The Association of Part-time Undergraduate Students was relocated for a second time this year, as Governing Council voted unanimously to vacate their office in the Woodsworth Annex on 100 Devonshire Place, across from the new Varsity Centre, to make room for the construction of the proposed Student Commons and the Centre for High Performance Sport.
The evicted student union was given a temporary office in the Margaret Fletcher Building, but was dissatisfied with the move and did not shy from expressing dissent. Before the vote, megaphone- wielding former APUS president Chris Ramsaroop led a small group of chanting APUS supporters. The slogan, easily audible in the meeting chamber, was “Shame on U of T!”
“It is an elitist project that marginalizes part-time students on this campus,” Joeita Gupta, an APUS director, said of the Student Commons. “It has no place for part-time students, many of whom are far too busy to take full advantage of this facility.”
