02.03.22
YORK’S AWARD-WINNING TABLOID NEWSPAPER
ISSUE 275
INSIDE YUSU How Can We Improve Representation in Our Students’ Union?
NEW YUSU PRESIDENT PROMISES HE WILL “CUT THE B*LLSH*T”
VICTORY!
One in Five Students Vote For YUSU’s ‘Missing Pieces’
BY
RUTH KELNER AND WILL ROWAN
OVER 34,000 VOTES were cast by students in the first in-person YUSU Elections since 2020. 17.59% of students voted for their candidates for the five full time Sabbatical Officer positions, ten Part-Time Officer roles and four non-officer positions. This represented a 6% drop in voter turnout from 2020. Pierrick Roger won the race for Students’ Union President with 1492 votes, winning 55.5 percent of the vote after second-choice ballots were counted.
FULL STORY ON PAGE 5
RETURNING STUDENTS MISS OUT ON HOUSING PAGE 4