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After months of vacancy, Owen Crawford-Lem, ArtSci ’23, has been elected Rector for the 2022-24 term, beating out five opponents: Caitlin Sankaran-Wee, ArtSci ’24, Leo Yang, ArtSci ’25, Sahiba Gulati, ArtSci ’23, William Bruce-Robertson, ArtSci ’25, and Emils Matiss, MA ’22.
Last semester, ASUS announced it’s restructuring from two to three executive positions: President, Vice President of Operations, and the new Vice President of Student Affairs.
Sean Thompson, ArtSci ’83, was appointed ASUS General Manager on March 29. Thompson will focus on long-term growth for ASUS and provide oversight for higher-level Society operations, financial management, and legal procedures. ASUS 130 is a package of reforms intended to instigate long-term growth following the Society’s 130th anniversary. During the February referendum, ASUS secured a $4.76 increase to its $26.79 mandatory student fee to fund the reforms. “As ASUS has continued to grow […] we’ve realized and recognized a need for more oversight of someone who isn’t 20 and 21 ...
Credit: Journal File Photo Students can expect to see a proposed ASUS fee increase on their referendum ticket this coming February. The increase is intended to fund ASUS 130, a package of proposed reforms named in honour of ASUS’ 130th anniversary. The proposals will be voted on by ASUS Assembly if the fee increase passes at referendum in February. “Arts and Science have grown a lot over the past 5-10 years […] and ASUS needs to grow with it,” David Niddam-Dent, ASUS president, said in an interview with The Journal. On the referendum ticket are two fee proposals: a $4.76 i...