Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol. 40 Number 4. March 21 1977

This Week:

This Week:

Included on the agenda are matters of great social and political importance, such as the appointment of a deputy marshal for the cafetaria (paid) and the disappearance of the pool tables.

There will be — Elections for a 11 faculty committees. Professorial Board, all Committees, (including library), Union Management Committee, and the Catering Committee.

All these committees and boards and things must have student reps to operate legally.. If you think the cafe is a rip-off get on the Catering Committee and see if you can't improve things.

If none of that inspires you, come along and moan about the impending calamity regarding the pool tables—it is proposed that they be removed and the pool room converted into a General Meeting Room.

Is there anybody reading this who is 7 feet tall, has muscles of iron can run faster than a speeding bullet and looks like John Wayne? Then come and volunteer for the position of Deputy-Marshal to enforce non-smoking in the Cafeteria. This position carries with it a certain financial remuneration, otherwise known as pay.

Also there will be a proposal that all union policy be changed to ban smoking throughout the union building. All you nicotine addicts, come and stand up for your rights.

The S.R.C. is yours, and can only function with your support and involvement. Its decisions affect you, and remember you have no right to moan about their actions if you don't even attend their meetings.

Have you had experience with IBM electric typewriters? Want a part-time job at Varsity with reasonably flexible hours? Then come and work for Salient. Approximately 30 hours a week mainly on Wednesdays Thursdays and Fridays. Good rate of pay with generous allowances. If you have any queries, come and talk about it with David Murray (Editor) in the Salient Office, or Gerard Couper (Publications Officer). Written applications may be left at the Students Association Office.

The Women's National Abortion Action Campaign (WONAAC) held a National Meeting on the 26th February, with about 35 women from Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, and Wanganui attending it. WONAAC is a women's organisation fighting for the feminist demands of a women's right to control her own body, and to repeal the abortion laws.

The two main aims of the meeting were to discuss WONAAC's reaction to the Royal Commission on Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion, which reports late in March, and to find ways of making WONAAC more effective as a national organisation.

Ways of building WONAAC into a more effective national organisation were also discussed and it was decided to use the time before the Royal Commission reports to build the various branches by arranging visits by speakers to the other centres.

As well as the possibility of a speaking tour by WONAAC activists after the Royal Commission, local visits will be organised to women's groups, technical institutes and high schools. Other activities will be organising pickets, such as the one of the Women and Health Conference protesting at the exclusion of representatives from WONAAC, selling the newsletter, and working with other feminist groups on the abortion issue.

In calling for a woman's right to choose, WONAAC won't get concessions from the government easily, but by making the government aware of what public opinion is and by organising effective activities around the feminist demand of a woman's right to control her body, WONAAC will succeed.

Natalie Stoyanoff.

If you are interested in joining WONAAC, ring Di Cleary Ph 861-857 Helen Wilson Ph 848.541