Archive for January, 2007
Issue of the Day (morning): Student Fees
I was going to spend a good chunk of today going through candidates’ platforms. But very few are up, and those that I have I’m not supposed to talk about yet. So I won’t. But there is one issue that we feel is kinda important, and probably worth considering. Which is that of AMS student [...]
Issue of the Day: Student Apathy
Student apathy is a constant nagging theme threading through AMS affairs. “Students just don’t care” is a detrimental attitude into which is sometimes too easy to sink as an executive, AMS Councillor, or observer. Just look at the voter turnout, they say: as several candidates have pointed out in this election, it’s peaked at 13% [...]
Candidate Withdrawal
We’ve learned that Liz Ferris has dropped out of the VP Admin race. This corner is slightly disappointed; we were both very impressed with her, and had planned to support her candidacy. Our disappointment is tempered, though, by the fact that we know she’s going to get/stay involved on campus, and that wherever she chooses [...]
Student E-Mail Lists
Ah, AMS Elections Season. The time of year when the Ubyssey and navel-gazing candidates fawn over “refreshingly nihilistic” candidates who scream from the rooftops that the AMS does a poor job of communicating with, and relating to, students. It’s true. There’s no way to gloss over it – the AMS does a relatively poor job [...]
Survey!
We’ve put together a short survey. We’d really appreciate your input and thoughts, and it shouldn’t take more than five minutes. Yes, surveys are an imperfect tool, and the AMS did one a while ago. But this is designed to get a snapshot of certain people at a period of time. The people who answer [...]
Debate III: Senate, VP Admin, VP Finance
In case you haven’t seen it yet, skip down a few posts to enjoy Jeff Friedrich snorting a condom. It gets funnier with time. And even funnier? Tonight’s candidates’ forum at Place Vanier. Notably, this corner appreciated that there were more questions, more engagement, and, most importantly, more time to hear from the candidates. There [...]
Interview with past execs
As some of you have noticed, I’ve interviewed many old execs from the past, including:- Spencer Keys, President 2005/2006- Manj Sidhu, VP Admin 2005/2006- Rev. Josh Bowman, VP Admin 2003/2004- Ian Patillo, current VP External- Holly Foxcroft, VP External 04/05- Sophia Haque, current VP Finance Check them out! What about VP Academic, you ask?I’m trying [...]
Important!! Breaking!! News!!
So we’re trying to liveblog the AMS elections debate. It ain’t working. So we present you with this video of Jeff Friedrich (candidate for President and BoG) snorting a condom up his nose and back out his mouth. Enjoy!
Welcome to Elections Insider
This is a word of welcome to those who are discovering this site for the first time, now that campaigning has started and millions of trees have been axed in noble service of AMS campaign posters. We’re the Elections Insider blog, and we’re committed to spending the next two weeks spreading as much information as [...]
Issue of the Day: Elites
Today was spent talking to people, both in person and online, about the elections. And a couple main themes emerged. One is far more existential, and I need to organize my own thoughts more properly before I can even begin to express them. But the more accessible one is that people perceive the AMS as [...]
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