Andy Easton President

Biography: Andy is a senior student completing a double major in Botany and Geography. Other subjects include New Zealand History, Chemistry and Zoology. Active in University life—Science Editor of Salient and outside is a respected N.Z. authority in his Botanical field. Andy is also a keen sportsman— serious cricket, social rugby.

Broad Policy: Development and enlargement of the concept of the "Student Union", a unified body of over 5000 students who can, and will, press for many reforms both within the University and without.

To this end I would continue the present campaign for increased student representation in University administration, demanding that we at least have speaking rights at meetings of the Academic Sub-Committee of the Proffessorial Board and preferably a vote too!

Some Specific Policies

(1) Establish closer links between Victoria, Polytech. and Training College. This will give unity to student efforts in obtaining concessions down town and in the case of Training College provide support for the new Teachers' Union which appears likely to attempt to break the evil, bonded studentship system.

(2) Take immediate steps to examine possibilities of introducing suitable drinking facilities onto campus—for students. If the staff can have them so can we.

(3) Set up a composite Executive Grants Committee to work out a more satisfactory arrangement for grants to cultural and sports clubs.

(4) With the present surplus of recruits for Compulsory Military Training the time is opportune to pressure government into exempting all students from training. which for the unlucky birth-dates, can seriously reduce vacation earnings.