Election for Chancellor

[La Jouissance]

Seconded.

Quoting exnihilo from 17:51, 14th Nov 2005
I suggest we not.

[The Kaiser]

Quoting Jo's Dad from 15:10, 10th Nov 2005
...but if we allow foreign peerages and want an alumnus how about Princess Bettina of Saxe Weimar?

Who is "Princess Bettina of Saxe-Weimar"? I have looked up the Saxe-Weimar family online and the only person I can find is a Miss Bettina Davidson, born in 1979, the daughter of Mr Martin Charles Davidson and Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Weimar. Miss Davidson would have no right whatsoever to call herself a Princess.

[BenEsq]

Quoting La Jouissance from 18:43, 14th Nov 2005
Seconded.

Quoting exnihilo from 17:51, 14th Nov 2005
I suggest we not.

Thirded. Going backwards would be more like it.

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Lions and tigers and bears...Oh my!

[Grandpa]

Quoting Al from 18:55, 9th Nov 2005

Quoting DrAlex from 17:55, 9th Nov 2005
What's the job description?

From the university website:

"THE CHANCELLOR

The office of the Chancellor has existed since the foundation of the University and no comprehensive definition of its powers has been made in any modern statute.

The most authoritative definition is contained in the return made by the University to the Commissioners of 1826 which states: "The Chancellor is head of the University. He is consulted on all public matters relative to its welfare, and he is also Conservator of its privileges.

The power of conferring degrees is vested in him: this he may exercise either personally when present or by his depute when absent, with the advice of the doctors and masters of the University."

In English says:

He doesn’t really do anything.

He thinks he’s in charge, as long as you keep telling him he is, there’ll be no problems, especially if you need someone to keep the papers happy. He gets to ride in a big car.

If he likes you, or your mum, he can give you, or her, an honorary degree in the subject of his choice – just as long as the GP and his best mates agree.


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[s]Cogitationis poenam nemo meretur, facias ipse quod faciamus suades - pax vobiscum.[/s]

[exnihilo]

What a wildly incorrect interpretation of the role. Thankfully you won't have a vote.

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Albert Einstein -
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.

[Al]

I could have sworn that the information I posted from the University's website already was in English.

Yes, I am sure that the Chancellor thinks he is "in charge". Possibly because he is "in charge". In much the same way as the Queen is "in charge" of the country.

I am glad that he gets to ride in a big car. I didn't know that. Still, it'll save his legs. And he is an old man.

Which GP are you talking about? His? Mine? I am not really sure it matters. I don't see what anyone's physician (and friends) has to do with the awarding of honorary degrees.

[RJ Covino]

Quoting Al from 21:59, 4th Dec 2005
I am glad that he gets to ride in a big car. I didn't know that. Still, it'll save his legs. And he is an old man.

Sir Kenneth takes public transportation most places, as it happens. He's got a bus pass. No big car at all.

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http://www.ralphcovino.com

[Eliot Wilson]

And when he doesn't take public transport, he drives at five miles an hour.

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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."

[Al]

Quoting RJ Covino from 23:12, 4th Dec 2005

Sir Kenneth takes public transportation most places, as it happens. He's got a bus pass. No big car at all.

No big car? You mean grandpa got it wrong? Why do I find that so easy to believe?

To be honest, I never really believed in the "big car" in the first place.

[Guest]

A good choice may be the Duke of Hamilton?

[exnihilo]

Upon what grounds?

I'd be interested to see people's reasoning rather than simply the names of random peers.

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He [Julian the Apostate] had found by experience that no wild beasts are so hostile to men as are Christian sects in general to one another.
[s]Ammianus Marcellinus (c. AD 360)

[Grandpa]

Quoting Al from 23:36, 4th Dec 2005


No big car? You mean grandpa got it wrong? Why do I find that so easy to believe?

To be honest, I never really believed in the "big car" in the first place.

AAAaaaah, c'mon! every bigshot needs a big car to ride in.

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[s]Cogitationis poenam nemo meretur, facias ipse quod faciamus suades - pax vobiscum.[/s]

[Marco Biagi]

Grandpa, if it'll keep you quiet, maybe if the next Chancellor asks nicely he or she will be able to use the University Executive car.

To change the subject...

So, Barry, got a candidate yet?

[Grandpa]

Quoting Marco Biagi from 12:14, 5th Dec 2005
Grandpa, if it'll keep you quiet, maybe if the next Chancellor asks nicely he or she will be able to use the University Executive car.

To change the subject...

So, Barry, got a candidate yet?

keep me quiet? don't be ridiculous!

s/he should have a massively ginormiously hugity bigity big big big car. Like a really big one. with shiny wheels an' stuff.

and maybe a go faster stripe, in red of course.

yeh

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[s]Cogitationis poenam nemo meretur, facias ipse quod faciamus suades - pax vobiscum.[/s]

[Anon.]

I think it would be very fitting if Prince William were to be Chancellor at some point in the future, though probably not this time around.

[Guest]

Quoting from 23:24, 4th Dec 2005
A good choice may be the Duke of Hamilton?

His nephew attended here, he's also a bit of a legend in the scottish parliament, has quite a wit about him.

[Guest]

A Bently perhaps... indeed I think they should commission a Bently for the new Chancellor.

It must be something superior to Langs' Jaguar.

[flarewearer]

Quoting from 17:42, 5th Dec 2005
A Bently perhaps... indeed I think they should commission a Bently for the new Chancellor.

It must be something superior to Langs' Jaguar.

No, a REAL British car like a Bristol would be far more appropriate for an establishment of St Andrew's calibre.

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[Jamie potton]

Perhaps an eminent peer from the world of science? We have had an eminent classicist and lawyer in recent memory, so it would perhaps do well for the balance, and show we aren't completely arts-centric.
I think the highest graduate peer is probably the Duke of Montrose, if we want to look in that direction: and he has a family history with St Andrews (dating back to St John's College). Not sure if he is really that hot though.

(And what does it matter if Sir Kenneth gets to ride in a shiny Jaguar? It would look ridiculous if he were standing on Hepburn Gardens trying to flag down a 96 wearing a gold gown on the way to Graduation. He is the Chancellor, and deserves respect. He has done more for this University than any of us could aspire to accomplish).

[Eliot Wilson]

Quoting from 14:41, 5th Dec 2005

Quoting from 23:24, 4th Dec 2005
A good choice may be the Duke of Hamilton?

His nephew attended here, he's also a bit of a legend in the scottish parliament, has quite a wit about him.

The Duke of Hamilton, a legend in the Scottish Parliament? Perhaps you're thinking of his brother, Lord Selkirk of Douglas (Lord James Douglas-Hamilton as was).

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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."