With a seven-year background in finance, Julie Labonte is a solid candidate for the job. Although she lacks any SU experience, she has some good ideas. She feels the U of C is out-growing itself and will soon burst, noting the student body is bigger than the school’s capacity. Like a cosmetic-surgeon she hopes to… Continue reading VP Op-Fi: Julie Labonte
Month: February 2005
VP Op-Fi: Jonathan Griffith
Jon Griffith brings a lot of SU experience into the race for VP Op-Fi. As Clubs Commitee Chair, Griffith managed the budget and operations for SU clubs and was an active member in SLC.Jon mentioned the $200,000 surplus the SU earned in 2004 was a good step towards financial stability and hopes it continues to… Continue reading VP Op-Fi: Jonathan Griffith
VP Academic: Paige Forsyth
Paige Forsyth is currently the representative for the Faculty of Humanties and this experience has introduced her to many academic committees, as well as the General Faculties Council. In addition to having pertinent experience important to the VP Academic position, Forsyth comes across as focussed, driven and assured in implementing her campaign platforms. Included in… Continue reading VP Academic: Paige Forsyth
VP Academic: Mohamed El-Rafih
Mohamed El-Rafih’s greatest asset is his extreme confidence and belief in his ability to perform the position of VP Academic . Unfortunately, El-Rafih lacks the experience and professionalism required of the VP Academic. He has not had any prior academic experience on the SU, which does not necessarily make him entirely unqualified, but he clearly… Continue reading VP Academic: Mohamed El-Rafih
VP External: Jesse Chahal
Jessie Chahal is a confident candidate for VP External. He is a strong speaker and has a good understanding of the ins, outs and issues related to his portfolio. Unfortunately, according to Chahal’s platform and rhetoric, he will only be bringing a few new ideas to the VP External position. The first of these is… Continue reading VP External: Jesse Chahal
VP External: Daniel Monzon
Dan Monzon is a fairly well researched, sincere and passionate candidate for VP External. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have enough experience or knowledge about the workings and function of the SU to get his extensive ideas realized.In his platform, Monzon identifies a huge number of optimistic ideas, but lacks the plans to implement them. Among other… Continue reading VP External: Daniel Monzon
VP External: Jeromy Farkas
For a first year student with no relevant experience or ideas, Jeromy Farkas should have run for a commissioner position rather than VP External. Farkas says in his platform he wants to fulfill the VP External duties as prescribed by the SU by-laws. Unfortunately, he has no idea what those responsibilities are. A good VP… Continue reading VP External: Jeromy Farkas
President: Fadi Guirgis
As one of the stronger presidential candidates, Fadi Guirgis seems in tune with some pressing education issues. However, with a lack of adequate funding currently under-fueling Alberta’s post-secondary education, Guirgis regrettably identified the most pressing student issue as the proposed decrease in Dinos’ funding. While athletics are certainly important to any institution, Guirgis’ solution is… Continue reading President: Fadi Guirgis
President: Nick Vuckovic
Nick Vuckovic’s pledge to lobby for Harvey Weingarten’s impeachment is certainly a polarizing stance. Our own panel was fairly evenly split, with some agreeing Harv has done nothing to better the undergrad experience, while others see Vuckovic’ s campaign pledge as a publicity ploy and an unrealistic goal. Vuckovic himself played down his vow to… Continue reading President: Nick Vuckovic
VP External: Jen Smith
Jen Smith is a well-spoken, informed and experienced candidate for VP External. Her ideas are strong, well thoughtout, realistic and she has the gumption to fight for them. Smith displays an intimate knowledge of the lobbying avenues available to the VP External and has concrete plans on how to best utilize them. Her intentions to… Continue reading VP External: Jen Smith