{"id":1479,"date":"1987-02-26T13:12:06","date_gmt":"1987-02-26T13:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/?p=1479"},"modified":"2017-11-23T16:31:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T16:31:59","slug":"february-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/thestudent\/1987\/02\/26\/february-1987\/","title":{"rendered":"February 1987"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month’s Student<\/em> editions contain exciting content, from Days of Action and grant raises, to\u00a0toilet seat trophies and illegal bovine exploits! Dive in to the February 1987 issues of Student<\/em> below….<\/h2>\n

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5 February, 1987: Grant Gains and Debate Success<\/a><\/h2>\n

Front page on this week\u2019s Student<\/em> is the announcement that the then-Secretary of Education Kenneth Baker and Scottish Secretary Malcolm Rifkind had decided to raise student grants by 3.75% from the previous academic year.<\/p>\n

The Edinburgh University Debates Committee won the Maiden Speakers Championship at Aberdeen this week, a competition named \u201cThe Bogwell\u201d due to the fact that the trophy for the winning team is a wooden toilet seat.<\/p>\n

Read the full issue here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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12 February, 1987: Students and Politicians Take Action<\/a><\/h2>\n

The Students\u2019 Association organised a day of action this week, which they told Student<\/em> reporters was \u201cour chance to show we think education is important.\u201d Students occupied the New College campus and other University buildings on this day of action.<\/p>\n

Edinburgh has filed a bid to host the 1991 World Student Games, a move which then-Labour councillor Mark Lazorwiz claimed had cross party support; however Councillor Donald Gorrie contested this, according to Student<\/em> reporters, saying the bid was a \u201cmegalomaniac act.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full issue here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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19 February, 1987: Success for EUSA, but not for the SU…<\/a><\/h2>\n

After last week\u2019s Day of Action, this week Student<\/em> reports that the Students\u2019 Association officials who helped organise the event were heralding it a great success.<\/p>\n

According to Student<\/em>, Edinburgh\u2019s bid to host the 1997 World Student Games ended in failure this week, with Sheffield holding the winning bid.<\/p>\n

Read the full issue here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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26 February, 1987: Modernising the Library and Tipping Over Cows<\/a><\/h2>\n

The University announces that it will be computerising the entire book loaning system at the Main Library, to become effective on the 1st of June 1987. University personnel heralded this as a great new scheme to make both students and librarians lives\u2019 easier in the long run, as paper borrowing and recall slips would no longer have to be used to access library books.<\/p>\n

Student<\/em> reports on a rising craze across rural Scottish, English and Welsh campuses, known as beef bouncing. This activity is apparently an American import started by American football players, but has become the main activity of secret campus societies in the UK as well. The activity consists of members trespassing on farmer\u2019s fields at night and trying to knock over sleeping cows, who sleep standing up.<\/p>\n

Read the full issue here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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