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      By
      David
      Chokroun
     
     
      TORONTO
      (CUP)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      QUEEN'S
      UNIVERSITY
      HAS
      DECIDED
      TO
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ueen’s
      University
      has
      decided
      to
      allowfootage
      taken
     
     
      of
      a
      white
      supremacist
      student
      in
      a
     
     
      universityclassroom
      to
      be
      used
      in
      a
      television
      docu-
     
     
      mentary.
     
    

    
     
      The
      filming
      of
      part
      of
      the
      documentary
      at
     
     
      Queen’s
      without
      thepermission
      of
      university
      ad-
     
     
      ministrators
      caused
      some
      controversylast
      month.
     
    

    
     
      In
      mid-September,
      a
      production
      company
     
     
      making
      a
      film
      on
      theCanadian
      racist
      right-wing
      for
     
     
      CTV
      filmed
      a
      second-year
      history
      class
      atthe
      uni-
     
     
      versity.
      One
      of
      the
      members
      of
      the
      classis
      amember
     
     
      of
      thewhite-supremacist
      Heritage
      Front.
      Queen’s
     
     
      reacted
      by
      protesting
      to
      the
      network,
      asking
      that
      the
     
     
      footage
      not
      be
      used,
      according
      to
      university
      vice-
     
     
      principal
      Tom
      Williams.
      However,
      the
      university
     
     
      decided
      to
      allow
      the
      use
      of
      the
      footage
      if
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "
      instructor
      consented.
      ‘‘At
      this
      point
      the
      professor
     
    
   
   
    
     
      has
      agreed
      to
      let
      us
      use
      the
      footage.
      He’s
      signed
      a
     
     
      release
      and
      we
      consider
      the
      matter
      closed,”’
      said
      the
     
     
      documentary’s
      associate
      producer.
     
    

    
     
      On
      Oct.
      4,
      the
      associate
      producer
      defended
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      actions
      of
      the
      film
      crew
      to
      the
      class.
      ‘“We
     
     
      wanted
      to
      keep
      our
      visit
      to
      Queen’s
      as
      quiet
      as
     
     
      possible,”’
      he
      told
      them.
     
    

    
     
      The
      objective
      of
     
     
      the
      filming
      was
      to
      cap-
     
     
      ture
      a
      normal
      day
      in
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Heritage
      Front
      tried
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Racism:
      Queen's
      white
      supremacist
      filmed
      for
      TV
      documenta
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Smith,
      said
      he
      waswriting
      an
      article
      on
      the
      incident
     
     
      for
      ‘‘a
      large
      national
      newspaper.’’?
      Smith
      would
     
     
      make
      no
      further
      comment.
     
    

    
     
      Sean
      Purdy,
      a
     
     
      Queen’s
      history
      instruc-
     
     
      tor
      and
      a
      member
      of
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      life
      of
      the
      Heritage
      Front
      have
      criminal
      charges
      International
      Socialists
     
     
      member,
      he
      said,
      and
      this
      7
      (IS),
      says
      his
      group
      was
     
     
      would
      have
      been
      impos-
      br
      ought
      against
      the
      news-
      alsocontacted
      by
      the
      film
     
    
   
   
    
     
      sible
      had
      the
      crew
      gone
     
     
      through
      official
      chan-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      paper
      on
      the
      grounds
      that
      it
     
    
   
   
    
     
      crew.
      Purdy
      himself
      was
     
     
      interviewed
      for
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      nels.
      The
      associate
      pro-
      ;
      documentary.’
      ’The
      idea
     
     
      een
      promoted
      hatred
      against
      —
      “ecumentary.
      Th
      -
     
     
      that
      the
      controversy
      at
      wh
      Ite
      males.
      racist
      presence
      on
      cam-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Queen’s
      might
      derail
      the
     
     
      documentary,
      which
      is
     
     
      still
      incomplete.’
      ’None
      of
      [the
      white
      supremacists]
     
     
      are
      under
      the
      illusion
      that
      we’re
      on
      their
      side,
      but
     
     
      there’s
      a
      certain
      rapport
      that
      we’ve
      built
      up
      over
      a
     
     
      period
      of
      months.
      If
      the
      publicity
      gathers
      more
     
     
      steam,
      it
      could
      be
      disastrous,’’
      he
      said.
     
    

    
     
      The
      professor
      whose
      class
      was
      filmed,
      Geoff
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Se
     
     
      Ce
     
     
      om
     
    
   
   
    
     
      €
     
     
      §
     
     
      Ge
     
     
      :
     
     
      =
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Wari
      Rasiletti
     
    
   
   
    
     
      An
      Exhibit
      by
     
    
   
   
    
     
      pus,”
      Purdysaid.
     
    

    
     
      Purdy
      added
      that
     
     
      while
      the
      Heritage
      Front
      member
      who
      was
      filmed
      is
     
     
      not
      active
      in
      recruiting
      for
      the
      group
      at
      Queen’s,
      she
     
     
      has
      been
      active
      in
      other
      ways.
      ‘‘One
      of
      her
      roles
      in
     
     
      Kingston
      is
      to
      funnel
      information
      back
      to
      Toronto,”’
     
     
      Purdy
      said.
      Over
      the
      last
      year,
      the
      student
      has
     
     
      attended
      meetings
      of
      leftist
      and
      anti-racist
      groups
     
    
   
   
    
     
      U.P.E.1.
      Women’s
      Centre
     
     
      October
      30
      -
      November
      30
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Opening
     
    
   
   
    
     
      on
      campus,
      presumably
      to
      gather
      information.
      “g
     
     
      spied
      on
      the
      IS,
      and
      she
      also
      actually
      attendg
     
     
      meeting
      of
      an
      anti-fascist
      group,’’
      Purdy
      said,
     
    

    
     
      According
      to
      Purdy,
      the
      student
      playe;
     
     
      part
      in
      the
      demise
      of
      Surface,
      a
      left-leaning
      Queey
     
     
      paper
      that
      was
      shut
      down
      last
      year
      after
      criticis
     
     
      from
      conservative
      elements
      on
      campus.
      The
      Her
     
     
      age
      Front
      tried
      to
      have
      criminal
      charges
      brou
     
     
      against
      the
      newspaper
      on
      the
      grounds
      that
      it
      p
     
     
      moted
      hatred
      against
      white
      males.
      ‘‘Her
      sort
     
     
      launching-off
      point
      was
      to
      criticize
      Surface.
      §
     
     
      thought
      it
      was
      racist,
      and
      she
      wrote
      in
      letters
      und
     
     
      a
      pseudonym
      criticizing
      the
      paper,’’
      Purdy
      said
     
    

    
     
      Purdy
      added
      that
      the
      student’s
      identity
     
     
      become
      well-known
      at
      Queen’s,
      and
      that
      sim
     
     
      classes
      began
      this
      fall,
      she
      has
      kept
      a
      lower
      pro
     
     
      than
      before.
      ‘‘She
      put
      up
      posters
      and
      left
      par
     
     
      phlets
      in
      study
      carrels
      in
      the
      libraries,”’
      Purdy
      saif
     
    

    
     
      Since
      the
      filming,
      the
      Heritage
      Front
      men
     
     
      ber
      has
      dropped
      Smith’s
      class,
      as-well
      as
      a
      co
     
     
      on
      race
      relations,
      Purdy
      said.She
      could
      not
     
     
      reached
      for
      comment.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sunday,
      October
      30,
      8:00
      p.m.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      25,
      1994|