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The
CNC
Free
Press
February
2000
Page
05
Women
'3
Newspaper
at
U
of
Victoria
Censored
for
Nude
Photo
Source:
The
Martlet
(University
,.,.
...
or
victoria.)
By
Brenda
Martin
VICTORIA
(CUP)
-
A
women's
newspaper
at
the
University
of
Victoria
(UVic)
had
to
change
its
cover
this
week
after
its
printer
,
refused
to
print
a
front-page
photo
of
a
woman
with
her
naked
aaugner.
Island
Publishers
-
owned
by
British
Columbia
newspaper
baron
David
Black
-
refused
to
print
a
photo
of
a
woman
baring
her
breasts
in
a
illilPllSpT'
black
latex
bodice,
while
her
naked,
prepubescent
daughter
danced
beside
her.
The
staff
of
the
Womyn's
Publication
Netwerk,
formerly
called
the
Emily,
voted
to
run
the
photo
taken
by
Vancouver
artist
Lincoln
Clarkes.
But
Jan
McGee,
Island
Publisher's
assistant
press
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3
The
federal
surplus
is
estimated
at
more
than
$95-billion
over
the
next
five
years.
According
to
Statistics
Canada,
tuition
fees
across
the
country
for
undergraduate
arts
programs
have
increased
by
125.9
per
cent
since
1990,
resulting
in
an
average
cost
of
$3,658.
In
Toronto,
student
protestors
blocked
entrances
to
York
University.
Protestors
held
cars
for
three
minutes
while
they
marched
and
let
drivers
know
what
was
going
on.
Afterwards,
they
would
let
two
cars
in
at
a
time.
The
Toronto
Transit
Commission
decided
not
to
send
their
buses
onto
campus
and
were
dropping
students
off
at
the
perimeter
of
York.
"I
think
the
strike
would
be
more
effective
if
they
decided
to
strike
in
September
or
strike
when
it's
registration
and
nobody
decides
to
register
and
nobody
decides
to
come
to
school
in
September,"
said
Sandra
Miller,
a
fourth-year
psychology
student
at
York.
In
downtown
Toronto,
an
estimated
2,000-3,000
students
and
supporters
swarmed
Queen's
Park
in
an
impressive
wave.
"I've
jumped
through
hoops
long
enough,"
Joel
Harden,
the
Ontario
CFS
chair,
told
the
crowd.
"Today
we're
taking
a
different
route.
Today
you
have
to
listen
to
the
thousands
of
us."
Other
notable
speakers
at
the
Toronto
protest
included
Buzz
Hargrove,
president
of
the
Canadian
Auto
Workers'
Union,
Ontario
NDP
leader
Howard
Hampton
and
Canadian
Association
of
University
division
manager,
said
that
as
a
mother
herself
she
found
the
image
of
the
girl
offensive.
"I
am
not
saying
that
they
can't
get
it
printed.
I
am
just
saying
that
I'm
not
going
to
print
it,"
she
said.
The
newspaper's
publishers
decided
to
place
a
box
across
the
girl's
body
that
read
"censored"
to
avoid
having
to
ship
the
newspaper
off
Vancouver
Island
to
find
a
printer
who
would
agree
to
print
it.
"As
a
university
paper
we
just
don't
have
those
kind
of
resources,"
said
co-publisher
Lisa
Helps.
The
group
chose
the
cover
image
for
an
issue
dedicated
to
discussing
perspectives
and
experiences
of
sex
and
sexual
diversity.
Because
the
image
of
a
mother
and
child
veered
away
from
common
images
of
sex,
the
newspaper
collective
thought
it
would
open
up
discussion
about
women's
sexuality
in
a
feminist
Teachers
President
Bill
Graham.
"The
province
of
Ontario
provides
less
to
our
universities
than
the
private
sector,"
boomed
Graham
over
the
loud
speaker,
pointing
to
the
legislative
building.
"This
government
is
dedicated
to
the
pursuit
of
private
welfare."
Further
west,
more
than
1,000
students
from
Manitoba's
four
major
universities
walked
out
of
classes.
Following
a
march
through
downtown
Winnipeg,
students
went
to
the
University
of
Winnipeg
to
listen
to
speakers
and
bands.
Students
played
a
friendly
game
of
street
hockey,
the
prize
for
which
was
the
"Chretien
Cup."
And
at
the
University
of
Regina,
students
started
the
Access
2000
day
of
action
with
a
pancake
breakfast,
followed
by
speeches
and
activities
throughout
the
day.
In
Alberta,
students
at
Mount
Royal
College
in
Calgary
raised
placards
to
show
their
support
for
Access
2000.
A
rally
was
held
at
noon
at
Wyckham
House,
the
Students'
Association
(SA)
building,
with
speeches
from
campus
leaders.
"I
think
we
inspired
and
motivated
some
people
today
to
join
the
movement
and
to
speak-out
about
their
concerns,"
said
Elsie
Kipp,
SA
vice-president
(external).
Mount
Royal
Students
were
very
supportive
of
the
campus
initiative.
About
60
signatures
were
gathered
for
the
tuition
freeze
petition
inside
of
an
hour,
and
many
students
also
filled
out
protest
postcards
that
will
be
sent
to
MLAs
and
MPs.
context,
said
Helps.
"Mothers
with
or
without
their
children
are
seen
without
sexuality,"
she
said.
"The
image
brought
mothers
into
a
space
where
they
are
allowed
to
be
seen
as
sexual."
Other
staff
members
at
the
newspaper
were
very
critical
of
their
publisher.
"What
Island
Publishers'
reaction
says
to
me
is
that
the
people
at
Island
Publishers
aren't
willing
to
bring
a
child's
body
outside
the
realms
of
pornography,"
said
co-publisher
Jesseca
White.
"I
see
the
image
as
a
beautiful
picture
because
of
what
I
bring
to
it.
Whereas
Jan
McGee
brings
something
different
to
it
and
therefore
sees
it
differently."
There
are
varying
opinions
about
whether
Island
Publisher's
decision
was
appropriate.
Hamar
Foster,
associate
dean
of
UVic's
Faculty
of
Law,
said
he
sympathizes
with
the
paper,
because
he
was
in
a
similar
"The
key
is
persistence,"
said
Cherie
Strid,
a
first-year
journalism
student
at
Mount
Royal.
"The
government
needs
to
know
we
care."
Meanwhile,
out
in
British
Columbia,
the
Simon
Fraser
Student
Society's
took
students
through
an
education
maze
before
busing
protestors
to
downtown
Vancouver.
Throughout
the
morning
volunteers
were
handing
out
leaflets
around
campus
for
the
event,
while
also
encouraging
students
to
attend
the
"night
of
celebration"
DJ
gig
held
later
in
the
evening
at
the
Commodore
night
club.
And
on
Vancouver
Island,
more
than
1,000
students
from
the
University
of
Victoria
(UVic)
and
Camosun
College
gathered
in
front
of
the
provincial
legislature
waving
placards.
."Let's
be
fair,
the
money
is
there,
spend
the
surplus
now,"
they
chanted
along
with
the
radical
cheerleaders,
a
group
of
students
who
waved
pom-poms
made
out
garbage
bags.
Earlier
in
the
day,
between
8
a.m.
and
11:30
a.m.,
about
200
students
from
UVic
barricaded
entrances
to
the
University
campus.
In
the
afternoon,
the
protest
moved
from
the
campus
grounds
to
the
legislature.
"I
think
education
should
be
free
and
at
least
more
accessible
than
it
is
right
now,"
said
Kim
McKay,
and
a
third-year
English
student
at
UVic
protesting
in
front
of
the
legislature.
situation
when
he
was
in
university.
However,
in
his
view,
"Businesses
are
fairly
free
to
decide
what
sort
of
business
they
accept,
unless
in
doing
so
they
violate
human
rights.
laws."
Debby
Yaffe,
a
professor
in
the
Women
Studies
department,
feels
the
image
should
have
been
printed
unaltered.
"The
newspaper
is
not
using
the
image
to
encourage
the
consumption
of
a
product
men
sell
or
using
it
to
encourage
the
exploitation
of
children's
bodies,"
she
said.
"They
are
presumably
using
it
to
get
a
response
and
use
that
to
help
women
discuss
their
sexuality
and
representation
of
women's
bodies."
United
Church
Chaplain
Henri
Lock,
however,
says
the
picture
is
oppressive.
"For
many
people
this
would
be
an
acceptable
or
titillating
image.
If
the
intent
was
to
challenge
the
image
by
putting
it
on
the
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