FORA BALANCED University of Edi~burgh, Old College South Bridge, Edinburgh EHB 9Yl VIEW Tel: 031-667 1011 ext 4308 1 April-13 May GET "NULUS IN VERBUS" EDUARDO PAOLOZZI ~Astociatioo wilh the flibr;l Fe!IMI ~Sciera! Tedi!ok>gy Wllhthe11!JP011oltheHelvyMocnfouldllion Tues-Fri 10 am-5 pm Admission Free Subsidised by the Scottish Arts Council Thursday, March 9, 1989 20p Serious SPORT self-analysis reviewed . Athletics Club COLTRANE triumph 8 page filrn at Glasgow • Rector to lose power on University administration \ over rea ors' · s by Aileen McColgan More recently, the issue was Rectors states that the Bill "pur­ taken up by George McNicholl, ports to put into the chair of the the current chairman of the Scot­ Court a lay person more suited A ROW ha broken out over tish Principals. The move is seen than the Recotr. But who is better' proposals to remove the as an attempt by McNicholl, the fitted than an outsider elected in a ancient right of Rectors to Principal of Aberdeen, to dis­ ballot of thousands of members of chair Scottish Univer ~ty .lodge the new Rector, Willis Pic­ the university?" Courts. Rectors and tudent kard (editor of the Times Educa­ It points out that the "attack on repre entatives of the Scot­ tional Supplement, Scotland) the democratic rights of students ti h univer ities met in Edin­ fro in the chair. and in some cases staff who elect An Aberdeen student rep­ the Rectors sits ill in a Bill about burgh last week and issued a resentative told Student that schools and further education col­ statement deploring the "at­ McNicholl and Pickard disagreed leges ... it should be opposed not tack" on their "long-standing on many issues. It was anathema only by present-day students but rights of office" in Edin- to McNicholl, he said, that some­ also by graduates of the four " _ urgh, Glasgow, St Andrews one elected by students should be ancient universities. The assault is and Aberdeen. in a position of power. The previ­ as gratutitous as it is unneces­ The impetus behind the provi­ ous Rector had largely delegated sary." sion, the only one concerning uni­ responsibility to the Principal, but Muriel Gray told Student that versities in the new Education Pickard had insisted on taking the the move undermined "the demo­ Bill , is believed to come from chair. This, it was widely believed cratic right of staff and students to George McNicholl, President of in Aberdeen, was the reason elect someone to the highest pos­ St Andrews. behind McNicholl's desire for the sible position - that of chairing The question of the chair being legislation. the University Court". What was taken by Rectors had first been The four University Courts needed, she believed, was univer­ rai ed in 1987 by the then Princi­ •were cpnsulted before Christmas. sity legislation making prospec­ pal of St Andrews, on the election · . While Edinburgh said that they tive Rectors pledge their availa­ of Winnie Mandela as Rector. Sir did not want the system changed, bility to perform their duties in the Alwn Williams was unhappy that the other three concluded that Court. It was a "nasty, shoddy her absence necessitated his chair­ they would like the governm~nt to piece of legislation", she said, "a ing· of the Court, as he felt the legislate an option of electing a Jay piece of nonsense". chair should be filled by a neutral chairperson to the chair. The The Rectors are calling on MPs person. The committee he legislation, if passed, would result and peers to ensure the "excision appointed to review the situation, in the position of Rectors being from the Self-Governing Schools however, decided to maintain the almost completely undermined. etc. (Scotland) Bill of this offen­ The press release from the status quo. sive provision". THREE Edinburgh Univer- burgh University Campaign stated: "The campaign is not they would not be paying as indi­ ical scientist, stated that on non­ ity professors will not be Against the Poll Tax (EUCAPT) limited to 100. Everyone who is viduals they felt they should not payment: "One should take the paying the Poll Jax; Berna~d to raise awareness of opposition against that Poll Tax should con­ use their university positions to protest as far as one possibly can. Crick, Honorary Fellow m to the Poll Tax within the Univer­ sitier non-payment. Of the lectur­ advocate political views." Normally one obeys even unjust sity. the Politics Department, ers we contacted all were against He said he "understood" the laws, but this law is constutionally Students listed include EUSA the Poll Tax - this clearly shows position of several lecturers who unjust in that it violates a long­ Peter Vandome, of President Malcolm Macleod and the intellectual bankruptcy of the he claimed were in favour of non­ established principle that per­ Economics, and Martin Secretary Mark Wheatley, with policy and that it should be payment, but felt they could not sonal or property taxation should Sclessor, of the Human Ecol­ the lecturers drawn from the Arts, defeated. make a stand as this would be graduated to the means to pay. ogy Unit. Divinity, Law, Medicine, Science "Fe~ lecturers said they would adversely affect their departments "The Government has been They are part of a campru~n of and Social Science Departments. not contemplate non-payment, when trying to get funding from clever to stick to financial penal- 100. including 25 staff and 75 s~u­ I an Robertson, who has been with most saying tney had not yet public bodies. continued on Page 3 · · dents, organised by the Edm- involved in forming the campaign, made up their minds or that while Professor Crick, a leading polit- . ' ·.. · ... .. ,• .. " . ~ .. ' ..• ..·. .. .. ~ - ..~ . :. •.~ . ·._ ·.. .. • . .. " .~ .· :_·_ ·.. ~ ; . : ·. .. .· .· ·. :.:. .. 0 . • • ...· .... A A • • • ROCK 'N'.R0LL:·~~~-. ·· ":_ :·,. :... FOR·PEOPLE WHO.. CAN.···- . · ~ 'N' > . ·. ·;. READ .WRI·T::E:. -: ··. .. ~ . HE HAS his imitators, but there's only one Bryan Ferry. If two other pop stars one or h \led might conceivably ~ve ea an album Rete Notre.. none would have bothered wtth the circumflex. TIM DE LISLE. DAILY TELEGRAPH, NOV2 87 At Wembley, even allowing or a stage design which made them look three feet tall, the Pogues were little people sent to do the work of big beefy rock­ ers. In an acoustic best suited to power chords and football chants, the jolly, oddly-subtle interplay of skiffling guitars, Shane MacGowan's growling vocals, the concertina, banjo, pipes and saxophones, had the discordant lack of focus of two different performances in neighbouring pubs heard from 50 yards down the road. TIM IlOSTHON, DAILY TELEGRAPH, DECEMBER t9 1988 [STUDENT NEWS Thursday, March9, 1989 3 Low turnout at.·o extra GM l';:: ~ The first four motions were GM Report compiled by Ewen Ferguson, Aileen McColgan and withdrawn by Malcolm Katka Krosnar. McLeod on behalf of the sRC since the attendance was so swss SWSS MOTION ON low at last Thursday's GM. RACISM MOTION (No. 5) IRELAND (No. 10) Of the remaining six, two were passed unopposed THE SWSS motion on THIS motion aroused much which led to the shortest Racism preceded a second exchange at the GM, in par­ General Meeting this year, Motion Against Racism, and ticular over the only resolve lasting only one hour. differed thoroughly in its of the motion that "EUSA RACISM Whose job is it to stop racist graf­ fiti on the desks in the libraries?" political stance. affiliates to the 'Time to Go' MOTION (No. 6) The direct negative to the SWSS MOTION Proposing the motion for Campaign." motion came from William For- SWSS , Rick Ford spoke for Murray Meikle began for Introducing the motion against rest, 0 N N Us (N. 0 • 9). racism not as an "abstract idea" SWSS by citing a personal view of racism, Leti Volpp began by say- ·but the policy of the ruling class the Irish situation, and asked for ing: "I can't believe there is a A further speaker for the THE SWSS motion on NUS exploiting society. He said he had our support for the "Irish people's direct negative to this motion. We motion stated that it was "hgh found it "disgusting" that Enoch affiliation proposed that a right to self-determination": should have had this ten years time a black persbn came up and referendum be held on the Powell MP had been given a plat­ affiliation to the "time to go" cam­ ago." talked here". She described how issue. Mike Cadger stated it form in the University last term. paign can only stimulate debate Ms Volpp continued by describ- only a coloured person or a person would be eficial for students · Morfydd Williams spoke in within the University, he s~id. ing racist graffiti on desks in the , being victimised could understand to be part of a union compris- opposition to the motion, and was Further SWSS speakers spoke University library, describing this how it felt to suffer from racism. · f l/ '}}' concerned at the credence it gave of the campaign as a step forward as "outrageous". "The quota sys- "If you have ever been in the · mg over "4 mt ton mem- to the racist argument being "im­ bers. The chance to influene& in bringing the "Troops Out" ' tern, too, is outrageous." situation where you are the only penetrablke". She highlighted the question on the agenda. Mike "Glasgow University is having a person with ~he skin colo~r you r.::;;;;..· the decisions of the NUS proposed "no platform for racists Cadger said it wa~ a constructive • must be seized. or fascists anywhere in the Uni- meeting about the problem, but hav_e -.