Peculiarities of campus politics

By Wes Dutcher-Walls

“It goes without saying that there is a disparity between what all students could agree upon and what a majority of voting members presently agree upon, and this affects the discussion. In fact, on the most divisive contemporary issues — misogyny, Aboriginal treaty rights, Canadian military spending, environmentalism — the SGM saw more debate about how much to say rather than what to say.”

Delays soured an otherwise productive meeting

by Denys Robinson

“Critics accuse utsu execs and their allies of filibustering the meeting in order to avoid discussing electoral reform — the sixteenth motion on the agenda. These accusations are not accurate. In reality, the meeting failed to get through its agenda due to a confluence of obstacles.”