Society Frump
President Ayub Hanif is at- tempting to turn Debating Soc into his own personal fiefdom by push- ing ahead with plans to host ‘con- troversial womaniser’ Dominique Strauss-Kahn on his comeback tour of British universities despite op- position from at least five commit- tee members. Apparently not con- tent with his ‘G7" associations to electioneering, Hanif also recently encouraged the editor of this mag- azine to publish an article criticis- ing one of his potential successors before the society AGM. This hopeful would later lose by a single vote following some aggres- sive questioning from Hanif in what ultimately looked like a bit of a stitch-up. Hanif is also known to refer to fellow committee members with the infuriating possessive “my”.
The Conservative Soc AGM was mired by classic Tory infighting as President Sam Firth was openly accused of elec- tion-rigging by other members of the committee. Firth, who seems to spend a great deal of time plotting the downfall of those around him, was described as “unfit for the leadership” by committee members Matthew Gibbard and Jack Aldridge, who spend a comparable amount of time plotting against Firth. Plus ¢a change.
In a clandestine act of night-time skulduggery, Pi News- paper head honcho Kit Weaver (and accomplices) attempted to pilfer toilet paper from the Gordon’s Cafe toilets. While his co-editor Ava Lloyd apprehensively waited outside, Weaver and co. attempted to make off with as much UCLU loo roll as they could get their thieving hands on.
Election Bitch
Campaigning almost came to blows as Sabeeh Rasul, Activities Of- ficer-elect, threatened to lay hands on International Officer also-ran and Da- vid “Brucie” Morris supporter Edvard Nore. Apparently Rasul felt that Mor- ris was not the better candidate. Bitch wishes that these boys would just play nicely, and hopes to see Rasul use his officer term to lay down policy on bare-knuckle boxing in the quad.
No election is without scan- dal, and plenty was provided by Sam Page’s supporters. The candidate for WIO found that, allegedly in jest, she had been accused of hating lesbians on her Facebook support group. As this transferred its way to graffiti on her posters, the scrawler was given an official written warning.
While some favour posters, some novelty costumes and others purely the support of Isoc, Jordan Mcbee took a new angle on campaigning by buying pitchers of beer in return for votes. Bitch, who frequents far classier establishments than the Huntley, hears whispers from the bar of Mcbee's card being turned down for his £64 booze bill of a Wednesday evening. Hey, big spender...