This is part of a four part series: Monday – President Mark Livingstone Tuesday – VP Student Life Alex Vietinghoff Wednesday – VP Education Craig Mazerolle Thursday – VP Admin Mary-Dan Johnston Next year, Mary-Dan Johnston says focusing on union governance will be her main priority as vice-president administration. “Trying to establish some really clear policies [...]
This is part of a four part series: Monday – President Mark Livingstone Tuesday – VP Student Life Alex Vietinghoff Wednesday – VP Education Craig Mazerolle Thursday – VP Admin Mary-Dan Johnston A review of the union’s membership in the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations is one of Craig Mazerolle’s priorities for his second term as [...]
Continue reading …This is part of a four part series: Monday – President Mark Livingstone Tuesday – VP Student Life Alex Vietinghoff Wednesday – VP Education Craig Mazerolle Thursday – VP Admin Mary-Dan Johnston Even though next year will put him in potentially conflicting roles as both a student journalist and vice-president student life of St. Thomas University, Alex [...]
Continue reading …This is part of a four part series: Monday – President Mark Livingstone Tuesday – VP Student Life Alex Vietinghoff Wednesday – VP Education Craig Mazerolle Thursday – VP Admin Mary-Dan Johnston He only won by 22 votes, but student’s union president-elect Mark Livingstone wasn’t as surprised as everyone else by his win. “I think…you know, [...]
Continue reading …St. Thomas University students have elected Mark Livingstone as the new Students’ Union president, beating incumbent Ella Henry by only 23 votes. Because the race was so close, a recount was completed before the vote was announced. The Cellar was packed as chief returning officer Sarah Bulman read the results just after 11 p.m. Mary-Dan [...]
Continue reading …I have been quoted as saying that the only time I run is during an election (Seriously though, when have you seen me physically run?). In this spring STUSU election though, I am standing still. Not because I am not campaigning for a position, but because I am observing the candidates, reflecting on the past [...]
Continue reading …Ella Henry wants to move ahead on issues like a campus bookstore, lobbying government for lower tuition and possibly moving the student body to the more activist Canadian Federation of Students. But at least one of the incumbent’s opponents, Mark Livingstone, says students need to slow down and think carefully before making potentially costly decisions. [...]
Continue reading …Students’ Union president Ella Henry has taken exception to the Aquinian’s front page story this week “Choose your STUSU.” The article cites a campus bookstore, lobbying for lower tuition costs and a possible move toward the more activist Canadian Federation of Students as issues she wants to move ahead on if re-elected. Henry says the [...]
Continue reading …On page 8 of Volume 75, Issue 18 of the Aquinian, Alex Vietinghoff was quoted in our STUSU Election — Candidate Dossier as saying “You’d vote for me so vote for me.” The quote should have read “You’d vote for freedom, so vote for me.” The Aquinian apologizes for the error.
Continue reading …Presidential candidate Michael Manning has withdrawn from the election. The announcement came during his campaign speech earlier today. He said he made the decision because because he was attending a Model United Nations conference in Boston, Massachusetts and was unable to get his ideas out to the student body. “I tried to run an efficient [...]
Continue reading …The AQ has learned that Michael Manning is no longer in the running for STUSU presidential candidate. During a previously scheduled speech this afternoon in JDH, Manning announced that he would be withdrawing his name from the ballot. “I have tried to run a campaign while away,” said Manning who was away for a Model [...]
Continue reading …theAQ and STUSU will be hosting a Presidential Candidate Debate Webcast to air Monday at midnight. We’re looking for questions for the presidential candidates from the students of St. Thomas University. If you’d like to propose a question, email us at admin@theaq.net or su_cro@stu.ca.
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