_
      The
      opinions
      expressed
      in
      this
      column
      do
      not
      neces-
     
     
      sarily
      reflect
      those
      of
      the
      staff
      of
      this
      publication,
      or
     
     
      of
      the
      Student
      Union.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We
      all
      love
      Brian
      Mulroney,
      right?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We
      voted
      for
      him
      to
      represent
      us
      all
      up
      in
      Ottawa
      so
     
     
      he
      must
      be
      doing
      what
      is
      best
      for
      us,
      right?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |
      doubt
      too
      many
      people
      answered
      yes
      to
      both
      of
      these
     
     
      questions.
      It
      is
      no
      secret
      that
      not
      many
      of
      us
      trust
      the
     
     
      government
      or
      the
      politicians,
      why
      then
      should
      we
     
     
      have
      any
      more
      faith
      in
      our
      student
      government
      or
     
     
      student
      politicians.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |
      am
      not
      talking
      about
      any
      particular
      person
      or
      even
     
     
      group
      of
      people,
      but
      rather
      I
      am
      talking
      about
      the
     
     
      Student
      Union
      in
      principal.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |
      have
      always
      been
      suspicious
      of
      student
      politics,
      but
     
     
      never
      bothered
      to
      check
      it
      out
      for
      myself.
      Well
      since
     
     
      there
      has
      been
      much
      talk
      in
      the
      past
      few
      weeks
      about
     
     
      the
      Student
      Union
      |
      decided
      to
      do
      some
      looking.
      Here
     
     
      is
      whatI
      found....
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      The
      most
      shocking
      thing
      I
      found
      was
      in
      the
      1991-
     
    

    
     
      |
      1992
      budget.
      How
      many
      people
      out
      there
      know
      how
     
    

    
     
      |
      much
      the
      Student
      Union
      collects
      from
      students?
     
    

    
     
      _
      Inflows
      into
      the
      SU
      for
      the
      1991-1992
      year
      total
     
    

    
     
      -
      $600,000.
      That
      is
      over
      halfa
      million
      dollars,
      from
     
    

    
     
      |
      students!
      Just
      imagine
      what
      could
      be
      done
      with
      halfa
      -
     
     
      _
      million
      dollars.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      We
      mustalso
      find
      out
      where
      all
      that
      money
      goes.
      To
     
     
      start
      with,
      over
      $250,000
      goes
      to
      our
      CFS
      medical
     
     
      plan.
      That
      is
      around
      $100
      per
      student
      and
      has
      in-
     
     
      creased
      by
      100%
      in
      the
      last
      four
      years.
      That
      is
      by
      far
     
     
      the
      greatest
      expense
      on
      the
      books,
      but
      it
      is
      some
      of
     
     
      ‘the
      smaller
      expenses
      that
      are
      worth
      noting.
     
    
   
   
    
     
          
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Some
      of
      the
      more
      notable
      expenses
      in
      order
      of
      price
     
    
   
   
    
     
      155,000
      to
      the
      yearbook,
      How
      many
      people
      know
      they
     
     
      ay
      fora
      yearbook
      each
      year
      and
      are
      ‘‘suppose’’
      to
     
     
      pick
      one
      up?
      Why
      do
      we
      not
      know
      this?
      Maybe
      it
      is
     
     
      because
      we
      are
      uninformed
      of
      this
      so
      thatthe
      SU
      does
     
     
      lot
      have
      to
      order
      enough
      books
      for
      everybody.
      Actu-
     
     
      ly,
      in
      the
      past,
      there
      used
      to
      be
      a
      specific
      fee
      for
     
    

    
     
      )
      r
      yearbook,
      somewhere
      around
      $20,
      but
      that
      was
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ~
      removed
      from
      the
      list
      of
      fees,
      perhaps
      because
      only
     
     
      around
      half
      of
      the
      total
      yearbook
      fees
      were
      actually
     
     
      going
      the
      yearbook.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      $20,000
      to
      the
      ‘‘Capital
      Savings
      Fund’’.
      This
      isa
     
    
   
   
    
     
      fund
      set
      up
      to
      save
      money
      fora
      new
      Student
      Building
     
    
   
   
    
     
      in
      the
      future.
      I
      wonder
      if
      this
      will
      be
      brought
      up
      in
     
     
      the
      future
      discussions
      abouta
      starting
      new
      building
     
     
      fee
      to
      pay
      for
      a
      Student
      Centre.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      $19,000
      is
      paid
      in
      SU
      executive
      salaries.
      I
      didsome
     
     
      calculations
      on
      these
      salaries
      and
      I
      figured
      that
      each
     
     
      executive
      member
      makes
      $70
      a
      week.
      That
      is
      nota
     
     
      huge
      sum
      but
      when
      we
      see
      that
      the
      yearbook
      editor
     
    
   
   
    
     
      makes
      only
      $47/week
      and
      the
      CIMNstation
      manager
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      makes
      $60/
      week,
      it
      puts
      the
      executive
      salaries
      into
     
     
      perspective.
      Even
      more
      interesting
      is
      the
      fact
      that
     
     
      executives
      get
      paid
      for
      8
      full
      months.
      It
      is
      nice
      to
     
     
      know
      that
      they
      still
      get
      paid
      for
      there
      spring
      break
     
     
      (even
      if
      they
      are
      going
      to
      Florida?)
      and
      for
      Christmas
     
    
   
   
    
     
      holidays.
      The
      president
      even
      gets
      paid
      for
      working
      in
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      summer
      (making
      a
      higher
      salary
      then
      in
      the
      win-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      ter).
      One
      final
      note,
      it
      is
      interesting
      that
      the
      executive
     
    
   
   
    
     
      salaries
      were
      raised
      by
      10%
      last
      year
      when
      most
      of
     
     
      the
      other
      SUemployees
      did
      not
      get
      any
      raise
      at
      all
     
     
      and
      those
      that
      did,
      averaged
      at
      5%.
      Who
      makes
      up
     
    
   
   
    
     
      these
      pays
      anyway?
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