{"id":534,"date":"2010-03-12T12:43:52","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T20:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amsconfidential.wordpress.com\/?p=534"},"modified":"2011-06-12T19:51:10","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T03:51:10","slug":"aus-throwdownshowdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amsconfidential\/2010\/03\/12\/aus-throwdownshowdown\/","title":{"rendered":"aus throwdown\/showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/amsgossipguy\" target=\"_blank\">Gossip Guy<\/a> here. Happy to see me? I know you are. I can practically see the smile on your face from wherever I&#8217;m currently sitting\/stumbling.<\/p>\n<p>Well, fellow Artsies&#8230; we have a lot of tough choices this year. We&#8217;ll have to pick Yes or No in four different races, one involving a Star Wars character (WIN). Three guys going for President, and two ladies and purple lightsaber-wielding Sammy J for VPX. Then a bunch of General Officers and AMS reps. But c&#8217;mon&#8230; let&#8217;s focus on what&#8217;s really important here (Not that they aren&#8217;t all important. Just some things take priority, k?). So yes&#8230; EL PRESIDENTE. How are we going to decide who to support this year? We&#8217;ll leave it to&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_552\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amsconfidential\/files\/2010\/03\/elections-mascot.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-552\" class=\"size-full wp-image-552\" title=\"Elections-mascot\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amsconfidential\/files\/2010\/03\/elections-mascot.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amsconfidential\/files\/2010\/03\/elections-mascot.gif 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amsconfidential\/files\/2010\/03\/elections-mascot-150x150.gif 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amsconfidential\/files\/2010\/03\/elections-mascot-300x300.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the crudely rendered semi-androgynous pink and black gambling addicted elections mascot<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I now realize I spent all my bloody time making that stupid graphic, and didn&#8217;t write anything of substance. Make sure you read the contest at the end of the post, and actually enter, so I don&#8217;t end up crying alone tonight because I wasted so much time. <em>[Kai sez: welcome to the Confidential Editorial board, GG. You&#8217;ll get used to it.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll do some in-depth analyses in the coming days &#8211; and be assured, we WILL penetrate into the inner recesses, <a href=\"http:\/\/amsconfidential.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/10\/eus-big-keeners-were-not-shocked\/\" target=\"_blank\">unlike the EUS elections, which we know nothing about<\/a>. Full candidate list and some useless links after the jump y&#8217;all. AND THE CONTEST.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>President<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brian Platt (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brianplatt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=358331248497\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Mike Silley (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?v=info&amp;gid=379217434973\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Trasolini (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryantrasolini.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ryantrasolini\" target=\"_blank\">twitter<\/a>, knows\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net\/photos-ak-snc1\/v2588\/219\/11\/514412417\/n514412417_1500718_416213.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">famous\u00a0people<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net\/photos-ak-snc1\/v2588\/219\/11\/514412417\/n514412417_1490162_2588921.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">photo pirate?<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vice-President Internal<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Elysia Pyne (Yes\/No) (<a href=\"http:\/\/elysiablisspyne4ausvpi.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/campaign-day-1.html\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vice-President External<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carolee Changfoot (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/topic.php?uid=334533047167&amp;topic=14423\" target=\"_blank\">why she is a hero<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Mary Leong (<a href=\"http:\/\/maryleong.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog with lame banner<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Mace Windu (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberglampoon.com\/columns\/eric-carroll\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/star-wars-mace-windu-confidence1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">so badass<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vice-President Administration<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Laura Manyari (Yes\/No) (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.docstoc.com\/docs\/15067755\/HONOUR-ROLL\" target=\"_blank\">4.0 GPA, June 2008, Semiahmoo Secondary<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lauramanyari\" target=\"_blank\">twitter<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vice-President Finance<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Obi-Wan Kenobi (Yes\/No)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vice-President Academic<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pelican Mann (Yes\/No) (<a href=\"http:\/\/i21.photobucket.com\/albums\/b289\/ilikehame\/Mann_PelicanMan.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Visual representation<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>General Officer (Elect Two)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lisa Anderson (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=362191457127\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Alison Chan (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=388694441210\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Ivan Staeheli (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=362865308855\" target=\"_blank\">Awesome limited public contact Facebook group<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AMS Representative (Elect Five)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Admiral Ackbar (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?v=info&amp;ref=nf&amp;gid=356473073646\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, IT&#8217;S A TRAP!)<\/li>\n<li>Rory Breasail (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?v=wall&amp;ref=mf&amp;gid=361459091300\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Carolee Changfoot (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chess.ca\/memberinfo.asp?CFCN=127342\" target=\"_blank\">Chess.ca profile<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Michael Haack (<a href=\"http:\/\/michaelhaack.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Jordan Moore (??)<\/li>\n<li>Ingrid Nilson (??)<\/li>\n<li>Kyle Warwick (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=58011318998\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Arts Senator<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kristian Arciaga (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=342522727661&amp;ref=ts\">Facebooky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Arciaga4Senator\" target=\"_blank\">Tweets<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Princess Leia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CONTEST<\/strong>: Leave a comment on what you think the name should be for the &#8220;the crudely rendered semi-androgynous pink and black gambling addicted elections mascot.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gossip Guy here. Happy to see me? I know you are. I can practically see the smile on your face from wherever I&#8217;m currently sitting\/stumbling. Well, fellow Artsies&#8230; we have a lot of tough choices this year. We&#8217;ll have to pick Yes or No in four different races, one involving a Star Wars character (WIN). 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