[HDNG]UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTH WALES STUDENTS' UNION[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]P5[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] 5 sabbatical [BULL] Turnout at last ballot: 20% [BULL] Ave. turnout at General Meetings: 1.5% [BULL] NUS member [ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]The Union's politics include tinges of greenery and Welsh nationalism, but it's rarely party political. The SU's most direct influence on students is through the services it provides. [EITAL]The Welsh Union runs Welsh awareness campaigns, bi-lingual meetings, bi-lingual signs, and a Welsh language conference, and has a stall at the Eistedffod.[ITAL] Basically, Bangor's a good 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 past its sell by date, but it has some smart facilities: 3 bars; cafeteria; sandwich bar; restaurant; NatWest (plus cashpoint); customised night club; library; launderette; travel agency; general shop; bookshop; print shop; photocopying; photo booth; pool and snooker tables; 8 minibuses and 2 cars for hire; parking; games 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 become the SU paper. At times the charity Rag, which raised ú10,000 last year, broadcasts over the radio waves. The[ITAL] highly 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 times of spiritual need. Locally, there's the Cathedral and Catholic, Methodist, Church of Wales and Baptist churches, a Quaker house, and a mosque.[HDNG]PAID WORK:[EHDNG][PARA]Apart from the usual bar work and restaurant waiting, there's the local Outdoor Pursuits Centre and other tourist trade which offers jobs to the early bird.[PARA][PARA]
