Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 13. June 11 1979
Man Vice President
Man Vice President
Alan Phillips
I am the incumbent Man Vice-President. Appointed at SRC, the constitution reqries I now stand for election.
- my sole interest is in campus life. I think campus should be an enjoyable place. An example of my handiwork is the Victoria Club. Since SRC is making many students angry, I will also have some interest in its reform.
- I will show very little interest in other areas, including bursaries and education cuts fightback, as there are many active in the field already, but few in the above field.
Like so many of the Executive, I have found the job tiring, emotionally draining, and demanding of time. Therefore I stand on a much reduced platform this time. While I will work quite hard in the above area, I will not go beyond it.
If you think your Man Vice President should have a wider sphere of activity than this, I recommend to you, in all seriousness, to vote for another candidate.
Paul McHugh
I am a 4th year law student and have held office in law student organizations for for the past 3 years. I was [ unclear: actively ved] with Orientation this year [ unclear: org] the Drinking Horn and Chunder [ unclear: Mr] well as helping with hops during [ unclear: the].
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Although I see the position as [ unclear: been] 'social' one matters of direct [ unclear: conern] student would also receive my [ unclear: attent] - active support e.g. Education [ unclear: Fight] campaign, catering and assessment.
It is believed that the 'social' [ unclear: and] [ unclear: cal'] aspects of the Association [ unclear: work] [ unclear: tually] exclusive. That is rubbish. [ unclear: The] political affiliations or axe to grind [ unclear: a] [ unclear: lieve] that I can represent you well [ unclear: he litically'] and, more important so [ unclear: far] MVP position is concerned, socially.
John Penney
Democracy means decisions made By the people For the people. But at Victoria most students are not involved in the decision process. SRC as a platform for student representation is not working: few students attend. Some are excluded (part-timers) most are too busy. Decisions are made by the few who will sacrifice academic committments for active politics which often have little to do with the real, general concerns of students. These people must have the right to voice their concerns but it is ludicrous to assume that 100 students can make majority decisions for 6,000.
I believe that this situation must be changed so that all participate in decisions for the common good and all may have their voices heard.
- Maintain and improve awareness of students general concerns and work with others for the common good.
- Work hard on such issues as education cuts, bursaries, workloads, assessment and the cafeteria.
- Endevour to establish a means for all to participate in decision making.
- Seek the modification of, or if necessary abolition of SRC to this end.
- Ensure that students are well-informed and know what is going on.