{"id":1250,"date":"1984-11-30T16:31:44","date_gmt":"1984-11-30T16:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2016-10-07T12:38:36","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T11:38:36","slug":"november-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/1984\/11\/30\/november-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"November 1984"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/files\/2014\/07\/1-Nov-84.pdf\"><strong>1 November <\/strong><strong>1984: Yes, we support the miners<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Miners\u2019 support passed \u2013 but no quorum: Four hundred and sixty-eight people turned up at the McEwan Hall on Monday night for the first Association General Meeting of the year to discuss motions in support of a Chilean general strike, and backing the picketing miners here in Britain.<\/li>\n<li>Rock bottom: The minimum grant, which was halved from \u00a3410 to \u00a3205 last year, may be scrapped altogether, depending on the outcome of a Cabinet meeting later this month<\/li>\n<li>This Charming Myth: The Fall\u2019s now long and atrophied roots stretch back over eight years to the blighted backside of England that is Salford<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/files\/2014\/07\/1-Nov-84.pdf\"><strong>Read the full issue<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/files\/2014\/07\/8-Nov-84.pdf\">8 November 1984: Matringo winner collects \u00a330!<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Pride of Lions: After more than eighteen months, U2 returned to Edinburgh in a blaze of glory.<\/li>\n<li>Lonarch Gathering: Scotland is renowned all over the world for its traditional Highland Gatherings. One of the lesser known but most interesting of these is the Lonarch Highland Gathering and Games in Upper Donside: Student receives a rare insight.<\/li>\n<li>Mannix, Morrissey, Mondale: This week\u2019s American election, the Smiths, and last term\u2019s SRC elections have something in common. What difference does it make? You may well ask.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/files\/2014\/07\/8-Nov-84.pdf\"><strong>Read the full issue<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/files\/2014\/07\/15-Nov-84.pdf\">15 November 1984: Bilston Glen &#8211; state of the strike<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tory split as Ryland resigns: Many months of internal wrangling and problems within the Executive of the Edinburgh University Conservative Association may well be over with the resignation this week of the President, Andrew Ryland, and three other committee members.<\/li>\n<li>The state of the strike: The recent SRC General Meeting passed a motion supporting the miners\u2019 strike. The NUM rally last week at the Usher Hall was packed out. Edinburgh District Council donates \u00a35,000 a month to the strike fund. Despite all this, reports in the press have announced a massive drift back to work.<\/li>\n<li>Ballgowns, bow-ties and booze: Yes, my darlings, the hectic University Social Calendar ground to a halt last Friday to embrace that decadent, capitalist extravaganza, the annual Presidents\u2019 Ball. Student\u2019s very own Dedicated Diarist braved the bank manager\u2019s wrath to report upon the swirl of social luminaries attempting to be private in public.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/files\/2014\/07\/15-Nov-84.pdf\"><strong>Read the full issue<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/files\/2014\/07\/22-Nov-84.pdf\">22 November 1984: Grants &#8211; the fight starts here!<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>O\u2019Neill goes on trial at AGM: A dramatic annual general meeting is in store next Thursday, following the tabling of a motion at last week\u2019s Committee of Management meeting demanding the dismissal of Union President Hilary O\u2019Neill.<\/li>\n<li>REM \u2013 Caley Palais (p12): REM have a lot to live up to, variously lauded as the best thing to come out of America for years, the saviours of American rock music etc.<\/li>\n<li>WAR! The fight for education: Where will you be this lunchtime? To coincide with today\u2019s mass rally against the heaviest grant cuts for many years, Student brings you analysis of the situation. Be at the Old College, 1pm, today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/files\/2014\/07\/22-Nov-84.pdf\"><strong>Read the full issue<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/files\/2014\/07\/29-Nov-84.pdf\">29 November 1984: &#8230; and the fight goes on<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Huge turnout for Old College rally: \u201cEducation is a right \u2013 not a privilege. We must stand up and fight for the right to survive!\u201d That was the clear opinion of all the speakers at last week\u2019s rally in the Old College, which attracted a crowd of 2,000 students.<\/li>\n<li>Ghostbusters: Hype\u2026 Hype\u2026 Hooray!: We have been hearing the title song for months now, and the \u201cno ghost\u201d logo is all over the place \u2013 Ghostbusters, the most hyped moved of the year, is coming to the UK.<\/li>\n<li>Edwina Currie: the case for cuts: The Federation of Conservative Students leadership has \u201cone of two funny ideas\u201d \u2013 Alan Young talks to the formidable political phenomenon that is Edwina Currie.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/files\/2014\/07\/29-Nov-84.pdf\"><strong>Read the full issue<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miners&#8217; support passed; U2 and REM rock Edinburgh; Edwina Currie and the case for cuts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[26,19],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/files\/2014\/10\/Miners-support-passed-but-no-quorum.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p52Px1-ka","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1250"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1253,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions\/1253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}