The McGill Tribune Vol. 03 Issue 18

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The Race Internally by S h e rif N e m a ta lla L a s t w eek th e M cG ill S tu d e n ts ’ S o ciety c a lle d f o r a p p lic a tio n s to fill th e p o s itio n s o f P re s id e n t; V P I n te r ­ n a l; V P E x te rn a l a n d v a rio u s o th e r p o sitio n s w h ic h w o rk to g e th e r to d ire c t a n d serve th e in te re sts o f th e U n iv e rsi­ ty ’s s tu d e n t p o p u la tio n . T h is y e a r th e re a re th re e c a n d id a te s; J o n a th o n T a tto n , Y a t K . L o , a n d D rew Y o u n g c o m p e tin g to o c c u p y th e p o s itio n o f V P In te rn a l A ffa irs w h o se jo b w ill c o m p rise p rim a rily o f o rg a n iz ­ in g su c h e v e n ts as W elco m e W e e k , th e B lo o d D riv e , W in te r C a rn iv a l, a n d v a rio u s o th e r clu b s a n d p u b lic a tio n s o f th e S tu d e n ts ’ S ociety . T h e f i r s t o f th e s e c a n d id a te s , J o n a th o n T a tto n w as u n fo rtu n a te ly u n a v a ila b le fo r a n in terv iew . T h e se c o n d c a n d id a te , Y a t K . L o , P re s id e n t o f th e I .S .A . is a lso ru n n in g f o r o ffic e a n d h is p a s t re la te d ex­ p e rie n c e in c lu d e s his d ire c tin g o f th e

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fin a n c e s fo r W e lc o m e W eek a n d W in te r C a rn iv a l. Y a t is a ctiv e in th e S tu d e n ts ’ S o ciety a n d th e E .U .S . B lo o d D riv es. H e w as a ls o P re s id e n t o f V a n ie r C o lle g e ’s S tu d e n t S o ciety . S o m e o f his o b je c tiv e s in c lu d e “ im ­ p le m e n tin g m o r e s e r v ic e - o r ie n te d c o u n c il p o licies a n d im p ro v in g th e q u a lity o f p re se n t s tu d e n t serv ices.” Y a t e sta b lish e d th a t h e w o u ld d eal w ith th e S tu d e n ts ’ S o c ie ty d e f ic it w o u ld e n su re p ro p e r m a n a g e m e n t o f s tu d e n t fu n d s. H e a lso stresses, “ th e n eed fo r m a k in g S tu d e n ts ’ S o ciety ex­ ecu tiv es m o re a v a ila b le a n d th e c o n ­ tin u e d fig h t a g a in s t th e e d u c a tio n c u t­ b a c k s .” Y a t a d d s , “ M c G ill sh o u ld in ­ crease c o o p e ra tio n b e tw e e n resid en ces a n d c o u n c il, as w ell as p ro m o tin g re c o g n itio n o f f r a te r n itie s an d so ro ritie s in o rd e r to in c re a se th e ir c o n ­ trib u tio n to c a m p u s lif e .”

continued on page 3 Yat K. Lo

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M cG ill Tribune The Presidency by Brian Todd T h e ra c e f o r th e p re sid e n c y is o n e o f th e m o st tig h tly c o n te ste d races th is y e a r w ith 4 c a n d id a te s w h o o ffe r ex­ p e rie n c e in a w ide ra n g e o f activities c o m b in e d w ith a m b itio u s id e a s fo r n e x t y e a r’s S tu d e n ts ’ S ociety. A ll c a n ­ d id a te s ex p re sse d d ism a y w ith th e c u r­ r e n t a d m in is tra tio n ’s la c k o f c o m ­ m u n ic a tio n w ith th e m e m b e rs o f th e S ociety . A n d y C h e rn a h a s s p e n t tw o a n d a h a lf y e a rs w o rk in g fo r th e P ro g ra m B o a rd , fo r th e la st tw o y ears he h a s b e e n V ic e -C h a irm a n in c h a rg e o f P r o ­ g ra m s. H e h a s b e e n re sp o n sib le fo r o rg a n iz in g c o n c e rts, d a n c e s, th e M itz n ig h tc lu b as w ell as assistin g in th e p ro ­ d u c tio n o f in n u m e ra b le W e lc o m e W e e k s, B lo o d D riv es a n d W in te r C a r­ n iv als. H e w as th e T re a s u re r o f th e M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e rin g S ociety a n d a lso serv ed o n th e a d v iso ry c o m m itte e f o r th e O p e n H o u se . A n d y ’s p rim a ry c o n c e rn is th a t “ so m a n y a re a s o f S tu d e n ts ’ S o ciety a re n o t fu n c tio n in g to c a p a c ity .” H e believes th a t c o m m u n ic a tio n s w ith in th e S o ciety h a v e b een n o n -e x iste n t ex­ c e p t f o r th e n eg ativ e o n e s. E v e n w h e n S tu d e n ts ’ S o ciety d o es succeed it d o es n o t a d v e rtise its success, claim s C h e r­ na. C h e rn a claim s th a t c lu b s are in a cy clical p ro c e ss th a t u n less sto p p e d m a y c a u se th e ir d o w n fa ll. “ C u ts a re m a d e in th e ir b u d g e ts , g ro u p s m u st sp e n d m o re o n m e e tin g ro o m s a n d th u s c a n n o t a f f o r d to a d v e rtise th e ir a c ­ tiv itie s. T h e y lose th e ir m e m b e rsh ip a n d b e c o m e sm a lle r a n d s m a lle r.” H e

called A c tiv itie s N ig h t “ a fa rc e , o th e r sch o o ls h a v e A c tiv ity W e e k .” “ T h e U n io n B u ild in g n eed s to b e d e v e lo p e d to its fu lle s t,” a sse rte d C h e rn a . H e w o u ld lik e to see m o re sp ace f o r stu d e n ts to relax . T h is m ig h t in c lu d e a b e tte r p u b , a q u ie t p u b a n d even a p lace w ith sate llite T V . C h e rn a s y m p a t h i z e d w ith th o se stu d e n ts in re sid e n c e a n d a p a rtm e n ts w h o d o n ’t h a v e ex p en siv e ste re o s o r c o lo u r T V s. “ T h e y n e e d a p la c e to go b etw een fo u r a n d n in e o ’clo ck in th e e v e n in g .” C h e rn a says th a t a q u ie t p u b w h ich m u s t b e d e v e lo p e d w ith in th e U n io n w o u ld b e fin a n c ia lly feasib le if wellm a n a g e d . “ I f w e k e p t th e c o st o f re n ­ tin g th e p la c e d o w n , su p p lie d o u r o w n

Ini D J a n d b a r , w e c o u ld o ffe r sm all g ro u p s a c h a n c e to h o ld p a rtie s o f th e ir o w n . S m all g ro u p s th a t c a n ’t a f f o r d to re n t th e b a llro o m a n d su p p ly th e ir o w n D J .” C h e rn a felt th a t “ H ittin g th e little g u y is a p o o r excuse fo r a c u tb a c k .” C h e r n a s u p p o rts th e fee in crease. B u t h e a d d e d , “ y o u c a n ’t m a k e p e o p le feel g u ilty to m a k e th e m give a fee in crease. Y o u h a v e to o f f e r p o sitiv e , realistic th in g s th e stu d e n ts w ill g et w hile p o in ­ tin g o u t w h a t sta n d s to b e lo s t.” Todd K ase n b e rg is a U2 m ic ro b io lo g y a n d im m u n o lo g y stu ­ d e n t, fo u n d e r o f th e S w am i T o d d A n tiA p a th y C o m m itte e , a n d a fo rm e r e d ito r-in -c h ie f o f th is n e w sp a p e r. K a se n b e rg ’s p la tfo rm re sts o n th e R O A R (R e s to ra tio n o f A d m in istra tiv e R e sp o n sib ility ) p la n , a m u lti-y e a r f in a n c ia l p la n t h a t is a s T o d d d escrib es, “ a fin a n c ia l sh ift in g e a rs .” K a se n b e rg claim s th a t th e p re se n t a d ­ m in is tra tio n , “ h a s d o n e a d a m n g o o d jo b o f s q u a n d e rin g fu n d s .” H e calls th e R O A R p la n w h ic h in clu d es a fu n d ­ ra isin g c a m p a ig n , a serio u s lo o k a t b u sin e ss o p e r a tio n s , a n d c o n s ta n t b u d g e ts f o r c lu b s, “ a c re a tiv e b u t re s tra in tfu l p ro g ra m w h ich allo w s n o t ju s t f o r th e p re se n t b u t also th e longra n g e fu tu re . T h e p la n em p h asizes s t r e a m - l i n i n g th e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , h a ltin g triv ia l a n d excess s p e n d in g .” K a se n b e rg w o u ld a lso e n c o u ra g e th e p riv a te sp o n s o rs h ip o f clu b s. K a se n b e rg , lik e all th e c a n d id a te s, stresses th e o p e n in g u p o f S tu d S o c to

continued on page 3 Andy Cbema


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