The Access slate will form the new CSU executive next year. This follows a very visible presidential race, with a voter turn-out of around 1,800.
That is less than 10 per cent of the student populace, and lower than that of last year’s elections.
Sabrina Stea and her Access party won with 853 votes, over the Schulz executives’ 577 votes.
Stea was president of the Fine Arts Student Alliance and a CSU Fine Arts councillor. Her VP finance, Patrice Blais, was chair of the council and interim vp-finance for the latter half of the year. Chris Schulz worked this past year as Clubs Commissioner and one of his vp’s was also a CSU councillor.
Following behind in votes was Ralph Lee and the Students 4 Students party with 188 votes, Hammad Baig’s Unionists with 99 votes, and Paul
Backman and his Concordia Students Party with 66 votes.
Almost all the referendum questions passed with overwhelming majorities.
This was true of the demand for more student control over the Capital Campaign fund, the rearranging of the student union fee among the
different faculties and a separate fee for CSU clubs. Electors also passed requests for more funding and space for the People’s Potato, and
called upon the school’s administration not to consider Vice-Rector and Provost Jack Lightstone for the position of rector.
Other referendum questions that passed, but by smaller margins, were the condemnation of the Canadian government for its involvement in the FTAA, and the call for Palestinian recognition which won 774 to 647.
The only referendum question that did not pass was the proposed independent fee to Arts and Sciences students for their faculty
association. The 60 cents per credit request would have made up the faculty association’s budget, providing finances for all the academic
clubs and organizations for departments in Arts and Sciences. The question lost by fewer than 20 votes. The faculty association just got
on its feet this year.
The results to referendum questions seven and eight were frozen and won’t be made public until the CSU’s judiciary board has ruled
concerning complaints on the questions. The two questions respectively were the proposed adoption of the Students Bill of Democratic Rights, and the request to raise The Concordian student newspaper’s membership fee from 7 cents per credit to 10 cents from student of all faculties.
Among next year’s CSU new councillors, current vp communications Tom Keefer and vp internal Sabine Friesinger won seats. Seven councillors
from this year will be returning.
That is less than 10 per cent of the student populace, and lower than that of last year’s elections.
Sabrina Stea and her Access party won with 853 votes, over the Schulz executives’ 577 votes.
Stea was president of the Fine Arts Student Alliance and a CSU Fine Arts councillor. Her VP finance, Patrice Blais, was chair of the council and interim vp-finance for the latter half of the year. Chris Schulz worked this past year as Clubs Commissioner and one of his vp’s was also a CSU councillor.
Following behind in votes was Ralph Lee and the Students 4 Students party with 188 votes, Hammad Baig’s Unionists with 99 votes, and Paul
Backman and his Concordia Students Party with 66 votes.
Almost all the referendum questions passed with overwhelming majorities.
This was true of the demand for more student control over the Capital Campaign fund, the rearranging of the student union fee among the
different faculties and a separate fee for CSU clubs. Electors also passed requests for more funding and space for the People’s Potato, and
called upon the school’s administration not to consider Vice-Rector and Provost Jack Lightstone for the position of rector.
Other referendum questions that passed, but by smaller margins, were the condemnation of the Canadian government for its involvement in the FTAA, and the call for Palestinian recognition which won 774 to 647.
The only referendum question that did not pass was the proposed independent fee to Arts and Sciences students for their faculty
association. The 60 cents per credit request would have made up the faculty association’s budget, providing finances for all the academic
clubs and organizations for departments in Arts and Sciences. The question lost by fewer than 20 votes. The faculty association just got
on its feet this year.
The results to referendum questions seven and eight were frozen and won’t be made public until the CSU’s judiciary board has ruled
concerning complaints on the questions. The two questions respectively were the proposed adoption of the Students Bill of Democratic Rights, and the request to raise The Concordian student newspaper’s membership fee from 7 cents per credit to 10 cents from student of all faculties.
Among next year’s CSU new councillors, current vp communications Tom Keefer and vp internal Sabine Friesinger won seats. Seven councillors
from this year will be returning.
