[HDNG]LEEDS UNIVERSITY UNION:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]P5[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] 10 sabbaticals [BULL] Turnout at last ballot: 10% [BULL] Ave. turnout at General Meetings: 2% [BULL] NUS member [ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]Don't believe what you're told about size not mattering, it does, and the Union is one of the largest and busiest in the country with more societies (about 180) and more sports clubs than almost anywhere else. It's fairly right on, especially on women's issues, green matters, welfare, the miners' crisis and so on. It hosts regular debates and events on such issues, which are generally well-attended.[EITAL][PARA][PARA][ITAL][HDNG]SU FACILITIES:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA]Every facility but the kitchen sink - [ITAL]oh, no, we take that back, there's one of those too[EITAL]: 5 bars; 6 cafeterias; a coffee bar; darkroom; opticians; minibus and car hire; ABTA travel agency; book/stationery shops; Lloyds Bank with cashpoint; hair salon; photocopying; photo booth; games and video machines; TV lounge; meeting rooms; and launderette.[HDNG]CLUBS (NON SPORTING):[EHDNG][PARA]African; Amnesty; Anarchist; Artificial Life; Arts; Bahai; Ballet; Ballroom Dancing; Blackhole (mag); Brazilian; Buddhist meditation; Cameroon; Carnaby; Change Ringers; Comedy; Cultural Arts; Debating; Drug Reform; Dyslexia; Earth First; East Asian; Egyptian; Emmanuel; Esperanto; Euphonic; Expedition and Travel; Film; Folk; Friends of the Middle East; German; GHOUL; Helenic; Hunt Sabs; Indonesian; Iranian; Irish; Japanese; Jazz and Blues; Juggling; Kabal; Life (anti-abortion); Lighting and Sound; Light Opera; Live Role Playing; Lust; Malaysian; Massoc; Mauritian; Militant; Mining; Model UN; Motorcycle; Monkey House; Music Theatre; Navigators; Oxfam; Pelicans (creative writing); Psychedelic and Trash; Railway; RCP; Sci-Fi; Scottish Dance; Scout and Guide; Soul; South African; Soviet Jewry; Sunderland Supporters; Tai Chi Hsing Yi; Tequila; Textile (social); 3rd World; Tibet Support; Use Your Head; Wargames and Boardgames; Welsh; Wine; Youth Hostelling.[HDNG]OTHER ORGANISATIONS:[EHDNG][PARA]'Leeds Student' is the award-winning University and [ULNE]Leeds Metropolitan University[EULNE] joint weekly newspaper, with a sabbatical editor, and 30,000 readers. The Union publishes a newsletter ('Action'). The Network Society runs a radio station. The charity Rag generated รบ70,000 for good causes last year. Leeds Student Community Action has a sabbatical co-ordinator and runs 30 effective local help projects.[HDNG]RELIGIOUS:[EHDNG][PARA][ITAL]Excellent [EITAL]facilities for 99 different denominations and religions and the largest Jewish student community outside Manchester.[HDNG]PAID WORK:[EHDNG][PARA]Only the usual bar work and bouncing at Union ents.[PARA][PARA]
