Woroni ISSUE 11, VOL. 67. Week 9, Semester 2, 2017
STUPOL HACKS’ FORTUNES RESURRECTED BY CLUBS COUNCIL RESULT Text: Jasper Lindell Some of the ANU’s student politics hopefuls have seen their prospects restored after failing to be elected in August’s ANUSA elections, successfully contesting positions on the Clubs Council. Nearly 40 per cent of those people who will serve on the Clubs Council next year ran in the ANUSA elections in August, while over 60 per cent of those elected have previously been involved in ANUSA, either as candidates or officials.
Clockwise from bottom left: Niall Cummins, Ian Fulton, Lauren Kightly, Howard Maclean, Marianna Segaram, Joel Baker, Matthew Mottola, Lewis Pope
Lewis Pope, who has been elected chair, said it showed those who were elected to the Clubs Council had clearly demonstrated their ‘passion’ and willingness to get involved with student life on campus. Previous experience was ‘overwhelmingly positive.’
Pope ran unsuccessfully on Eleanor Kay’s Lift ANUSA ticket for treasurer, and launched a bid for Clubs Council chair on a platform of responsiveness and optimising Council grants to clubs.
Pope beat Bodie D’Orazio and Jacob Mildren in an election which saw a low turnout of 37 of 158 eligible delegates. Pope, who has been running for ANUSA elections since his first year at the University, said it was a ‘positive thing’ about the characters of his new fellow Clubs Council members that they would continue to look for opportunities to work for the student body. Pope pointed to the incoming secretary, Howard Maclean, and the incoming community officer, Mariana Segaram, as people who had sought out these positions to work for students. Both are no strangers to student politics. Maclean is a current general representative to the Student Representative Council and ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate for ANUSA general secretary and University council member. He was elected National Union of Students delegate. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3