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Wool' Ents Candidates, Shute and Baxter, Win the Top University Union FRIDAY, 15th FEBRUARY, 19 Lim Ihumwry Wool' O.G.M. Tuesday, 19th Feb, 1985 INDEPENDENT LEEDS AREA STUDENT NEWSPAPER — 1.00 p.m. - Riley Smith Hall — ENTS SHIITE TO THE TOP Ents candidates, Shute and Baxter, win the top University Union posts Two Ents candidates, Kevin Shute and Anne Baxter, have been overwhelmingly elected as President and Deputy President of the University Union "I'm very pleased. Thanks to his triumph. but said he was a large majority. everyone who voted for me". planning a big celebration. Kevin Shute is a third year Kevin told Leeds Student. Anne Baxter greeted her vic- Economic History and Geogra- He polled 1.001 votes, with tory with complete astonish- phy student who believes that Christopher Whitlow second ment. "I didn't expect it at alI". the President should 'represent with 711 votes and Marcus ICil- she said. She felt that since_ lick third with 533 votes. The Kevin and she had stood as total poll was 2.357 which was a Independents. it showed that very low turnout. students were not motivated by Marcus Killick, the official political considerations. Conservative candidate, was Anne polled 1,096 which generous in defeat. "1 wish easily beat her nearest rival Kevin all the best," Paul Lof- Rosemary Powell who gathered Robinson tus, an independent candidate, 625 votes. Duncan Hunter was commented, 'I'm very pleased third with 288 and Ian Lloyd for him. Let's see if everyone fourth with 135. can get behind him and unite Both Kevin and Anne are the Union." heavily involved in Ents and Pic Sitrphen Kevin added that he had not their victory follows last year's • Shute the President. yet realised the significance of success of two other Ent candi- dates, Julie Parry the Cultural Affairs Secretary and Glen Bin- ley the Deputy President. This Voluntary Membership Plan year Ents are fielding a candi- date for ever sabbatical post. Glen Binley said that he was Federation of Conserva- support. • The new Deputy President, given by the deputy chairman overjoyed at the result. "It's a Anne Baxter. tive Student? plans for The motion, put forward by of the Freedom Association, victory for commonsense.- he students and not the country.' Alan Howarth. Conservative Norris McWhirter. He warned said. voluntary student union He feels that he understands membership may soon M.P. for Stratford-upon- that if ministers failed to act on "Martin Glancy and I stood Avon, calls on the Govern- the N.U.S. membership issue as Independents last year and how most students think. have Commons backing - ment to give individual stu- than they would he in danger Experience and common- we feel that we have achieved a sense not political idealism if an early day motion dents a free choice and pro- of breaking international law. lot more without any bickering were the basis of Anne Baxter's tabled this week gains hihihit the use of union funds This whole issue is a one between parties. I'm glad it's manifesto. She will offer active for political purposes 'includ- c' to the heart of Leeds happened again." opposition to education cuts ing the payment of affiliation University Conservative Asso- Martin Glancy. President of fees to the National Union of ciation. At Monday's meeting LUU said that he was very and the provision of fuller in- formation about the benefits Students.' they passed policy to launch a pleased for Kevin and Anne. "I available to students. This in-ay be seen as part of a campaign pointing out the in- hope that they enjoy their year Ian Lloyd did rather well in wider concern about student adequacies of N.U.S. Chair- as much as I enjoyed mine. I'll union activity - Ministers are person of L.U.U. Tories, the Deputy Presidential elec- he very happy to give them all tions, considering that he was apparently worried that unrep- Michael Simmonds said: - he told the help they need, the joke candidate. Ian stood resentative groups of students "N.U.S. does absolutely no- Leeds Student, may he able to determine un- thing for the students of Leeds with a manifesto expounding He added that he was sur- the delights of whipped cream. ion policies and actions in the and I would fully support any prised by the low poll. which The Union Council elections, name of the whole students attempt to introduce voluntary was only two-thirds of last this week were won by Robert union body. membership of N.U.S." year's turnout. But he said that Unwin and Austin Garth. At a Commons rally orga- the election was representative nised by F.C.S. an address was Tina Ogle because Kevin had won by such Margaret Pooley THE HIGHER NEW ORDER VALENTINE Plus: COMPLETE EDUCATION A.G.M. REPORT INTERVIEW MESSAGES WHAT'S ON DEBATE: 8 & 9 P.5 P.9 P.15 GUIDE TO LEEDS PAGE TWO NEWS DAUNTING CUTS BOOK V.A.T • Bristol and Birmingham Universities are perhaps with a loss of recurrent income of 11/2%- facing severe financial difficulties, 2% a year. These proposals would result in grant reductions being greater than the rate of staff ABANDONED according to their vice-chancellors, with retirement, so that even if no retired staff were The controversial tax on knowledge which was to extend huge annual deficits, and the danger that replaced, the university would still experience V .A.T. to books and newspapers, is believed to have things could get even worse over the next financial problems. been dropped by Chancellor, Nigel Lawson. few years. The vice-chancellor of Leeds University. Ed- The proposal, which was to have been introduced in Mr. ward Parks spoke of Leeds' financial problems as Both Universities claim to have become dis- Lawson 's budget next month, angered staff and students in by no means as immediately serious as Bristol's. education establishments, as well as numerous authors, and re- illusioned with the Government promise that a He attributed the closure of the archaeology new dawn will eventually break, following the sulted in many demonstrations and lobbies of parliament. department, and the continuing reduction in the hardships suffered after the government cuts of Leeds Liberal students, presented a petition to Michael number of candidates accepted to Leeds annually 1981. Bristol's deficit for next year has been Meadowcroft on November 28th last year. A 'delighted' Julie as the direct consequences of the 1981 govern- projected as £1,180,000, and an emergency sav- Hall, organiser of the petition, considered the governments U- ment cuts. However he thought tht the university turn, to be wholly the result of such action. She claimed that the ings plan of action by the University, could mean had coped reasonably well, in that it had not 4% cuts department budgets cuts of £100,000 in Liberal party had a particular interest in the principle of no tax on suffered 'financial brinkage' or 'academic chaos', books, as it was they who had first removed the tax 125 years ago. the Student's union grant, and further freezing of unlike tome other places. But with the prospect She told Leeds Student that the new initiative 'Shows the govern- Staff vacancies. of further cuts in the recurrent grant. he forsaw ment are listening for a change'. The vice-chancellor of Birmingham Universi- the situation in the long term as 'daunting'. ty. Professor Edward Marshland told the Times Education Supplement last week that "We have It seems, however, that not every university no prospect on financial grounds, of maintaining has a gloomy future in store. Aberdeen, more severely hit than most by the 1981 cuts. has MBERS UP the range of extent of our present activities, at The number of people ber has risen from 74,860 the standard demanded of a major University". cleared its deficit, and has a balance of £142,000. It achieved this by losing 200 members of staff, accepted into United King- in the previous year to Anxiety about future erosion of funds is being and the university's 83-84 financial report. de- dom universities last Octo- 77,431 in 1984. expressed in the light of a Government Green scribed the last three years as 'traumatic'. This has been the first sign Paper, which should go through later in the year, that the universities have been outlining further cuts in the recurrent grants, Joanna Walters 11111M1111.11111111111111L able to reverse the declining trend in acceptances since the Government cuts in 1981. A report from UCC shows that the number of candidates ap- plying for university places in- creased slightly although the CROSSWORD rise can be wholly attributed to a 9.3% increase in the number of applications from overseas By D. HOGMINK students. MI in a ii 7 ■ ACROSS DOWN It isthoughtought that the rise in 2 Simple departure for the the number of overseas candi- E laid-back.(4-5) dates could be a result of posi- 3 Comparitively recent Northern 1 Girl has distant affair on old tive efforts by universities to 1 1 bicycle (5-7) vessel. (5) 1 0. Rest disturbed for some time. 4 Foreign Office lies disgracefully recruit more students from • formerly (9) abut,' British weaknesses 171 abroad and reflects the high sta- 1 1 5 Before returnin 11 Knife for culling records? (51 g crooked rent. tus of UK universities abroad Ernii 1 2 Royal about-turn for a pint. (5) cross the threshold once more. (7) = '1 iiii • despite the high fees. 13. Big turtle, messy, leaves rubbish 6.
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