Maureen Hasinoff just got elected to the Fulcrum's board as a student director.
A good first step!
Friday, February 6, 2009
OMG! FIRST CLASS PRESENTATION!
In my four years at this university, I have never had the chance to see a classroom presentation during the elections period.
SO! Mad props to Seamus Wolfe and Ted Horton for presenting in my class this afternoon.
cartoonmadonna and i sauntered in late (because really, who's ON TIME for class nowadays?), and Seamus was mid-yell. I believe he recognized us and got flustered. So we waved...and he waved back. It took him a second to get going again - I know, us bloggers can be intimidating. Surprisingly, he has traded the blue-button-down-and-khaki-pants outfit he's been wearing for the past three weeks for his Solidarity Suit, a Drop Fees shirt and a knit hat. He is also wearing an abundance of buttons.
Makes a plug about some SFUO site. He wants slam poetry on campus. My favourite, favourite part of the presentation was when he yelled about the transit strike, and the fact that the SFUO got shuttle buses on the road within two days. An excellent initiative, but students are obviously still annoyed about the strike. He PAUSED for applause.
There was none.
After Seamus finished, Ted HO! went (this is my new nickname for him. I hope he likes it). Ted rattles off a long list of his volunteer experience on campus - is there anything he hasn't done?! He makes a joke about writing for Oral Otis, but I don't think most students got the joke (unfortunate!). I actually really like what he has to say, I just wish he were saying it louder! We can barely hear him! Ted HO wants to focus on things that impact OUR students on a daily basis. He also mentions something about making sure our houses are being taken care of, and protecting us from evil landlords.
Update OVER!
SO! Mad props to Seamus Wolfe and Ted Horton for presenting in my class this afternoon.
cartoonmadonna and i sauntered in late (because really, who's ON TIME for class nowadays?), and Seamus was mid-yell. I believe he recognized us and got flustered. So we waved...and he waved back. It took him a second to get going again - I know, us bloggers can be intimidating. Surprisingly, he has traded the blue-button-down-and-khaki-pants outfit he's been wearing for the past three weeks for his Solidarity Suit, a Drop Fees shirt and a knit hat. He is also wearing an abundance of buttons.
Makes a plug about some SFUO site. He wants slam poetry on campus. My favourite, favourite part of the presentation was when he yelled about the transit strike, and the fact that the SFUO got shuttle buses on the road within two days. An excellent initiative, but students are obviously still annoyed about the strike. He PAUSED for applause.
There was none.
After Seamus finished, Ted HO! went (this is my new nickname for him. I hope he likes it). Ted rattles off a long list of his volunteer experience on campus - is there anything he hasn't done?! He makes a joke about writing for Oral Otis, but I don't think most students got the joke (unfortunate!). I actually really like what he has to say, I just wish he were saying it louder! We can barely hear him! Ted HO wants to focus on things that impact OUR students on a daily basis. He also mentions something about making sure our houses are being taken care of, and protecting us from evil landlords.
Update OVER!
Holy Crap! A werewolf(e) in Horror Fiction!
So... little did this humble blogger know, but she was in for a treat today in her English Lit elective! Seamus Wolfe showed up to present his case for being elected President of the SFUO! He literally talked to himself: had mini- dramatized conversations meant to relate to us, but which mostly made up doubt his 'soundness of mind' - oh! I went there! (JUST KIDDING!).
He yelled a bunch (par for the course), but seemed pretty relaxed.
Handed out pins (and gave away the pin from his own sweater!)
ps GREAT question from the audience: 'Do you have the pin with the uterus on it?' Seamus almost falls over laughing - 'No, the WRC does.'
pps AWOOOO!
pps Ted Horton showed up too! And got a pretty funny dig in - 'I m not going to yell at all of you...'
Here's a fun game...
I m getting my face blogged off by girl4, so here is my ridiculous contribution for today!
VP University Affairs:
Jeremy Stuart - We are off to a great start: Jeremy Stuart has a few interesting personalities in his repertoire! 1) He seems to be a pretty sweet video editor out of san francisco, who might have peaked in the 90s, but has Arrested Development on his resume (I don t care if it is the hip hop group and not the show - I believe what I choose to believe) ... 2) He is also an actor! On imdb and everything! His entire career spans the year 1988. A solid vintage. Anyone seen 'Billy's Christmas Angels'? 3) Last, but by NO means least, he is a college wrestler from Santa Monica.
Cameron Montgomery - Or should I say Dr. Cameron Montgomery? -> A professor here at the University of Ottawa in the Faculty of Education!! Also ... a MAN! Who knew?!? (Secret identity: Lhasa Apso?)
Sidney Loko - Not very exciting - approx 9/10 of the hits on the first page are SFUO Elections blogs ... oh hey! here's another one for you, Sidney! enjoy the extra blog nod.
Ted Horton - A highly respected and influential man in the prestigious field of golf course and resource management consulting! This was the top hit! No lie! He wants you to choose the right consultant, which seems oddly appropriate... (apparently this dude has also won a bunch of awards for being an Environmental Leader) - well played, Ted ... well played.
VP Finance:
Maureen Hasinoff - Looks like there is no one worth google's notice named Maureen Hasinoff besides our very own candidate! Little might you know, she is a Senate Page! from Alberta! She was involved in Western Canada Youth Parliament ... mayhaps inexperience is not a factor to be counted against this young candidate.
Roxanne Dubois - weird. I expected it to be all our own Roxanne all the time for THIS google search, but THIS mysterious letter was the second hit! 'vascular reconstructions!' 'sealing areas of leakage!' ... Is Roxanne secretly the Director of Regulatory Affairs at Cohesion Technologies Inc? I truly hope so.
ps 'all required documents should be submitted in triplicate'? ... I m not sure that kind of attention to detail is what Roxanne is known for...
VP Social:
Alexandre Chaput - nothing too thrilling: the French version of his own elections blog is the 5th hit, followed directly by his English version. His next real hit is a mention of him in the BOA minutes - *yawn* Come ON, Chaput! Stir up some controversy! I can t wait to get to RPG...
ps Who knew the BOA ever got their minutes online! (Sorry, sliding back into the ol' BOA blogging habits)
Jean Guillaume - JG is much more fun! He was apparently a Belgian writer in Wallon (?!?) who published in French. Oh, and he died in 2001... Maybe they were onto something with the zombies!
VP Comm:
Julie Seguin - as much as Julie has been drastically under the radar, she does win this google battle (so far) for actually being the first hit AND having that hit be her personal website. Makes this blogger think that Julie is fantastic at passive communication - she will hide communication treasures all over the place for you to find! Too bad most people can t be bothered to go looking. Be MORE AGGRESSIVE, Julie! Or Tristan is going to wear your (metaphorical) skin to his (metaphorical) birthday party.
VP Student Affairs:
Michele Lamarche - how international!! Michele pops up in a sexy 'who's who' listing in France! There are also several biographical links - people like to write about your life, Michele! Apparently bankers are newsworthy... (Michele is also a San Franciscan acupunturist - I wonder if she helps Jeremy relax and escape his hectic video editing career...?)
President:
Marc Kelly - What a great hit! Marc Kelly: Lightstalker. apparently this guy is a photographer, but I prefer to make up my own meaning for Lightstalker. He is also a student at the University of Manchester (Particle Physics?) ... I wonder if he s allowed on THAT campus when he doesn t have class... Possible best: Marc Kelly, former Notre Dame basketball star, now Californian superior court judge. IMAGINE Marc Kelly deciding your sentence!!! 'What do YOU want to do to make up for your crime?'
RPG (aka Renaud-Philippe Garner) - wow! RPG helped me find an SFUO blog I had never heard of! ANYhow, back to the business at hand (get it? cuz I m typing... heh.) Apparently, this is old news, but it is a key hit, so I did not want to leave it out. But, really? RPG said something controversial... surprise!!! (ps it was 4 years ago, so I m not sure we can REALLY hold it against him... what is the statute of limitations on being aggressive about political correctness?) Otherwise, it is the predictable La Rotonde, Fulcrum and SFUO blog hits. Not as exciting as I expected.
Tyler Steeves - Way to show up on Serge's Twitter, but that s not very fun to report on... And the only other interesting hit is for a 'waterfront director' at Camp Trillium! Talk about NOT being controversial, Tyler. yeesh. I can t hate on ANY of that...
Seamus Wolfe - Jeepers. I am pretty sure that Seamus rigged this Google search... The first hit is his vp Uni Affairs blog, and then his profile on 4Real.com (a website dedicated to social and cultural change). Then the CFS blog (that I JUST discovered today... see above!) and his Campaign video.
ps when I googled Seamus (that s what she said) there was also a terrifying link to something called MassWrestling.com. Follow at your own risk. And please explain it in a comment if you have ANY idea what it is or what is going on.
On the VP Communications battle
It wouldn't be an SFUO election without some sort of scandal!
As mentioned yesterday, Tristan Dénomée called Julie out on not accomplishing most of the points in her platform from last year. After listing everything she has failed to do, he asked why anyone should vote for her. Julie tried to maintain her composure, which is difficult when such a thing happens a) in front of the student body and 2) on CAMERA (sup, Zoom?)
Hours later, a new blog was created. Tristan is now heading a No campaign against Julie.
Does it suck for Julie? Yes. Is it a good thing for students? Definitely. They are being reminded that they have a choice.
But...this might be good for Julie. Her campaign has been flying pretty below the radar so far (one reason I've been on the fence about voting Yes for her. You're running for VP Communications...shouldn't this campaign should be the. most. visible. campaign?). In Kyle's blog, she talked about earning her "Yes" votes. Maybe now she'll actually do it- Julie needs to prove to students that she can actually represent them, and COMMUNICATE information to them, whether it be info about events, her own campaign, or the SFUO.
My suggestion: get out and talk to students. find out how THEY want to get their information. The reason why students get annoyed during elections is that they get spoken to, not spoken with. Here's an idea - start your classroom presentations by asking students what they want. Try and work towards that TWO WAY COMMUNICATION you wanted last year, Julie.
I'm interested to see what Tristan's next step will be. Julie, get your action plan together.
As mentioned yesterday, Tristan Dénomée called Julie out on not accomplishing most of the points in her platform from last year. After listing everything she has failed to do, he asked why anyone should vote for her. Julie tried to maintain her composure, which is difficult when such a thing happens a) in front of the student body and 2) on CAMERA (sup, Zoom?)
Hours later, a new blog was created. Tristan is now heading a No campaign against Julie.
Does it suck for Julie? Yes. Is it a good thing for students? Definitely. They are being reminded that they have a choice.
But...this might be good for Julie. Her campaign has been flying pretty below the radar so far (one reason I've been on the fence about voting Yes for her. You're running for VP Communications...shouldn't this campaign should be the. most. visible. campaign?). In Kyle's blog, she talked about earning her "Yes" votes. Maybe now she'll actually do it- Julie needs to prove to students that she can actually represent them, and COMMUNICATE information to them, whether it be info about events, her own campaign, or the SFUO.
My suggestion: get out and talk to students. find out how THEY want to get their information. The reason why students get annoyed during elections is that they get spoken to, not spoken with. Here's an idea - start your classroom presentations by asking students what they want. Try and work towards that TWO WAY COMMUNICATION you wanted last year, Julie.
I'm interested to see what Tristan's next step will be. Julie, get your action plan together.
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