Students vote “no” to all student government candidates

The University of Windsor Students’ Alliance was recently faced with a peculiar problem — an election with absolutely no winners.

On March 13 and 14, the majority of the University of Windsor students voted ‘No’ or ‘None of the above’ for every candidate, each of whom was uncontested. This movement was led by a student-run group called Vote “None of the Above,” which questioned the legitimacy of an election with no opposition candidates.

As a result, the Students’ Alliance will no longer have an executive or a board of directors once the current term ends on April 30. As it’s too late in the semester to run another election, the current executive is attempting to plan out the summer semester and hoping the full-time staff will be able to oversee most of the day-to-day operations.

With files from The Windsor Star

Ryerson to “bug” the books

Ryerson University students will soon be thinking twice before “losing” a library book. The library is currently planning to implement a new tracking system that would allow them to keep tabs on the exact location of library items.

The library will be labelling items such as books and laptops with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips, which were commonly used to track livestock. Although this project will be costly, librarians claim the new system will be more efficient for both the students and the library staff.

Additionally, they hope it will reduce the number of thefts, which totalled 43 in the 2012/13 school year, and 19 in the last semester.

With files from The Eyeopener

Students bring the love to campus

A team of UBCO students have been collecting pictures of their peers making heart symbols as part of the a “love project” for the 2013/14 year. This project, which was launched at the start of the Chinese New Year, was prompted by the similarities between the Mandarin symbols for “20 13 14” and “love forever.”

The 201314 team has currently compiled 1,037 photographs, just shy of their 1,314-picture goal. By turning the images into a large collage on campus, the students hope to infuse love into their daily lives. Team member Rita Yu said, “Maybe after one day at work the staff is tired, when people see the photo they were smiling so happily in the photo maybe they will try to encourage them and make their day.”

The team hopes the project will grow and spread to other universities across Canada and the world.

With files from The Phoenix