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Thursday, 19th January 2012

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Wednesday, 18th January 2012

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Know your Chair: Vanbrugh

Vanbrugh elections
Monday, 8th December 2008
This time, The Yorker speaks to the Vanbrugh Chair candidates and learns a little more about their campaigns.
  • Why are you running?

Danielle Fill: I'm running for Vanbrugh Chair because I believe in the collegiate system and feel I have the drive, passion, knowledge and experience to continue the great work the current JCRC has achieved! I want to make sure that Vanbrugh college spirit continues to grow so that the pressures of the YUSU bar and other external forces don't rid York University of its colleges!

Will Scobie: I am running for Vanbrugh Chair because I feel the college has given so much to me over the last year, and I would like to give something back. I also feel that I have the experience to be Chair as I have worked in the European Parliament for the last two summers, and I was Chair of my Student Union in my Sixth Form College.

  • What do you think is the biggest issue for your college this year?

DF: Obviously the YUSU bar opening in Langwith is going to make us need to work harder than ever! Events are one of our biggest incomes and by already having to reduce the number of events we have because they are at much higher risk of making a loss, we will have a reduced budget to spend on Vanbrugh students.

WS: I think the biggest issue facing Vanbrugh is the looming threat of the new Langwith SU bar which means that V bar needs to keep competitive. V bar is the heartbeat of Vanbrugh college, and if we lose that we lose part of our identity. Therefore we need concrete policies and commitments to keep V bar going strong.

  • What do you think is the biggest issue for the university this year?

DF: The possible loss of the collegiate system! York prides itself on having colleges, it makes it different from most of the other universities in Britain. It gives opportunities that may not be there otherwise. For example when I tell friends at other universities that I organise campus events, they don't understand how I can because they don't have opportunities to do so.

WS: The biggest issue facing the university is the need to retain our college structure and so not lose our college identities. With college bars closing down, we need our college structure more than ever as I feel they are the best way of keeping people involved.

Quick Fire

  • Key Policy

DF: To increase college spirit and give back what I have recieved as being part of Vanbrugh!

WS: Sky TV for the JCR

  • Location Last Year

DF: Le Page

WS: Barbara Scott Court, Block D

  • Previous role on JCRC

DF: Ents Rep

WS: None

  • Favourite Vanbrugh Memory

DF: There's too many!

WS: Standing in the smoking area at Tru at the start of this year with 40 or so freshers screaming, "Vanbrugh till I die!"

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#1 Anonymous
Mon, 8th Dec 2008 4:11pm

No disrespect to Will, but I can't think of anyone who would be a better Chair for Vanbrugh than Dani Fill. She knows everything and everyone when it comes to getting the best for Vanbrugh students, and has shown this last year just how hard she'll work to do that!

#2 Anonymous
Mon, 8th Dec 2008 4:12pm

go fill!

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#4 Anonymous
Tue, 9th Dec 2008 2:41pm

Scobes is a beautifull blueberry muffin. In reality, the Vanbrugh JCR 'clique' are just worried about someone coming in with fresh ideas. I heard about what happened at hustings, like a pack of hyenas, it makes me sick! Socbes is a god among men and he will not be denied! WILLPOWER!

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#6 kate Taylor
Tue, 9th Dec 2008 7:47pm

How about "For #5" pipe down.

Dani has a hell of a lot of supporters and I don't post things anonymously on here.

Love,
Kate Taylor

#7 Matt Oliver
Tue, 9th Dec 2008 10:29pm

Dear #4, so far this campaign has been riddled with some pretty bad behaviour on both sides and not i would say by either candidate, and all it does is damage both parties. #1 is perfectly entitled to explain his or her views in support of a candidate and made no derogatory comments and I'm sure you would offer far more benefit to Will's campaign by doing the same.

I agree hustings was not ideal, but i will more than gladly sit down with anyone who would contend that either of the Returning Officers were biased in any way and it is they who control the debate. Having spoken to both candidates after the event, both Will AND Dani were unhappy with the questioning and neither felt like they were advantaged by it, if anything quite the opposite. Those who made specific points were doing so of their own volition and not as officers of the JCRC. Any 'cliqueyness' has not and will not be permitted in a meeting I Chair and if you feel otherwise i will gladly meet with you to discuss your concerns and take steps accordingly. You may or may not know that any and all JCR meetings are open for any member of the College to attend, and i would invite you to do so. No ideas from any source that would benefit students would ever be disregarded.

I would beg all the supporters of the candidates to remember that 'Student Politics' is more about 'students' than it is about 'politics' and that is all too often forgotten. As far as i can ascertain both candidates have the best intentions for student wellbeing so for the sake of my sanity if nothing else can everyone just stop wrangling and remember what it is that we're all trying to do here which is make things better for students. We will find out on Saturday who the majority of students think is the best candidate, and then all that this hot air will have achieved is to make people feel more bitter in the long run.

#8 Anonymous
Tue, 9th Dec 2008 10:36pm
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I agree with Matt, and, as he said before, VOTE DANI !!

#9 Anonymous
Tue, 9th Dec 2008 11:51pm

#8 I don't think I heard Matt stating VOTE DANI? Or was I away for that part?!

Don't make vague and possibly contentious statements!

#10 Anonymous
Wed, 10th Dec 2008 11:27am

I don't see how #8 is vague, it seems pretty clear to me. I trust Matt Oliver, so if he says VOTE DANI, that's what I'll do!

#11 Jason Rose
Wed, 10th Dec 2008 12:50pm

Vote Matt!

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#17 Jason Rose
Wed, 10th Dec 2008 2:21pm

I'm amused that people think this will help people "vote Dani"... that people who read the Yorker aren't likely to have made their minds up and vote early anyway.

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