Frenchies were in the news again this week. Not French bomb tests this time but French letters as SRC battled over the future of the condom machine in the union foyer. The struggle for internal security began over a motion moved Caudal Halibur "that the contraceptive vending machine to removed to promote moral standards among varsity students". As the balloon went up on the debate "Caudall" made an opening thrust by declaring his unrequited interest in the moral standards of students and declared that "if God he wanted us to use condoms we would have been born with them He then got to the real guts of the issue by declaring that "the only reason women get pregnant is as a punishment for their lustful ways".

Caudall was followed by Halibur, complete with spunk-proof glasses, who got rather overwhelmed with the weight of things and ended up declaring that "the motion speaks for itself as he shuffled off hand in pocket. This particular piece of impotency was rapidly followed by Paul Norman who gave a stunning display of auto-fellatio demonstrating once again that such activities can lead to neck trouble.

Skirting deftly round the issue as to whether condoms can prevent Thrush our self-same Sports Officer mentioned that condoms could be a real money-spinner and suggested that the Association could extend its activities in the direction of an auto-ejaculation machine. However it was felt that such an enterprise would be dogged with dysfunction and could only come to a sticky end. Feeling that the debate was getting a bit slack at this stage. Gerard Winter attempted to inject some humour by relating an Irish joke which fell rather short of the mark. As the saying goes, stiff shit Gerard.

The motion was eventually lost but is bound to raise its ugly head again. Many times in the past students have attempted to raise interest on this particular issue but nothing ever comes of it. Hopefully this particular episode will bear fruit and the issue will not be so prominent in the future.

The meeting actually began with reports. Lindy Cassidy reported that there had been a fair amount of useful discussion at NZUSA's August Council on the role of the organisation and the fact that it seemed isolated from the students it represented. Not much has come out of the discussion as yet but it was a step in the right direction. Other reports from August Council mentioned that ISIC cards are going up from $2 to $3, that the LATA issue had been discussed and the buying of the agency upheld and that the Overseas students issue is still the main priority for International Affairs.

Then the yoghurt really hit the fan as Peter Winter gave his Council report. His principle complaint was that when he had presented the Association's policy on Law prerequisites to Council the Salient Editor, David Murray, who was present at the meeting, had heckled him and claimed that he did not represent students. As a consequence Peter was forced to backtrack on his policy and the credibility of the Association's case was affected. A discussion on the correctness of the current policy ensued which finally ended with David Murray moving that the policy in question be reconsidered at the next SRC. There the matter rested and the meeting continued (without an apology from David).