Evolution critics should take a seat
The slew of misleading anti-Evolution pamphlets that were distributed around campus this past week by cowards afraid to put their name or organization on them were nothing more then a pathetic attempt to discredit all of the incredible things “New Evolution” has managed to accomplish over the past year. The pamphlets smacked of the propaganda that was routinely employed by the Concordia Student Union in past years before Evolution came to power.
Without question Evolution has served students to the best of their abilities over the past year. They’ve made our student union more environmentally sustainable, they’ve fought the government to ensure that education remains accessible to students and that the tuition freeze remains in place, they’ve organized dozens of student life events, they’ve worked closely with the faculty associations, and they’ve formed new and important links with external community organizations like the FEQU. If anything the problem for Evolution’s critics is that they’ve become too successful and there are no longer any reasonable things to call Evolution out on. The Evolution student union has done an incredible job of creating a more welcoming, more progressive, more sociable, more transparent, and more sustainable campus experience. Evolution is proud to put their name on all their incredible accomplishments, why are their critics unwilling to associate publicly with their remarks? Our student union elections are only a few weeks away. Here’s hoping the Evolution continues.
Andrea Urman
Psychology
Comments against Mark Small unfounded
I was shocked to read Chris Schwartz’s letter to the editor in last weeks edition of the Link in which he makes petty personal and irresponsible comments about Mark Small, the Concordia Student Union’s (CSU) Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and the CSU’s election process. I had the privilege of working with Mark as a Deputy Electoral Officer (DEO) during the fall by-election and I witnessed firsthand how hard Mark was willing to work to ensure the impartiality of the electoral process. We were able to run an extremely successful election which received the highest voter turnout ever for a by-election.
Schwartz’s comments are completely unfounded and ridiculous and I would ask that he exercise more caution in the future before making such serious accusations. Obviously, Schwartz is unhappy that Mark defeated him in the recently competed ASFA election, but he should get over it. Furthermore, his personal attacks on Peter Schiefke and Allie Turner (whose name he should learn to spell) are immature and have nothing to do with the CSU’s election process.
Rather, then bring forward any reasonable or legitimate problems with the CSU’s electoral process, Schwartz spends his time disguising personal attacks as reasonable political discourse. The fact that Schwartz didn’t win his ASFA election or that he doesn’t like who won in the CSU election last year doesn’t make the process unfair.
In the end, it seems that Schwartz is taking out his frustration at being politically unsuccessful at Concordia in the pages of the Link. Still, I’d suggest that he grow up and assume a more professional level of association with his fellow Council colleagues and students. Students deserves at least that much respect from an “elected member of the Concordia Student Council of Representatives (which isn’t unrepresentative simply because Schwartz disagrees with the decision they make).”
Mitch Kahan
Fall 2004 CSU DEO
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