A wall of expression

Creative youth event “The Wall’ set for
August 22 at N. Van’s Waterfront Park

BERLIN HAD a wall. Now
North Vancouver will have
one.

By Barbara Black
ZAP! Writer

But it won’t be a wall of op-
pression, it’ be a wall of expres-
sion.

North Shore Community Action
for Prevention of Substance
Abuse (CAPSA) is organizing a
major youth event in August call-
ed ‘The Wall.’”

On Saturday, August 22,
Waterfront Park will be host to
bands, workshops, demonstrations
and more, all geared to North
Shore yeuth.

-. Organizer Sabrina
-Deneumoustier says they’ve got

LAST WEEK Talkback asked
you whether women should be
aliowed to go topless ia public.

1 think it is extremely naive
for Gwen Jacobs and anybedy
else to expect the public to
react to a woman’s bare breasts
the same way it would react to
a man‘s bare chest. Those who
believe this is true are oblivious
to the fact tha’ women’s
breasts are and always have
been an erogenous zone and a
stimulation to men who are
more easily aroused by visual
stimuli. This belief is not only
naive but is potentially danger-
ous. And so, I do not believe
that. bare-chested women
should be treated the same as
bare-chested men because they
won't be ireated the same.
—Amanda, 17.

There shouldn't be an equal

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A HOBBY? WHEN MICHEL
ANGELO FAINTED THE
SISTINE CHAPEL , WAS
THAT A HOBBY?

three bands on line, all young
musicians from the North Shore.
“We've lined up The Smugglers,
The Crimson Seeds and Drag the
River.’’ The bands will be playing
throughout the event which goes
from Il a.m. to 6 p.m.

The purpose of the event is to
create a positive, alcohol- and
drug-free event for youth — a
place where they can express
themselves through art, music,
and various workshops.

The highlight will be the large
“wall,’’ actually a Tyvek struc-
ture, which is great to paint on,
says Deneumoustier.

**General Paints of North and
West Vancouver have donated
tons of water-based paints. Sta-
tions will te set up with spray
paint or cans and each person will
have a four-foot by two-foot
space to themselves.’”

The idea is to encourage teens

law. There shouldn't be any
laws regulating how women or
men should be acting, and we
should get right out of the
moralist expectations against
women like they have some-
thing to hide — some exciting
fantasy for men, to hide.
Women and men are equal and
you can’t make flaws like that.
You just have to learn it and
respect it, —Irwin.

I think there should be an
equal Jaw for women, but...
there might be some whacko
who might rape the ladies
because they’re going topless in
public. But if they’re going in a
really public place I think that
would be okay, because I don’t
think someone would rape
them there. But if they're going
topless in Lynn Valley or
something it wouldn’t work cuz
they could get killed...it’s just
plain whacko. I think women
should be allowed to if they
want but they should also be
prepared for any dangers. They
could die the first day they
take their shirt off. They
should be warned about that.
—male.

I think it should be allowed
for women to go bare-chested.
Men have been doing it since
the beginning of time. § think
it’s fair that women should
have equal rights too. But I

PAINTED

to express themselves in graffiti,
poetry, graphics or any kind of
visual statement.

The wall will wind all the way
through the park, and organizers
hope to be able to display it in
local malls after the event.

“This is an opportunity to link
young people on the North Shore
together,”” says Deneumoustier.
‘“*We want to know how youth on
the North Shore think.’'

There will also be an ICBC
mocktail display, games, tie-dye
booth, arts and crafts workshops,
rock-climbing demonstrations, a
police and or firemen dunktank, a
trivia contest and prizes.

CAPSA is looking for volun-
teers to help promote the event
and to help on the day of the
event. If you are interested, con-
tact Sabrina Deneumoustier or
Craig Johnston at 929-7981.

think it should be a matter of
choice. Women shouldn’t have
to ge bare-chested just to prove
a point. —female.

T know in New York people
can already do that. There was
a law made a while ago. They
can go around with their shirts
off. I think that’s dumb, no
matter where it is, because
sooner or later people are go-
ing to want to go around with
their pants eff end stuff like
that. It’s just not right. If you
want to do that join a nudist
colony. —male.

{ think they should be allow-
ed, but also lots of money
would be lost on nudist
beaci.es. —male.

I think they should be allow-
ed to go around without tops
on — maybe their chests get
hot, too. —male.

I think women look better
without their shists on and I
think it’s a good step in the
women’s muve for equal rights
and we have to do this to move
on. —male,

Men have little breasts,
women have big breasts, what's
the diff? It’s like Coke, Pepsi
— what's the diff? Sausage,
Pepperoni, what's the diff?
Freedom of speech, man.

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MARSHMALLOWS IN PARA-
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