Li wins by large margin

Amanda Li won the Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS) presidential race by a large margin over competitors Julian Ritchie and Sina Sahami.

“I was completely ecstatic. It was pretty unbelievable hearing that I had won, and then more unbelievable hearing the number of voters and the margins,” said Li.

Li hopes to “work off the momentum” the EUS has seen through outgoing president Lin Watt’s term.

But she also sees a need for change. “Internal organization…needs a bit of work on its efficiency and effectiveness before it has the capacity to do more,” she said.

She plans to increase space in the soon-to-be-built Engineering Student Centre, which is set to replace the current Cheeze.

More people should have voted: Sharma

After the incomplete ballot count announcement last Friday, the Science Undergraduate Society (SUS) Elections Committee announced the final results via Twitter on Monday.

Sumedha Sharma, running unopposed, was acclaimed president by a huge margin of 241 voters voting ‘Yes’ and 48 voting ‘No.’

Despite her win, Sharma said she was disappointed by the voter turnout.

“I am really disheartened about the poor voter turnout…and this is exactly the kind of apathy I want to address because it does speak volumes about how connected students feel to their undergraduate society, among many other things.”
Sharma said she plans to reform the SUS by connecting the society more with the UBC administration and faculties “to build a cohesive executive team.” She also wants to create more executive jobs within the SUS to “create more avenues for student involvement.”

Another one of her goals is to install lockers and computers at the Adula Ladha Centre.

Platt wins by margin

The Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) election results were the most controversial of all: Brian Platt beat Ryan Trasolini by a single vote cast by the Elections Adminstrator in order to break the tie. The remaining candidate, Mike Silley, came in third, but was only 13 votes away from Platt.

However, a letter from Trasolini, later published on the Radical Beer Faction website, claimed that the ballot count was inaccurate and thus, he should be the president elect.

According to Naylor, a recount was conducted and no error was found, and Platt remains president.

Platt will focus on creating an “Arts community,” which he aims to achieve by creating or supporting events set up by Arts clubs.

“I think we should put on a few keystone events a year and they should be packed. There should be a lineup to get into an AUS event,” he said.

Platt said that the AUS has done a poor job at making UBC a “lively campus” and he thinks that creating a fun environment will make people feel more connected to their university.

Victory for Kim for HKin

Ellen Kim was elected as the new Human Kinetics Undergraduate Society (HKUS) president.

Results for HKUS were extremely delayed. “I actually only found out at around 3pm [on Tuesday] that I won,” Kim said.

Kim served as HKUS VP Admin for two years and pushed for the need to connect with commuter students and running non-drinking targeted events during that time.

Next year her goal is to make HKIN to become a greater “presence on campus.” She plans to do this by running more interfaculty events and increasing volunteer outreach.

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