International Affairs

Tom Broadmore

A fourth year part time student. Just been capped BA, continuing his studies for hie LLB. A member of the Internation Affaire Committee, the National Club, the Hockey Club, the Drama Club and the Squash Club.

A keen student of International Affaire, and as been a member of the Committee for the past year. He was a contributor to, and co-editor of the highly successful "Spotlight on Vietnam" and has also written for Salient. Politically he is an independent-thinking Conservative, and is a member and peat committeeman of the National Club. He is a veteran of last term's March on Parliament. Tom Broadmore plays hockey for Varsity, and before old age caught up with him he played in the Tournament team. He is now on the club committee. His other sporting interests include golf, squash, watching rugby and listening to cricket. He believes that the International affairs portfolio, if used properly, is an important addition to Executive, and that the Committee has an important part to play in Varsity life. Its aims must be to provide an independent, thoughtful and above all, informed viewpoint on international affairs; and to this end he will, if elected, continue to produce "Spotlights". He feels that there is room for considerable improvement and will lay stress on quality and moderation, rather than on quantity and emotion. A recently reactivated organization on the Varsity campus is W.U.S. - which aims to help students in less developed nations by fund raising campaigns. In past years this movement has been particularly strong in Otago and Canterbury. Broadmore feels that there is no reason why Victoria should not be equally active in this field. He is also a strong believer in Volunteer Service Abroad, and intends to publicize its activities to encourage more graduates to serve with it. The Pacific Study Seminar is an exciting concept, and a radical new advance in the International thinking of New Zealand Students. Broadmore thinks this deserving of continued support and will seek to extend it to new areas. However the superficial coverage of many areas is not as worthwhile as the detailed study of a few, and he will endeavour to keep these two factors in mind. One of the most important duties is to foster international student relatione. N.Z. on the Supervision Committee of I.S.C. and this provides a good opportunity for further development. Although he holds firm views on such questions as N.Z. action in Vietnam he believes that it is not the function of the IAO to [unclear: dge] Government action in the Internation field.