As the terms of the current college JCRC’s draw to an end, the new college committees are reaching crunch time in their election timetables.
With Vanbrugh and Alcuin having already hosted their hustings, and most other colleges now open for nominations, the college elections are in full flow ahead of voting which begins tomorrow.
Vanbrugh’s race for Chair looks to be contested between 4 candidates, current block-rep Charlie Knox, Environment and Campaigns rep Feargus Hosking-Jervis and newcomers Matt Stephenson and Adam Lewis.
Current Chair Kallum Taylor said, “It’s both pleasing and a relief to see so many people, expected and unexpected, running for our JCRC positions.
“The last Chair said to me it was now ‘my problem’ when I won, but what I’ll say to the next bunch is that it’s in fact their opportunity to get further stuck into the ‘student experience’ for the better.”
Alcuin, meanwhile have only two candidates aiming to succeed Lizzie Bartholomew as Chair in the form of current Male Welfare rep Pascal Dubois and Wasim Akhtar.
Derwent sees Ents reps Harry Pampiglione and Francesca Knight join non-committee members Harry Dorrance-King, Flavio Newcomb and Ed Schwitzer in running for Chair. Derwent Chair Matt Jenkins told Vision, “this will probably be the closest elections we’ve had in Derwent for many years.”
James College’s candidates are Laura Watson, Cameron Lane-Ley and Gibson Oluwafemi Michael.
The Goodricke Chair candidates include Female Welfare rep Emily Miller, ordinary member George Davis and fresher Hannah Kennedy, with their hustings being tomorrow evening at 8pm.
Langwith have only recently opened their nominations and are yet to announce their candidates.
Voting opens from Wednesday 30th November and will close on Monday 5th December. You can cast your vote on the JCRC elections via the YUSU website, www.yusu.org/vote.
What about Halifax?!