NIGHTLINE32710'BARE BF ADVERTISING 509227F ACTFRIDAY lOth MARC HS 1989 Election Results The New Sabbaticals President Adam Jones Vice President Laura Miliar Alts and Ents Mike Marshall Jason Cox is standing for ratification at the General Meeting on Tuesday March 14th. NUS Delegates-Easter '89 Delegation Leader Sue Canterbury Delegates Sallie Robins, Adam Jones, Nie Crotch Observer Jill Buckland The positions of Sports Chairperson, Deputy Sports Chairperson, and Treasurer will also be ratified at the General Meeting next Tuesday. Please Come Along And Attend, Ipm Union Lounge Tuesday The immensely embarassing oJection piccie montage specia 2 Friday 10th March 1989 BARE FACTS So hopefully this wedc you've all had on the whole are ratho^ non-commital but in the building and feel that these should your concience pricked. What you are neither state any support for the sch^e. be our pricxity. To provide change for the personally doing to save the world? Are Do have a read yourself as these lett^ laundrette would also mean aquiring a you eating less meat? using re-useable are on the GM notice board. new safe as the one we currently use products? refusing wasteful packaging at would not be insured for this extra the Supomaiket? Also you should have Proceedure For amount of money! Sony about this but I all had a few thoughts atout the situation would suggest any complaints are di- of women around the world as part of In- Complaints About rected to the Univ^^ty, those that run ternational Womens' Week and as for Staff this facility. Red Nose Day I certainly hq)e you've donated all you can and had a good laugh There have also been problems recently Coffee Bar at the same time! So what else is happen- regarding the proceedure by which mem- ing next week apart from everyl^y bers can put forward complaints about Opening Hours wearing ev^body elses clothes after the membo^ of stal^. What should happen is To help solve the problem of revraue jumble sale l^t Wednesday: that the ccxnplaint goes first of all to Han coming into the Coffee Bar it has been Sutho'land in eith^ a written or verbal suggested that the hours be extended to Club Cards And form, if a satisfactory solution can not be 1pm on weeknights and 2pm on Fridays obtained at this point the j^blem then and Sabirdays. Obviously this may cause The Union Door comes to me, or to a staffing committee problems with noise levels and I would composed of members of the club com- welcome your feelings on the subject Policy mittee if the problem still remains. It is CLUB AGM WEDNESDAY 15TH It is the law that states that evoyone using not that sta^ are beyond public criticism MARCH 1PM NELSON MANDELA our bars and other club facilities MUST but that they deserve to be treated with the ROOM • BE THERE! be a member or a legitimate guest. What discretion and courtesy empolyees Just a few more quick messages thanks to this means is that our licence could be lost should receive. It should also be noted all of you involved in the Open Day lets if persons using the bar could not be that members of bar staff and door se- make it a good one!, the prioritised mo- identified as members by pxxluction of curity are effectively employees when tions fcx' NUS Conference have now been their club card. This has been causing a woldng, therefore these processes 2^ply received copies are with the House Of- few problems of late mainly due to people to them. ficer for those interested, I have written not bringing their club ca^ but expect- to Robot Jackson requesting he gives the ing entry because they know the door se- House Officers CVCP the extra finances needed to re- curity. This puts your friends wwking the And Change For solve the AUT dispute(copy on GM no- door in a very difhcult position, everyone tice board), the idea of having a late bar should have a card regardless, I always The Launderette. every Friday night has been dropped as it show my card so should all you! Most of you should know that the House was only myself that showed any enthusi- Banks And Officers do not give change fcr the laun- asm and I have publically given up the derette. The launderette is not a dreaded tobacco so I hereby give you per- Student Loans Union/Club facility and therefore we re- mission to convisgate any cigarettes ceive no rev^ue frcxn this area. To give found about my posonage. Replies form Barclays and Natwest have Yours navy but nicotine free be^ received after our pledges to with- out change actually costs money through Sallie Robins draw buisiness if they take part in the bank charges. We already give out an Govemmaits' Loan Scheme. The replies enormous amount of change for facilities Weil what can I Welfare Standing Committee meeting Hope everyone's now a bit greener! 5.30pm Monday 13 March Inner Gallery. Don't forget still the Raffle to be held on say, oodles of ALL WELCOME! Tuesday IpmatthelastGMcrfterm. Tic- woppadooby stuff AIDS- kets from Sabbs cnr Union Officials - won- Pat Jones, the local Health Authority Aids derful prizes to be won. in here this Councellor and John Wrigjit from the De- partment of Biochemistry will be giving week..read on and the latest facts and figures and hopefully This next week I will be running round dispelling a few myths! 15 March 1989. roping people in to help wUh the new be amazed at the 1300-1400 LTE University video (being made by the stylish contents Thursdy 16 March 1989 Dr Alan Barrett Schools liaison team and AVA). will talk of the Virology of ADS LTD 1 So if you see the camera pointing in your of one of the best pm. direction - smile! Thanks to all those who helped out dur- Sue Issues of the year. ing Green Week especially Sallie, Rob, Clive and all those who helped with Jumble and leafleung. BARE FACTS Friday 10th March 1989 3 An Election in the Life of Phil Phillip arrived at Surrey University as a pure, innocent first-year. ings. He started attending Rag meetings. One particular meeting, he So when did the problems begin? staggered out, only to fmd himself in the position of Chairper- In the last week of the élections, I felt fi(xn fìiends that sui^rt son. Little did he know what fate had in store f^x him.... for me was growing, and that I could have been in a winning po- Now this great figure of our lime is sitting before me, talking sition. I spc^e with the oi^sing candidate. He infomed me that Crankly and openly about the exciting events which bave un- he would feel unable to restand if I won the election and resigned. folded ov^ the past few weeks. What did you feel about this? So, PhU, why were Donai and yourself enteredfor the Union At this point, I had second thoughts on continuing to stand for élections? the post I felt that I was in a difficult position and that I had few It' s traditional for Rag to enter candidates for any unopposed po- optìons available to me. sitions in the élections. This is to add int^^t to the élections, Then, on the Thursday of the last week of the élections, the Re- and aiso exexcïs&s the right of any member of the Students' tuming Officer came to me and we had a talk. She told me that Union to stand for any post the other candidate had decided that if I won the election, he Give me an account ofhow the élection unfolded, as regards would not restand, as there would have to be a by*eIection. the Sports Officer post. She stated the options open to me at this time. She said that if I As I was handing in my manifesto, the other Sports Offico' can- won, I could stay & do the job, or I could then lesign. She also didate mentioned that it would be difficuU for him to mount a said that resigning aft^ getting the post could cause bad feeling campaign against me, owing to work pressure. I was also put in the Union, as no-one would then stand for the vacant post. The under pressure by his proposer. third option I had was to withdraw inxn the electicxis before vot- He said that I should not waste the other candidate's time, and ing ended. According to her, I could have been in a possible win- he gave me some vobal abuse. He asked me why I was running ning position. fOT SpCKis Officer. I replied that it would be good for the image I was glad that she had come to me and clarified my position. of R^. I then said that I would resign. After talking to my proposer and other members of the Rag com- Why did you think of withdrawing? mittee, I decicfed that it would be better ali round to resign then. I thought that the fìiss would not be good for the image of Rag, On Thursday evening, I handed in my withdrawal from the élec- and I didn't want to waste the time of the other candidate, who tions. The results of the élections were announced, and I was told was a final year. that the qjposing candidate would be ratified at the next G.M.