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Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 44 No. 6. April 6 1981

Cultural Affairs Officer David Beach

Cultural Affairs Officer David Beach

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I'm a part-time student studying German after, unrelatedly, completing a BA in English Literature at Victoria last year. I'm currently unemployed but it is likely that in a couple of weeks, Labour Department willing, I'll start a job at the Wellington Arts Centre. As Cultural Affairs Officer I would implement the following programme:
  • Work with clubs to involve the student body more in their activities. Two clubs which I am active in demonstrate some of the possibilities. The Drama Club is holding a festival in the last week of this term featuring lunch-time performances in the Memorial Theatre and a street theatre group moving around campus. During Orientation I organised a Simultaneous Chess Exhibition for the Chess Club which attracted wide interest.
  • Regular late night Jazz evenings along the lines of those held in Orientation. I have spoken to the Hot City Cats, the band which played at the Orientation events, and they're keen to play here on a regular basis.
  • Bring quality outside acts on campus by working through such organisations as the Wellington Arts Centre and the Student's Arts Council. My contacts with the Wellington Arts Centre, where I worked over summer as an actor, will be useful here.

A university education should mean more than the sum of the credits in a person's course. If elected I will work towards it also meaning participation in an interesting and varied cultural scene on campus.