There have been some raised temperatures in USI HQ lately as president Colman Byrne tries to impose uno duce, una voce on the union's Aston Quay stronghold. The politically ambitious Byrne is anxious that his name should be attached to any statements emanating from USI, regardless of the specific area of concern or the specialisations of the other sabbatical officers. Naturally, this policy has not been greeted with unanimous approval, a situation exacerbated by the efforts of USI's new press officer to convince a sometimes sceptical press that Byrne's is the definitive voice on student issues. Naturally, Campus Times is anxious to assist in any way possible so in future all comments on any issue - educational, economic or general - will be credited to C. Byrne, regardless of whether he made them or not.

Next week: C. Byrne on "inscape" in the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins; the future of the Japanese economy and "The Dung Beetle: Nature's Misunderstood Friend".