15 August 2008

10 things about the ANU Student Union

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There’s a funny little story on Woroni detailing little known workings of the student unionism.

Enough to make you thank the Howard Government for VSU!

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thanks kids, you didn’t disappoint 😉

She provoked us! 🙂

Come on Jb, we went a whole week without opressing the Left through our mere existence.

And there I was thinking we’d been getting better =(

magella said :

moosenator said :

That’s just great. VSU came in 2 years after I graduated. I never appreciated paying money so femmo chicks with d**cks could fart arse around.

Pandy said :

I only believe in student unionism where both oily feral chicks have used a douche.

Since when did the Riotact comment section become Misogynists ‘R’ Us? You boys are an embarrassment. Try sticking to the topic at hand. *Braces self for being told to ‘lighten up and take a joke, femmo-nazi’*

…lighten up, take a joke, and go shave your armpits – femmo-nazi!

magella said :

moosenator said :

That’s just great. VSU came in 2 years after I graduated. I never appreciated paying money so femmo chicks with d**cks could fart arse around.

Pandy said :

I only believe in student unionism where both oily feral chicks have used a douche.

Since when did the Riotact comment section become Misogynists ‘R’ Us? You boys are an embarrassment. Try sticking to the topic at hand. *Braces self for being told to ‘lighten up and take a joke, femmo-nazi’*

…lighten up and take a joke, femmo-nazi?

VYBerlinaV8_the_one_they_all_copy8:11 am 17 Aug 08

The only worse than student unionsim is actual unions.

magella said :

moosenator said :

That’s just great. VSU came in 2 years after I graduated. I never appreciated paying money so femmo chicks with d**cks could fart arse around.

Pandy said :

I only believe in student unionism where both oily feral chicks have used a douche.

Since when did the Riotact comment section become Misogynists ‘R’ Us? You boys are an embarrassment. Try sticking to the topic at hand. *Braces self for being told to ‘lighten up and take a joke, femmo-nazi’*

and who said Canberrans didn’t have a sense of humour?

moosenator said :

That’s just great. VSU came in 2 years after I graduated. I never appreciated paying money so femmo chicks with d**cks could fart arse around.

Pandy said :

I only believe in student unionism where both oily feral chicks have used a douche.

Since when did the Riotact comment section become Misogynists ‘R’ Us? You boys are an embarrassment. Try sticking to the topic at hand. *Braces self for being told to ‘lighten up and take a joke, femmo-nazi’*

I only believe in student unionism where both oily feral chicks have used a douche.

Woody Mann-Caruso10:13 pm 15 Aug 08

D.ckhead scumbag thugs – good riddance to them.

I was another unfortunate one just to miss out on not having to fork out $200 student union fees for services I never used. All this bullsht about the fees subsidising food in the refectory, when the food was always a similar price to any food court in shopping centres around canberra, and it was half the quality. The only decent place in the ANU refectory was the fish and chips place near the bar.. if they didn’t over or under cook the food.

I fail to see the point in the student union anyway, when a whole 1000 odd out of the 10,000+ students actually bother voting because nobody gives a toss about the fantatical left or right wing polictical wannabes.

Anyway I found it amusing that the splash ad for the Woroni page is “dream large – University of Melbourne”, is the student newspaper selling out? lol

Vic Bitterman9:00 pm 15 Aug 08

Students are tards. Gawd they think they know everything….

Mary Whitehouse8:34 pm 15 Aug 08

Student unions in action: In 1986 tertiary education in Australia was free. In 1996 full fee paying places were passed into law. Thank God they went.

As for all the shite about services, since when were students so special that they had to have their own sporting clubs etc? Any private operator who can’t turn a profit running a bar or catering service at a university should give up business. And universities themselves should provide childcare etc if they want a competitive edge. After all, the students are paying to go there. Better that than paying for a bunch of hippie communists or little Libs to indulge themselves.

I’d say that a lot of that list could be applied to just about any uni student union. ‘Tis the nature of the beast.

(‘Not having a Facebook group’ is a grievous failing these days?)

Clown Killer5:45 pm 15 Aug 08

… and from what I recall, the ANU Union has always been less than competent.

So it’s a pretty low bar then. Given that, you’d expect that even the Labor club could run it at break even … or am I dreaming?

p1 said :

Pretty sure GSF was only ~200$ a year?

Between 1997 and 2001 it was only $180 (plus GST post July 2000)

Despite VSU, student life at ANU chuggs along and femmo chicks with d*cks continue to fart arse around.

VSU or no VSU, ANU is always full of political hacks trying to get their factional jollies off one way or another. And from what I recall, the ANU Union has always been less than competent. So nothing too new here.

I voted against affiliation with NUS.

Yeah we are all really doing it tough now that we don’t have to pay $400 a year for our 10% discount Buzz.

Pretty sure GSF was only ~200$ a year?

So I’m guessing that the reason the Bakery charges 10c more for soft-drinks is not by choice?

It was also funny to see that one of the platforms a group was using to run for the Union election was the promise of a Subway and Boost Juice store in the refectory. I’m hoping that they were going for the Joke Vote and not a disillusioned group that thought they could make any difference to anything.

Clown Killer4:30 pm 15 Aug 08

I guess I’m showing my age Jakez … but I never thought that the ANU student body would be silly enough to sign up to the NUS, I guess you live and learn.

…Considering that I haven’t gone to ANU since 2003, I should probably let go already.

They’ve been affiliated since the late 90’s I believe when they won a referendum to get ANU back in (the ANU Liberal Club of the mid 90’s successfully won a disaffiliation campaign…this is what liberal club nerds like myself consider the ultimate victory).

One of the issues in this years election campaign is how much money ANU should be giving to NUS.

Having been to NUS conference twice, my opinion is that they shouldn’t give any money.

Clown Killer4:14 pm 15 Aug 08

I guess it must be about time for them to waste money on another referendum on whether the ANU should affiliate with the NUS!

Yeah we are all really doing it tough now that we don’t have to pay $400 a year for our 10% discount Buzz.

The ANU Union is a closed shop.

The Union Supermarket was moved out and replaced by a 3 mobile phone retailer!

Factional fighting is nothing new! The parlous state of the ANU Union is evidence of the impact of VSU. Nothing to celebrate here.

That’s just great. VSU came in 2 years after I graduated. I never appreciated paying money so femmo chicks with d**cks could fart arse around.

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