Student Scam Story Number 2
Mike Heine reveals the tactics used by the Otago University Students Association to defeat the campaign for Voluntary Student Membership.
From his Blog "On the Right"
"When I was at Otago University I helped the campaign to make the student union voluntary. We lost because although the law required both sides of the debate to be funded equally, the Otago University Students Association were given a 'gift' from the University Bookshop of around $30,000 for their campaign. As it was a donation they weren't required to give us the same amount. However, as the OUSA owned FIFTY PERCENT of the Bookshop, it can hardly be argued that it was all above board."
Dirty little totalitarians aren't they? The trouble is a lot of these little Hitlers go on to bigger things.
From his Blog "On the Right"
"When I was at Otago University I helped the campaign to make the student union voluntary. We lost because although the law required both sides of the debate to be funded equally, the Otago University Students Association were given a 'gift' from the University Bookshop of around $30,000 for their campaign. As it was a donation they weren't required to give us the same amount. However, as the OUSA owned FIFTY PERCENT of the Bookshop, it can hardly be argued that it was all above board."
Dirty little totalitarians aren't they? The trouble is a lot of these little Hitlers go on to bigger things.
posted by Trevor Loudon at
12/19/2005 02:42:00 PM
2 Comments:
Like Marian Hobbs...?? :)
Believe me mate the amount of corruption and backslapping that goes on in these places is indescribable. Mike hits it on the nail, but it is far far worse when its in your face.
OUSA censored ACT members from speaking on behalf of the association (as student exec officers) as soon as they knew they were ACT supporters. Why? Because OUSA deemed that ACT was so anti student that members of the party were not qualified to speak up for student issues.
That's just dusting the top of the mountain!
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