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January 20, 2018
MSU Elections 2018: Ikram Farah Platform Critique

In the “Revamping Your Campus” pillar of her platform, Ikram Farah highlights her interest in increasing lighting in low-traffic locations on campus and in student-populated locations off-campus. Farah argues that poor lighting conditions have decreased students’ sense of safety, noting the municipal government’s effort to upgrade street lighting on residential streets in Hamilton. This pillar […]

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January 20, 2018
MSU Elections 2018: Muhammed Aydin Platform Critique

One of Muhammed Aydin’s major platform points involves creating a landlord rating system, which would allow students to rate landlords and act as a measure to promote tenants’ rights. It is clear that Aydin has not checked with the current McMaster Students Union on what they have already done on this front. In his Jan. […]

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January 20, 2018
MSU Elections 2018: Rabeena Obaidullah Platform Critique

By: Vanessa Polojac Rabeena Obaidullah’s candidacy is about breaking barriers in accessibility, integration and community. But for a platform built on student interest, it lacks certain aspects of consideration and confirmation. Centering the platform around five pillars, Obaidullah focuses most of the first pillar on transportation with the extension of a Go bus route while […]

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January 20, 2018
MSU Elections 2018: Connor Wong Platform Critique

Wong’s initial platform was centred around creative ideas of transparency, sustainability and inclusion. His main points reflected upon demonstrating the McMaster Students Union’s usefulness as an organization by making both advocacy work and financial plans conducted by the organization transparent to students, in addition to reviewing the funding behind Light Up the Night. His adjacent […]

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January 20, 2018
MSU Elections 2018: Kirstin Webb Platform Critique

Kirstin Webb’s candidacy surrounds three pillars that include on-campus issues, community development and a collective between the MSU and the McMaster student body. While these three pillars reflect upon issues that McMaster students face in general, Webb’s platform suffers from a lack of concrete planning and research while lacking sufficient coverage as to how each […]

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January 15, 2018
Meet the 2018 MSU presidential candidates

Connor Wong Ikram Farah Kirstin Webb Kyle Pinheiro Muhammed Aydin Lindsay D'Souza Rabeena Obaidullah

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January 15, 2018
MSU Elections 2018: Kirstin Webb's Platform Overview

Kirstin Webb is a Level IV Social Work student and currently a Student Representative Assembly member for the faculty of Social Sciences. Her platform focuses on improving life on campus and within the community. As an SRA member, Webb has contributed to MSU policy papers, been a delegate to the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance and […]

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January 15, 2018
MSU Elections 2018: Rabeena Obaidullah's Platform Overview

By: Vanessa Polojac Rabeena Obaidullah is a level IV Life Sciences student. Her platform attempts to address a wide range of student issues. Obaidullah is currently a Student Representative Assembly (Science) member. She is a sitting member on the Municipal Affairs committee. Obaidullah also has experience volunteering with various McMaster Students Union services and leadership programs. […]

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January 15, 2018
MSU Elections 2018: Connor Wong's Platform Overview

Connor Wong is a Level VI Engineering and Physics student. Wong’s platform surrounds transparency, logistics, sustainability and inclusion within our campus communities. While Wong does not have any official experience within the McMaster Students Union, he has experience coordinating between groups and communicating with professional contacts from his time doing co-op placements. Wong has also […]

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January 14, 2018
MSU Elections 2018: Muhammed Aydin's Platform Overview

Muhammed Aydin is a level VI Life Sciences co-op student. His platform focuses on food, housing, technology and infrastructure. Aydin is currently the facility head for the McMaster Muslim Student Association and has some previous experience with the McMaster Students Union through his time as an executive member of the Student Walk Home Attendant Team. […]

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