Talk:University College Dublin Students' Union

Discusion
"In 2006 there was a swing to the right in the Sabbatical Officer elections with no left leaning students winning a sabbatical officer position.This reflects the satisfaction among students with their position in society with their interests being represented on a national level by UCD SU and USI.It also reflects satisfaction with the Fianna Fail-Progressive Democrats, Government of Ireland which has been in office since 1997 and it is widely expected that the next general election will be in 2007."

I'm going to delete this section over the weekend on factual grounds unless I'm given a good reason to keep it.

Byrno 23:35, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

If there was a "swing", it was long before that. Remember Thomas Kador, the Austrian? Thomas was the most genuine guy you could meet, with brains to burn as well. But he was a guy with a great heart and great compassion. The few times I talked with him I couldn't but be moved by his empathy with the underdog. He would have made a great President and defender of UCD students. What happened? The snivelling little Seoinín parasites around Aonghus Hourihane started a Red Scare campaign against him. Yeah, just like the Fine Gael crowd did in the 1932 election about Fianna Fáil. Hourihane and his ilk bear no reflection on Fianna Fáil voters like me. They, as with all other presidental campaigns in UCD student politics, were a mob. Bereft of decency, honour and basic class. Maybe, just maybe, UCD has always been a bastion of ultra conservative West Briton D4 reactionaries, of people who really did want to go to Trinners but hadn't the points? Maybe, just maybe, it is a Catholic university before it will ever be an Irish university? Just listen to the hostility of UCD lecturers such as Michael Laffan who went livid when it was requested that all official uni documentation be bilingual. And we really are not meant to mention this but...but...but what is UCD governing authority going to do about UCD lecturers advising students to leave UCD and go abroad as soon as possible to study in "better" universities? Interestingly, the "better" universities (out of the entire planet earth) in question are invariably Cambridge and Oxford. Oh yeah, and despite all the promises of change we still have shite food in the restaurant. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. If all UCD students went to France for a year we would realise how universities there treat students on the food front. The restaurant staff are lovely; that has never been the problem. The problem now, as throughout my time here, rests with the quality and range of food offered. Every presidental campaign has promised change- not a single one has delivered. 193.1.172.138 17:58, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Right and Left etc.
Hi I'm new to wikipedia editing, and since Im a current sabbat with UCDSU im not going to edit anything here at least until i talk to other editors first. Having read the most recently updated article on ucdsu I think there is too much labelling people left and right.

It is pure opinion in some cases, based on the contested opinions of a few individuals. I know both Dan and James would dispute the suggestion that they are right-wing for example, and since there is not any objective way of measuring this, the reference to their alleged right wing leanings should be left out.

Reasons for editing.
It's quite obvious that those with a clear opinion on what the Union should do, how current and past officers have performed and substantiated practices are editing this wikipedia entry. Please respect wikipedia's aim to be as informative and as objective as possible and provide links to support any changes you feel necessary.

removals
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