The Insiders
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Jun
4
Executive interview series part IV: VP-X Matthew Naylor
Posted by: Neal Yonson | June 4, 2007 | Comments Off on Executive interview series part IV: VP-X Matthew Naylor
Last week I sat down for the fourth chat of the our series, with AMS VP External Matthew Naylor on the sunny SUB rooftop patio. As the ambient noises of the water fountain and chairs being dragged about soothe you, listen to Matt talk about lobbying, government relations, the tuition debate, expanded U-Pass service, politics […]
May
31
AMS meeting, may 30
Posted by: Neal Yonson | May 31, 2007 | 8 Comments
Yesterday’s council meeting was a picture of brisk efficiency. A colossally long list of agenda items was faithfully plodded through to general satisfaction, though not fascination. Here’s a summary of the things I didn’t sleep through: U-Boulevard efforts were successful, and monumental, said the president and VP academic. They reviewed the outcome (the plan is […]
May
12
Executive interview series part III: Sarah Naiman
Posted by: Neal Yonson | May 12, 2007 | Comments Off on Executive interview series part III: Sarah Naiman
Listen to me conduct a WHOLE interview with a woman politician without one mention of her hair, boyfriends, shoes, or smile. It’ll be brilliant. Coming up later this week: Engineering’s bizarre shame. Sarah Naiman, the AMS VP admin, and third executive to sit in the hot seat talked about SUB renovations, student life, and club […]
May
11
Executive interview series part II: Brendon Goodmurphy
Posted by: Neal Yonson | May 11, 2007 | 2 Comments
The series resumes, at last, with a conversation with our AMS VP Academic.Brendon and I sat down today to discuss U-boulevard, the new Acadmic quality committee, “consultation,” daycare, and the AMS-university relationship. have a listen HERE Some randomly summarized items are: AMS Planning & Developement committtee is coming up with a concrete consultation plan to […]
Apr
12
Executive Interview Series, Part I: Jeff Friedrich, AMS President
Posted by: Neal Yonson | April 12, 2007 | 6 Comments
Yesterday, Wednesday the 11th, I had the pleasure of invading the presidential office to talk to our own Jeff Friedrich. The interview is 51 minutes long, but well worth it – Jeff talks about all the big issues in impressive depth. So click the link, and let Jeff’s dulcet American accent soothe you while you […]
Apr
6
Oversight
Posted by: Neal Yonson | April 6, 2007 | 4 Comments
So Council has approved the creation of an oversight committee and stacked it with code fiends. Fun fun. While it’s not necessarily a bad thing, I don’t think it’s the best model. Why? No oversight of Council. We’re all about exec transparency, but Council is just as important in the operations of the AMS as […]
Mar
20
Campaign tips, or, how students learned to stop reading and love the familiar.
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 20, 2007 | 12 Comments
After my recent abysmal loss in the SUS elections, I found myself wondering what, exactly, do candidates need to do to themselves and surrounding victims in order to get their message out? Student leaders and political junkies constantly and lamely lament the so-called “student apathy” problem. Everyone else is too apathetic to care, frankly. The […]
Mar
19
It's politics – suck it up
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 19, 2007 | 5 Comments
(NB: This post is poorly written and rant-y. Mostly it’s a thinly veiled response to the personality conflicts that were the big “scandal” of the SUS elections. But it’s no scandal at all. It’s really just a personality clash masquerading as about “leadership” or “issues.” Also, I hate when people throw around the word “libel.” […]
