The Student Day of Action took place across 50 Canadian campuses on Nov. 2 as part of the Canadian Federation of Students’ Fight the Fees campaign. The campaign calls on the Canadian government for: the progressive reduction and elimination of tuition fees for all; the conversion of the provincial portion of student loans into non-repayable […]
The results of the November Student Representative Assembly by-election period will provide lots for students to talk about. Hannah Martin won the SRA Social Sciences seat with 52.2% of the vote, but it is the results of the referenda questions that will raise some eyebrows. The MSU constitution referendum aimed at making vice-presidents elected by […]
During Sunday night’s SRA meeting, McMaster Students Union president Justin Monaco-Barnes, and vice president (Finance) Ryan MacDonald announced a project proposal that has been several months in the works. The focal point of this project is based on one of Monaco-Barnes’ platform points of a much needed Pulse expansion, but addresses several other key concerns […]
By: William Alexander The fate of the Exclusive Club Card, SoBi membership, the Marmor yearbook and vice-presidents at large will be decided during this year’s by-election, through a referendum. To succeed, a referendum must receive at least 66.7 per cent of the popular vote. The fate of vice presidents at large, SoBi Bikes, Exclusive Club […]
The SRA was wrong to take a negative stance on the at-large vice-presidential election question. Students should be pissed off about the way this referendum has been discussed. For the uninformed, members of the SRA, who are elected by students, currently elect the MSU’s vice-presidents. This issue was on the 2016 MSU presidential ballot, and […]
By: Louis Ferracuti Recent changes made to the First Year Council aim to increase first year student engagement with student governance. The recent shutdown of the Inter-Residence Council left a void in terms of first year advocacy. Vice president (Administration) Shaarujaa Nadarajah says that the MSU stepped in to fill this void with the changes […]
By: Bina Patel Homecoming has come and gone, but its planning is still a point of discussion for those involved. The planning phase of this past homecoming weekend spanned three and a half months during the summer. It began with finalizing the $25,000 of funding first introduced at an SRA meeting that took place in […]
The vote to change vice-president ballots opens a can of worms for the Student Representative Assembly. At the Sept. 11 SRA meeting, the group voted to make ballots for the McMaster Students Union vice-president positions open. Under the previous system, SRA members would vote on secret ballot for the vice-presidents. Making the ballots open is […]
By: Robert Moss Over the summer, the McMaster Students Union conducted their space audit of all MSU services’ spaces to see what improvements could be made to help maximize efficiency and improve the student experience on campus. The chosen auditing committee consisted of vice president (Administration) Shaarujaa Nadarajah, vice president (Finance) Ryan MacDonald, Ikram Farah, […]
The relationship between the Hamilton Street Railway and McMaster is a complicated one. Over the past year and a half, the HSR has made headlines for changes to the bus pass system, fares and unfair confiscation of passes. The first of the changes came about when the McMaster Registrar stopped issuing stickers that gave students […]
