Gordon Ramsay to run for Rector

[Dave the Explosive Newt]

I was going to let exnihilo announce this but - well, bugger it, let's spread the word. And you are indeed reading that word right - it's the Hell's Fucking Kitchen man himself. I'm sure just the sort of feller you'd want in your corner.

Recruits are wanted for the campaign: names and addresses on a postcard, kids.

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Will Watson. Medical Student. Cake Lover.

[Steveo]

I want this man as my rector.

[Prophet Tenebrae]

Certainly the best name I've heard in a while.

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[Duggeh]

How long does a rector serve for?

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[exnihilo]

Three years. People who wish to get involved in the campaign to get Gordon elected - and who would like to be among the 22 names needed to get him nominated, please contact me!

Tobias Joss

[Dave the Explosive Newt]

What does the campaign consist of, exactly? I recall you talking about posters on Wednesday, but my memory is a bit hazy.

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Will Watson. Medical Student. Cake Lover.

[exnihilo]

A campaign consists of one thing and one thing only - making sure as many people as humanly possible know about the election and about the candidate, and convincing those same people that the candidate is the best man for the job.

How people choose to do that is up to the individual campaign. It might be posters, flyers, letters, TV and radio, free lollipops, whatever does the job.

Right now, what's needed is 22 matriculated students to make the nomination - after that, the form of campaigning is up to the people who will actually be doing it!

[Mr Comedy]

What a nomination. I back that one.

[exnihilo]

I have his letter of acceptance for the Clerk sitting on my desk at this very moment, and in due course the form for the signatures will be circulating.

The Court may be in for a shock when Gordon chairs it.

[johness]

Quoting exnihilo from 14:01, 23rd Sep 2005
I have his letter of acceptance for the Clerk sitting on my desk at this very moment, and in due course the form for the signatures will be circulating.

The Court may be in for a shock when Gordon chairs it.

While I am all for Gordon Ramsay as I think he's great, I think the student body are losing sight of what being the rector actually involves. A celebrity does raise the profile of the university but at the same time do you really believe he'd be able to take time away from however many restaurants he owns, however many television programs he's involved with to come and sit in court and really understand what's important and set about getting it?

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[Dave the Explosive Newt]

Well count me in for the form, I can sign my name just as well as the next man. I'm afraid I don't have the time to devote to any particularly hard-core campaigning though.

While I am all for Gordon Ramsay as I think he's great, I think the student body are losing sight of what being the rector actually involves. A celebrity does raise the profile of the university but at the same time do you really believe he'd be able to take time away from however many restaurants he owns, however many television programs he's involved with to come and sit in court and really understand what's important and set about getting it?

As far as I'm aware, he turned down the invite last time as he was too busy, but now feels that he has more time to devote.

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Will Watson. Medical Student. Cake Lover.

[Iveagh]

Was Anne Robinson not mentioned at some point? She'd be pretty effective I think.

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'You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.'

Plato

[Eliot Wilson]

The secret to a good Rector is an effective Assessor.

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Bill and Ted beat the Grim Reaper at Twister

Bill: "You played very well, Death, especially with your totally heavy Death robes."

Death: "Don't patronise me."

[exnihilo]

He did indeed turn down a nomination previously because he was too busy, he now has the time. A really good Rector does a lot more than chair Court, he's an effective advocate for the students. Ramsay is a man who has a pretty forceful personality - to put it mildly. He's also a man who, when he has something to say on behalf of the students will say it and be listened to. I think he'll be excellent, and properly advised and kept informed by his Assessor and by Association officers he'll do the job marvellously. Does he really strike anyone as a man who does things half-assedly or in name alone?

To the Anne Robinson mentioner, she was asked before, and she pulled out. Feel free to keep throwing names around, but unless you get in touch with them pretty quickly that's all you're doing. If you don't support Gordon, fair enough, find someone else! It's up to the students to make sure we get a good Rector and not some cypher (Vanunu anyone?), especially as moves are afoot (again) to try and remove the position altogether and thus diminish the voice of the student body in university governance.

[MadDog20/20]

Anne Robinson's a bloody ginger! We can't have her in charge.

Gordon's the man.

I'd rather have Keith Floyd though. That guy's a legend.

[DrAlex]

Since I wouldn't know where to start when it comes to getting in touch with Mr T, I'll support Ramsay

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RUSH KATO '05!

rush.kato@gmail.com

[Prophet Tenebrae]

The interweb probably knows what to do about that... but realistically, someone domocile abroad isn't going to make a good rector in the unlikely event they agree.

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[Dave the Explosive Newt]

T didn't even agree to come on London radio, so I think our chances are slimmer than a fresher after a year in Melville.


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Will Watson. Medical Student. Cake Lover.

[rubbermuffin]

Flippin' brilliant, he's got my vote.

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'If something has to change then it always does'

[BenEsq]

Ah, roll on the superficialisation of the post of rector if you will, but don't expect to do it easily. If you really believe that having nothing but a carefully crafted celebrity persona installed as rector will do anything but detract from real issues, then please grow up. Get wise.
An angry man who runs a mean kitchen is not qualified to deal with the pastoral side of the role of rector or with the role of chairing court or with indeed maintaining the function of a "working rector". No matter how much you think a "name" will be effective in standing up for student issues, the man will be drinking, eating and playing golf with Lang et al if he is elected. Ramsay stand up to clever minds and influence the course of a very large institution or rather the number of groups that makes up our University? I know he won't. Don't sell out the position of rector and the students of the university for years to come with a "name". He will make the role superficial as indeed his own attributes are outside of cooking and throwing tantrums. Take yourselves seriously, take the University seriously, but don't take this joke of a candidate than anything other than a purveyor of food.

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