February 07, 2004

I was asleep at 3:30 am when the election results were announced at Wilf’s, so I only got to savour my political victory late in the morning. Wow … it took three years of cunning persistence and two unsuccessful political campaigns, but it looks as though I’ll finally get the chance to dismantle the Students’ Union.

Two years ago when I first ran for the Board of Directors, I complained that the Union repeatedly failed to represent student interests and demanded a complete overhaul of the representation structure. I lost the election by using satire and dangerous words to convey my ideas.

But this year, everyone’s passionate about overhauling the political system. In the open forum all the candidates spoke about reform and openness. Even Steve Welker, the president-elect, spoke passionately about a bi-cameral system and the recommendations made by Sean Geobey two years ago.

It looks as though the current system will be dismantled by the end of the year, and in its place we’ll have a more democratic and representative structure. I’m excited about the possibility of change.

And I’m also excited that I won’t be the only one pushing for something better. Five of my fellow conspirators did amazingly well in this election, and all will be changed, changed utterly … a terrible beauty is born.

And now that the campaign is over, I need to thank the following people who made everything possible: Mike Borrelli, Trevor Haldenby, Fraser King, Heather Taylor, Anthony Piscitelli, Jason Shim, David Wellhauser, Lindsay Markle, Shrish Dave, and all the other terribly beautiful people in my life.