By Aldera Chisholm and Carol Schneider

As Bruce Davison did last year, we undertook to find out exactly where the many candidates stand on issues we as students feel are important. Admittedly, we used a very similar questionnaire to the one Bruce

Student Union Candidates

On the Issues

meetings that the SU hosts and | will keep in contact on a regular basis with all the executives.

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used last year, but we added our own special touches. We asked every candidate to draw themselves in office some of these inspired works will appear in this paper for all to see. Some of the questions we posed were:

1. Why are you running for this position?

2. If elected, what will your objectives be for your term?

3. If elected, are you prepared to put your duties ahead of your academic work, at least sometimes?

4. How important do you think the UPEISU’s lobbying with the government is? What should our objectives be?

5. How do you view the relationship between CIMN and the X-Press with the SU as representatives of the campus? 6. How do you propose to keep Student Council and the rest of the Student Union informed of what you are doing on

their behalf?

Due to the vast numbers of people running for positions, we have limited this article to the executive responses and have chosen to print the questions that best relate to the position being sought... Thanks to Steve, Christie, Nicole, Nelson, and Chrissy for submitting their surveys. If there are differences in the length of responses printed, this does not reflect a preference for individual candidates - it is due to space limitations and the length of surveys remitted. Special thanks to Amber Allin and the other candidates who were brief and concise. Our typeset- ter appreciates you. Several candidates did not return their questionnaires, therefore they cannot be included in this rundown. Several candidates noted that they would write columns in the X-Press if elected. We would like to see them do so even if they are not elected -- gee, that would fill many blank pages!

VP OPERATIONS

Finley Martin

1.1 held this position last year and I enjoyed myselfso much that I wanted to do the job again.

2. My objectives haven’t changed much. | want to bring high quality entertainment to the campus while keeping prices reasonable. My main objective isnottomake money, but to give students a place to enjoy themselves.

5. I feel that CIMN and the X-Press’ relationship with the SU is an integral part of keeping students informed of things that matter to them.

6. The best way to keep Student Council and Student Union aware of what I’m doing is to regularly attend Council meetings and Executive meetings. Informed discussions with members of council outside of meetings is also very important.

Darcy Murphy

1. lam running for VPO becausel want to get involved with the Student Union, and university events. I think it will be fun, anda good learning. I would put quality time and effort into the job.

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2. If elected, | would bring in new ideas, create more

. activities, and bring in the best available bands possible. |

would do my best to keep all students happy, and make the

‘Barn a place where students will want to gather in their

spare time.

5. The relationships between CIMN and the X-Press with SU is essential, for they are major suppliers of information to the students, in what the SU is currently doing.

6. I plan to give up-to-date reports at each and every meeting on what my progress is, and what it is I intend to get done in the future.

Cindy Venema

1, Being a student that enjoys being involved and being socially interactive, ! would like to provide to all my fellow students organizations and entertainment that they too can be socially involved in.

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2. I shall list my objectives:

-- make students more aware of the organizations and clubs that they can become a part of

-- provide students with a lot of entertainment and a wide variety of entertainment.

-- host rallies and debates in which students can learn or voice their opinions about current political issues.

5. think their relationships with the SU is very important, especially tothe position of VPO. They are extremely good resources for advertising, and if I am elected into office, then I hope to use both ofthese internal university networks on a regular basis.

6. I will definitely use the X-Press and CIMN as stated earlier. Plus, I will advertise through posters, fliers, other news resources, etc. And of course, I will attend all the

Kelly Yeo

1. I want to become more involved with the university. I feel that running for vice-president of finance is beneficial to the university as well as for myself since I am enroled in the accounting program and feel that I can do the job well. 2. My objectives for the term would be to do the job to the best of my ability, to increase awareness about the Student

Union and above all, to act in the student bodies best interest

and keep them informed.

3. Yes, although | value my studies, I will put my duties

ahead of academic work if I had to choose.

6. I propose to keep people informed through ordinary

student council meetings as well as being available during office hours and any other time to discuss matters will the council, student union and students. | will also use student media, the X-Press and CIMN when | feel the student body should be informed of an important issue.

Andrea Pushka

1.1 am running for the position of V.P. Finance because | feel that | am qualified to manage the financial require- ments and very capable of strongly representing the student body regarding their surrounding issues.

2. My objectives for the term are to accurately create a feasible budget, effectively manage the finances pertaining to the Student Union, and to ensure the lines of communi- cation are readily open to anyone wishing to make sugges- tions of any nature which they deem to be valid and beneficial.

3.1f such and incident should arise, I believe that better organization and the use of time effectively can in turn allow both my duties as an executive and my academic work to be fulfilled to the highest standards. However, if such an occurrence is inevitable, I will do what is required in order to accomplish the task at hand. A little less sleep never hurt anybody!

6.The way in which I will inform my fellow councillors as to my intentions and operations is again to open the lines of communication via meeting, memos and discussions where all opinions and suggestions will be welcome and encouraged.

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(Jason Gallant and Trevor Morash did not return their surveys.)

Tara Inman

1. Over the past year or so I have come to learn more about the student union and what it does for UPEI and its students. This has inspired me to run for UP Internal, so

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