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Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol 40 No. 17. July 18 1977

Dear Editor,

It's good to see some union solidarity shown viz. students' union and Salient having a go at the Auckland Law student Harder, who tried to assert individual rights in the face of the mob. You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours, and when will Tom Skinner stick up for a living Bursary for students? Tom Skinner wouldn't bend over to pick up $13.00 and if anybody suspended so much as a booze delivery service to Tom Skinner on Sundays, they wouldn't be able to shrug off his retaliation, legal or otherwise.

Talking of Law students. I know Law graduates who would jump at a chance to practice Law, no matter what their initial motivation. People studying it for interests sake soon find their interest is maintained by stories of sucessful lawyers they know. If we have unrestricted entry and pass those who know their stuff the end result will be that the Law firms will be able to select from a wide range, and that's where the danger of selection according to social status, schools attended, and influential parentage becomes real. I'd rather have selection by academics now than selection by the profession in five years time.

And as for the Hunter Building, the only reason it is so important is that no other building at Vic. looks in the least like a University, instead of wasting energy preserving a death-trap we should ab agitating to get a decent architect to design something of comparable architectural value. There are times when bombing Rankine Brown seems a good idea — could we add Easter-field. Kirk and Cotton while we're about it?

I remain, sir, respectfully yours,

Not Robert Muldoon, Tom Skinner, Christopher Harder, or Michael Fowler.

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