Support for Logan

The SRC expressed confidence in Bill Logan as its representative on University Council.

Mr Logan stated to the meeting that he must have the confidence of the SRC if he was to remain an effective member on the University Council. The motion supporting Mr Logan was "carried overwhelmingly."

No Confidence in Salient Editor Motion Lost

An SRC motion of no confidence in the Editor of Salient was lost at an SRC meeting on 19 March.

Speakers for the motion cited the publication of a Forum report, the decision to revert to fortnightly publication and editorial bias as reasons why the motion should be passed.

The seconder to the motion, Mr McCaffery, said "if the Dominion can publish a daily, why can't we publish a weekly?" Bill Logan said that he was convinced that the Editor was editorially and technically incompetent. He should, however, Mr Logan felt, be given an opportunity to prove his incompetence.

Colin Knox, Men's Vice-President, pointed out that the decision to revert to fortnightly publication of Salient had been made by the Publications Board on the recommendation of the Editor, not by the Editor himself. The position was also to be reviewed at the end of the first term when it was hoped that some of the technical difficulties in the new system of typesetting would be ironed out.

The motion of no confidence was lost by 4 votes to 80.

Australian students onto academic incompetents

Commonwealth Student News reports that Australian students are promising a year of rebellion against professors they consider to be incompetent.

Officers of the National Union of Australian University Students stated in Melbourne recently that a list had been compiled of academics that they consider should be dismissed. NUAUS plans to use the list in its attack on the system of academic security of tenure which, NUAUS alleges, protects inferior academics from loss of their jobs.