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146 DAYS SINCE STUDENT COUNCIL PASSED THE MOTION FOR THE REMOVAL OF LORD CAREY FROM THE STRAND CAMPUS WINDOWS
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THE UNION?
STUDENTS CHOOSE ALL-MALE TEAM IN KCLSU ELECTIONS IN A RESULT that was incongruous with Women’s History Month, students at King’s have voted in an all-male team of student officers in the 2013 KCLSU elections. However, you voted in KCLSU’s first Muslim VP and international president!
for Representation and Communications Anthony Shaw triumphed over postgraduate Law student Madeleine Timmermans. Meanwhile Liam Jackson beat the RON vote in decisive fashion for Vice President for Student Activities and Facilities.
The current Vice President for Student Activities and Facilities, Kirsten ‘Kiki’ Johnson, was edged out in the race for KCLSU President by Sebastiaan Debrouwere. Areeb Ullah took the position of Vice President for Academic Affairs ahead of Becci Dyson, Zoe Hollingworth and Martina Wade. And incoming Vice President
Some commentators are already decrying such a macho-centric result, claiming that there will be a lack of representation of King’s College’s female student population. However many are arguing that it is merely due democratic process, and pointing to the fact that three out of four of last year’s student officers were female. The
year before that, Roar! ran with the controversial headline ‘Bird is the word’ when an all-female team was elected. This year’s elections saw a victory for Roar!, as three out of the four winners are on the editorial board of this newspaper, and the incoming President is a keen supporter. Roar! wishes Sebastiaan, Areeb, Liam and Anthony the very best of luck for the coming year. The full summaries of your new student officers are inside. FULL STORY on page 4
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