Maria Jogova
Why don’t students vote?
I’ve heard this question asked countless times- why don’t students care about AMS elections and student politics? Why don’t they vote? How do we get them to vote? I can’t say I have a solution, but it seems to me that this has been a problem for quite some time, so campaign promises that eloquently [...]
Rumour has it…
So I recently made a post about a rumour that I heard students discussing. I posted the rumour and flagged it as such, as I felt that it was something that students were talking about, and felt that it was something to be discussed. I feel that part of covering elections includes posting things that [...]
Interviews
I felt like it was important to get some information from candidates running for office, so by using the handy tool that is facebook and doing some AMS election group stalking, I managed to get some email addresses and contact people running for office to ask them some questions regarding the election. I intend to [...]
Things I find interesting about elections
This isn’t a comprehensive list, but just some pet peeves and observations.1.) Candidates promising to lower tuition. You know who you are. Some responses to my pointing this out have been “but it sounds better”. I personally call it false advertising- but even if people wanted legitimately to try to lower tuition, it’s simply unlikely [...]
AMS Elections: Candidates
A long-awaited list of all candidates!PresidentBlake FrederickPaul KorczykAlex Monegro VP AcademicDavid NogasSonia PurewalJohannes RebaneJeremy Wood VP ExternalTimothy ChuFireThe King’s HeadIggy Rodriguez VP AdministrationCrystal HonTristan MarkleWater FountainJeremy “Kommander Keg” McElroy VP FinanceAle CoatesTom Dvorak Board of GovernorsBijan AhmadianAndrew CarneMichael DuncanBlake FrederickTristan Markle There are a few new names, but lots of people are also returning. I’m [...]
Presidential Platforms: Paul Korczyk
Alex’s platform is still not up (although I am now greeted by a nice profile shot, so as long as I see his right side, I’ll recognize him), so I’m moving on to looking at Paul’s. I was interested by the contrast of issues I found discussed on his website. Here I’m hoping to highlight [...]
Presidential Platforms: Blake Frederick
While Alex Monegro’s website is not yet up and running, the other two presidential candidates have their platforms posted: http://www.blakefrederick.ca/Student%20Support.html and http://voteforpaul.wordpress.com/platform/ . I hope to provide a bit of critique of both, starting with Blake’s (I figure alphabetical organization is the least biased of options, and since Alex’s site isn’t up yet…)Blake Frederick While [...]
Presidential Candidates for the AMS elections
So the candidates I know of so far running for AMS president are Blake Frederick, Paul Korczyk, and Alex Monegro. I’m sure many of you will be invited to join their facebook groups soon- I have so far managed to avoid the onslaught, but we’ll see what happens over the next few days. After all, [...]
Blogging to resume soon!
Hi everyone, Apologies on my behalf for not having blogged in a while- the year sort of caught up with me when exams rolled around and with the start of the new term and all, but blogging will resume this weekend. We will be covering the election, despite Blake’s participation in it, so your insatiable [...]
Terry Talks
Coming soon to the Life Science Centre, LSC1, near you- Terry Talks! The project was developed by a couple of UBC students and professors who had the vision of getting some really cool students at UBC to present a talk about issues they found really interesting and important. There are a 9 students from difference [...]
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