[HDNG]KEELE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]P5[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] 4 sabbatical [BULL] Turnout at last ballot: 30% [BULL] Ave. turnout at General Meetings: <3% [BULL] NUS member [ESTAT][PARA][ITAL]Politically, the Union is full of wide eyed interest, but very few party affiliations. It runs its services with more enthusiasm than commercial scrutiny and has recently found itself in financially troubled straits. It places a lot of emphasis on its welfare role.[EITAL] On campus, there are also a newsagents, a bookshop and a campus supermarket.[HDNG]SU FACILITIES:[EHDNG][PARA]The Union Building in the middle of the campus has 4 bars, 1 cafeteria, 1 restaurant, travel agency, 2 banks (Lloyds and NatWest, both with cashpoints), general shop, Endsleigh Insurance office, disco, library, print service and photocopying, 3 minibuses, arts and pottery studio, vending machines and video games, photo booth, pool tables, launderette, juke box and function rooms.[HDNG]CLUBS (NON SPORTING):[EHDNG][PARA]Amnesty; Arcana; Astronomy; Bahai; Choir; Chemical; Critical Legal; Duke of Edinburgh; Edinburgh Festival; Friends of the Earth; Hellenic; International Forum (debating); Irish; Juggling; Live Action Role Playing; Malaysian; Motorcycle; Pakistan; Paradise ([ITAL]goddy[EITAL]); Renaissance ([ITAL]hippy[EITAL]); Rough Diamond (live music); Russian; Sci-fi; Singapore; Sword and Sorcery; Third World First; Turkish; War Games.[HDNG]OTHER ORGANISATIONS:[EHDNG][PARA]The student newspaper, 'Concourse', is published, but not controlled, by the Union. The University also publishes 'Grapevine', an info sheet. There is a humorous independent magazine called 'Reagle'. The 'Arts Umbrella' oversees creative activity of all sorts. The charity Rag last year raised รบ12,500, whilst other do-gooders were involved in the Union's Community Action group and Conservation Volunteers (which employ 2 full time staff and a student sabbatical), or the University's Voluntary Service, all working for and amongst the community.[HDNG]RELIGIOUS:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] 4 chaplains (CofE, RC, Free Church, flying rabbi - what a lovely image)[ESTAT][PARA]The big inter-denominational Christian chapel is a [ITAL]bizarre [EITAL]grey brick structure, rectangular with 2 cylindrical turrets at one end. Muslim prayer room provided on campus. In Newcastle and Stoke, apart from various churches, there are places of worship for Muslims, Sikhs and Buddhists.[HDNG]PAID WORK:[EHDNG][PARA]Few opportunities in the local towns.[PARA][PARA]
