punditry.ca — uncovering DSU elections

So Sarah and I, the dedicated pundits we are, tackled the grueling task of going to the T-Room on Thursday  for a few brews with the candidates and their people and a few engineering students. Sarah will have a detailed list of who attended and when they arrived for you soon enough.

I have to say it was nice to get some face time with these soon to be much sought after rising stars in the DSU who’s who. For the most part I had definitely met most of the candidates before even before this Kick Off event held at the T-room from 3 to 7 pm. I finally met the now infamous Neil Bailey and the mysterious Evan “The Maverick” Price. (Sorry Evan couldn’t help myself) and I now know what Karl Dempsey looks like but that’s about it.

I finally found out where these guys who seem totally legit but equally unfamiliar jumped out from. Let’s face it Neil and Evan are definitely not to be discounted in this election but relative to many of the people running in the election they are virtually “fresh meat” in terms of the DSU. Apparently they met at Brains For Change and having gotten a lot of encouragement from people  they decided to run in the DSU elections.

For one I am immensely impressed that Brains for Change had that kind of success in turning out not one but two candidates in the DSU election. Two, these guys are no laughing matter and in the short time I talked to them I have a feeling they are definitely on the level.   They are taking this election very seriously and definitely not just doing it for experience as some “newer” candidates have done in the past. They are truly going for the gold.

That being said there is a lot to be said for DSU experience. Going from zero to sixty against people who essentially have this kind of thing planned out for years and have been learning specifics about the job is very surprising. But this  is the DSU elections. Anything can and will happen.