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In light of a few threads on the forums relating to this, I'll try to sum up the jist of them:

What the hell is going on with The University of Dundee Students Union?

I have probably been going, and more recently, not going there for nearly 8 years now. I even worked there for a short time.

The place is nothing but a haven for boorish, "wacky", rugger-bugger, alpha-male, drinking-games playing, "<insert name here>'s 19th Birthday Piss-up" T-shirt wearing idiots.

And the management seem to pander to these people, instead of lampooning them as the drunken buffoons they are.

The nightclub events have been dumbed-down to such a ridiculous level that they are no different to any other commerical nightclub. The nights seem to serve the purposes of one sector of the student body - that is the cheesy, commercial night-club attending part.

I don't think it is any co-incidence that hardly anyone from, for example,
Duncan of Jordanstone goes to the union very often. It is bland, mundane and
plain boring.

The Union "supports a sensible drinking policy" - bullshit.

There have been so many complaints of the years about the security staff in there that it begs belief.

The potential for the place has always been great.

I know for a fact that there are many students at the University who do not feel that Union is there for them at all, yet it claims to be for all students.

Places like the student union should be vibrant and creative, not boring and stifling. The sad part is many students from out of town don't know where else to go, and therefore end up accepting it the way it is.

Please post your thoughts.