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		<title>candidate list</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2012/02/candidate-list-2/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2012/02/candidate-list-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Smit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that all the candidates know, we can share with you an unofficial candidates list&#8230; we kind of dropped the ball on putting out a guessing game for our various speculations and tips.  Whoops. The list features two current executives seeking the President&#8217;s seat (presumably because Saulnier made it look easy), a 5-way race for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>what would you do if I sang out of tune?</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2012/01/what-would-you-do-if-i-sang-out-of-tune/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2012/01/what-would-you-do-if-i-sang-out-of-tune/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Smit</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://punditry.ca/?p=2118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you haven&#8217;t heard, Kandidate Karaoke is now on the elections schedule: Grad House, Thursday, February 9th @ 9PM).  This event first made a semi-official appearance last year and has already resulted in a few memorable moments.  Campaigning in campus bars is strictly verboten, and although an exception is made for the presidential candidates during [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>An Education: Referendum Question Wording (Part II)</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2012/01/an-education-referendum-question-wording-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2012/01/an-education-referendum-question-wording-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://punditry.ca/?p=2105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure that in Part I I came off as a real stickler for rules and order, and I am, but I do recognize that there are times when rules should be bent to accommodate certain situations. If I didn&#8217;t believe that, I would have given up on DSU Council long ago. As I mentioned [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>An Education: Referendum Question Wording (Part I)</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2012/01/an-education-referendum-question-wording-i/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2012/01/an-education-referendum-question-wording-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News of Wednesday&#8217;s marathon Council meeting didn&#8217;t take long in making its way to me in Saskatoon, thanks to Twitter. For obvious reasons, I was not at the meeting, so my remarks on the course of events that took place will be necessarily brief. What follows will be presented in two posts. Part I is [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Referenda Gallore!</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2012/01/referenda-gallore/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2012/01/referenda-gallore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonesy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are going to be five referendum questions to be considered this year. I will post the final approved version of each question and a blurb about each including some background for some of the more contentious ones. DASSS (Dalhousie Arts and Social Sciences Society): is asking for a $2/semester/student increase to their current levy of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>The question no one ever asked me but everyone should have.</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2012/01/no-one-ever-asked-me/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2012/01/no-one-ever-asked-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Saulnier</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://punditry.ca/?p=2089</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“So what do you actually DO as DSU President?” That isn&#8217;t the question I should have been asked. That&#8217;s the question I&#8217;m always asked. I’ve had to answer that question countless times over the past two years. For the first six months this question was terrifying. What do I do? I would grasp at answers, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Creative Campaigning Can Earn Bonus Points</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2012/01/creative-campaigning-can-earn-bonus-points/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2012/01/creative-campaigning-can-earn-bonus-points/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonesy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://punditry.ca/?p=2084</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A lip dub popped up on my Facebook newsfeed today from one of the slates vying for President and VP at ST FX which got me thinking: what might we see this year during the DSU elections? Of course each candidate must know what is in the portfolio of the position s/he is running for.  [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to triumph in the campaign and why if you haven’t started yet, you’ve probably already lost.</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2012/01/how-to-triumph-in-the-campaign-and-why-if-you-havent-started-yet-youve-probably-already-lost/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2012/01/how-to-triumph-in-the-campaign-and-why-if-you-havent-started-yet-youve-probably-already-lost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leforte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://punditry.ca/?p=2075</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Elections happen every year at the DSU. Each year there are winners and losers. With this frequency, and the number of candidates in the running, there is no shortage of opinion on how to run an effective campaign and how to win. Having been successful in two elections, working on the elections committee, and watching [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>the early bird gets worms</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2012/01/the-early-bird-gets-worms/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2012/01/the-early-bird-gets-worms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Smit</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://punditry.ca/?p=2066</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DSU Elections season is upon us &#8211; a month or two early.  Yes, Virginia, nominations open on January 23rd, voting takes place February 14-16th, and the period in the middle will be occupied by a) punditry and b) fodder for punditry.   dsuelections.ca is live and has all the details.  The motivating factors for the move include [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>seven years of voter turnout</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/seven-years-of-voter-turnout/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/seven-years-of-voter-turnout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Smit</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://punditry.ca/?p=2055</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This graph shows cumulative votes over time for seven elections.  Not shown is the 2007 student spaces referendum, which was so good it won&#8217;t even fit on this graph.  Also not shown is the 2004 turnout, which similarly makes every other year look bad. The axes are unlabelled (SACRILEGE!) but I believe in context it [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Unsuccessful&#8221; Candidates &#8211; Where Are They Now?</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/unsuccessful-candidates-where-are-they-now/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/unsuccessful-candidates-where-are-they-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 22:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://punditry.ca/?p=2051</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t agree more with Eric&#8217;s comment in yesterday&#8217;s post that unsuccessful candidates are often amazing people who go on to do incredible things. It&#8217;s absolutely true that the DSU&#8217;s &#8220;unsuccessful&#8221; candidates are anything but. For Thursday&#8217;s winners, your path for the year ahead is at least somewhat clear. The rest of you may not [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>My Closing Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/my-closing-thoughts/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/my-closing-thoughts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Snow</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://punditry.ca/?p=2046</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, another election has come to an end. The detailed results can be found here, if you haven&#8217;t seen them yet. As we wrap up, I&#8217;d like to share some closing thoughts with our loyal readers. I&#8217;ve seen a lot of DSU Elections in my (excessive length of) time at Dalhousie. I&#8217;ve been an observer, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>the results</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/anticipating-the-results/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/anticipating-the-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Smit</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://punditry.ca/?p=2026</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The CRO is planning to release the results in batches throughout the evening, starting roughly at 9 and drawing it out for an hour or two.  @ersnow will be live-tweeting the results; if you aren&#8217;t following him, we&#8217;ll copy the results to a page here for your enjoyment. Update: Submission to tipline reports turnout of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>On a quiet Elections Results Eve&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/on-a-quiet-elections-results-eve/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/on-a-quiet-elections-results-eve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandy Schembri</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://punditry.ca/?p=2009</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I first dreamt of my debut post to Punditry.ca, I envisioned an earth shattering, gripping, story laced with controversy and coated with witty, piercing insight. However, it is to mine (and probably your) despair that my maiden contribution is perhaps a testament to the relative lack of noteworthy events. Not that this election campaign [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Musical Interlude</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/musical-interlude/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/musical-interlude/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 03:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Tipping</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://punditry.ca/?p=2006</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s that time again. There&#8217;s nothing left for candidates to do but hope that their years of work on campus and a frantic week of campaigning will be enough to cause some faint glimmer of recognition as voters skim over the photos on the ballot before they click on buttons randomly in hopes of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>An Experiment</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/an-experiment/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/an-experiment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Snow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finish the following phrase. Limit it to one sentence. People who write run-on sentences will receive scowls and scorn. &#8220;I&#8217;m voting for _____ because&#8230;&#8221; Feel free to be anonymous. Also, feel free to substitute &#8220;would vote for&#8221; if you can&#8217;t, or &#8220;voted for&#8221; if you already did. Let&#8217;s be inclusive.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>47</slash:comments>
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		<title>punditry predicts&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/punditry-predicts/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/punditry-predicts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Smit</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://punditry.ca/?p=1993</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Polls are open. After the frenetic activity of campaign week, these three days always feel calm, and peaceful.  &#8221;Election? Really? Oh, right, I dimly recall hearing something about that.&#8221;  Sure, for somewhere between 20-100 people (depending on the number of people personally invested in the results) it&#8217;s a time of anxious waiting.  For the Elections [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>64</slash:comments>
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		<title>Top 10 Platform Ideas of the 2011 DSU Elections</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/top-10-platform-ideas-of-the-2011-dsu-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/top-10-platform-ideas-of-the-2011-dsu-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 04:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Smit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome guest writer Henry Whitfield.  Henry is a generally respected commenter on punditry, very experienced with residence life on campus, and was under the microscope last year as a candidate in the DSU Elections. It&#8217;s a shame that each and every year, the Punditry comment section turns into a cesspool of anonymous complainers, attacks and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Critical Questions in Review</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/critical-questions-in-review/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/critical-questions-in-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Snow</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://punditry.ca/?p=1956</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, near the beginning of the campaign, I offered my initial impressions of the candidates and asked them each a critical question.  I feel the ones who have responded deserve a bit more recognition than the comments offer them, so I&#8217;m going to include the responses here. I&#8217;ve also included the questions below for easier [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Loaded Ladle Referendum &#8211; Business Plan Summary</title>
		<link>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/loaded-ladle-referendum-business-plan-summary/</link>
		<comments>http://punditry.ca/2011/03/loaded-ladle-referendum-business-plan-summary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 21:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Smit</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://punditry.ca/?p=1955</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I got a tip from a student who emailed the DSU President and the Loaded Ladle to request copies of their business plan.  No one replied. (The loaded ladle DID add him to their mailing list and send him a campaign email.  He was not impressed.)  I appluaded his efforts, and was able to provide [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>35</slash:comments>
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