CSU elections get underway

The Concordia Student Union election got off to an uncharacteristic start Sunday night. Only four candidates greeted Chief Electoral Officer Ismail Holoubi on the 7^th floor of the Henry F. Hall building for a lottery to determine where candidates can pin their campaign posters.

Elbows and fists marked the opening night for CSU elections of years past. The annual poster night, where students were unleashed through campus to get prime poster real estate, has been eliminated in favour of the lottery system.

“Teams” not slates

This year's CSU elections have also strayed from the familiar slate system. Executive candidates are free to run as a team, but must be elected individually. Meanwhile, councillors and representatives to senate must run completely unaffiliated. The name of the teams and who is affiliated will be announced Monday morning.

The Arts and Science Federation of Associations chose to adopt a similar unaffiliated system in 2010/2011, but suffered record low voter turnout, uncontested candidates and an incomplete executive. ASFA decided to go with a team system for their elections this year. Their elections will run this week from Mar 5 to 7. 

Campaigning for the CSU elections begin Tuesday at midnight. Polling will take place Mar 20 to 22. Meet this year's candidates: 

Executive:

President

Melanie Hotchkiss (Concordia Could Be)

Schubert Laforest (A Better Concordia)

VP Finance

Stephanie Beauregard (Concordia Could Be)

Keny Toto (A Better Concordia)

VP Academic & Advocacy

Chuck Wilson (Concordia Could Be)

Lucia Gallardo (A Better Concordia)

VP External Affairs

Simon-Pierre Lauzon (A Better Concordia)

Cameron Monagle (Concordia Could Be)

VP Clubs & Internal Affairs

Museb Abu-Thuraia (Concordia Could Be)

Nadine Attalah (A Better Concordia)

VP Student Life

Lina Saigol (Concordia Could Be)

Alexis Suzuki (A Better Concordia)

VP Sustainability

Iain Meyer-Macaulay (Concordia Could Be)

Andrew Roberts (A Better Concordia)

VP Loyola

Jonathan Braziller (Concordia Could Be)

Stefan Faina (A Better Concordia)

Council of Representatives:

Senate

Bella Giancotta 

Arts & Science

Hannah Hackney

April Underwood

Adriana Farias

Veryan Goodship

Juliana Ramos

Johnny Alexandar

Melissa Kate Wheelr

Carlotta Longo

Charlie Brenchley

Chris Webster

Chad Walcott

Gonzo Nieto

Ulyana Stefashkina

Hajar El Jahidi

Haneen Alatrash

Fine Arts

Laura Glover

Nicolas Martel

Michael Mercer

Engineering

Ali Talhouni

Rami Khoriarty

Fahd Ali Nasser

John Molson School of Business

Yassine Chaabi

Jordan Lindsay

Elena Porosnkenco