Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 38, Number 13. 12th June 1975
Criticism of SRC
Criticism of SRC
Dear Bruce,
I'm writing in support of Kevin Wright's criticism of SRC. This is my first (and last) year at Vic. so it is perhaps just the novelty of going along at 12o'clock on Wednesday afternoons and seeing who can draw the funniest connotations from motions, or who can blow his own trumpet loudest about nothing, or who will be elected to yet another vacant student administration post, such as vice-assistant to the under secretary of the catering advisory sub-committee, but rather its because at last week's meeting I heard for the first time some rewarding comment made by a concerned student. His comments (despite efforts by John Henderson and co. to shut him up), reflected the opinion of the vast majority of students at Vic: that SRC is so fucked up its not worth going to.
And the ridiculous thing was that when Mr. Newton brought up what was the most constructive piece of discussion heard at SRC this year, the fact that its stuffed and what can we do to improve it, some fuckwit started jumping up and down crying, 'out of order, we're discussing something else'. What's the point of discussing anything if the whole process of discussion is fucked?
If its more important for those SRC stalwarts to listen to Colin Feslier degrade and deviate an important discussion on human issues for the sake of a few quick points towards the Victoria Bob Hope Trophy rather than attempt to improve some things around here, then they deserve to get such a lack of support.
I would urge that all concerned students attend the SRC so that student affairs are sensibly discussed by a broader cross-section of the student community rather than by the tiny minority of mini-muldoons at present lavishing our SA fees on frivilous excursions for the Victoria Travellers Club (alias the Exec. clique).
Yours sincerely,
Mark Sainsbury