http://savevca.org/archives/19 The VCA is in Danger... help with SaveVCA Fri, 16 Sep 2011 06:04:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://savevca.org/archives/19/comment-page-1#comment-142 Tony Llewellyn-Jones Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:39:23 +0000 http://savevca.org/?p=19#comment-142 If the current Federal Government does indeed receive a mighty whacking at the forthcoming Federal Election Prof Glyn Davis (confidant of the PM for curriculum change) might just have to reconsider his handling of the VCA takeover. How much more property can one university possibly want? How much more damage to the history and achievements of past VCA staff and students can be dismissed? Rage must be maintained. From here in Sydney one feels helpless. But as an admirer of the ideals and practices of the pre-putsch VCA I can only offer moral and occasional vocal support. A year of both a State and Federal Election is an ideal time to keep pushing, pressing and shaming. More power to Save VCA. As Paul Keating once said to a fuming Arts gathering during the Howard years: 'The Visigoths may be at the gates but there will be a new dawn and a new day. There always is.' If the current Federal Government does indeed receive a mighty whacking at the forthcoming Federal Election Prof Glyn Davis (confidant of the PM for curriculum change) might just have to reconsider his handling of the VCA takeover. How much more property can one university possibly want? How much more damage to the history and achievements of past VCA staff and students can be dismissed? Rage must be maintained. From here in Sydney one feels helpless. But as an admirer of the ideals and practices of the pre-putsch VCA I can only offer moral and occasional vocal support. A year of both a State and Federal Election is an ideal time to keep pushing, pressing and shaming. More power to Save VCA. As Paul Keating once said to a fuming Arts gathering during the Howard years: ‘The Visigoths may be at the gates but there will be a new dawn and a new day. There always is.’

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