The Insiders
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Jan
21
Issue of the Day: Student Space
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 21, 2007 | 22 Comments
(If you haven’t filled out the survey, please check out the post below this one… we appreciate it!) Ironically (given the construction), student space is hard to come by on this campus. It generally exist in three forms: Space in University buildings. This includes faculty lounges, lobbies, study rooms, etc. Undergraduate Society spaces. Including MASS, […]
Jan
21
Issue of the Day: Campus Life
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 21, 2007 | 50 Comments
A lot of ink has been spilled about “apathy.” We believe that the way to address apathy is to run a (student) government that’s relevant and important to students, voter turnout and promotions be damned. One of the recurring themes involves student life. Comments on earlier posts have included: “Are there not enough people coming […]
Jan
20
Updates on Student Email Lists; Good news!
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 20, 2007 | Comments Off on Updates on Student Email Lists; Good news!
See below for an email from the University to Kevin Keystone, AMS President. It was sent yesterday at 5:34pm. The short version is that the University is agreeing in principle to allowing students to authorize the giving of their information to the AMS, so, by next year, the AMS may have contact info for its […]
Jan
20
Issue of the Day (morning): Student Fees
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 20, 2007 | 28 Comments
I was going to spend a good chunk of today going through candidates’ platforms. But very few are up, and those that I have I’m not supposed to talk about yet. So I won’t. But there is one issue that we feel is kinda important, and probably worth considering. Which is that of AMS student […]
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 […]
