[HDNG]LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS' UNION:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]P6[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] 7 sabbatical [BULL] Turnout at last ballot: 25% [BULL] Ave. turnout at General Meetings: 2.5% [BULL] NUS member [ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]The Union's priorities lie in the running of its Building and its array of services. With sport as a big focus, political activity takes a back seat, and students have to be tempted to vote with incentives like raffles. A bit Women's Institute, but why not? Although LSU remains part of NUS, it's pulled out of the Leicestershire organisation, preferring to put Loughborough students above wider issues.[EITAL][PARA][PARA][ITAL][HDNG]SU FACILITIES:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA]A general shop (complete, of course, with sports gear section, and a 2nd hand bookshop); 4 bars; 2 cafes; pasta and pizza place; travel agency; printing facilities; launderette; bookshop (Dillons); market stalls; 3 banks; an insurance office; photocopier; photo booth; games and vending machines; pool tables; juke box; meeting rooms; auditorium (cap: seated 450/standing 850) with an [ITAL]impressive [EITAL]lighting rig. There's a new ú1.6m development underway, which will add more shops, meeting rooms, dentist, optician, and a resource centre.[HDNG]CLUBS (NON SPORTING):[EHDNG][PARA]Aerospace; Amnesty; Anglican; Art; Asian;Ballroom Dancing; Cassette Library; Chess and Wargames; Hiking and Hostelling; Hong Kong; Hot Air Balloon; Indian; Indie; Latin American; Lowbrow (arts); Malaysian; Motorcycle; Outdoor Adventure Pursuits; Overseas Action and Development; Pakistan; Palestinian; Quarantine Records (music); Railway; Real Ale; Scout andGuide; Singapore; Spanish; Stage; Street Artists; Turkish; Winetasting.[HDNG]OTHER ORGANISATIONS:[EHDNG][PARA][ITAL]The Rag distracts many students even from sporting pursuits, [EITAL]raising, as it does, [ITAL]phenomenal [EITAL]sums, such as last year's ú202,000. The Student Community Action group is run by 3 permanent staff and a student committee. Its major event each year is its multi-cultural festival. Student media includes a newspaper financed by the Union, but run independently, and a radio station.[HDNG]RELIGIOUS:[EHDNG][PARA]There are religious student clubs and churches in the town.[HDNG]PAID WORK:[EHDNG][PARA][ITAL]Nothing untoward.[EITAL][PARA][PARA]
