Kring Unie Leuven (KrUL)
The Kring Unie Leuven (KrUL) was founded in January 1984 as the Overkoepelende Studenten Organisatie (OSO) when 8 faculty circles left the Algemene Studentenraad (ASR) due to internal struggles.
During the summer of 1984 they renamed themselves Kring Unie Leuven (KrUL).
Since 1969 the ASR had been the coordinating organization for a number of councils and student organizations at the KU Leuven. They each had its own subject matter and history.
The integration of the different segments was certainly not easy. Some points of discussion were:
- the power of a possible coordinating meeting over the councils
- the influence of the 'exempted' students
- the extent to which Veto had to represent the opinion of the ASR/LOKO
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In 1984 this resulted in a separation from the ASR. The cause of that separation was the anti-missile demonstrations in the mid-1980s. A number of circles - including Ekonomika, Romania, and the Koninklijk Vlaams Rechtsgenootschap (VRG) - were adamant that the ASR should not participate in such political demonstrations and established the Krul. The students were thus represented by two competing organisations: the KrUL and the ASR. The KrUL also founded its own student magazine: Faze.
In 1986, both associations reunited and the Leuvense Overkoepelende Kringorganisatie (LOKO) was created, albeit without Ekonomika, which only joined LOKO two years later. At intervals, discussions continued about the authority of the coordinating assembly.
The KrUL oversaw 8 faculty circles:
- Ekonomika
- Koninklijk Vlaams Rechtsgenootschap (VRG) - Leuven.
- Romania
- Eoos
- Farmaceutische Kring (as of 17 January 1985)
- Apollonia
- Muziekhistorische Kring.
- Apolloon
