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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume. 33, Number 9. 25 June, 1970

Focus—NZUSA Committee

Focus—NZUSA Committee

"Focus could be an important propaganda organ," said Charles Draper at a meeting of the SRC sub-committee on NZUSA on 9 June.

Mr Draper, chairman of the Focus Administration Board, said that Focus "will never be important unless it gets a real break, such as an important scoop". He said that Focus had a role to play in making university thinking "more comprehensible" to the outside world. "But this does not mean that Focus should be solely an organ of the Universities. It must also stand for independence and liberal thought," he said.

Speaking about the proposed NZUSA office building, Mr Draper said that it would help to "sell" NZUSA, and that eventually NZUSA, with decreased overheads, would have greater income. He remarked that, in his opinion, NZUSA will have to 'commercialise' to succeed as a national body.

Trevor Richards, NZUSA International Vice-President, and Bruce Wallace, Education Vice-President of NZUSA, attended when the Committee met again on 16 June. The possible formation of a New Zealand Tertiary Students Association, which would combine the Students Associations of Universities, Teachers Training Colleges and Technical Institutes was discussed. Bruce Wallace said that although tertiary students all had common aims and ideas, he felt that the organization would not be particularly feasible.

Questioned on the forthcoming Asian Students Association Conference, at which NZUSA will not be represented, Trevor Richards said that he thought it doubtful "that anything worthwhile will come out of it".

In discussing Focus, Mr Richards said that in his opinion the layout had improved, but he felt that the magazine was "a little Wellington-based". He is in favour of continued free distribution to students. Mr Wallace agreed that there had been a slight improvement in layout, but he felt that this did not apply to content He said that he had never expected the magazine to improve, but thought that NZUSA should persevere with it, as in his opinion it does have a future.

Students Association to join NZRRC

The Students' Association is to seek associate membership of the N.Z. Race Relations Council.

This was decided at the SRC meeting of 19 June.

Speaking against full membership, Margaret Bryson said that it would be better to seek only associate membership until the full effect of the Council could be seen.

"Its aims seem to be in line with our stated policy," she said, "and for this reason we should support it."