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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol 35 no. 18. 27th July 1972

President

President

Peter Wilson

Peter Wilson

The past year has shown that the Students Association cannot afford equivocating leadership. Nor on the other hand can we afford dictatorial officers. My position at all times and on all issues will be clear, but decisions on all matters of policy will be referred to S.R.C. and S.G.M's. All such policy will be upheld and enacted promptly.

Manifesto.

1.Equal staff/student participation in hiring of lecturers and in determining course content. Educational reforms must be concerned with course content. Under the credit system only the quantity of the work has increased- not its relevance or attractiveness to students.
2.Crechr-Students Association should provide financial support. Push for creche facilities to be included in new Arts tower block due to begin construction next year, and in all such buildings in the future.
3.Accommodation-Sexual desegregation of existing University hostels. Full co-operation with all organisations attacking the problem in Wellington, Major political priority: rent control.
4.Health Services- should be made available to students whose parents live in Wellington. Services, therefore, need to be extended. Students Association to compile and present the case for such extensions.
5.Full investigation of cafeteria management with a view to having it taken over by the Students Association.
6.No cuts in library facilities and hours whatsoever. An extra floor was promised two years ago - we want it now!
7.Opposition to any toughening of exclusion and entry regulations or any attempt to impose an upper limit to the number of students.

B.A. Honours student in Anthropology and International Politics.

Hart Area Officer. Wellington 1972

President, V.U.W. Labour Club 1972.

Student Rep. Chaplaincy Advisory Board 1972

V.U.W.S.A.'s delegate to N.Z.U.S.A. May Council. 1972.

Stephen Hall

(no photo supplied)

"Krap. Crap. Shit". With I motto and election promise like that I make an excellent modest middle-class student leader. I own one tic and have medium length hair. This will help in establishing a community feeling amongst everyone of you 6000 students. I have a wide range of promises to which you are welcome to add anything you want. Flexibility is the crux of the matter. I have not thought about the function of the university at all and have never challenged the extremely satisfactory stable order of things Let sleeping professors lie.

I have had no experience on committees except for one. It set out to design a horse and came up with the camel. "If it rides hump it. If it humps ride it." V.C.D.A. Another quotation rumoured by F.A.R.T. to originate with the Irish poet S. Milligan "McKinley Restus in Pieceus"

I believe, deep in my soul, in party politics. A friend of mine is having one on Saturday so trot along. I read about it in Grassroots. Those naughty righters. A liberal thinking man (women don't count at Vic) who supports the South Afrikaaner tour is needed. Find him and vote for him.

A vote for me is a vote for progress!

Vote for me and I'll remember you for life-but I'm not very good with names.

Support the growth of the thinking majority.

A wide awake campus is needed. And before I go to bed I must say that I must say that the real issue of this election is bananas and softer nicer whiter toilet paper. And therefore, because of that it is obvious that I will lead you to victory over adverse elements. Down with bad weather and hard rain......crap rap app - etc.

Ian Powell

Ian Powell

I am heading up the Young Socialist's election slate because I believe that students should organise to build the most powerful movements for social change, in particular the movement against the Indo-China War, the fight for the repeal of all abortion laws, and an end to all racist sport's tours.

I am especially opposed to the tactic, advanced by a few student "radicals" represented in this election by Peter Wilson, of disruptive protests.

The counter-productiveness of disruption was classically illustrated by the PBEC demonstration. Here the aims of the demonstration were obscured and the media capitalised on the disruption to attempt to discredit the protest movement as a whole.

Disruptive protests against the 1973 Springbok tour could prove even more disastrous The anti-apartheid movement will only have an effect if it is really powerful. That means involving tens and hundreds of thousands of people in active opposition to the tour, as has been done in the anti-war movement.

The power of the Student Association membership and facilities should be used to add real weight to the movements for social change which students support. The University buildings, its expertise, its printing facilities and the activity of the thousands of its members can have tremendous consequences.

Mike Mckinley

Mike Mckinley

Age: 26. Married

Third year B.A. student majoring in Political Science.

International Politics, and Asian Studies.

Man Vice-President on current executive.

Previously Sports Officer.

Representative on Professorial Board

Student Representative on Professorial Board

Member: Publications Board,

Sports Committee,

Cultural/Sports Grants Investigation committee

Finance/Representation Organiser NZUSC

Club Captain University Swimming Club.

A positive stand and strong leadership are imperative if the students' association and its executive are to function as a responsive student body. In financial matters this need is especially conspicuous. My policy and efforts will be directed accordingly — particularly in the genuine spheres of student concern. To the end I will actively support:

NZUSA's Accommodation Trust. Which aims to provide housing suitable for student leasing.

Earlier Bursary payments to avoid the present needless delay and financial embarassment.

Realistic Creche assistance — Financial as well as moral, which is the right of all student — parents.

Creation of a $1000 budgeted Upper Limit for total donations in 1973

Independent Chairman for SRC towards which significant progress has already been made and which recent developments now demand.

National and International affairs of concern — Every facility to be made available but with the definite provision that allocation of funds must be viewed in the foregoing perspective.

Proposed Merger (In Principle) of NZUSA and STANZ into NUS without which Victoria will lose (for instance) all benefits accruing from travel concessions.