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Favorite Board Game: Settlers of Catan
\nFavorite Monty Python Member: John Cleese
\nConsensus on skinnydipping, naked high dive: Have done, would do again
\nLeno or Conan: They’re all with Coco
\nJennifer Aniston or Angelina Jolie: Angelina
\nUN Complaints: none yet
\nFlow chart results: Johannes\/Mike Duncan even split<\/p>\n
Funniest: Sean
\nShortest: Jo\u00ebl
\nNicest: Ekat
\nMost Apologetic: Alyssa (who was, we understand, sick)
\nMost Into It: Brittany<\/p>\n
After the jump, selected highlights from all the surveys we’ve received so far.\u00a0 Candidates are grouped according to their position.<\/p>\n
President<\/p>\n
– no responses so far –<\/p>\n
VP Admin<\/p>\n
Name: Ekat Dovjenko<\/strong>; wishes her middle name were Margaret<\/strong> Name: Michael Bryce Haack<\/strong> VP Academic<\/p>\n Name: Ben(jamin) Gabriel Cappellacci<\/strong> VP External<\/p>\n Name: Jeremy Phillip McElroy<\/strong> Senate<\/p>\n Name: Ryan Cecil Bredin<\/strong> Name: Jo\u00ebl [unanswered] Mertens<\/strong> Name: Alyssa Jayne Koehn<\/strong> BoG<\/p>\n Name: Guillaume Houle<\/strong> Name: [unknown] Sean Heisler<\/strong> International<\/p>\n Name: Brittany Michelle Perna<\/strong> Sunday evening, we sent out surveys to every candidate we could think of, and as of today we’ve received ten back. The love is… palpable? Based on this barely acceptable sample size, here are your aggregated commonalities for AMS electoral candidates: Favorite Board Game: Settlers of Catan Favorite Monty Python Member: John Cleese Consensus on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2356,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8491,8496],"tags":[7688,8512,8530,8614,8645,8648,7616,8743,8753,8763,8782],"class_list":["post-308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ams-elections","category-lulz","tag-alyssa-koehn","tag-amazing-nicknames","tag-ben-cappellacci","tag-guillaume-houle","tag-jeremy-mcelroy","tag-joel-mertens","tag-michael-haack","tag-random-chart","tag-ryan-cecil-bredin","tag-sean-heisler","tag-sparkly-survey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amsconfidential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amsconfidential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amsconfidential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amsconfidential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2356"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amsconfidential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amsconfidential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2695,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amsconfidential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308\/revisions\/2695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amsconfidential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amsconfidential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amsconfidential\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNickname: Ekat, Kat or Kitty
\nPolitical Idol: Lenin…who else?
\nFavorite Board Game: Risk, because it has to do with world domination.
\nTweet-length platform: Build a Better AMS by creating personalized club support, a sustainable new SUB and improved communication #AMS #amsUNfail #awesomepossum
\nBest Thing She Said: The biggest thing is to make sure the clubs and SAC are not forgotten due to intense SUB Renew negotiations.
\nActual Best Thing She Said: [Q: If you were an animal, what animal would you be, and why?] I would be a cat (obviously) owned by a super rich old lady. That way, I can relax and sleep all day, without a care in the world.<\/p>\n
\nNickname: “The Dreamboat” (Editor’s note: ohhhh yeahhhhhh?<\/em>)
\nPart of Self He’d Like to Change: A smaller penis. That way I can walk without having to slouch. Seriously.
\nLeno or Conan: Colbert! I am America and So Can You!
\nBest thing he said: [Q: My tweet-length platform is:]\u00a0Engage students. Recognize student leaders. Keep the SUB phases accountable 2 students & a SUB we can all be proud of. Let’s build change!
\nActual best thing he said: [Q: Are you single, taken, or other?]\u00a0 Other.\u00a0 I am partnered, not taken.<\/p>\n
\nNickname: Cappellacci
\nDating: Elisa Kharrazi
\n(Editor’s note: Holy fearless full disclosure, Batman!)
\nPet Peeve: People who misuse much and many
\nBest Body Feature: My stubble, even though it’s annoying to shave I love it.
\nBest Thing He Said: [My key issue is] the UBC governance agreement.\u00a0 [If I won, I would address this by…] I would be sitting on several key organizing bodies and by working with them I could put through changes without being confrontational.
\nActual Best Thing He Said: [Q: What is your favourite position?] Reverse Academic Cowgirl<\/p>\n
\nNickname: JMac
\nWants to be: As nerdy as it sounds, I want to be a provincial policy advisor or lobbyist. Maybe a Clerk of the House one day.
\nFavorite Python: John Cleese.
\nBest Thing He Said: [Q: My most important issue is…] working with other student unions to present a unified student voice to the provincial government.\u00a0 [Q: I would accomplish this by…] meeting with executives from other schools and working to create a coalition of sorts for BC universities and colleges.
\nActual Best Thing He Said: [Q: The best relationship advice I ever got was…] get out while you still have legs.<\/p>\n
\nNickname: Alberta
\nIdols: Arnold Schwarzenegger (political), Spock (actual)
\nJob This Year: Labourer and Herbicide Applicator\u00a0 for the oilfield in Alberta
\nBasis of Possible UN Complaint: I will be pro-active and work with the University and Senate, instead of being an ineffective egomaniac and issuing aggressive \u2018press releases\u2019 and UN complaints.\u00a0 I\u2019ll go straight to NATO, because that\u2019s where the guns are.
\nBest Thing He Said: Enough with the hacks.\u00a0 I intend to use my skills pragmatism and knowledge of the university to represent the students.
\nWhich do you like best, rainbows or unicorns?\u00a0 Unicorns.\u00a0 You can ride them like horses.<\/p>\n
\nNickname: [unanswered]
\nBest body feature: …is my brain, because I use it.
\nFavorite Board Game: I enjoy German-style board games (such as Settlers of Catan and Power Grid)
\nBiggest Issue & how to address it: Student engagement; leverage the Culture of Service document and encourage the university to diversify their student awards to include scholarships based on community engagement
\nIf lost, how to address it: Ask student senators to take this on.\u00a0 Continue working on this through my other involvements.<\/p>\n
\nNickname: AJ.\u00a0 Occasionally Apple Juice.
\nMorally Opposed To: Capri pants, “incompetent umbrella wielding shorties”
\nImaginary Husband: John Mayer, who is “a little busy touring Europe at the moment.”
\nPreferred Middle Name: Something more exciting.\u00a0 Like “Francois” or “Moon Unit.”
\nBest Thing She Said: [Q: 140 characters or less: what’s your Big Issue?] Accessibility of students to the Senate. Ie. Making the decisions available to students without having to read through pages of minutes.
\nActual Best Thing She Said: [Q: Leno or Conan?] This cannot be a serious question. I’m with Coco.<\/p>\n
\nNickname: William
\nBest Body Feature: my trapezoids and thighs, which, because of the sports I have done in the past, are two muscle groups that I feel are overdeveloped for a person of my size.
\nPuts On to Feel Sexy: my Hugo Boss suit
\nBest Thing He Said: [The one issue that most deserves my focus is] The role of students in the future of the University’s current governance structure
\nActual Best Thing He Said: [Q: What is your biggest fear?] I don’t really have one.<\/p>\n
\nNickname: Seanator: “It’s like Senator, but Seanator.”
\nGrows Up to Become: Looking to either get into project management or become a unicorn.\u00a0 I’m sort of holding out for the latter one.
\nPolitical Idol: Fritz Bowers (late Vancouver City Manager, engineering professor and my grandpops)
\nBest Body Feature: My ass. I don’t know, I’m not the one who stares at it. Ask the people who do! (I have names if you want :P)
\n(Editor’s note: We want.)
\nBest Thing He Said:\u00a0 Student consultation: it is important and it isn’t given enough weight in the university’s current structure. It needs to become measurable and meaningful.
\nRainbows or Unicorns?: Rainbows are only a figment of our eyes whereas unicorns are real. Seriously, there is a patent. (http:\/\/www.colitz.com\/site\/4429685\/4429685.htm)<\/p>\n
\nNickname: B-ritt
\nBiggest Fear: I don’t know.
\nPet Peeve: Dishes are NOT to be left out EVER! Clean kitchens are happy kitchens.
\nBest Thing She Said: I hope to make international students feel like they really have an equal voice in how UBC is run. I want to make communications between
\nstudents and representatives more open and less intimidating. Also,
\nfocus on international scholarships and visa issues.
\nActual Best Thing She Said: [In response to: if you lost, how would you address your most important issue?] I’d just complain to the person who won my seat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"