      reared
      its
      head
      at
      yet
     
     
      another
      western
     
     
      campus
      -
      this
      time
      at
     
     
      the
      University
      of
     
     
      Regina...
     
     
      Space
      Moose,
      drawn
     
     
      by
      University
      of
     
     
      Alberta
      graduate
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ee
      Led.
      ae
     
     
      ¢
      LODGE,
      ALBERTA,
      WHILE
     
     
      eae
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Nt
      i
      iat
      fo)
     
     
      a
      Mae
      eaten
      hk)
     
     
      Py
      dita
      ds
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Oi
      ae
     
     
      &
      STRIP
      WAS
      FOUND...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      APOLOGIZE
      TO
      SPACE
      CATS
      Mor
     
     
      AND
      MY
      MOM
      AND
      THE
      FEMINISTS
     
     
      se
      FAM
      SO
      SORRY.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      been
      labelled
      in
      the
     
     
      past
      of
      being
      hate
     
     
      literature.
     
    

    
     
      When
      the
      Carillon,
      the
     
     
      campus
      paper
      at
      the
      U
     
     
      of
      R,
      began
      publishing
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      comic
      at
      the
      end
      of
      .
     
    
   
   
    
     
      September
      a
      number
     
     
      of
      students
      on
      campus
     
     
      raised
      concerns
      about
     
     
      the
      cartoon.
     
    

    
     
      Some
      were
      also
     
     
      concerned
      that
      the
     
     
      Carillon
      was
     
     
      publishing
      the
      address
     
     
      of
      the
      Space
      Moose
     
     
      website.
     
    

    
     
      Two
      U
      of
      R
      student
     
    
   
   
    
     
      --
      11S
      LIKE
      RAI-EE-AIN
      ON
      YOUR
      WEDDING
      DAY
     
     
      tS
      SOME
      Good
      ADVICE
      WHEN
      YouRE
      d7y
     
     
      ALREADY
      LATE.,
      Geer
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ..
      AND
      EVER
      SINCE,
     
     
      THE
      KNOB
      GOBLIN
      HAS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      groups,
      the
      Political
     
     
      Science
      Students
     
     
      Course
      Union
     
     
      (PSSCU)
      and
      the
     
     
      Feminist
      Action
     
     
      Committee
      (FAC),
     
     
      approached
      Carillon
     
     
      editors
      with
      their
     
     
      objections.
     
    

    
     
      These
      objections
     
     
      resulted
      in
      a
      decision
     
     
      by
      the
      Carillon
     
     
      editorial
      staff
      to
      stop
     
    
   
   
    
     
      publishing
      the
      cartoon.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “We
      felt
      the
      cartoons
     
     
      were
      promoting
      hate,”
     
     
      said
      one
      member
      of
     
     
      the
      PSSCU,
      speaking
     
     
      on
      condition
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      anonymity.
     
    

    
     
      The
      student
      had
      been
     
     
      told
      that
      disgruntled
     
     
      students
      at
      the
     
     
      University
      of
      Alberta
     
     
      had
      received
      threats
     
     
      after
      complaining
     
     
      about
      the
      appearance
     
     
      of
      Space
      Moose
      in
      the
     
     
      Gateway,
      the
      campus
     
     
      paper
      at
      the
      U
      of
      A.
     
     
      “Adam
      Thrasher’s
     
     
      cartoons
      are
     
     
      homophobic,
      racist,
     
     
      sexist,”
      the
      student
     
     
      continued.
      “None
      of
     
     
      those
      topics
      should
      be
     
     
      taken
      lightly.”
     
     
      Initially,
      the
      Carillon
     
     
      staff
      and
      the
     
     
      complaining
      students
     
     
      were
      hostile
      towards
     
     
      each
      other,
      as
      issues
      of
     
     
      censorship
      and
      free
     
     
      speech
      came
      to
      the
     
     
      fore.
     
    

    
     
      “Everybody
      went
      into
     
     
      that
      meeting
      on
      the
     
     
      defensive,”
      said
     
     
      Emmet
      Matheson,
      the
     
     
      editor-in-chief
      of
      the
     
     
      Carillon.
      “My
      main
     
     
      concern
      at
      that
      point
     
     
      was
      maintaining
      our
     
     
      editorial
      autonomy.”
     
     
      Matheson
      was
     
    
   
   
    
     
      concerned
      with
      threats
     
     
      that
      some
      individuals
     
     
      were
      going
      to
      start
     
     
      approaching
      Carillon
     
     
      advertisers
      unless
      the
     
     
      cartoon
      was
      pulled
      and
     
     
      not
      mentioned
      in
      the
     
     
      paper
      again.
     
    

    
     
      Winter
      Fedyk,
      PSSCU
     
     
      president,
      said
      they
     
     
      appreciated
      the
     
     
      Carillon’s
      concerns
     
     
      about
      free
      speech,
      but
     
     
      that
      Space
      Moose
      went
     
     
      beyond
      reasonable
     
     
      limits
      and
      even
      came
     
     
      close
      to
      violating
      the
     
     
      Carillon’s
      constitution
     
     
      and
      the
      Canadian
     
     
      Charter
      of
      Rights
      and
     
     
      Freedoms.
     
    

    
     
      “This
      is
      not
      really
     
     
      about
      censorship,”
      said
     
     
      Fedyk.
      “The
      cartoon
     
     
      creates
      a
      hostile
     
     
      environment
      for
     
     
      homosexuals,
     
     
      females.”
     
    

    
     
      Space
      Moose
      has
     
     
      caused
      problems
      at.
     
     
      other
      campuses
      in
      the
     
     
      past.
     
    

    
     
      At
      the
      University
      of
     
     
      Alberta
      in
      1997,
     
     
      complaints
      were
      filed
     
     
      against
      Adam
      Thrasher
     
    
   
   
    
     
      with
      the
      University
     
     
      Discipline
      Officer
      and
     
     
      Thrasher
      was
      found
     
     
      guilty-of
     
     
      discrimination.
      He
     
     
      later
      won
      an
      appeal
      on
     
     
      the
      grounds
      his
      right
      to
     
     
      free
      speech
      was
     
     
      violated.
     
    

    
     
      During
      the
      same
      year
     
     
      at
      the
      University
      of
     
     
      Manitoba,
      editors
      of
     
     
      the
      Manitoban
      made
     
     
      the
      decision
      to
      pull
     
     
      Space
      Moose.
      A
     
     
      number
      of
      engineering
     
     
      students
      who
      enjoyed
     
     
      reading
      the
      cartoon
     
     
      packed
      a
      student
      union
     
     
      meeting.
     
    

    
     
      The
      students,
      who
     
     
      numbered
      almost
      200
     
     
      and
      disliked
      the
      paper
     
     
      for
      several
      reasons,
     
     
      forced
      the
      student
     
     
      council
      to
      cut
      the
     
     
      Manitoban’s
      student
     
     
      levy.
      The
      cut,
     
     
      however,
      was
      never
     
     
      implemented.
     
    

    
     
      The
      cartoon,
      which
      is
     
     
      famous
      among
      student
     
     
      circles
      for
      its
      heavy
     
     
      sexual
      content,
      first
     
     
      appeared
      in
      the
     
     
      Gateway
      on
      Oct.
      3,
     
     
      1989.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Continued
      from
      page
      4
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      facility
      would
     
     
      better
      serve
      the
      cam-
     
     
      pus
      if
      built
      in
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      not
      to
      disclose
      the
     
     
      amount
      of
      money
      it
     
     
      may
      have
      to
      borrow
      in
     
     
      order
      to
      complete
      the
     
     
      construction
      of
      the
     
     
      future
      Student
      Centre.
     
     
      Johnson,
      who
      thinks
     
    
   
   
    
     
      quadrangle
      near
      the
     
     
      residences
      and
     
     
      Roberstson
      library,
     
     
      thinks
      this
      interfered
     
     
      with
      the
      democratic
     
    
   
   
    
     
      process.
     
     
      “T
      was
      shocked
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      hear
      that
      it
      had
      been
     
     
      suggested
      that
      SU
      [Stu-
     
     
      dent
      Union]
      executive
     
     
      had
      suggested
      suppres-
     
     
      sion
      of
      the
      disclosure
      of
     
     
      the
      amount,
      allegedly
     
     
      $750,000.00,
      that
      the
     
     
      SU
      [Student
      Union]
     
     
      plans
      to
      borrow
      in
      order
     
     
      to
      finance
      this
      building.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Contrary
      to
      the
      flawed
     
     
      logic
      that
      this
      may
      be
     
     
      in
      the
      students
      body’s
     
     
      best
      interest,
      I
      feel
      that
     
     
      any
      interference
      with
     
     
      the
      democratic
      process
     
     
      [in
      this
      case
      censorship
     
     
      of
      the
      press]
      is
      probably
     
     
      damaging
      to
      the
      uni-
     
     
      versity
      as
      a
      whole.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Johnson
      is
     
     
      unlikely
      to
      be
      the
      only
     
     
      student
      concerned
      with
     
     
      such
      matters,
      and
      hopes
     
     
      that
      exposure
      will
      force
     
     
      the
      Student
      Union
      to
     
     
      rethink
      their
      policies,
     
     
      making
      their
      member-
     
     
      ship
      more
      aware
      of
     
     
      their
      operations.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “TI
      would
      love
      to
     
     
      be
      corrected
      on
      all
      or
      any
     
     
      of
      these
      issues,”
      say
     
     
      Johnson.
      “In
      fact
      noth-
     
     
      ing
      would
      please
      me
     
     
      more
      than
      to
      feel
      that
     
     
      my
      and
      other
      students’s.
      ’
     
     
      hard
      earned
      bucks
      are
     
     
      being
      spent
      wisely
      and
     
     
      with
      accountability.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      END