A message from your blogger

Hi there everyone,

Danielle here. I will be covering the MacGillivray-Clarke bid for president and vice-president. This blog was created as a way for an outside party to give a student oriented perspective on the issues at hand, free from partisan politics and under-handed mudslinging that is inevitable in any bid for power.

Before I even agreed to keep this blog, there was already a host of messages on X-Talk condemning a previous post. I’m not here to defend what was written or berate the author for poor taste. I’m here to talk about the issues of the election, simply picking up where things were left off as the blog was launched before I signed on.

Neil approached me to take on this role because I’m a writer. Yes, I work for the Xaverian Weekly but this blog is in no way affiliated with the newspaper and I am not writing on the paper’s behalf. This is an entirely unrelated project. I accepted because I see the value and necessity of student government and the importance of students having a say in their leadership and being able to hold our student government accountable in their positions of authority; positions we have given them.

So, let’s get back to the candidates, the issues and the elections. I’m glad so many students are taking an active interest in the elections this year from the beginning. Stay tuned for updates on what promising to be an exciting few weeks. As always, feel free to contact me with any questions, concerns, comments, etc. about the campaign or what you find written here. You can reach me at x2005eoi@stfx.ca. I’d love to hear from you.

Thanks for reading. Until next time.