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Red Weekly, 182 Pentonville rd, London NI Ransmened with the art Officess Housed go And The Administration at the University of The emphasis of the occupation is o Essex in Colchester hos threatened to dose the University down unlesa the current occupation of the administration hlock 1s ended. Already the har and launderette have been closed in an attempt to turn workers on the campus against the students. Homerer, the occupation, which bean on 19 Sovember, continues to have solid support.
The students are demanding cuts in catering and accommodation chaeges, and gua rantees of the expansion of facilities to meet the expected increase in student numbers. After the Universaty writs against nine students. the further demand of no victimisation was adited. A systematic examination of the Tales in occupied administration block has rescaled some interesting facts. For example, a Barclay k Bank loan for student housing imoles an unnual interest payment of L10.000. The student are demanding discussions on this kind of fi nancing. General Meeting on Thursday 22 Novenber took issue with the secretary of the Students Linion, a CP member, and other Union hureaucrats who had heen negotating in secret with the Administration. The meeting decided that the Adminis tration, who kiew their demands, should where they coult be discussed and decked on by a mass vote. There was no place for negotiations by small, self-appointed delegations. The secretary has since re signed.
The students are anxions to win the support of the local labour morement. Bud an informal meeting between students and local workers on Tuesday discussed Tory cuts in education. A similar mosting next week will discuss the occupation. The students are trying to encourage Their occupation followed a local mohilisation for the NUS Grants Campaign Vol Acbion, and it is hoped that students elsewhere will take up the ques tion of housing and prices in their collegin. going beyand the offielal NUS protest campaign. Students at the University of East Anglia occupied on Wednesday (28 November) in aulidarity with the Essex struggle, and in support of the NUS Grats Campaign.
STOP PRESS Mancienter Universi Acministrazion ofimes hose been occupan in solarit with the aroggie at Ever Dabeens. The competion is to be maintained for at least 24 hours, ifter which an decapution aseably will decide future action, The students the deranding that their Ple Chancelion write to the Ever Vice Chen cellor calling on hine to withdrow the wris wrich have been issed spinst shadents them.