Who will be our next President? Who will be the new Education and International officers? Will there be a Womens Officer next year? Find out right here as the shefbase team bring you all the developments live from the Raynor Lounge.
23:54 Ok well that’s all folks! The party’s well on its way and Matima has just had to be carried outside past me… We know our first three officers for next year and nominations for the remaining officer positions opens tomorrow. Join us again adter Easter for the next instalment of E-day live! On behalf of myself and my news team I hope you all enjoyed our coverage and are pleased by the new officer team. Until next time, this is Andrew signing off. Bonne nuit!
23:44 Shefbase bumps into Alex Walker, former Presidential candidate who wasn’t on the stage for the announcement. We asked why: “well it was a mate’s birthday, I wasn’t going to miss that! I knew who was going to win, I sent my mate a prediction a few days ago. I did predict two out of the three correct…”
23:37Dave Hurst is finally found outside, surrounded by adoring fans. Shefbase manages to wiggle into the crowds and get a few words. Dave is in high spirits and looking forward to the future: “I’m so sick of seeing my own face everywhere and hearing my own name! The first thing I intend to do is to start sorting out the who diplomatic system. People don’t like to talkbout it because they think people won’t vote for them if they do. I want to bring things back to the students (uh oh…I’m talking in cliches) The other officers elected tonight couldn’t be better, a dream team. We all have the same mindset and we’re going to bring around real change, no more bullsh*t. I’m going to spend the night thanking everyone who helped me out!
23:20Well we’re trying to find our new President but he seems to have vanished! In the meantime outgoing Sports Officer Mark Foster dropped in for a chat. So what did he feel about the new President: “Well to be honest I don’t know anything about him!” On a more familiar note, shefbase asked how Varsity was going. “It’s going to be much closer this year, we had a three point advantage before yesterday but we finished the day after winning one less than we lost. It’s going to be close this year”. The search continues…
22:44 Shefbase sends their congrats to all the candidates.
22:43 And your Student Union President for 2008/09 is Dave Hurst
22:33 We have just found out that there was only about 100 votes between the top two candidates in the education race and we hear the presidential result is much closer. Keep touching base to find out who your new president is.
22:27 Rebecca is overwhelmed with emotion. She is crying on the stage after dedicating her victory to her Grandad.
22:23The time has now come for the Education Officer to be revealed . . . . . . . Your new Education Officer for 2008/09 is, drum roll please Louise, Rebecca Watson.
22:17 We have finally caught up with Saj, who said: “Anybody could have won with a campaign as good as mine. I have realistic policies that will see results within a year.”
22:11Bar One is now filled with people singing ‘I am the One and Only’, what a time for Andrew to make his return. Now where’s my drink!? SuperSaj is our new international officer - we’ll try to grab a word with him when he’s finished celebrating…
22:06 As the crowds chant ‘SuperSaj’ he is thanking everyone who supported and helped him with his campaign.
22:00Your International Officer for 2008/09 is Sajeev Jeganathan.
22:00 The International result is on its way down. Stay posted.
21:46 Due to a lack of votes, less than 2/3, no proposal for the 2008 student officer referendum was accepted so the roles are staying as they are. Congrats to the officers who campaigned for option three. Nominations open at 9am tomorrow for students to put themselves forward for womens, welfare, sports, activities and finance officers.
21:32: We have just had word from the budding Charlotte Rose, the hardest presidential candidate to find due to her size, who said: “I’m not feeling anything really. But it’s not because I am drunk but because I’m so tired from three weeks of campaigning. What ever happens, happens. I just plan to enjoy the night”.
21:27: Sian, reporter for shefbase,returns to the table with a ‘Supersaaj’ symbol painted on her cheek…and it looks good.
21:17: ‘Top Cat’, running for Education Officer, says “I’m a little nervous, but excited. I ran the campaign the way I wanted to and I wouldn’t do anything differently.”
21:17: The various camps seem to battling to see who can “Whoop whoop” the loudest…
21:02: Silence as Maria is about the read the referendum results… The Constitutional Review is passed with 864 to 144. 2051 votes mean that the University is to remain NUS affiliated and the Gay Friendly Policy is passed 1632 to 272.
21:00: Alex Robin, a supporter of David Hurst,says “It’s been a close race, but in the words of Highlander: ‘There can be only one!’”
20:52: An excited Sajeev Jeganathan, running for International Officer says: “Regardless of how the results turn out, this has been the best time of my life. I’ve made so many friends and I know I’ll have them for life, they’ve helped me when I was in trouble. If it wasn’t for them my campaign wouldn’t have been so good. It was the biggest by far.”
20:38: Sarah Shreeve, Chair of the Disabled Students Committee, claims that the referendum is still going forward. She is “behind option one 100%. I’m not disputing that women face discrimination, but if you compare the level of discrimination that women face compared to their level of representation within the Union to the level of discrimination that LGBT, disabled and black students to the level of representation that they have it just doesn’t add up. Option one is the only proposal that did anything for these groups and the only one that consulted the committees, so for us it was the only choice.”
20:33: Mr Andrew Burgess has briefly left his shefbase baby in the ‘capable’ hands of Louise and Sophie - two self-confessed technology rookies. Cross your fingers for us…
20:24: The announcements couldn’t come any sooner, now we’re being treated to the Backstreet Boys, not to worry though, I have the company of five females… Journalism does have its perks!
20:20: Matimba Swana has come to the ball. Wearing a pink dress and strugging with a weak voice, she is glad the campaigning is over. “I enjoyed the campaigning so very much, I’d reccommend anyone to do it, I’ve met so many nice people and made so many new friends.”
19:57: Dave Hurst really is enjoying himself: “Oh, I’m loving the moment. I’ve feeling very optimistic and I hope I win!”
19:51: Rebecca Watson, fresh off the dancefloor, said: “I’m feeling very anxious and nervous but I have no regrets whatsoever. I’ve put everything into this campaign and I could not have done anymore.”
19:37: Spirits are obviously high in the Dave Hurst camp as they all take to the dance floor and strut their stuff! Meanwhile, the Steel team have shown up next to us…
19:17: It’s all kicking off in Bar One now, we’ve just cracked out the French Fancies…
18:38: Recent news from the counting room is that more than 270 people have rejected the gay/transexual policy. Further updates will follow later.
18:00: Good evening from Bar One. Andrew Burgess here reporting on the exciting events happening here tonight. Aided by my news team we hope to be your eyes and ears down here tonight. Now where’s my drink.
17:08: Early rumours suggest that the referendum may not go ahead as one of the options may not have achieved enough votes. We’ll keep you posted as and when we learn any more.
17:00: Time’s up! Voting has finished. Now we await the results… In the meantime there’s a massive game of hokey-cokey happening on the concourse - seems like everyone’s glad the campaigning period is over!
March 7th, 2008 at 2:36 am
great coverage!
March 7th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
By gove wat a victory watty! So proud of you, but I did notice you didnt have many buxom blonde beauties on your campaign team, but nevermind you made it to the top, which I will be doing later tonight ha ha!
Must go now, Gladys is waiting for me, toodle pip Bec,
Kiss Kiss Sel