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The Cadre « 1 December 1998
A second general meeting for council
* Continued from page 3 monitoring of the Student Un- ion Electronic Notice Board. Gray also emphasized on the hard work of this year’s edition of the student newspa- per, stating that the Cadre was an important part of making students aware of what is go- ing on around them. “It is in- credible how much they have
dent Finance Stephen Lewis, who was not present at the meeting, admitted that the things had not goneas smoothly as they had planned.
“A lot was said about this year’s elections,” main- tained Hann adding that he and Lewis had volunteered as acting CRO since the Student Union had been unable to fill
Elections Canada for further Student Union elections.
“The point of privacy is an important one.”
In his election speech Gray had proposed to place voting booths in every building on campus as to make it easier for students to vote. When questioned Gray admitted that itwould be virtually impossible
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resentation on this selection committee,” said Gray, en- couraging students to voice their opinion.
As expected, the con- troversy surrounding the re- cent By-Elections of Novem- ber of October 28" and 29th resurfaced.
Stephen Hann, Vice President External and ap- pointed Chief Returning Of- ficer, along with Vice Presi-
cerning the matter.
“I guess we were busy doing other things,” stated Hann. “We’ll know for next time.”
When questioned about the confidentiality of the vote [lack of proper voting booths], Gray responded by saying that prior election had been held in the same fashion but that an effort would be made to obtain
- appropriate voting booths from
and the exam period,” she com- mented.
The nursing student asked that council look into this matter, as student did not have a sufficient amount of time to prepare for their final exams there leading to less satisfactory results.
Gray stated that this con- cern would be brought up to senate.
Contributors: Samantha Jackson, Ryan O'Connor, Stepen
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The Best Buddies program is designed to promote friendships between university/college students and adults with developmental disabilities. This volunteer program was founded ih 1989 in the United States, and is now an international organization with over 200 chapters. Each chapter has a Host Site, which is an organization that operates in the field of developmental disabilities. The Host Site Coordinator and Campus Coordinator match students with a Buddy. All people involved complete personality profiles and attend interviews. Student volunteers have further application criteria.
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