[HDNG]UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTH WALES STUDENTS' [PARA]UNION[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]P5[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] 5 sabbatical [BULL] Turnout at last ballot: 20% [BULL] Ave. turnout at[PARA]General Meetings: 1.5% [BULL] NUS member [ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]The Union's politics include tinges of greenery and Welsh [PARA]nationalism, but it's rarely party political. The SU's most direct [PARA]influence on students is through the services it provides. [EITAL]The [PARA]Welsh Union runs Welsh awareness campaigns, bi-lingual [PARA]meetings, bi-lingual signs, and a Welsh language conference, [PARA]and has a stall at the Eistedffod.[ITAL] Basically, Bangor's a good [PARA]place to be Welsh, but doesn't exclude the rest of us.[EITAL][ITAL][HDNG]SU FACILITIES:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA]The conveniently positioned 4-storey Union Building looks a bit [PARA]past its sell by date, but it has some smart facilities: 3 bars; [PARA]cafeteria; sandwich bar; restaurant; NatWest (plus cashpoint); [PARA]customised night club; library; launderette; travel agency; general [PARA]shop; bookshop; print shop; photocopying; photo booth; pool and [PARA]snooker tables; 8 minibuses and 2 cars for hire; parking; games [PARA]room; vending machines; juke box and TV lounge.[HDNG]OTHER ORGANISATIONS:[EHDNG][PARA]Plans are afoot to expand the weekly 'What's On' in town to [PARA]become the SU paper. At times the charity Rag, which raised [PARA]ú10,000 last year, broadcasts over the radio waves. The[ITAL] highly [PARA]active [EITAL]student community group employs a full-time co-ordinator.[HDNG]RELIGIOUS:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Team of chaplains[ESTAT][PARA]Local ministers of various denominations can be contacted in [PARA]times of spiritual need. Locally, there's the Cathedral and [PARA]Catholic, Methodist, Church of Wales and Baptist churches, a [PARA]Quaker house, and a mosque.[HDNG]PAID WORK:[EHDNG][PARA]Apart from the usual bar work and restaurant waiting, there's the[PARA]local Outdoor Pursuits Centre and other tourist trade which [PARA]offers jobs to the early bird.[PARA][PARA]
