‘Flabbergasted’

LettersSarah Holden — Published March 15, 2011

After watching some of CUTV’s footage of the Concordia Student Union meeting that took place on Wednesday, March 9, 2011, I feel obliged to say something. This is not an attack on any individuals nor is this is a defence of any of the executives or council members.

First of all, I am certainly disappointed in all the executives that resigned this year, with the exception of those who did so for job/scholarship reasons. I voted for you, I followed your campaign and I supported you. To see someone resign so close to the end of his or her term tells me that my vote did not matter. If there were deep-seated issues to be addressed, they should have been addressed with more than four weeks left in the semester.

Secondly, I am flabbergasted at the way the students sitting in on the meeting behaved. Interrupting the Chair, under any circumstances, is (at least to me) uncalled for. Regardless of whether or not I agree with the vote that was passed to enter a closed session, I disagree with the means that opposed it.

There were important issues on the agenda, which will now have to wait. That is unfair to the majority of students who were not in attendance of this meeting.

Thirdly, do not forget that most of our representatives are not paid. They donate countless hours for you, for me and of course for themselves. On top of this, like you and me, they are students with exams to study for and essays to prepare.

If the current union is so corrupt, and I am not arguing one way or the other, then it is a good thing their term is almost up, right?

To do otherwise is unfair for everyone, and will solve nothing.

Lastly, and most importantly, this makes it more important than ever to be active in the coming elections.

Make your vote educated, make your vote count.

It’s in our hands, Concordia.

—Sarah Holden,
Political Science