Kids in America!
Yet another mystery down your union: just why did sabbs Andy, Steve and Sean travel to the USA in early March?
It feels like an age since Finance and Administration officer Dominic Tarn resigned, leaving The Cheese Grater broken hearted. (See CG14) But it seems the salary he left behind has brought a lot of joy to the three lucky lads, who trotted off to America – at UCL’s expense – to attend an international conference of student unions.
Why? Andy has openly admitted that he didn’t find the event that useful, because it concentrated on student services rather than his own areas of responsibility: education and welfare. The question of why he didn’t check the conference’s programme before jetting halfway around the globe – not quite in keeping with the Union’s environmentally friendly policies – has yet to be answered.
He has, though, proffered one suggestion from the conference: a shuttle bus between campus and Camden. Just like they have in the distant lands of, erm, Warwick, Southampton, Hertfordshire... and which are useful on campus sites, but would seem rather redundant alongside TfL.
Cock-tales
But surely Sean and Steve have come up with a long list of proposals based on the best examples of unions worldwide? Um, no. Indeed, the nearest thing UCL Union’s members have seen to a report on the jolly, sorry, conference are the photos Sean was uploading onto Facebook while he was still out there. It looks like there was a lot of research into exotic drinks: perhaps Phineas will offer a NY-style cocktail selection next year? Kids in America! Cock-tales