The Insiders
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Jan
28
Insiders Predicts Turnout Down 42%
Posted by: Alex Lougheed | January 28, 2010 | 10 Comments
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 […]
Jan
28
Council Poll!
Posted by: Alex Lougheed | January 28, 2010 | 6 Comments
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. […]
Jan
27
The Presidential Debate Video
Posted by: Alex Lougheed | January 27, 2010 | 1 Comment
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 […]
Jan
26
The Presidential Debate Live Feed
Posted by: Alex Lougheed | January 26, 2010 | Comments Off on The Presidential Debate Live Feed
Watch the Ubyssey‘s live video coverage of our co-presented, independent Presidential debate! Watch now!
Jan
26
Why Frederick and Chu should not be fed to the wolves
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 26, 2010 | 5 Comments
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 […]
Jan
24
UBC Insiders Endorses: AMS Elections 2010
Posted by: Alex Lougheed | January 24, 2010 | 12 Comments
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.
Jan
24
Referenda: CPI Indexing and Engagement Levy
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 24, 2010 | 3 Comments
These are the last two referenda that need to be covered for this year’s elections. They’ll be covered together because they are relatively straightforward so there is not a whole lot to say.
Jan
24
Race Profile: AMS President
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 24, 2010 | 3 Comments
. 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 […]
Jan
23
UBC Insiders + The Ubyssey Present: The Presidential Debate
Posted by: Alex Lougheed | January 23, 2010 | 4 Comments
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. […]
Jan
23
Past President’s Picks: Mike Duncan
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 23, 2010 | 16 Comments
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 […]
