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CAMPUS 17S Woodhouse Lane, Leeds 2. fOppoirtr flnisenotiq Leeds Student Monday to Friday: Lunch - 12.00-2.00 p.m. Evenings - 5.00 p.m. to 12.00 midnight INDEPENDENT LEEDS AREA STUDENT NEWSPAPER Weekends: 5.00 p m. to 2.00 a.m. FRIDAY 21ST OCTOBER 1983 - FREE FREIV11111 French students have been protesting over attempts to pressure themLETTER into paying the £5 University -118VCh SE.V.:18jecUMBINED II 1 945/19E4 Health Service Fee. Students felt they were being cajoled into paying after they Students entering their Seccal 'leer of study in Ch. loreneh :ietartment received a letter (facing) from Prof. Thody concerning medical are roolnded that If they wieh to apply far an Asalstartshlit for the certificates for their year abroad. etozpuleOry Yee:. Abroad, they will ragelre a Sed4144gartir$oata.== The controversy centred on the suggestion that paying the £5 fee would save them a large bill for a medical examination. It If they haw. already pnid to the UniveraLty Hwalth Service the fee has since been revealed that the necessary certificate for the e„: 0. 0.00, which covers n rangy of service*, and particularly year abroad costs only £2. • that of the 51,k Bey, fnr the whole of the year 198.5/198h, they will Some students felt they were under increasing 'pressure to 's get their Certlflente free of rhargn tree the Pniveratty doctor. join the scheme after a meeting in the French Department covering procedure for the year abroad. At the meeting Mlle. 70thernlae, 611..ce the :„,ravtalag cf N ted],a1 Certificate Is not included Thyss reitterated her advice to pay the H.S. charge. • in the normal National Health cervices, the etude:As mill be requires that tvoi.C;.i 7 .` to pay for St separately. 'Z' They claim that the Department was not simply advising > them but actively guiding towards paying the charge by pre- \Students are advlaad that private rates can be very coatly.,t7 arranging medicals at Student Health leaving them with little ttn. esp•k m Ill quit :it, lit nth its Iied-, mis alternative in paying. \ • .\ t. x.1r, pl.:.:could have to eo Professor P.M.W. TWA'.` Fears were also expressed that making a fuss about the Member, 1983. charges might get students labelled as 'trouble makers' and iome, Alt.:cline their joepardise their chance of good references for their year lcerev 1.-xams would have to N4 abroad. its only in Sick-Bay • \e'.. \ However, Prof. Thody. Head of the French Dept., claimed foe this was untrue. "The letter was in no way meant to pressure students into paying the charge," he said. His intention was only to save students money and ensure that they obtained the necessary medical certificate. He claimed that at the time of he letter he was unaware that the cost of a medical examination was only £2. He has since assured LUU President Sally Ryder that he would make this clear to the students. Mlle. Thyss. a lecturer in the department, felt, however. that students should pay this minimal charge. She feels the £5 is worth it, not only for the certificate but for the extensive facilities Student Health provides. "A pint of beer cost 60p and a packet of cigarrettes £1 - this money is always being paid to ruin health. So what is £5 to safeguard it?" she added. • So far the university estimates that only 100 students have paid their E.5 health charge. Meanwhile the Union is maintain- ing its campaign to prevent students from paying. A Senate decision is expected sometime next week on whether the charge should be dropped altogether. ANNABEL McGOLDRICK PHOTO. John Timbers The Spectator annual competition is soon to appear in the WRIGHT v. LEFT magazine again, starting in the issue of October 22nd. An argument broke out this "offensive- m,,iy toward her. that if he interpreted the clause A special Student Prize is to be offered in association with British Airways and consists of two return tickets to anywhere week between members of If L.U.U. are seen to be about authorisation of material S.W.S.S. (Socialist Worker Stu- authorizing the sale of any mat- sold in the union literally he in the world on the B.A. network. The prize will be donated by Dame Edna Everage, who has dent Society) and Alison erial which has not been granted could end up signing every copy also donated the first prize in the competition ... a 1934 Wright. a special dispensation their of 'Socialist Worker' before it Alison, L.U.0 Deputy Presi- went on sale to students. Alison Daimler. licence to use the building could Questions have been contributed by many people, including dent. prompted by the requests be withdrawn Wright said that she would bring f five students to do so, asked the matter up at the next Execu- Kingsley Amis. Sir Alec Guiness and Dame Edna herself. To encourage student entries The Spectator has started at the S.W.S.S. members who were The position at the university tive meeting. General Secretary standing outside the Riley Smith is slightly different as S.W.S.S. Ailleen McGloughlin declared student subscription scheme whereby the magazine can cost Hall. selling their newspaper are a recognised union society that the whole issue raised about less than half the normal price. Socialist Worker and the clause in the Bye laws S.W.S.S.'s right to sell their And Dame Edna sends a special message to all students: to move to the up-market radical Union Steps. She failed to per- concerning the sale of material material in the union was "Possums, keep your eye on my favourite suade the S.W.S.S. members to in the Union building is an 'pedantic.' publication ... The Spectator. move from the entrance and ambiguous one. Martin Glancy. A joyous heart always!" said that they behaved in an Publicity secretary, pointed out DIANE TAYLOR FRANCES VOSE. PAGE TWO SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BLACK SOUTH AFRICANS Positive anti-aparthied action is being taken by Leeds Univer- sity in the form of a South African scholarship funded jointly by the University and the Union. The scholarship attempts to scholarship as useful in that it allow at least one black South makes British Students more African student per year to aware of South Africa as an study at the University of Leeds industrialised nation similar to with all of the necessary the U.K., in need of highly skil- expenses paid.According to the led workers and in which less terms of the scholarship the than one-quarter of the black T II E C O C' KTA I L machine and its human parts from 21et parties, to society Union undertakes to maintain population complete even MACHISE ... the latest in come to you. The trained staff functions, and can also provide':::_i the selected student in accor- primary, education. mobility, and the brainchild of can supply you with your favour- buffets and a disco ... all at dance with normal U.K. grant Selection of candidates for former I,WANUS hack. Nigel ites, as well as shaking up any- reasonable rates. levels and the UniverSity waives the scholarship is made jointly Fisher. Instead of treking down thing your feverish mind can The Cocktail Machine can bee-, all academic fees. by the University and the In a restaurant for your favour- create. contacted on Leeds 460460. At present there are two Union, the University's only ite concoction, you can have the They cater for any funefion, SAEEDA KFIANUM black South Africans studying stipulation is that the student is under this scheme at Leeds and academically qualified for the the Union is anxious to raise proposed course. The Union JEWISH more money to fund more stu- Executive base their ultimate C.N.D. DEMO dents. A target of £5,000 has decision on recommendations SOCIALISTS The National C.N.D. demo in London on October 22nd will been set for this year relying made by the World University be attended by both University and Poly students. The Uni- new mainly on donations from Service (W.U.S.) and the libera- Leeds Jewish Socialists is a versity C.N.D, group have organised a coach leaving the Par- political discussion group. It's members of the Student Union, tion organisations; The kinson Steps at 6.00 a.m. (returning about 11.00 p.m.). The primary aim is to inform its and future fund-raising events South-West Africa People's price is £5.00. The Poly coach will cost under a fiver and members through the channels are being planned. Organisation (S.W.A.P.O.) and details are still being decided. A Union published leaflet of debate and guest speakers. the African National Congress Tickets are available in this Union Extension during this The group also intends to be entitled Education for Libera- (A.N.C.). week_ tion, which is available at the The Union Executive is in active in Union politics. The Union Executive Office, sees pains to point out that Union initiative for this group came the value of the scholarship as money also goes to support from students who feel that " ...one way of showing our wider campaigns run by the lib- there is neither adequate provi- concern about the discrimina- eration organisation and the sion within the various political tion and injustice that takes W.U.S. which affect thousands groupings on the left, to discuss CROSSWORD place every day in South of people rather than just a few.