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Benjamin Alfred Samuel,

Ben for short - Also known as "Wally", due to my glasses, and often spotted wearing a Wally-like scarf, I am a 1-year Horticulture Student at Capel Manor, Enfield.  My ambition goes far beyond dress-sense.  I am doing my investigative project on litter and vandalism, and I want to earn my living working in the gardening trade based on what I learn here. As the voice of students in general, having been one for the last 20 years, I have already set about creating a blog, video blog, twitter account, and face-to-face presence in the lunch gardens, and will use this as a way of communicating through my year as student governor, which I hope will be interesting.  I have read the very interesting notes from course reps on Capella.  These I hope will mean that students learn from history.  In my experience as a member of a student staff consultative committee on my last course, feedback is always an issue, as is plagarism.  I am the sort of candidate who as governor would work in cooperation with other governors, the staff here, and of course all students, to find ways forward that we can all agree on.  I am the sort of person who is full of ideas how to improve your experience at Capel Manor College, by improving the way the college is run.  I see it as the role of the student governor to first and foremost, to try to improve the student experience.  This is what I want to do and this is why I hope you will vote for me if you thing I am the person who would do the best, or second-best, job.  An other thing I should mention is that I have my own vehicle and getting to the Governor meetings in the evenings is not a problem...  As for tuition fees, a student I interviewed at a NUS protest said he was angry "that the government has failed to recognise the importance of art and design in our society, now the third largest sector, soon to be the second-largest sector... and I don't understand why the government doesn't fund that."  "I think if you're putting something back into society you shouldn't have to be paying back such a large debt."  In the future we need to invest in people, by offering free education.

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Ben for short - Also known as "Wally", due to my glasses, and often spotted wearing a Wally-like scarf, I am a 1-year Horticulture Student at Capel Manor, Enfield.  My ambition goes far beyond being popular.  I want to try my best to improve the student experience. As the voice of students in general, having been one for the last 20 years, I have already set about creating a face-to-face presence in the lunch gardens,  and will use this as a way of communicating through my year as student governor, which I hope will be interesting. I have read the very interesting notes from course reps on Capella.  By the way I am not a course rep though I could have volunteered, I felt that I wanted to be a student governor so much that I should save all my free time for that, not committing to go to meetings I would not have time for, when I have total faith in my course rep Rachel Ann Reid.   In my experience as a member of a student staff consultative committee on my last course, feedback is always an issue.  There is also that sticky issue of education, which I want to make a career in.  An other thing I should mention is that I have my own vehicle and getting to the Governor meetings in the evenings is not a problem...  A student I interviewed at a NUS "demolition" attended by 50,000 students like us, said he was angry "that the government has failed to recognise the importance of art and design in our society, now the third largest sector, soon to be the second-largest sector... and I don't understand why the government doesn't fund that."  "I think if you're putting something back into society you shouldn't have to be paying back such a large debt."  In the future we need to invest in people.

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Ben for short, a.k.a "Wally", coined by Terri, and if you see me around you'll see why.  In my experience as a member of a student staff consultative committee on my last course, feedback is always an issue, as is plagarism.  I am the sort of candidate who as governor would work in cooperation with other governors, the staff here, and of course all students, to find ways forward that we can all agree on.  I am the sort of person who is full of ideas how to improve your experience at Capel Manor College, by improving the way the college is run.  I see it as the role of the student governor to first and foremost, to try to improve the student experience.  This is what I want to do and this is why I hope you will vote for me if you thing I am the person who would do the best, or second-best, job.  An other thing I should mention is that unlike the other candidates, I have my own vehicle and getting to the Governor meetings in the evenings is not a problem...  I am hugely ambitious in what we can achieve in the coming months.

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We are going through a jobs recession that means many mature students like me have no choice but to re-skill here, and yet the government has cut its funding for the so-called lost generation who are NEET.  The environmental situation is equally troubling, with the things we take for granted - diesel, peat, oil, cheap plastic junk - all in decline.  What will life in horticulture and other sectors be like in 2050?  Will the world end?  Will there be a state pension, the NHS, and a dynamic economy?  As For the answer to all these questions, and more, vote Wally!  Vote Ben!  That's Benjamin Alfred Samuel.  Why not?  Because I'd vote for you if you were standing to be a student governor.

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Benjamin Alfred Samuel
My name is Ben, a.k.a. Wally, and let me tell you about my big idea. The problem is I can't promise a litter-free campus because I don't have super magic powers like a wizard, and I can't even get why any Capel student would drop litter.   So the other weekend, I was reading about the first year of the Lewes Pound.  My vision for 2012 is that the "Enfield pond" would be earned simply by picking up litter and exchanging it at rubbish bins.  Under my proposal a pond note would be enough to buy a knock-down sandwich at the end of the day, something I understand from reading course rep notes on Capella, are unaffordable to poorer students.  Then I would re-imburse the canteen for its local currency at an exchange rate of 95p to the pond, and then sell the notes to visitors as a souvenir or something. Easy money when you consider how hard it is for young people to get by in this economic climate.  I digress.  More things you should know about me:  I want to work in land-based industries, using what I learn on my Horticulture year course, because I was looking for a green job that pays a living wage.  I don't understand why the government is reluctant to invest in that more. I like my course because I have some talented people on it, such as my course rep Rachel, and I like working outdoors.  I like cycling and believe I could get to governor meetings on my own steam, unlike past student governors.  Since being a course rep in my last course, chemistry, I stood as a councillor for the Green Party in West Hendon, lobbying for green jobs and a 20 mph speed limit in residential areas, which I call "quality streets", and successfully winning a Brighton seat for Dr Caroline Lucas.  In terms of leadership, I am ambitiously aiming at leaving Capel in 2012 with a Distinction, which is the highest diploma on offer.  If you have any questions at all you can ask me.  (I'll be wearing the Wally scarf.)


My name is Ben, a.k.a. "WALLY", and let me tell you about my vision for 2012. The "Enfield pond" would be earned simply by picking up litter and exchanging it at rubbish bins.  Under my proposal a pond note would be enough to buy a knock-down sandwich at the end of the day, something I understand from reading course rep notes on Capella, are unaffordable to poorer students.  I am here because I want to work in land-based industries, using the skills I learn on my Horticulture year course, because I was looking for a green job that pays a living wage.  I don't understand why the government and big business is reluctant to invest in that more. I like my course because I have some talented people on it, such as my course rep Rachel, and I like working outdoors.  I like cycling and believe I could get to governor meetings on my own steam, more than past student governors.  Since being a course rep in my last course, chemistry, 2006-8, I stood as a councillor for the Green Party in West Hendon, campaigning for green jobs and successfully winning a Brighton seat for Dr Caroline Lucas, Member of Parliament.  In terms of leadership, I am ambitiously aiming at leaving Capel in 2012 with a Distinction, which is the highest diploma on offer.  If you have any questions at all you can ask me.  Try and spot me wearing the "Wally" scarf!

If I were a vegetable I'd be a potato 'King Edward'.