The Simon Fraser Student Society election is in full swing: candidates for the big six positions on the SFSS Board of Directors met in the West Mall Atrium on Burnaby campus earlier today to field questions from students and debate their credentials. Several candidates are running uncontested, and references to a lack of engagement ran throughout the debate. Here are 15 key tweets from the over-two-hours debate.
- When the low turnout spelled doom for the debates.
Honestly, yikes at how few students have shown up to grill candidates for the #SFSSelection debate. This is how bank robbers get elected.
— Nathan (@Hanoten) March 11, 2016
(To be fair, there is a precedent for this)
- When the crowd went HAM on the VP External candidates.
Five people just got up to ask questions. That's 0-100 folks. Real quick. #SFSSelection #bringit pic.twitter.com/wPtN3yy01O
— The Peak (@PeakSFU) March 11, 2016
- When no one was sure if Darwin was throwing shade.
Audience to candidates: why are you here? @DarwinBinesh heard saying, "very good question." Sarcasm?#SFSSelection
— The Peak (@PeakSFU) March 11, 2016
- When the VP Finance candidates really wanted us to know they were friends.
They're FRIENDS you guys. Honest. For real. #SFSSelection pic.twitter.com/Hd7M6JBDaw
— The Peak (@PeakSFU) March 11, 2016
- When VP Student Life candidate Curtis Pooghkay channelled Petter.
Our news ed asks P about his support of Greek Life. P says group is "highly engaged." Should we start counting the engages? #SFSSelection
— The Peak (@PeakSFU) March 11, 2016
- When VP External Kathleen Yang got real about the SFSS’ most important services.
@DarwinBinesh @PeakSFU hands down the Button maker is the most important service of the @SFSS1 #SFSSelection #electionmomentthrowback
— Kathleen Yang (@kathleen__yang) March 11, 2016
- When we maybe got a little too sassy to VP Student Services candidate Larissa Chen. (Sorry, Larissa.)
Don't worry Larissa. We got you. #SFSSelection pic.twitter.com/p643ZWrdk8
— The Peak (@PeakSFU) March 11, 2016
- When VP Student Services Darwin Binesh repped the U-Pass referendum.
@PeakSFU great to see the support for the referendum! #SFSSelections
— Darwin Binesh (@DarwinBinesh) March 11, 2016
- When our photo editor dropped some truth bombs.
https://twitter.com/Lenevalia/status/708433388965724160
- When Kathleen tweeted what we were all thinking.
Presidential debate. What we've all been waiting for. #SFSSelection
— Kathleen Yang (@kathleen__yang) March 11, 2016
- When presidential candidate Darien Lechner told us how he felt about Build SFU.
Lechner notes lack of concern for "ignored" satellite campus re: @BuildSFU project inspired him to run for president #SFSSelection
— The Peak (@PeakSFU) March 11, 2016
- When his competitor Deepak Sharma namedropped his Facebook page.
Sharma says we need to go "beyond" having meeting at all 3 campuses, mentions strategic outreach plan. Check his FB, he says. #SFSSelection
— The Peak (@PeakSFU) March 11, 2016
- When a group of kids threatened to send the whole thing off the rails.
A wild group of kids appear! Debate audience uses "shh" — it's super effective #SFSSelection
— The Peak (@PeakSFU) March 11, 2016
- When Darwin stopped being polite and got real.
@PeakSFU saying "I will ask students" doesn't apply to everything. It's being used as a cop-out because they can't answer… #SFSSelection
— Darwin Binesh (@DarwinBinesh) March 11, 2016
- When VP University Brady Yano dropped the damn mic on the whole debate.
Fluff #sfsselections
— Brady Yano (@bradyyano) March 11, 2016
