While many say that this policy was
simply an opportunity by Labour to "buy" the student vote, the
fact of the matter is that at the end of the day the majority of
political parties' policies are for exactly that: to "buy" the
vote of the population and thus get elected. Not saying it is right
by any means, but the point I am trying to make is that all
politicians want to get in to power and we as human beings normally
vote for something because it is going to benefit us individually.
Remember in 2005 Labour announced the "interest free student loans"
policy to "buy" the student vote back then and the fact of the
matter is it worked! Labour was down in the polls against National
and needed something big to take back ground and win the election. I
will not be surprised if they manage to do it again this time around
with the universal student allowance policy!
Anyway enough about politics, which I
am sure you have heard enough about over the last couple of months.
Thank you to everyone who attended the Katchafire gig last Friday
night and I hope you all had a great time. The event was absolutely
off the hook! We should shortly have live video and photo footage up
on the AuSM website for you all to view in case any of you missed it.
That was AuSM's last official "big" event for 2008. We are
still in the process of finding out what you guys want for the 2009
Orientation so please visit us on the web at www.ausm.org.nz
and fill out the online survey and tell us! Survey closes on October
30.
Lastly, this is officially the 2nd
to last issue of the debate mag (I say it's the last official one -
Ed.), and this means the 2nd to last issue that you guys
will hear from me as your president for the rest of 2008 and maybe
forever, depending upon whether we happen to meet some time in the
future. While I do not step down from office until the 31 December
officially (and will still be around for the next 2 months to help
you out), I will nonetheless be out of here before Christmas hits as,
I am sure like the majority of you, I would prefer to spend that time
with my friends and family, rather than behind the 4 walls of my
office. I will wish you all farewell in my final column next week and
will save the thank yous and of course tears until then.
‘Till next week!
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