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Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 20. August 27 1979

O'Brien takes the Stand

O'Brien takes the Stand

The next position for 1980 to be filled was that of Education and Welfare Vice-President. Again there was but one candidate, Brian O'Brien.

Brian gave only a brief speech, telling us of his long involvement in political campaigns. He took over the job of Education Fightback Co-ordinator in Otago: in the July 26 demonstration there were 3,000 people in the streets of Dunedin — previously an unheard of figure. Brian claimed his main concern was the new TSG and he feels that it must be scrapped. He also spoke of his interest in assessment, lecturer training and welfare.

But it became more and more apparent that Brian was not good at selling himself, or responding under a pressure situation. Through the questioning period, Brian generally fielded questions poorly. He also showed that he did not know as much as he should have about the job — he had not discussed it with the present E&WVP, he admitted to having no previous education experience on campus and he had little contact with education delegates on the Education Commission.