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Loose Group at work.

My 38 seconds of fame in a Canadian movie.

lounge was a fun-loving ‘hippie’, Minister of Justice. She was soon to
Maggie Sinclair, studying Social be the wild flower child, Margaret
Behaviour. This knowledge proved Trudeau, 30 years Pierre’s junior.

Totem pole, Stanley Park, Vancouver. The attic on Robsonstrasse. helpful in her Moroccan pursuit The tabloids were ecstatic with
from one hippie colony to another. Maggie’s jaunts in Mick Jagger’s

faculty and the administration at of meddling academics. With a life- Maggie was rumoured to be dating limo instead of showing up at
each other’s throats in the name of style now ascending dizzying heights in secret the then charismatic her wedding anniversary bash with
academic freedom. Russell arrived I bought a Mercury Monterrey that
from his hike across the Americas to could seat five abreast in the front.
take up residence on Robsonstrasse. It transported me in style to Simon
My first scholarly act was to remove Fraser, 20 km away. It would have
the ‘NO STUDENTS’ sign from the fac- been cheaper to take a cab with a
ulty lounge door at the university and generous tip for the driver. This gas
relocate it to the portal of our humble guzzler was finally defeated by the Photo: Rod MacIvor.
attic abode. My second achievement steep road to SFU, and expired with a
was to form Loose Group, an art club nervous clanking in a plume of smoke.
free from the intrigues and control A frequent visitor to the faculty Maggie, about to embrace fame. Notice in Vancouver shop window.