The Insiders
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Jan
20
Issue of the Day: Student Apathy
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 20, 2007 | 36 Comments
Student apathy is a constant nagging theme threading through AMS affairs. “Students just don’t care” is a detrimental attitude into which is sometimes too easy to sink as an executive, AMS Councillor, or observer. Just look at the voter turnout, they say: as several candidates have pointed out in this election, it’s peaked at 13% […]
Jan
19
Candidate Withdrawal
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 19, 2007 | 6 Comments
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 […]
Jan
19
Student E-Mail Lists
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 19, 2007 | 32 Comments
Ah, AMS Elections Season. The time of year when the Ubyssey and navel-gazing candidates fawn over “refreshingly nihilistic” candidates who scream from the rooftops that the AMS does a poor job of communicating with, and relating to, students. It’s true. There’s no way to gloss over it – the AMS does a relatively poor job […]
Jan
19
Survey!
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 19, 2007 | Comments Off on 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 […]
Jan
19
Debate III: Senate, VP Admin, VP Finance
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 19, 2007 | 16 Comments
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 […]
Jan
19
Interview with past execs
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 19, 2007 | 8 Comments
As some of you have noticed, I’ve interviewed many old execs from the past, including:– Spencer Keys, President 2005/2006– Manj Sidhu, VP Admin 2005/2006– Rev. Josh Bowman, VP Admin 2003/2004– Ian Patillo, current VP External– Holly Foxcroft, VP External 04/05– Sophia Haque, current VP Finance Check them out! What about VP Academic, you ask?I’m trying […]
Jan
19
Important!! Breaking!! News!!
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 19, 2007 | 6 Comments
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!
Jan
18
Welcome to Elections Insider
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 18, 2007 | Comments Off on 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 […]
Jan
18
Issue of the Day: Elites
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 18, 2007 | 16 Comments
Today was spent talking to people, both in person and online, about the elections. And a couple main themes emerged. One is far more existential, and I need to organize my own thoughts more properly before I can even begin to express them. But the more accessible one is that people perceive the AMS as […]
Jan
18
Update re: Debate tomorrow
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 18, 2007 | 2 Comments
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.
