By Natalie Sit
nlike last week’s presidential forum, all three candidates–Tyler Brekko, Faisal Rana and Toby White–attended the Tuesday Forum at Speaker’s Corner to prove why they should be the next Students’ Union president.The forum started out with the question of whether elected officials of the SU should act more in a representational capacity or to produce the… Continue reading Presidential forum
It’s not every election that the general student body can impose a levy on the Faculty of Management. Then again, if Management students had the business-savvy, they would just opt out. For the Mar. 15-17 Students’ Union General Election, all students will be asked to answer a referendum question on a proposed increase to the… Continue reading Management referendum
VP External: Duncan Wojtaszek VP Operations and Finance: Matt Lauzon Events Commission: Zachary Barton, Kent Hawkins, Oliver Ho, Christopher Kerr Operations and Finance Commission: Heather Clitheroe, Natasha Dhillon, Travis Fast, Peter Yoon Student Academic Assembly Representatives: Social Work: Sunny Shuang Management: Ryan Blize Medicine: Tasha Bienert Fine Arts: Christine Johns Social Sciences: Michelle McCann Engineering:… Continue reading Acclaimed positions for the 2000 SU General Election
Chief Returning Officer Patti Teeuwen’s job just got a whole lot busier with the closing of nominations for the Students’ Union General Election. In total, 37 students submitted nomination forms to run for the elections on Mar. 15-17, according to an unofficial candidates list. The list becomes official on Friday at noon, but until then,… Continue reading SU General Election nominations in
Unofficial acclaimed candidates, SU General Election, as of Friday, March 3rd. VP External: Duncan Wojtaszek VP Operations and Finance: Matthew Lauzon Events Commission: Kent Hawkins, Oliver Ho, Zachary Barton, Christopher Kerr Op-Fi Commission: Peter Yoon, Natasha Dhillon, Travis Fast, Heather Clitheroe SAA Representatives: Social Work: Sunny Shuang Management: Ryan Blize Medicine: Tasha Bienert Fine Arts:… Continue reading Unofficial acclaimed candidates
By Mary Chan
Students’ Legislative Council voted 13-5 in favour of allowing Students’ Union President Rob South to sit on the University of Calgary Presidential Review Committee Tuesday night. The motion was passed after a drawn-out discussion brought up ghosts of South’s conduct at the Feb. 4 Board of Governors meeting. At the heart of the discussion was… Continue reading SLC questions South’s ability to represent
Students marched around campus demanding the removal of Students’ Union President Rob South immediately following the Feb. 4 Board of Governor’s meeting. The calls for removal were a direct result of South’s refusal to second an amendment for a zero per cent tuition increase. Students at the meeting shouted, "Second the motion," as South began… Continue reading Students call for South’s impeachment
Impeachment is not imminent for Students’ Union President Rob South, despite calls for his removal from office by student activists. A straw vote at Tuesday’s Students’ Legislative Council meeting established that the disqualification of South would not come from within the SU. The written straw vote, which asked, "Do you support the impeachment of Rob… Continue reading South avoids impeachment
By Nicole Kobie
There’s nothing like free food, music and news cameras to draw a crowd. On Wednesday, the Students’ Union held a soup kitchen to raise awareness about the tuition increase and the Board of Governors meeting this Friday. Local television cameras were on the scene to interview students and SU members. Music was provided by Busking… Continue reading Mmmm, mmmm… free
By Kim Stock
The Alberta Ministry of Learning announced a $25.9 million boost to 21 post-secondary institutions in the province last week. A majority of the funding, which comes from the ministry’s Access Fund, will go toward the programs of nursing, health technology and information and communications technology (ICT) to increase spaces for students. "The new funding provided… Continue reading Province gives U of C $1.7M