COMMUNITY RESPONSE
To pull the plug on VOCE so abruptly and arbitrarily seems like a complete betrayal of SFU’s values.
PETER DICKINSON DIRECTOR, SFU SCHOOL FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS
PRESIDENTIAL PLATFORMS
No role is more encompassing than that of the SFSS president.
We owe it to our children, to those yet to be born within the Gitxaała Nation. We do it with one voice and in the spirit of being of one heart.
LINDA INNES CHIEF COUNCILLOR, GITXAAŁA NATION
With rising costs, the current fee cap can no longer sustain the plan.
SFU
(Proposed)
LEAVING THE LEFT
The issue is, and has always been, one of ignoring the contributions of Black people and re-narrating the concept of American history as an all-white affair.
Black communities have reclaimed the word as an act of resistance against their shared experiences of oppression, and non-Black people’s ignorance of this renovates remaining structures of white supremacy.
what’s on the ballot? Who’s running and
As the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) executive election approaches and campaign posters fill campus halls, you may be asking, what even is the SFSS and how does it work? Their website states they are a “a student-led organization” designed to “advocate for students, build student power, and provide resources and services.”
All undergraduate students, through paying an activity fee, are SFSS members. Let’s break down what that means, and what we’ll be voting for this Thursday and Friday.
More specifically, the SFSS manages things like student’ health and dental coverage and U-Pass, operates a free legal clinic, and organizes a student food bank program. They also include various committees, which form “to help assist the SFSS Council perform its mandate.” They can either be permanent or ad-hoc, with the latter dissolving “as soon as their task is complete.”
SFSS decisions are run by a Council, which is made up of the executive committee — executive officers elected by the student body, more on them below — and non-executive councillors, which represent
“every faculty and departmental student group across all three SFU campuses.” Non-executive councillors also include representatives from equity-seeking constituency groups and other affiliated student groups, like the ones listed in the next paragraph. In conjunction, the executive committee and non-executive councillors “advocate for the interests of the 25,000+ undergraduate students at SFU.”
The SFSS also helps oversee funding for independent student societies and organizations, including the Disability and Neurodiversity Alliance, the Women’s Centre, the Students of Caribbean and African Ancestry, and the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Student Association.
There are seven executive officer positions up for election this spring, which collectively form the executive committee. Additionally, there are three ballot questions for students to vote on regarding fee increases for student society funding, and increases to the SFSS Health and Dental Plan. Below you will find a brief description of each position, some related past work, the candidates vying for election, and a rundown of the issues on the ballot.
Need to Know, Need to Go
Month of March
OSNA HADEF · SFU STUDENT
PHONE MIN THANT STAFF WRITER
THE SMOOTH, BRIGHT COLOURS OF LIGNE CLAIRE ALSO MAKE DEPICTIONS OF CONGOLESE CULTURE, URBAN LIFE, AND NATURAL LANDSCAPES ESPECIALLY VIBRANT IN THE NOVEL.
The team’s 2003 season was arguably the most successful in program history from an awards standpoint, as SFU made it through to winning the Hardy Trophy — earned by the champion of the Canada West conference — by defeating the University of Alberta Golden Bears.
LESS TRIUMPH, MORE TRIAL
STIX #3 BY YILDIZ SUBUK
SUDOKU
