By Anabel Selemon, September 21 2022—
What motivates people to run for politics? Whether you believe your faculty representative is in it for the people or to advance their own self-serving agenda, some patterns in characteristics seem to appear amongst … Read the rest
By Sophia Lopez, January 25 202 ––
The University of Calgary Students’ Union (SU) general elections are approaching and the current elected officials are eager for students to get involved. With candidate pre-orientations going on later this week, VP Academic … Read the rest
By Cristina Paolozzi, March 3 2020—
It’s the most wonderful time of the year — the Students’ Union General Election. How many of you collectively groan at the posters that pepper Mac Hall, or at the candidates who give a … Read the rest
By Tina Shaygan, April 25 2017 —
At a recent Gauntlet-hosted panel “Organize: How students can get involved, know the issues and give a shit about the 2017 Calgary Municipal election,” panelist Helen Pike, a Metro News reporter, suggested that … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, February 23 2016 —
The three vice-president external candidates for this year’s Students’ Union election faced off at a forum in MacHall before an audience of roughly 50 students.
Each candidate spoke at length about eliminating the … Read the rest
Every year during reading week, the Gauntlet puts together a Students’ Union election supplement to inform students on who is running, what they plan to do if elected and who we think is best for the job.
We invite all … Read the rest
Every year during reading week, the Gauntlet puts together a Students’ Union election supplement to inform students on who is running, what they plan to do if elected and who we think is best for the job.
We invite all … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, February 11 2016 —
Twelve Students’ Union positions, including two executive posts, were acclaimed yesterday after relatively few candidates put their name forward in this year’s SU election.
Forty-one candidates are running or acclaimed in this year’s … Read the rest
