Lot's Wife Edition 8 2013
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STUDENT AFFAIRS<br />
– compelling him to run as President for 2014. One of the running platforms<br />
of his election was the introduction of ‘Household Goods Services’<br />
to provide free rental of lawn mowers, vacuum cleaners and whipper snippers<br />
for students who couldn’t afford to invest in these items long term.<br />
I told Ben that those items were too practical and that he should lobby<br />
for either a massage parlour or monkey helpers to carry our books from<br />
lecture to lecture. Chuckling he replied, “I really would love to implement<br />
monkey helpers within the MSA but I’m afraid it’s not very ethical<br />
and could create an internal coup and could compromise the values of the<br />
organisation generally.”<br />
Ben’s passion for equity in education and student services is admirable.<br />
The necessity for strong, ethical leadership from an MSA president<br />
has never been so imperative at Monash University, as we enter a term<br />
under a national Liberal Government set to attack higher education and<br />
its resources. Ben Knight is locked in for a hard and hopefully rewarding<br />
term as President. And it wouldn’t be kosher unless I posed the question:<br />
Will Ben and his team transform into ‘Knights’ (*cringe*) in shining<br />
armour quick enough to defend Monash from extreme cuts to our muchvalued<br />
resources and staff?<br />
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