Author: LSU Media

The hype of Exec Elections is very nearly over. Many of you may breathe a sigh of relief at this prospect- but we’re not quite there yet. Voting for your favourite candidates is set to open on March 2nd and will close at 16:00 on Wednesday March 4th. Some of you may be so annoyed with the chaos that surrounds campaign time that you have lost all interest- don’t. The next few days are the most crucial time as the votes are what it’s really all about. If you are one of the people who doesn’t believe in sparing five…

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The last couple weeks in the bubble have been absolutely manic, with candidates running from door to door, going on a string of nights out that has put freshers to shame, and spamming our Facebook feeds to no end about how they truly are the best person for the role, regardless if they’ve got into altercations on nights out or faced heat from certain critics against the idea of running two years in a row. Irrespective of all these debates surrounding the elections, about candidates dropping out last minute or facing campaigning bans on all forms of social media, the…

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There’s a lot of recent debate surrounding the effect of the elections campaign and whether it provides a credible platform for the best candidates to show what they’re made of. There is no doubt that the best way to gather votes is to run a successful campaign that reaches not only the students on campus, but the ones living off campus as well. If a candidate grabs the attention of students in the right way, it can be a huge advantage in terms of gathering votes and ultimately becoming a part of the Exec team next year. A lot of…

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As a former Epinal Comment Editor and current Label News Editor, I’m compelled to respond to Mark Osmond and am challenging his R.O.N campaign. Do I have a problem with Mark? Not in the slightest! On Monday morning, I will sit in the same lecture theatre as him and we’ll listen to our lecturer rant and rave about the Russian Security state. His arguments and the overall R.O.N campaign have caused me to awaken from dissertation fuelled slumber. I would like to break down his arguments as he presents in his RON manifesto. As someone who has worked with LSU…

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