Errol R. Greaves

In the four years I've been around this campus the community spirit has never seemed so low as at present. Unfortunately it coincides with an election year in which the grand ole party is determined to make political meat out of us on the issues of law and order (of Macready's contrived experience on the Auckland campus) and governmental spending on education (of Muldoon). In addition the world we're growing into urgently demands our commitment on the environmental issues (and for me Indo-China is one of these)

My vote on executive will go towards a strong unified campus voice in the NZ community.

This campus is rapidly losing its soul under the combined onslaught of the increasing roll (with its ridiculous overcrowding problems), the matchbox building designs proposed, the new exam system, the lack of strong leadership by exec., Muldoon's concept of the role of the varsity and the insidious stiffening of public opinion under his influence whilst we at Vic do not positively and publicly oppose his narrow merchantilist ideas.

My actions as Cultural Affairs Officer will be directed to promoting a sense of unity and community on the campus through the avenues which the position provides - to encouraging people to think beyond their own little career-goals to the wider issues which if left to themselves will engulf us all - to convincing people that these developments won't be reversible later - to ACT NOW.

I believe that the obligation of all the arts today is to intensify, to alter, perceptual awareness and consciousness of the world in which we live. (John Cage, Joe Byrd, and many others) So I propose the implementation of a concept of theatre new to Vic activities - a concept which has little to do with a theatre building or amateur dramatics - but involves People in unselfish participation in loosely-structured multi-faceted Live Events in the Union Hall in the winter and in the Bot. Gardens in the summer.

My concern would be to help the Creche and projects like that on and off the campus: The Big House is the sort of enterprise which builds the spirit I seek.

I've been on the campus long enough to know my way around, to have gained the experience necessary for this job. The enthusiasm I have anyway.