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UMSU election candidate interviews – vice – president (advocacy)

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Chuthan PonnampalamLeif LarsenSarah Petz
Working Together candidate: Nour Rashid Experience Worked as a Resident Advisor, helping students in progression into university residence environment Program coordinator of PRAXIS Involved with U of M campus chapters of Amnesty International, Unicef Why did you decide to run? I have been...
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UMSU election candidate interviews- vice-president (internal)

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Chuthan PonnampalamLeif LarsenSarah Petz
Working Together candidate: Justin Quigley Experience Serves as Student Architectural Society (SAS) rep on UMSU council Sits on UMSU environmental sustainability committee Why did you decide to run? Well, recently this past year I have gotten involved outside of my own...
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UMSU election Candidate interviews- vice-president (external)

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Chuthan PonnampalamLeif LarsenSarah Petz
Working Together candidate: Julie Rempel Experience U of M food bank coordinator President of U of M chapter of Unicef Involved with U of M chapter of Amnesty International, Engineers Without Borders, Indian Students’ Association Why did you decide to run? I have...
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UMSU election candidate interviews- vice president (student services)

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Chuthan PonnampalamLeif LarsenSarah Petz
Working Together candidate: Matt Hepner Experience Incumbent UMSU vice-president (student services) Involved with student council in high school Vice-president of Students Association for Physical Health, Education and Recreation Why did you decide to run again? I really enjoy my position; it’s given me a...
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UMSU election candidate interviews – Community Reps

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Chuthan PonnampalamLeif LarsenSarah Petz
Women’s representative candidate: Bilan Arte Experience Involved with U of M Womyn’s Centre, FemRev Collective, Fort Garry Women’s Resource Centre Why do you think the community reps are an essential part of UMSU council? I think there’s an obvious need for those...
Editorial

Democracy in the Middle East

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Leif Larsen
Over the past two months, the people in Tunisia and Egypt have managed to effect serious change in their governments, chasing out corrupt leaders and setting the stage for democratic reform. And the West...
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Google punches, Bing fights back

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Leif Larsen
What do Google and a bunch of Internet fraudsters have in common? According to Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s senior vice-president (online services), they both engage in “click fraud.” Click fraud is a practice employed by...
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