(I received many funny drunk v-mails from friends tonight and would like to publicly humiliate them).
11:02:36 PM   []

'Vote early. Vote often' was the phrase that the Mathsoc groupies were giggling over the other day.

Oh, and Darryl, vote for Aaron Lee-Wudrick since you don't have to worry about my girlfriend's wrath :).
10:35:13 PM   []

It'll be interesting to see what the total cost of this bar shutdown is.. I.e. lost revenue + legal costs for both sides + time spent for both sides working on the issues..
4:58:11 PM   []

• President: Chris Edey.
  • Appears to have the demeanor necessary to do the job well
  • Supports enumeration as an official platform. I agree that we need to get students voting and affecting both local and national politics.
  • When asked a difficult question (what would you do if we happened to have a student group engaging in hate stuff) at the Mathsoc forum he had a firm and definitive stance. He wasn't wishy-washy.
  • Hopefully he can get something done about housing. I don't think the 75m rule is going anywhere but a lot of work can be done cleaning up enforcement of by-laws and housing standards.
• VPF: Rob Schmidt.
  • I believe that he'll actually follow through with informing students about Feds business via the Internet
  • Supports a Tim Hortons in the SLC
  • He's in Math. I must admit that I have a bias towards engineers and mathies (even though I'm no fan of the stereotypical mathie)
  • Lose the beard.
• VPI: Leo Dominguez.
  • He's a male cheerleader! (I'm not calling him gay (not that there is anything wrong with gay (I'm gay (this is getting out of hand))), just you know, cheery.)
• VPED:

I don't know if I can simplfy their views this much. But it seems that a vote for Liam is a vote for accessible education while a vote for Aaron is a vote for taking a realistic stance on how to maintain quality despite funding shortfalls. I also think I disagree that CASA and OUSA support should be axed but I'm glad that our support for those organizations is being re-examined.

Update: This just in from Natalie (via email):

Vote what you feel!!! I told you you could vote for ALW. At least you're not an apathetic-debt-ridden student like the 20,000 (made up number) who aren't going to vote at all.

Robin says 'to represent', meaning that 1/5 of the students affected by our voting don't get a chance to vote. There's also the issues that the students most affected by accessibility are the ones who can't come to university and cast a vote. So think of them. 'Giddy-up'.
1:11:05 PM   []

And while alumni support is high (20 per cent of Waterloo alumni send money, top of the "comprehensives" and tenth nationally) that figure could certainly go higher.

10:55:16 AM   []