TRUDEAU‘S‘: 'BTRTIDAY A U' EVENr'. Celebrate ' take a SPUD out to lunch. tUrned 63 on Oct. 18 and a Toronto group encouraged people to commemorate the occasion by doing something useless. Brian Nasimok, who heads that city's chapter of the Sponsors of Useless. Day(SPUD), Said his group declared Oct.18 Useless Day in honour of the Prime Minister's birthday-,. .. "The .idea started out in Edmonton-where a guy- ' named George Roberts and some friends got together," said Nasimok. "They got pretty inebriated and started thinking about the economy and how it was Pierre's birthday soon. ‘ ‘t '3 m; | $35.00 and $15:0&«T-s;'-~ ¥ ” ‘_ " 1-: . Pierre Trudeau's birthday- ' STEAK «iflfififléfififififis ‘ ._ KéMABI PLAZA; 33973, "2-3605 tote bag-i lsT perm, ' 2nd. prize :aaaaamwaammw "They just figured that Mr. Trudeau had‘ ' reached the end of his . usefulness so they united that idea with his birthday and came up with Useless Day." After they had told some friends about their project, they decided to make a button. Happy Birthday Useless buttons featuring a caricature of a smiling, Right Honourable PET, sold for $1 at the U of Toronto. Nasimok'and colleague Rob Nickerson said they received a very positive response. ‘But Nasimok says buttons were only half of the campaign and suggested some useless activities to commemorate the day are: "applying for a job, buying the Toronto Sun, attending a class." a OUSE 1,...i. «. ,/ The highlight ‘of the day was a Useless Day Parade through the uni- versity where Naskmok and friends drove down the street in an unmarked car. "The thing that makes it useless is that no one will know which car is in the parade." Mary McGowan, commun— ications director for th the Ontario Liberal Party, declined to comment on SPUD. "As the Li3"2eral Party does not respond to political cartoons or to revues at the Limelight Theatre, we see no need to respond to political satire of this nature." CHINESE NATIONAL HOCKEY TEAM TO PLAY THE PANTHERS The Chinese National — -' Hockey team are coming to the Charlottetown 'Forum to play the UPEI ' ‘ Hockey Panthers. . The'game will beaon‘ Monday, November 8. ReServe tickets must be paid for but free tickets are available at the [door for those with student cards, DON'T mRRY, KEEP EATING (RNR/CUP)- Don't worry about food additives, worry about food. That's the word from researcher Richard Hall, who told a meeting of the American Chemical Assoc. that pesticides and food additives are safer than many natural foods. For instance, says Hall, carrots contain a potent nerve poison and halluc— inogenic chem—ic—a—ls, shrimp have arsenic, and potatoes have something similar to nerve gas. In fact, he says, if some of those "natural" chemicals were submitted to the American Food and Drug Administration for approval, they wouldn't pass . FAST FOOD IN THE USSR (RNR/CUP)- Fast food has come to Moscow— I but it takes a long time to get it. The Soviet capital has its first pizza parlor, and the restaurant is so popular that Musco— vites have been waiting in line for up to two hours for their first taste of western fast food. --- J V . one-'0.“ A ’ ' ' ' v ‘ ‘ I ~ Q» . . . szmtiiflmlmvxaifi..'.'.'.'.'&'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. . .1 . . . A . . - ‘ v- ummmmrnwrl STUDENT SPECIALS cm. Blow, myuron a Reg. $15.00 $10.00 KATHY’S Beauty Salon 825 University Ave. 802-31” ’.