[HDNG]ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' [PARA]ASSOCIATION:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]P5[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] 2 sabbatical [BULL] Turnout at last ballot: 6% [BULL] Ave. turnout at [PARA]General Meetings: 1% [BULL] NUS member [ESTAT][PARA]The Student Association is the representative body and the [PARA]co-ordinating group for all sorts of student activities and the Union[PARA]is the building where the Association and its facilities are based.[ITAL] [PARA]Confusion over? Most students aren't political whizz kids, to the [PARA]extent that political platforms are prohibited at SA elections. It's [PARA]hard enough to get them worked up about services (beer and [PARA]stuff).[EITAL][ITAL][HDNG]SU FACILITIES:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA][ITAL]The Union, despite having some unexpectedly good facilities, is a [PARA]bit shabby, although this may change if the Association gets its [PARA]share of the 10 big ones (see above).[EITAL] In the Union, students can [PARA]find: 2 bars; 2 cafeterias; general shop; photocopying; vending and[PARA]games machines; pool table; track recording facilities and music [PARA]room; TV room with cable TV; launderette; showers; cashpoints [PARA](Clydesdale Bank); 2 meeting rooms.[HDNG]CLUBS (NON SPORTING):[EHDNG][PARA]Board Games (chess, bridge, scrabble, etc); Comedy; Dyslexic [PARA]Association; International Club.[HDNG]OTHER ORGANISATIONS:[EHDNG][PARA]There's a fortnightly paper, 'Cogno'. Students team up with [ULNE][PARA]Aberdeen University[EULNE] for student community work through SCAG[PARA]and for charity raising through Aberdeen Rag which has a [PARA]sabbatical organiser from the colleges involved.[HDNG]RELIGIOUS:[EHDNG][PARA]Multi-denominational chaplaincy. [BOLD]Religion in Aberdeen:[EBOLD] see [ULNE][PARA]University of Aberdeen[EULNE].[HDNG]PAID WORK:[EHDNG][PARA]Apart from the normal openings in bars, shops and restaurants [PARA](which are plentiful in recession-resisting Aberdeen), students [PARA]can sometimes find work in the oil industry, particularly those [PARA]whose studies are in some relevant field. The University Medical [PARA]School also pays sperm donors รบ10 a squirt.
