Meet the new MSU president-elect Giancarlo Da-Ré talks about the 2020 Presidential elections and his plans for the coming months
Photo by Cindy Cui / Photo Editor On the night of Jan. 30, 2020, Giancarlo Da-Ré was in the basement of Togo Salmon Hall with a few members of his core campaign team when he learned that he was the new president-elect of the McMaster Students Union. As per tradition, the news was delivered to him by the current MSU president Josh Marando via phone call. The ranked voting system requires over 50 per cent of the votes to elect a...
Voter turnout plummets to an all-time low since 2009 Less than a quarter of students voted for the 2020-2021 MSU president
Only 19.1 per cent of McMaster students voted in the 2020 McMaster Student Union’s Presidential election, the lowest voter turnout for an MSU Presidential election since 2009. In total, 4810 students cast their ballots. The 2020 Hamilton Street Railway referendum that took place concurrently saw 5,763 students cast their votes, equivalent to a voter turnout of 22.9 per cent. On Jan. 30, the MSU Elections Department ratified and...
2020 HSR Referendum overshadowed by MSU Presidential Elections McMaster students set to vote on the future of the HSR bus pass
Every three years, the McMaster Students Union, McMaster University and the Hamilton Street Railway negotiate a new bus pass agreement. The existing agreement, which was last voted on in 2017 and will conclude at the end of August, is coming to the end of its three year term. It now needs to be reevaluated through a referendum. This year, McMaster’s HSR Referendum coincides with the 2020 MSU Presidential Elections, just as it did in ...
Hot Takes with MSU Presidential Candidate Giancarlo Dé-Re
Trisha Gregorio interviews MSU Presidential Candidate Giancarlo Dé-Re. Watch the video for some hot wings and hot takes: [Video Description: Trisha Gregorio sits down with MSU Presidential Candidate Giancarlo Dé-Re at Twelve Eighty for an interview. Trisha asked Giancarlo four questions as they ate wings of increasing heat and spice...
Hot Takes with MSU Presidential Candidate Krystina Koc
Andrew Mrozowski interviews MSU Presidential Candidate Krystina Koc. Watch the video for some hot wings and hot takes: [Video Description: Andrew Mrozowski sits down with MSU Presidential Candidate Krystina Koc at Twelve Eighty for an interview. Andrew asked Krystina four questions as they ate wings of increasing heat and spice...
MSU Elections 2020: Jackson Tarlin’s platform critique All aboard the monorail
Photo by Cindy Cui / Photo Editor With the slogan “Earth Toned Prezidante for a Toned Earth,” Jackson Tarlin presents a four pillar platform full of unorthodox proposals that aim to improve student life and enhance campus. Where Tarlin may score a ten in humour, he scores a zero in feasibility. Tarlin’s plan to divide McMaster’s campus into five zones, with each zone corresponding to different levels of permitted expression, is a...
![Level III Commerce students Casey Rogan and Matthew Milne co-found Toques from the Heart, a Hamilton-based non-profit that repurposes knit hockey socks into toques to combat homelessness and support underprivileged children. To read the full article, click the link in our bio.
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Toques from the Heart makes toques and supports children’s hockey programming"]](https://www.thesil.ca/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
