4 PLANET OF THE ARTS Jeremy Bee CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT 3rd vear — 3D. Organizer, AKJ Studio Co-op volvement with the society. Tracy Barron CANDIDATE FOR TREASURER 4th year. Painting to organize it all the better! My interest with the student council this year is to have an open and productive society to benefit a// the students rather than juist handing out money to a select few, and to revive the tradition of pub nights and other social events within the school. I would like to promote more student in- I spent the summer working as an assistant beverage manager at Bridges Restaurant, always attempting to make some order out of chaos! I also spent many an hour over books with calculator and pen in hand. (Would you believe that I balance my chequebook every month?) Besides all this I am enthusiastic about having fun and when I can help Statement While not running as an official party, we have decided to run together as a slate of candidates in order to avoid the great lack of co-operation that has occurred in past student council elections. While we are open to change and of course, the results of the election, we have agreed on the following policies. Student Run Gallery — We are for a reasonable proposal for a student galery and are interested in making it an ongo- _ing venue for student work and an alternative off-campus space for performance, social events, etc. Pub Nites — YES! YES! DANCES YES! COFFEE NIGHTS YES! Guest Artists — We are interested in bringing people to the college for lectures etc., however we are not interested in paying for airfare from New York, or a week at the Holi- day Inn. In short, on a low scale basis. Cafeteria — Conditions in the cafeteria could certainly be improved but hopefully with the emphasis on negotia- tion with the current operators rather than seeking new ones. A commitment is needed in terms of a service con- tract from the operators. A clock will be bought im- mediately. Parking Cars and Bikes — The administration is cur- rently working on a pass system for cars that may or may not be effective. The student body should demand their rightful spaces as major tenants of the island. Even if it goes through, the pass system is limited and costly, possibly up to $20.00 a month and non transferable. In the case of bicy- cles we would work with the facilities manager and the 3D department to create new bike racks around the school. Giving Funds to Individual Students — The student soci- ety has a commitment to helping students out in financial need and will continue to do so. However all candidates have been notified that it is illegal by the rules of the Societies Charter to just hand out monies to individuals. We would prefer spending the money on projects that would benefit the student body as a whole, while also finding some way of making funds available to those really in need, probably in the form of written requests to the council as was done last year. We would try to improve communication between stu- dent council and the student body by any means possible. Regular open meetings and a suggestion box in the student council office would help to do this. Also the student coun- cil should in most respects be a council of equals therefore making it more accessible by having at least one member available most of the time. the student body can aid in com- munication by volunteering to serve on the many commit- tees that operate within the school and which affect all of the business of the college. We are also planning to make regular reports of society business in co-operation with the student newspaper. National Union of Students in Britain and have worked gare 5 gare? 2 e