W. A. C.

The World Affairs Council is the newest club in the university and unfortunately did not have a place on the Students' Association Enrolment cards. We write this so that you may contact us if you share our concern.

W.A.C. stands for an attitude of serious study of world problems and a rejection of any dogmatic solutions to them. Already we include a diversity of outlook. It is our desire to include every element of responsible student opinion from that of ecstatic Christian to cynical Socialist.

The only specific stand that W.A.C. makes is over Nuclear Disarmament and the club has a secondary aim of "furthering the cause of Nuclear Disarmament." As the founders we felt that there was a problem that had to be faced by our generation. Yet we realised that the present Arms Race is only the scab on the surface of far deeper human problems. Hence we made our first aim the "cultivation of a responsible awareness of world problems."

No particular stand is taken by the club over unilateral or multilateral disarmament. Naturally as individuals we differ in approach. We are united in a common concern and want and need to meet all students with similar interests.

This year we are going to arrange activities in which challenging viewpoints will be presented for analysis in discussion. But discussion alone is not a complete end in itself. One way of expressing views in a positive manner was the recent Nuclear Disarmament March in which some of us took part. Currently some of W.A.C's. members are jointly organising with the Wellington Movement for Nuclear Disarmament a four-day march through the Hutt Valley during Easter. This will end on Easter Monday with a rally in Parliament grounds. All interested in participating are asked to contact the secretary.

Preparations also include the organisation of a talk on Laos, a screening of the film "March to Aldermaston" and a panel discussion to be labelled "Hunger and War—which the Greater Problem?" The campus notice boards will give fuller details.

It is your concern is world problems even if you don't share all the views expressed, please come along and differ. I may be contacted at 78-579 evenings.