They Won

The new President promised to: reduce the President's salary by one third; increase grants to cultural, sports and political activities; increase the number of students involved in the University—Association administration; and to press for student accommodation, a legal aid service, increased bursaries, reduced emphasis on examinations, compulsory courses in teaching methods for lecturers, further student concessions, and an end to the Crimean War.

The new Man Vice-President promised to work for effective student welfare services (and, in particular, a more helpful loan scheme for students and the continuation of Contact) and said that "social and political concern should be vital to the University and social, sporting and cultural (as well as educational) aspects of student life are most important" (and if you can't fit your pet grievance into one of those categories you shouldn't have had a vote) He said that "increasing bursaries, holding coffee prices down and planning for future Union facilities are of fundamental importance."

The new Woman Vice-President said that student welfare was her mam concern. She endorsed the 'Rat' promise to install a condomat in the Men's Toilets. She said that she would work for the initiation as soon as possible of a student pharmacy which would have as its primary function the dispensing of contraceptives. (But does she go off?)

The Association's first NZUSA Liaison Officer 'envisaged his main tasks' as being to inform Victoria students of NZUSA activities and also to convey to NZUSA the policy remits of the SRC. He said he would "remin loyal to the interests of Victoria students, and sincerely strive for progress and the successful accomplishment of your will as expressed by the SRC." He said that while he had always opened his eggs at the big end, he appreciated that the will of the SRC was that eggs should be opened at the little end. At meetings of NZUSA, he said, he would lobby firmly for the adoption of Little Endian policies.

The new Secretary promised: curtailment of wide discretionary powers given to the Executive on matters of discipline of the student body; legal aid for students; introduction of 'special' exams; greater student participation and influence on university administration bodies; re-introduction of the student radio programme regular university-sponsored open-air rock festivals featuring Chicago, the Doors. Jefferson Airplane, the Stones, the Grateful Dead, Simon and the Mammaries and Little Ricky Moore Singin "I got a pie in the sky and here's mud in your eye suckers."

The new Publications Officer said that: his job would be to supervise the ever-growing publications machine in the University; editors should have the widest degree of freedom and independence compatible with the laws of libel and obscenity; the costs involved in producing a weekly Salient at the present time outweigh the obvious advantages of such a venture—experience has shown that our budget, facilities and available personnel must be substantially increased to sustain a high quality weekly; it is futile to attempt to exclude politics from this portfolio but they must never be allowed to be the sole criterion in the decision-making process; and students are not generally aware of the opportunities for free expression which exist in the student press (Argot and Cappicade are the obvious examples). The new Publications Officer appeared to make no promises Which is probably why he was elected.

The new Sports Officer "wished to see" grants for all clubs, both sports and cultural, increased. He said that there "appears to be no reason why in 1971, they should not receive at least 10% (of the Association's fees) which would amount to a sum in excess of $10,000. This would enable the more than 26 sports clubs to purchase and replace equipment etc. that would help them to cater for larger numbers of members and encourage their particular sport at Victoria." It's very difficult to think of anything snide or humourous to say about Mr Wright except that he is a third year law student, a member of the Tramping Club and next year's Sports Officer.