Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol. 40 Number 4. March 21 1977
[Introduction]
Students are becoming restless over the conditions they are subjected to. In Kiel recently the University Student's Association tried to bring their discontentment to the attention of Education Minister Walter Braun by presenting him with a pig-let as a [ unclear: symboi] of the 'pitiable swine' students are.
For better or worse, however, this gesture was not completed since the piglet was so excited that, despite sedatives, its life was endangered.
The piglet was in fact somewhat more excited than the students themselves have been so far. As yet their protests have taken the form of such light hearted, practical jokes as this—although there can be no doubt that their dissatisfaction is real enough.
So far there is no sign of bitterness or fanaticism. In Cologne students doled out beakers of soup to passers-by in the street. In Hamburg they discussed their problems in the street in a controlled and disciplined manner. They have also printed handouts, written letters, held debates, started working groups and organised seminars.
The student strikes a couple of weeks ago represented the most extensive stu-Trade schools are another quite diff-fore. The standard children are now rein the Federal Republic. Police had to intervene only once, in Berlin.