number of people doing this, but he was my partner so | remember him specifically. That afternoon, in the freezing cold ( For some totally deranged reason, SFU is built on a mountain.) through snow and slush, perhaps as many as a thousand people marched out to the administration, forming a circle right around it shouting until their legs gave out. A marvellous thing, but once again, undirected. We got cold, we got loud , we got home. That evening we were everywhere. BCTV, CBC, KOMO News, The Province, The Vancouver Sun, The National... Support from every- one, everywhere. Our demands to meet Bruce Strachan were met, although we didn’t get Vander Zalm as we had also wanted because he had just left for Holland, or Europe, or somewhere. Strachan and his two cronies huddled in their corner of the meeting room, throwing insurmountable statistics at us knowing we were just a bunch of whiney college students who didn’t know how the real world operated. We stepped over their barrage of wafer thin numbers, gave them some real, meaty statistics and pounded their defenses into freeze dried coffee. | hope | don’t sound like I’m exaggerat- ing, it would worry me to think that the people who operate our province are so wishy- washy and ill informed that they could be blown away if brought face to face with an issue, but we were literally laughing at them. And they knew it. By the end of the meeting the Minister Of Education was telling stories about his mother, that his nephew was attending SFU, he shares a nice little apartment with another MLA for seven hundred a month, with a fireplace and every thing. | haven’t had so much fun in years. But we didn’t change his mind. We did start him thinking though, he’s not so settled in his beliefs anymore. So, did we win ? | would be an even more piss poor activist if | tried to imply we did. And | would suffer an attack of the cornies if | tried to say something like “ are FROM THE PRINT LIBRARY NX 512.W37A28 The Philosophy of Andy Warhol, ed. Pat Hackett N 6537.W28A2 1988 The Diaries of Andy Warhol, ed. Pat Hackett Andy's philosophy is clustered about the subjects of love (Puberty, Prime & Senility), Beauty, Fame, Work, Time, Death- all about it, Economics, Atmosphere, Success, Art, Titles, The Tingle and Underwear Power. These clusters are results of his editor as acknowledged in the dedication, "to Pat Hackett, for extracting and re- dacting my thoughts so intelligently." Andy's diaries gather the stream of con- sciousness from almost daily telephone conversations between Andy and Pat. Favorite repeaters in the diaries for me were: "Glued." and "Went to church." Favorite one time entry was “I think | know my soup." said on visiting a monastery in France and finding the soup watery. Both books are excellent life and times companions to the artistry of And Warhol. anonymous We have made a huge step forward in the struggle of student rights”. But we are in the news right now, a ball is rolling somewhere. At the last board meeting here at Emily Carr we almost filled the faculty lounge ° _ and asked our own B.O.G. some sharp questions they had to at least think about. Believe it or not, they are on our side, they just haven't the courage to do anything about it. And can you blame them ? The way the board appointment system works now they are totally subject to political climates and inade- quate funding. The enemy here is the provincial gov- ernment. When we fill the lounge and ask why our faculty is under staffed and under paid, when we ask why our lecture hall, which was designed with functional capacity of seventy five people has to bulge with a hundred and fifty, why we have no space, why our tuitions are being raised 8% ( In- cidently, are you aware that in little over a decade our tuition has increased six fold, that we were once COLIN SAYS: PEACE! You know peace has never been over- rated. In the 90’s peace will become the basis of our very existence. That, and saving the planet from utter destruction; from toxic substances, & pollution of every kind. One thing that | would like to talk about though, happens to be the very sub- ject of this month. Next month though I'd like a few moments of your time to discuss the true impact of paisley, and who invented this wonderful design. Guilt. People always try to make you feel guilty for your particular actions. This is one of societies little tricks for making you toe the line behind every other bone-head. Always remember that feeling guilty for your actions is caused by ‘societies morals’ and not your own. (Everything that you are today is, directly or indirectly, the cause of your total life's experiences.) These morals are shoved down your throat whether you like it or not. They become a predetermined bench-mark for your actions. As a whole, they permit the populace to continue to grow and prosper. They also contribute to a strange kind of oppression. Oppression, in that, in certain circumstances, these morals one of the lowest paying students in B.C and are now in the top five ?) making ours the second _ highest increase in the province, there really isn’t anything they can immediately do about it. Don’t you start thinking, Mr. Barkley, that I'm létting you off the hook for anything. There’s a lot you could be doing that you aren’t , and don’t think we haven't noticed how you are slowly pushing the fine arts aspect of this school aside for the more financially viable design programs. | am simply illustrating that this is not a black and white, cut and dry problem, that we really are in this together. What | am suggesting is that we work together, students, faculty and admini- stration to solve this problem. Barkley, encourage the board to take a chance with standing up to the government and saying that the students they supposedly represent are tired of being treated the way they are. Teachers, you are nationally and even internationally renown artists, the arts community respects you, use that clout to bring more attention to the cultural problem in B.C. ( Canada!) Students, you are the most creative, ideological group of people there is. There is a general belief in this school, perpetrated by each of us that we are artistic geniuses, pursuing our unique and brilliant paths towards turning the Art World on it’s thick ear and live the life of a Picasso, and that any break from this intensely deep exploration will pose a major blow for our societies growth. Bullshit, none of us are that good, that’s why we’re here ! But | digress. The point is, that there are so many things in this world that are wrong and need to be changed, things so incredibly evil that to spend this much time harping about education almost trivializes the real issues out there. But let me ask this, if there is no education, how can we hope to learn what needs be done to save this world of ours. Alan Hindle can cloud proper rational thought in the vast expanses of the population. Most people are very obstinate about their views, and what they think they know. No one wants to admit that they are wrong, or misinformed about a certain situation or circumstance; and this is a perfectly natural thing to do. But everyone looses when individuals, (and society) continue to per- petuate falsehoods. —Although many artists know how rewarding a mistake can be to your creative faculties, don’t get me wrong. Feeling guilty about something you have done, which might be frowned upon by the general public, is certainly no reason to abstain from this activity. (Usually in the beginning there was a perfectly good rea- son for this no matter how warped and disturbed it might look like today) Ulti- mately, you yourself, have to come to terms with your actions, and decide whether or not they are having an adverse affect on the people surrounding you. Always question everything you hear or read. This will help you to come to a better understanding of the questions and prob- lems surrounding you every day. Like this whole article for instance. If you read this and come to the conclusion that I’m a total fool, well come right out and say it, then both of us will be farther ahead in coming to terms with this fucked up world. —taking things one step at a time, but never forgetting what lays ahead. Kevin Fedirko umber of people doing this, but he was my partner 's0 I remember him specifically. That afternoon, in the freezing cold ( For some totally deranged reason, ‘SFU is built on a mountain, through snow and slush, perhaps as many as a thousand people marched out to the administration, forming a circle right around it shouting until their legs gave out. A marvellous thing, but once again, undirected. We got cold, we got loud . we got home. That evening we were everywhere, BCTV, CBC, KOMO News, The Province, The Vancouver Sun, The National... Support from every- ‘one, everywhere ‘Our demands to meet Bruce Strachan were met, although we didn't get Vander Zalm as we had also wanted because he had just left for Holland, or Europe, or somewhere. Strachan and his two cronies huddled in their corner ‘of the meeting room, throwing insurmountable statistics at us knowing we were just a bunch of whiney college students who didn’t know how the real world operated. We stepped over their barrage ‘of wafer thin numbers, gave them some real, meaty statistics and pounded their defenses into freeze dried coftee. | hope I don't sound like I'm exaggerat- ing, itwould worry me to think that the people who ‘operate our province are so wishy-washy and ill informed that they could be blown away if brought face to face with an issue, but we were literally laughing at them. And they knew it. By the end of the meeting the Minister Of Education was telling stories about his mother, that his nephew was attending SFU, he shares a nice litle apartment with ‘another MLA for seven hundred a month, with a fireplace and every thing. | haven't had so much fun in years. But we didn’t change his mind. We did start him thinking though, he’s not so settled in his beliefs, anymore. ‘So, did we win ? | would be an even more piss poor activist it | tried to imply we did. And | would suffer an attack of the comies if tried to say something like * FROM THE PRINT LIBRARY NX 512.W37A28 The Philosophy of Andy Warhol, ed. Pat Hackett N 6537.W28A2 1988 The Diaries of Andy Warhol, ed. Pat Hackett ‘Andy's philosophy is clustered about the subjects of love (Puberty, Prime & Senility), Beauty, Fame, Work, Time, Death- all about it, Economics, Atmosphere, Success, Art, Titles, The Tingle and Underwear Power. These clusters are results of his editor as acknowledged in the dedication, “to Pat Hackett, for extracting and re- dacting my thoughts so intelligently.” Andy's diaries gather the stream of con- sciousness from almost daily telephone conversations between Andy and Pat. Favorite repeaters in the diaries for me were: "Glued." and "Went to church." Favorite one time entry was “I think | know my soup.” said on visiting a monastery in France and finding the soup watery. Both books are excellent life and times ‘companions to the artistry of And Warhol. anonymous We have made a huge step forward in the struggle of student rights". But we are in the niews right now, a ball is roling somewhere. At the last board meeting here at Emily Carr we almost filed the faculty lounge and asked our own B.0.G. some sharp questions ” they had to at least think about. Believe it or not, they are on our side, they just haven't the courage to do anything about it. And can you blame them ? The way the board appointment system works now they are totally subject to political climates and inade- quate funding. The enemy here is the provincial gov- ‘ernment. When we fill he lounge and ask why our faculty is under staffed and under paid, when we ask why our lecture hall, which was designed with functional capacity of seventy five people has to bulge with a hundred and fitty, why we have no space, why our tuitions are being raised 8% ( In- cidently, are you aware that in litle over a decade ‘our tuition has increased six fold, that we were once COLIN SAYS: PEACE! You know peace has never been over- rated. In the 90's peace will become the basis of our very existence. That, and saving the planet from utter destruction; from toxic substances, & pollution of every kind. One thing that | would like to talk about though, happens to be the very sub- ject of this month. Next month though I'd like a few moments of your time to discuss the true impact of paisley, and who invented this wonderful design. Guilt. People always try to make you feel guilty for your particular actions. This is one of societies little tricks for making you toe the line behind every other bone-head. Always remember that feeling guilty for your actions is caused by ‘societies morals’ and not your own. (Everything that you are today is, directly or indirectly, the cause of your total life's experiences.) These morals are shoved down your throat whether you like it or not. They become a predetermined bench-mark for your actions. As a whole, they permit the populace to continue to grow and prosper. They also contribute to a strange kind of oppression. Oppression, in that, in certain circumstances, these morals ‘one of the lowest paying students in B.C and are ‘now in the top five ?) making ours the second. highest increase in the province, there really isn't anything they can immediately do about it. Don't you start thinking, Mr. Barkley, that I'm letting you off the hook for anything. There’s a lot you could be doing that you aren't, and don’t think we haven't noticed how you are slowly pushing the fine arts aspect of this schoo! aside for the more financially viable design programs. | am simply illustrating that this is. ‘ot a black and white, cut and dry problem, that we really are in this together. What | am suggesting is that we work together, students, faculty and admini- stration to solve this problem. Barkley, encourage the board to take a chance with up to the government and saying that the students they supposedly represent are tired of being treated the way they are. Teachers, you are rationally and even internationally renown artists, the arts community respects you, use that clout to bring ‘more attention to the cutural problem in B.C. ( Canada!) Students, you are the most creative, ideological group of people there is. There is a general belit in this school, perpetrated by each of Us that we are artistic geniuses, pursuing our unique and brilliant paths towards turning the Art World on t's thick ear and live the life of a Picasso, and that ‘any break from this intensely deep exploration will pose a major blow for our societies growth. Bullshit, none of us are that good, that's why we're here | But | digress. The point is, that there are so many things in this world that are wrong and need to be ‘changed, things so inoredibly evil that to spend this much time harping about education almost trivializes the real issues out there. But let me ask this, it there is no education, how can we hope to learn what needs be done to save this world of ours. Alan Hindle can cloud proper rational thought in the vast expanses of the population. Most people are very obstinate about their views, and what they think they know. No one wants to admit that they are wrong, or misinformed about a certain situation or circumstance; and this is a perfectly natural thing to do. But everyone looses when. individuals, (and society) continue to per- petuate falsehoods. —Although many artists know how rewarding a mistake can be to your creative faculties, don’t get me wrong. Feeling guilty about something you have done, which might be frowned upon by the general public, is certainly no reason to abstain from this activity. (usually in the beginning there was a perfectly good rea- son for this no matter how warped and disturbed it might look like today) Ulti- mately, you yourself, have to come to terms with your actions, and decide whether or not they are having an adverse affect on the people surrounding you. Always question everything you hear or read. This will help you to come to a better understanding of the questions and prob- lems surrounding you every day. Like this whole article for instance. If you read this and come to the conclusion that I'm a total fool, well come right out and say it, then both of us will be farther ahead in coming to terms with this fucked up world. —taking things one step at a time, but never forgetting what lays ahead. Kevin Fedirko