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While teams CES and SDL have big plans on how to get students involved in the AMS, their ways of approaching students vary. Team CES said they will actively work on initiatives to encourage student involvement and create awareness within the student government. One way team CES plans to foster student involvement is by using an improved website to communicate with students. “We want to go with a professional organization [to redesign the website] because we’re investing in resources we’re providing students to ensure that students know what the AMS is,” vice-presidential (Operations) candidate Ashley Eagan, ArtSci ’11 said. The website would include content from AMS commissions, the AMS council and AMS managers as well as pages from campus groups that provide unique services. “This would come at an additional cost of $6,000 which works well within the AMS’s financial resources and wouldn’t come at an increased cost to students,” Slobodin said. Presidential candidate Morgan Campbell said an online campus calendar that could be updated by students and clubs themselves, would allow the AMS to better communicate with students and would act as an umbrella site for all AMS campus events. Team CES also hopes to attract more students to the AMS by making some of its regular meetings, See It doesn’t on page 8
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At the AMS presidential candidate debate on Jan. 26, hopefuls Morgan Campbell (left) of Team CES and Sacha Gudmundsson (right) of Team SDL discussed their respective governing approaches to AMS politics.
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Mid-way through their campaigns, AMS executive teams SDL and CES are finding out their platform points may not be as achievable as originally thought. After contemplating an LCBO in the Queen’s Centre in their original platform, Team SDL has since reconsidered this initiative and is instead emphasizing other options. Current City of Kingston bylaws don’t allow for an LCBO on campus space, vice-presidential (Operations) candidate Dan Szcezpanek of Team SDL said. “This is no longer feasible and pretty much removed. The bylaw doesn’t allow for a grocery store either, but a pharmacy is still feasible,” Szcezpanek, ArtSci ’11, said. “The LCBO was never made a promise. It was an idea suggested and the focus was to try to raise discussion and provide a list of
suggestions over what students want to fill that space.” Kingston’s bylaw 8499 Restricted Area Zone Section 71 outlines the kinds of businesses that can exist on University property. A grocer is not on this list. Team CES is suggesting a grocer or pharmacy as a new project for the vacant Queen’s Centre retail space. There have been talks of bringing a pharmacy into the Queen’s Centre since 2005. The Journal has learned that without amending this bylaw, a grocery store on campus is not feasible. The bylaw does allow for these restrictions to be lifted if the grocer was to become a University or AMS owned business. “There is a way to get around this and that’s through partnerships,” presidential candidate for Team CES Morgan Campbell said. “It’s a long-term lobbying effort.” Team CES said that if the grocer partnered with the administration and the AMS, they would have a bigger voice when negotiating with the city about the bylaw.
Campbell, ArtSci ’11, said that after meeting with the Vice-Principal (Facilities) Ann Browne, no concerns about the zoning bylaw were raised. Team CES vice-president (Operations) candidate Ashley Eagan said the earliest the services could be opened would be September 2011. “The administration and current AMS executive are working with brokers right now. We want to work with the current executives to bring these services in immediately,” Eagan, ArtSci ’11, said. Eagan said Team CES would ensure that the grocer doesn’t compete with the already existing farmer’s market on campus. “We might even be able to promote the farmer’s market at the grocer. The farmer’s market sells very unique items, while the grocer would just sell very basic things,” Eagan said. Team CES also plans to bring back the spirit to varsity athletic games by offering an incentive program to students who See It’s a on page 8
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