Elections
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Update re: Debate tomorrow
I’ve started to complain about how the debate structure was impossible for candidates to answer questions properly. Tim is talking to the host of the debates in hopes to change the structure. Stay tuned.
Synopsis of the Candidate’s Debate II
Today’s Candidate’s Debate left me with a foul taste in my mouth – it lacked particularity, depth, and informed opinions (and therefore, any possibility for even an hint of a constructive dialogue). To criticize the layout of the debate: giving the candidates 30 seconds to answer a question was simply insufficient, and an attributing factor [...]
Great News
The nomination forms for Tariq Ahmed (Senate), Tristan Markle (BoG), and Thomas Masterson (VP External) have all turned up. Now back to the issues! Make sure to read and post to the Issue of the Day post!
Candidate Questionnaire – Joel Koczwarski
1) Why are you running for VP External? I’d really like to affect the way the AMS deals with students, with CASA and CFS, with the province and city as well. I have a strong grasp of the issues at hand and there are areas that can be improved upon and areas that just need [...]
Issue of the Day: Policy Motions
Genocide Awareness Project (GAP)and Pro-Choice students at UBC, March 2005. (photo by Gina) Consider the following: McGill University banned Blood Services from blood drives in their building because they ban men who’ve had sex with men from donating. Carleton passed a policy preventing anti-abortion groups from getting funding. (link) SFU’s student society has an activist [...]
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