A view from the classroom...

Renaud-Phillipe Garneu, Ted Horton, Alex Chaput, and a young lady from Bon Apétit showed up to Marion Auditorium for CHM 1321 today at 1300h to give their speechs. Some poor bloke running for the BOA went before them, but failed to capture the audience`s attention so that I could not hear them from the second level.

Renaud, as always, manages to put on a good show. Working off what I could only percieve were counterpoints to the BOA guy (sorry I do not have your name), the RPG did what he does best: blow up the room. Comments from around my section included "Wow, that guy is really good..." and "Get off the stage!"

Ted Horton soon followed, espousing the virtues of trying to get better integrated services within the University community, smaller classes, and more full time professors. One bloke, from the top row, answered back: "But that will raise our tuition!" Ted's answer? "No it won't. The money is already there (we just have to change how it is being spent)."

Alex Chaput managed to remind everyone that the Winter Games were rather lackluster this year, compared with previous years. Also, that the SFUO 101 DVD was his idea. Yay?

Bon Apétit brought to our attention that they are the most poorly funded service on campus (though it was contantly referred to as the "University Food Bank") though a minor mistake was made at the specifics. Instead of saying that the referendum was raising the fee by 75 cents to one dollar a semester, she claimed that we would be paying $1.50 per year (as opposed to $1.50 more).

This was a view from the classroom...