McMaster Student Union presidential candidate Jeffrey Xu claims to prioritize issues that affect students’ daily lives and making promises that he can fulfill. However, his platform lacks consideration of costs or other feasibility constraints and his understanding of the McMaster University community is heavily influenced by Reddit.
While Thorne’s platform contains some ideas that may be popular with students, his platform lacks thorough research and consideration of feasibility. Further, many of his ideas are not clearly beneficial to the McMaster University student body and he does little to justify their relevance.
Jovan Popovic’s McMaster Student Union presidential campaign included strong advocacy pillars and relevant consultations. However, Popovic’s campaign lacks investigation into student communities outside of his own and does not present precise solutions to addressed issues.
Second-year presidential candidate Sam Abbott is running on a platform that prioritizes student engagement and voice, but his campaign doesn’t address concerns about feasibility and commitment to students if elected.
Jeffrey Xu is a fourth-year honours life sciences student running for president of the McMaster Students Union.
Xu has a platform that focuses on concerns that affect students’ daily lives. His key focuses are improving Centro food, extending library hours and increasing MSU transparency.
Zachary Thorne is a sixth-year computer engineering and society student running for McMaster Students Union President.
Jovan Popovic is a fourth-year undergraduate commerce student running for president of the McMaster Student Union.
The overarching theme of Popovic’s platform is student life, with three main pillars focusing on student engagement, student sports and commuter life.
Sam Abbott is a second-year environmental science student running for the role of the McMaster Students Union president.
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Over the past year, McMaster University’s men’s volleyball team have made thorough progress against the other university teams at the OUAs. Just last season, they caused havoc in the regional championship, clinching the trophy against the University of Toronto Varsity Blues 3-1 in the finals, claiming their eleventh title. This success also ultimately brought them to the U Sports Championship, where they won the consolation final, showing that they are a team not to be underestimated.
