Here we’ve covered claims made at the Great Debate on Saturday, February 27 which included the races for AMS president, VP academic and university affairs (VP AUA), VP administration, UBC Board of Governors (BoG) student representatives, VP external, VP finance and Senate.
In their final debate, ten candidates for five student senator-at-large positions again found consensus on almost every issue, but the knowledge gap between Senate insiders and outsiders became more apparent.
In contrast to the first debate — and debates for other races — candidates stayed away from directly challenging one another and found much agreement, with only minor dissent.
While Mary Gan has years of financial experience, a few of her plans to quell the AMS’s financial fears were logistically uncertain.
He’s running uncontested — one of four AMS insiders vying for seats without competition — part of wider concern that this year’s execs did a poor job of getting students involved enough to run for executive positions.
After Lawrence Liu withdrew last night, AMS digital media coordinator Lauren Benson is now the lone candidate in the VP Administration race. The absence of competition was reflected at the Great Debate earlier today in which Benson stuck to familiar talking points and performed with consistency.
Saad Shoiab answered questions on Hong Kong, Indigenous students, international students and his fraternity membership at the Great Debate on Saturday.
At 5:01 p.m. on Saturday, AMS Elections officials posted on its Facebook page that Bhangu’s right to campaign had been suspended for the next 24 hours — but the team has since downgraded the penalty to 12 hours.
Anyone can tell that the UChicago PhD student is passionate about her work in international politics research and is eager to bring new perspectives to UBC.
While Saad Shoaib detailed which groups he’d lobby with, he separated himself from ThePlug Vancouver.
In a press release, VPAUA Georgia Yee said that the faculties of arts, science, education, dentistry, forestry and land and food systems have all decided to stop using “algorithmic proctoring software."
In the first AMS debate, ten candidates for five senator-at-large positions found consensus on issues of transparency, but newcomers slipped up occasionally on policy.
AMS Elections announced Thursday afternoon that officials have issued an official warning to Mehta for using her official AMS email address “in the course of campaign activities.”
On Thursday, AMS elections officials announced that Yee’s campaigning privileges have been suspended for 24 hours.
We dove into claims candidates made at the first and second AMS elections debates, about topics including transit, AMS finances and Senate rules and regulations.