Senate highlights
A Senate meeting was held on March 2 in the Senate chambers. Richard Sigurdson, dean of the faculty of arts, chaired the meeting in place…
UMSU
UMSU tries to combat student voter apathy
Voter turnout for the University of Manitoba’s student elections has been averaging about 11 per cent over the past decade, meaning 11 per cent of…
Several other complaints crop up during 3-slate election
Several other complaints cropped during the past week of campaigning, including one indicating that volunteers for Clean Slate were campaigning in the hallways of 102…
UMSU election candidate impersonated in email account
On the afternoon of Wednesday, March 2, Jason van Rooy, the chief returning officer (CRO) for the 2011 UMSU election, posted an irregular ruling on…
UMSU election Get More slate loses vice-president external candidate
Disagreements in the Get More camp manifested in vice-presidential (external) candidate, Chantal Shivanna Ramraj leaving the slate to run independently. Ramraj stated that she decided…
UMSU election candidate interviews – Presidential candidates
Working Together Candidate: Camilla Tapp Experience Serves on Arthur Mauro Students’ Association council, UMSU council Sits on UMSU health and dental, finance, policy and bylaws,…
UMSU election candidate interviews – vice – president (advocacy)
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…
UMSU election candidate interviews- vice-president (internal)
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…
UMSU election candidate interviews- vice president (student services)
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,…
No Facebook friendship from UMSU elections
Though social media may be heavily integrated into students’ lives, University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) election candidates voted not to allow campaigning using sites…