Opinion: The end of Bald Truth
Some people take losing an election harder than others. Erik Mackinnon’s brash campaign got him close to a seat on BoG, with 90 votes separating him from Sumedha Sharma. Mackinnon has been consistently active in the AMS–serving on the budget committee and as Elections Administrator in 2011. That his populist style almost got him elected [...]
Andrew BatesTen thoughts about the election
1. As the above video shows, with its wildly-out-of-proportion-to-the-situation celebration, Parson won because his volunteers were more passionate, dedicated and numerous than Cappellacci’s or Koehn’s. (It would be interesting if someday there were detailed statistical breakdowns of voting from various constituencies on campus to really analyze these elections, but that’s never going to happen—mostly because [...]
Brian PlattWhich BoG candidate’s supporters were campaigning with a laptop in Totem?
Voter turnout for AMS elections has been fairly low this year, but some attempts to combat this problem can be more effective than others.
Laura RodgersOpinion: Student interests and the Board of Governors
So, one of the few interesting aspects of this election campaign (well, at least to some of us) (well, at least to me) has been the disputes that have arisen in the Board of Governors race. These disputes have been small but fairly intense, as evidenced by the heated reaction a few editors have received [...]
Brian PlattParson on being President and BoG member: “I don’t see why it would be a conflict of interest”
A minor spat has erupted over who’s endorsing whom for the Board of Governors race. In particular, when current BoG rep Sean Heisler wrote up his endorsements for this election, he omitted Matt Parson right from the get-go for one very specific reason. If Parson is elected to both BoG and the presidency, Heisler claimed [...]
Laura RodgersOpinion: Are BoG members supposed to represent students?
This post has been updated at the bottom. Outgoing Board of Governors (BoG) rep Sean Heisler posted his endorsements at UBC Insiders yesterday. A lot of people took notice because Heisler is widely seen as one of the more capable student politicians of the past few years. I don’t disagree with that, but I’d also [...]
Brian PlattThe Ubyssey Endorses…a process to explain our endorsements
I could talk about The Ubyssey and AMS election endorsements in a long, rambly, horribly introspective post, or I could give short answers to imaginary questions. Let’s do the latter.
Justin McElroyAnalysis: Is Erik Mackinnon guilty of slating?
Update: Mackinnon gives his take in the comments. On Friday, January 20, the following email went out on UBC’s Pharmacy listserve, meaning it reached all students in the faculty: Hello Pharmacy Students, Next week (January 23-27th) marks the 2012 AMS Election, in which you have a chance to elect your next AMS Executives as well [...]
Brian PlattOuttakes: Ben Cappellacci tries to go to a nightclub in Paris
Over in the paper, I just completed the third in three profiles of the candidates for President we’re running this week. Ben Cappellacci was in Paris! It’s a fact. There was one story he told me, though, that didn’t fit in the article we were printing. I give you “Ben Cappellacci Tries To Go To [...]
Andrew BatesPeople try to explain Condorcet
Folks, let’s be honest about this. Condorcet is really complicated. I just wrote an article about it for the paper proper, and from the very first interview (where a political science professor told me no such system existed) to a half hour after I filed (when I was still trying to work my way through [...]
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