FRIDAY 10 MARCH 2017
Issue 105
2017 SU O ff Elections icer ...
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2017 SU OFFICER TEAM ELECTED Will Morgan Comment Editor Kieran Maxwell has been elected President of Sheffield Students’ Union. The third-year History and Politics student won with a large majority of the votes cast once all preferences were taken into account. He is the third consecutive
Chair of Sheffield Labour Students to win the presidency. Following his victory, Kieran thanked his large group of supporters before reflecting that: “There was a lot of talk during this campaign about a politically neutral Students’ Union and I’d like to say I am a: feminist, a trade unionist and a socialist, and we will keep fighting
for what is right. We will do this locally, nationally and at the NUS, though it needs reform.” He finished by quoting the George Michael hit ’Freedom! ‘90’: “I won’t let you down, so please don’t give me up because I would really, really love to stick around.” Maxwell ran a policy focused campaign that promised: the
recording of all lectures, to open the University Health Service on Saturdays, a priority pass for Pop Tarts and a food van for SU club nights. He beat... ...continued on page 5