Re subject line: I see the stealth spelling error software is working again. Well, there he was all wee and strong with his scruffy hair and grey shirt. Smiling. Waving people to "come in, have a seat, if you can find one." Wee Struan. And there was Geddes, bowl cut and green jacket intact. The nominator, Daniel Quipp, was handing out iced doughnuts from Safeway with B&S badges on the packets. (Where did he get such a surplus of blimmin' badges?) Quick introduction from Messr Quipp (Struan needs an intro?) and Murdoch was off, talking about policies and third world hunger and the national debt and 50m pools out at the Garscube complex in Glasgow. Na not really, well not the policies and third world hunger bit. What exactly did he say (for a measely half an hour sans hecklers)? What does Stuart Murdoch have to offer the students as rector in light of the fact that he has dropped out of Uni 3 times? "Empathy. I came to Uni in 1985 (matric no: 854440) up to the big city and got lost in it and basically didn't do any work. I don't know how student's manage it nowadays and I really admire them that stick in and get a degree as it is so hard now. You have to get a part-time job you have no benefits, no grants etc. Then there's making friends. I didn't have a proper friend a Uni till [squints] erm, third year. Err, I didn't even get to third year... I didn't even have a proper friend at uni. So basically understanding and empathy." Will you be in and around the university much? "Well, I live just down the road and I normally start my day off in the Grosvenor cafe so it won't trouble me any more to stroll another quarter of a mile to the rector's office. The band [do extensive touring and lots of sponsoring/leg-work and we're always in the studio - oops sorry. He really said] The band are going to be a bit more busy this year [hinting at a tour, definitely] but when we go away on tour its for no more than 2 weeks at a time. So I can't foresee any problems with my attendance. Anyway, I love using the QM laundry. I don't have a washing machine in my house, so I use the QM laundry sometimes. Being rector will mean that I don't get the usual funny looks whilst doing my washing. Incidentally, they've got some great irons in there [he did actually say this]." At which point someone asked, in a very quiet voice: "I thought that the last rector was basically a bag of shit, will you be any better?" Struan: "Sorry, I couldn't hear you. I could have sworn that you said that you thought 'the last record was a bag of shit'. Well, our bassist left the band, we had problems in the studio etc." Voice: "Na, I thought it was alright actually". Struan: :) There were lots of stupid questions asked with hardly coherent or cogent asnwers so I've edited them out. I've just provided a para-phrased edited highlights, really. Do I get my Juniour Reporter's Badge now Honey? Please? David Howie. :) PS Oops, sorry. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+