Category: AMS

Note: Within an hour of this post, the elections committee broke the model! Good job, EC! (more t-tests, next time, I promise)

I did a really simple logarithmic fit to the data the elections committee has been releasing.

I’m going to go ahead and predict turnout this year will be 3781. Only 58% of last years ~6500.

Note: I’d do some confidence intervals, but seriously, I just finished a STAT 306 assignment, and I’m tired of t-tests.

What’s different this year from last? This editor notes one big difference is the lack of a student-wide email, highly visible poll-booths, and highly visible campaigns. Post your thoughts in the comments thread.

Haven’t voted yet? Why not?

It’s taken our monkeys a while, but they’ve finally counted the ballots and ranked the pairs. Who Council chose, as of Wednesday, January 20th.

Note: Proxies were counted as council members. This is simply a sample for entertainment purposes–I haven’t bothered with confidence intervals or any of that fun stuff. More results and details behind the jump!

Voting is now open. Cast your ballot now!

Insiders would like to offer a huge thanks to our partner, the Ubyssey, the moderator, Geoff Costeloe, the hosts, the UBC Centre for Student Involvement, and our supporters, AMS Elections. We saw an attendance of over 70 live in the house in this first-ever event.

Note: the video freezes in the first four seconds. If you wait for about 20 seconds thereafter, it resumes. Alternative, you can skip ahead a tiny fraction of seconds and it will play faster. Also, the video began late, and is missing an introduction by the hosts to the Centre for Student Involvement, as well as half of the presentation of the themes.

Watch the Ubyssey‘s live video coverage of our co-presented, independent Presidential debate!

Watch now!

This is an opinion piece by Bowinn Ma, EUS President 2007-2008; AMS Councilor 2006-2008; Former Hack, less so now.

[Cup of salt: I know both Chu and Frederick, but only in passing. I have spoken to both but have never spent any extended amount of time with either.]

Let me be clear: This is not a submission of approval of Frederick and Chu’s actions. This is about why I believe that they should not be condemned to hell as people…and a shameless attempt at eliciting responses from readers of the Insiders. I recognize the backlash this will generate from the public and even the Insiders team. I’d like to point out that their decision to post this on their blog is an illustration of their commitment to being open to public opinion. Vote UBC Insiders through VFM! The campus has been divided quite clearly between those who support the actions of Frederick and Chu and thus love them; and those who do not, and thus “disapprove” of them and would do anything to see them fed to the wolves, smeared in BBQ sauce, alive, kicking and screaming, and possibly in adult diapers to add to the disgrace.

Please note that this post was a collaborative effort by all editors.

President

1 Natalie Swift
2 Bijan Ahmadian
3 Sean Kim
4 Pak Ho Leung

Do we want Haack to be the next hack? What about the wide-open race for Senate? The full list of endorsements after the jump.

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UBC Insiders Analysis

Click here to skip to profiles of the candidates in this race.

The President is the visionary and leader of the AMS. In the most fundamental sense, the job of the AMS President is to ensure the organization is fulfilling its mandate. This mandate is a set of eleven objectives which can be found in the society’s constitution, or holistically in the simpler AMS mission statement:

To improve the quality of the educational, social, and personal lives of the students of UBC.

We feel we don’t know enough about the candidates, so in partnership with The Ubyssey we’re presenting The Presidential Debate.

One hour of questions directed at the candidates, intended to point out differences between the candidates. We’re scouring through voting records, we’re watching the old debates, we’re researching what’s been said, and we’re fact checking. Come out and watch your hero triumph or fluster. Instead of a rigid format, Geoff Costeloe will be moderating in a style to encourage interesting debate.

Tuesday, January 26th, 7pm at the Centre of Student Involvement (main floor Brock Hall). Afterward, there will be a casual reception with refreshments. Bring a friend!

As per UBC Insiders tradition, we asked this year’s president to make some endorsements. As Blake cannot due to slate rules, this is a guest post by Mike Duncan, the illustrious president of the AMS in 2008-09, and current Board member.

If you know me, you know that I care deeply for this school and for the AMS. I want to see the best for students and think that the AMS must play a role in improving this campus. It is with this in mind that I tell you who I think would be the best for the future of the AMS.