[HDNG]SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY UNION OF STUDENTS:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]P4[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] 9 sabbatical [BULL] Turnout at last ballot: 7% [BULL] Ave. turnout at [PARA]General Meetings: 2% [BULL] NUS member [ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]In the past, the students have elected Militants and extremists on [PARA]the right as their delegates to NUS conferences, but they [PARA]represent a vocal minority. The main contact with the Union is [PARA]through its services which, to a large extent, are left to run [PARA]themselves. The Union's main effort is concentrated instead on [PARA]the clubs and societies.[EITAL][HDNG]SU FACILITIES:[EHDNG][PARA]The Union has facilities on 4 of the 5 sites, Hallamshire being the [PARA]odd one out. However, at Totley, Collegiate Crescent and Psalter[PARA]Lane, the Union facilities don't amount to much more than an [PARA]office, bar and shop. But at Pond St in (believe it or not) the [PARA]Nelson Mandela Building, a purpose-built centre, there is a [ITAL][PARA]handsome [EITAL]level of provisions: 2 bars (1 is a smoke-free zone); 1 [PARA]cafeteria; 3 snack bars; shop; baby room; NatWest bank (with [PARA]cashpoint); Endsleigh Insurance office; travel agency; optician; [PARA]disco; gay room; ticket office; video games; vending machines; [PARA]photocopier; function rooms.[HDNG]CLUBS (NON SPORTING):[EHDNG][PARA]Asian; Circus Skills; Film; Irish Soc; Malaysian; Medieval; Sci-Fi; [PARA]Sikh; Welsh; Youth Against Racism.[HDNG]OTHER ORGANISATIONS:[EHDNG][PARA]'S-Press', the free student mag, is funded by the Union. There's [PARA]also a propaganda news and events sheet every 3 or 4 weeks. [PARA]The locally produced 'Orange' is a gig guide aimed at students. [PARA]The charity Rag, run jointly with [ULNE]Sheffield University[EULNE], employs a [PARA]full time organiser and has a sabbatical student chairperson and [PARA]raised รบ100,000 last year. More than 500 students get involved in [PARA]direct community help through the community action group.[HDNG]RELIGIOUS:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] 3 chaplains[ESTAT][PARA]There is a chapel at the Collegiate Crescent site.[PARA][BOLD]Religion in Sheffield:[EBOLD] see [ULNE]Sheffield University[EULNE].[HDNG]PAID WORK:[EHDNG][PARA][ITAL]Sheffield may offer a lot of things to students, but employment [PARA]isn't one of them. It has its own unemployed to worry about first.[PARA]Only the usual bar and restaurant work.[EITAL][PARA][PARA]
