The University Saskatchewan Students’ Union held a U-Pass referendum this week. Voter turnout was 43%. Just goes to prove then when students are engaged and believe their vote matters, they vote. **Results from the USSU Referendum **re: U-PASS Held February 7 and 8, 2007: Side Votes Percent Yes 4624 58.…
Thanks to Jackson “Action” Weigman for getting the results up: Ryan Moran wins the MSU Presidential Election [http://msuelection.blogspot.com/2007/02/ryan-moran-wins-msu-presidential.html] Tyler Andrews: 991 Jax Cavalheiro: 741 Emery Finkelstein: 341 Badar Malik: 580 Drew Mitchell: 430 Ryan Moran: 1777 Spoiled: 193 Abstain: 677 My semi-commentary is…
> **Ken Norrie named Vice President (Research) of Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario ** TORONTO, Feb. 8 /CNW/ – James Downey, President of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, today announced the appointment of Ken Norrie as the Council’s first Vice President (Research), effective immediately. “I am pleased that someone…
The MSU Election Results are not yet available. I will not be able to get them up on my site. I have a mid-term today which is very soon. I have been noticing a higher than normal amount of traffic on my site today, I assume the election is why.…
UMSU runs a great food service outlet called Degrees. Recently, Degrees move to biodegradable take-out containers from styrofoam. When I did my food services research while on UMSU Council, one of the things I found was that cold drink cups could be made of corn. The University of Guelph was…
I have a vote on the Silhouette Editorial Board as a member of the Silhouette Staff. Tomorrow, the Silhouette Editorial Board will be meeting. The agenda does include a vote on if the Silhouette will be endorsing a candidate for MSU President. If the Editorial Board decides to make an…
Many people have expressed disappointment with me for following the MSU censorship guidelines. The MSU and University are looking for any excuse to crackdown on me, I am not giving them one. As a leader in the Movement for Democratic Reform of the MSU, I am a prime target. I…
The McMaster Students Union has a policy of censorship against students at McMaster University. This is to prevent anyone not approved by the MSU Elections Committee (one of the last non-independent student union election processes in Canada) (incorrect, a lot of students union do not have independent elections – see comments)…