Paul Peretz President

The Candidate

Paul Peretz is a fourth year arts student who has majored in economics and political science. The winner of a University Senior Scholarship, he is completing honours in Political Science before going on to his M. A. Twice Congress Chancellor he is an N.Z.S.P.A. executive member and on the University Focus Administration Board. House Committee Chairman on the 1966-1967 executive he has served on the International Affairs, Public Relations and Publications sub-committees. A past member of the Political Science Club committee, he was secretary of the Labour Club and a member of the last Winter Tournament Committee. A long standing student representative on Management Committee and a former member of the Student Union Planning Committee he is the author of the hard hitting 'Report on Management Committee, (see Salient, May 28) and is a frequent Forum speaker.

Policy

The work of the President falls naturally into two parts. Internal Administration and Communication

(1) As President I would ensure that students get a fair say in the affairs of the University, not only at the upper administrative level but in individual faculties.

(2) I would keep students informed by speaking at Forum, etc.

External Activity

There are in my opinion four major points that the President should deal with:

(1) Better staff salaries.

(2) Higher bursaries.

(3) Removing the Council's ban on a bookshop.

(4) Obtaining long overdue Student Union extensions.

Without going into detail I consider that the studies I have been doing this year on pressure group tactics and my experience in Students' Association affairs would enable me to achieve more than past Presidents.