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the continuing stupidity of student politics
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saw this in the dead-tree edition last week, but have just remembered that it's online as well. Budget errors leave Student Union facing £110,000 deficit.
that's £110,000. un-bygod-believable. i saw that headline and i was more pleased than ever that my common room voted not to affiliate. now that we have a statement from the VP (Graduates) -- who is not, by the way, a graduate student -- i'll be in a position to assure my own people that it's none of their money that's been mis-handled, because we've paid no dues.
the article is really disheartening. i'm in favor of student unions as a concept, but man, not this one. eh,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cannons_at_dawn, anything to add?
saw this in the dead-tree edition last week, but have just remembered that it's online as well. Budget errors leave Student Union facing £110,000 deficit.
that's £110,000. un-bygod-believable. i saw that headline and i was more pleased than ever that my common room voted not to affiliate. now that we have a statement from the VP (Graduates) -- who is not, by the way, a graduate student -- i'll be in a position to assure my own people that it's none of their money that's been mis-handled, because we've paid no dues.
the article is really disheartening. i'm in favor of student unions as a concept, but man, not this one. eh,
cannons_at_dawn, anything to add?
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I don't think I am in favour of Studen Unions in general, unless they serve a specific purpose. I don't in general like the idea of any body claiming to represent me unless I've specifically asked them to. Representative democracy may be necessary at points, but I think I'm far more in favour of single issue bodies created (if necessary) to address a specific task than one body claiming to represent the views of students.
I've never voted in an OUSU election, and have no intention of doing so... as far as I'm concerned, it has nothing to do with me, whether I am a de facto member or not.