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James hollinger
for Director at Large
At whAt point did you become interested in politics? whAt mAde you decide to run? Weve known each other facultys reason for running for the UVSS, but my fellow engineers and I are in politics now because of a deep frustration with the current UVSS board and its attitude towards us and the student body. This runs the gamut from the denial of funding for engineers, poor faculty representation, the censorship of the DND, to general incompetence and unfriendliness shown by the board. would you consider pursuing politics beyond the scope of A university setting? For so long as the Canadian government is run by competent people, I will leave politics to the politicians. which federAl politicAl pArty do your support/ feel most closely reflects your politics? Your heart been aching to know that, hasnt it? The problem is that this represents just another avenue for discord between the board and me. Student politics should be non-partisan. hAve you ever been to A boArd meeting? But youre publishing this in the Martlet, why is the number of board meetings Ive been to an important or interesting statistic? whAt is your position on uvics smoking policy thAt bAns smoking inside ring roAd? Too shy to say it? Then let me say it for you: no smoking inside ring road. Yet some es cAn be mAde to increAse the uvss visibility on cAmpus, such As voter turnout, pArticipAtion, etc? We both know whats been going on at the UVSS board meetings: almost nothing of consequence. Once the UVSS starts actually contributing to the students at UVic, voter turnout and participation will rise. whAt do you plAn on doing After grAduAtion And whAt kind of skills do you hope to Acquire on the uvss boArd? We know the game and were gonna play it. Were not here to learn something, were here to get things done in the UVSS. if you were to creAte Any course At uvic, whAt would it be And why? And if you ask me how Im feeling about what class should be added to Uvics curriculum, I would say a course on basic problem solving skills. Too many people seem to have no idea how to approach a problem in front of them. whAt is the best coffee on cAmpus? Dont tell me youre too blind to see that bean there has the best coffee. But only by a small margin really.
Too many people seem to have no idea how to approach a problem in front of them. James Hollinger
people continue to smoke and dont seem to understand how it negatively affects people around them. whAt is victoriAs first trAnsit priority? Inside the bus, everything is fine. But getting on a bus in the first place is frustrating to say the least. From infrequent busses, lack of late night service, ill-timed transfers, overloaded routes, and buss drivers who pass by people running for the bus, the transit system leaves much to be desired. At the boArd level, whAt chAng-