Thursday, April 01, 2004

As usual, nothing interesting happened. well during marketing lecture today, our lecturer showed us this advertisement. here's how it goes...
A small boy and his father was shopping at a supermarket. The small boy reaches out in the aisle and grabs a packet of sweets and dumps it into the shopping trolley. As usual, his dad just puts it back. Small boy takes it again, dumps it into the trolley and crossed his arms with pouting lips and looked at his dad. Again, he just puts it back. The kid loses it.He screams, "I want those sweeties,papa!" ( in french i think). He starts crying loudly, causing everyone else to turn and look at him. Still he carries on by pushing the trolley back and forth and when his dad makes a grab for him, he runs off and threw some chocolates onto the floor! And went to the meat section, and threw as many things as he could on the floor. Next, he was on the floor turning around in circles throwing a tantrum ( jus like Dewey from Malcolm in the Middle for those who saw the episode where he was screaming "I want it I want it!", he wanted some toy). And the shot moves to the dad and his grim face. The line that flashes across the screen was..."Use Condoms"

And this article below has no connection whatsoever with the ad.

Police greet student spray with capsicum
By Louise Perry and Ebru Yaman
April 01, 2004
POLICE used capsicum spray on students yesterday to quell protests over rising university fees as rallies across the nation turned violent.

Thousands of protesters hit the streets in the most militant demonstrations in a decade, culminating in a confrontation with police in Sydney and more than 100 students storming and occupying the RMIT chancellory in Melbourne.

Up to 1500 students marched through the streets of Melbourne to RMIT.

In Sydney, police used capsicum spray to control about 600 protesters who attempted to storm the vice-chancellor's office at the University of Technology. Two people were arrested. UTS, which is yet to declare its position on HECS rises for 2005, earlier yesterday emptied staff offices and bolstered security.

In Brisbane, 200 students marched on Waterfront Place, in Canberra about 100 gathered in the city and in Perth about 150 marched through the CBD.

Students also rallied in Adelaide and regional centres.

National Union of Students president Jodie Jansen said the protests were the "largest, most lively and most militant" for years.

"We are angry at those universities who have chosen to chuck equity out the window and jump on the fees bandwagon," she said.

National Union of Students education officer Paul Coats was unapologetic about yesterday's invasion at the RMIT chancellery.

"It's inspiring that students are prepared to put their bodies on the line when necessary to make that protest heard," he said.

Mr Coats is one of the key figures in the NUS's campaign against Brendan Nelson's higher education reform package, particularly allowing universities to lift HECS fees by 25 per cent.

The occupation at RMIT, which is yet to make a decision on fee increases, involved students barricading themselves in the office of Vice-Chancellor Ruth Duncan and scuffling with police.

It was one of at least four ugly protests that Mr Coats has helped organise in the past four weeks, including last week's violent protest at Monash University.

Police have confirmed that in April 2001, Mr Coats – the son of Victorian Health Minister Bronwyn Pike – was one of the chief organisers of a violent occupation of the University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor's office. He was not charged.

Taken from "The Australian" 1st April 2004

HAPPY APRIL FOOL!!!
Testimony: I solemly swear that all the information above is true.
This is my first time hearing capsicum spray...we got pepper spray, capsicum spray...

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