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NUGSS electio

Shelby Petersen
News Editor

Just before the students of UNBC disembarked on a week
filled with copious amounts of studying and essay writing,
NUGSS held their annual election to determine who the
2010/2011 board of directors would be.

For the second year in a row, the voter turnout was less
than 20% with only 456 students casting ballots. Maybe the
low voter turn can be attributed to eager students ready to go
on vacation — cutting classes to get a few extra days in Can-
cun — but it seems more likely that the low student involvement
is due to student apathy. The students of UNBC just don’t
seem to care about NUGSS. In fact, on Election Day several
students who were approached didn’t even realize it was time
to vote despite the campaigning and large polling area set up
in the Wintergarden. This is alarming considering the fact that
in addition to voting in a new board of directors students were
also charged with deciding a new referendum on whether or
not a Spring/Summer U-Pass would be implemented. That
being said of the valid votes cast 416 voted in favour of the ref-
erendum while 36 said no, 4 were spoiled, and 1 was void.

Six of the eleven positions saw incumbent candidates re-
turn to the board while five fresh faces were introduced. All of
the eleven candidates won by a large majority save for VP Stu-
dent Affairs candidate Heather Carson who won by only 59
votes. Carson was also the only candidate with more than one
opponent.

President

Kaleigh Milinazzo 368
No 76
Spoiled 43

VP Finance

Garrett Dobson 149
Jennifer Larson 212
None of the Above 61

Spoiled/Blank 30

VP Student Affairs

Heather Carson 176
Kelley Hilton 109
Jillian Lee 117
None of the Above 27

Volume 16, Issue 11

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NUGSS’ elected president Kaleigh Milinazzo

Spoiled/Blank 23

VP Social

Tom Epplett 138
Morgan Melnyk 242
None of the Above 52

Spoiled/Blank 20

VP External Affairs

Leanne Peak 117
Alex Wallace 263
None of the Above 50
Spoiled/Blank 22

Associate Director

February 24 - March 10 2010

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n results are in!

of Events

Alexis Moore 333
No 76
Spoiled 43

Associate Director
Sustainability

Alexie Stephens 361
No 53
Spoiled 38

First Nations’ Rep

Adam Thomas 368
No 48
Spoiled 36

Women’s Rep

Lauren Movold 342
No 68
Spoiled 42

Associate Director Planning

Caitlin Tates 335
No 74
Spoiled 43

Colleges Rep

Nadia Nowak 363
No 54
Spoiled 35

While only 456 students managed to get out and vote this
year there are over 30 there were more than 30 more voters
than the 2009 election, whether or not that is an improvement
is debatable, however.

Maybe it is time NUGSS star holding their elections after
reading break? Or maybe they just have to amp up their game
and engage more student involvement.