Your Concordia is Real Change

LettersJeansil Bruyère — Published March 29, 2011

Potential—this is what I was looking for in the very first CSU elections I’ll be voting in. As a first year undergrad, I was more than curious to see the unraveling of these infamous elections. Result: a popularity contest of epic proportions; a Cheerios versus Glee Club of sorts.

While one team is leaning on their “experience” and the other is trying to prove theirs, why does Action, with all their supposed experience, still promise irrational and unachievable campaign promises?

The one promise that makes me cringe the most is their VP Student Life & Loyola candidate’s promise for night shuttles. Really now? We can’t even go on the shuttle with a cookie, even less puke-filled bellies. Be realistic and don’t lie to our faces, please. We’re first years, but we’re not stupid.

I can’t stand the whole “Your Concordia has no experience” argument, that’s a cop-out. It’s like when you’re looking for your first job and they give you the same excuse without realizing that often times, the individuals with the least experience bring twofold more to the table, including initiative and drive, to ultimately prove to their naysayers their wrongs and uncertainties.

Back to my initial statement, potential— this is what I see in the whole of the Your Concordia family I have before me. And as my time is mostly spent at Loyola, I flinch when I hear Action’s presidential candidate say, “There’s nothing to do at Loyola.”

Difference: you haven’t taken the time to get to know the campus, let alone find an exec that represents the residents of both campuses.

My decision is clear; I’m voting for Melissa Fuller, Lex Gill, Renée Tousignant, and all of the Your Concordia representatives I see before me.

Change happens, Your Concordia happens.

Signed, a highly concerned and borderline disappointed student.

—Jeansil Bruyère,
Communication Studies & Religion

This article originally appeared in Volume 31, Issue 28, published March 29, 2011.