Point of View with Sandor Ligetfalvy

Student politics at Brock and beyond Season 2 airs Thursdays 2 p.m | CFBU.ca | 103.7FM, St Catharines

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POV Feb 20, 2014: COCA Subsidy (Programming Levy) Fails

Today's episode is a 90 minute special, broadcasting on CFBU 103.7 FM St. Catharines Thursday at 2 p.m. In this episode we cover a wide range of topics with interview clips courtesy of BrockTV.ca/LIVE of election and referendum results. We also have two exclusive in-depth interviews, first with the spokesperson of the No campaign of the Programming Levy, and second with students who have are taking it upon themselves to bring more attention to BUSAC with a new Facebook page "Watching Over BUSU".

Top story: The $32 per student Programming Levy fails with 72% voting no

Gasps of shock are heard as referendum results are read to a packed Isaac's on Feb 13, 2014. In this episode of POV we ask: If 2/3rds of the public was against this fee, who was BUSU representing? We demonstrate the origins of the Programming Levy as the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities. Interview: We have a post-game chat with No-side representative 29-year-old Jason Tucker. (Interview runs from 2:20 p.m. to 3 p.m.)

Lack of women in elections, female oriented programing? BrockTV news asks BUSU's president about the lack of women in the elections race. We pull up a prior comment from the BUSU AGM from VP Student Services about the need to have more "female orientated programming": "less sports" and maybe "psychics" and "open mic".

VPSS has "passion" for helping Mental Health  and Wellness And since we're drawing a quote from the BUSU AGM on Jan 15, 2014 we also take note of an emotional moment for Liv Meriano as she describes "an overwhelming need for mental health of students".

Who's Watching Over BUSU? Interview: A new Facebook entity has been created by two grad students who intends to transfigure the galvanized support for Fed Up: The Affordable Food Project in to public attention at council meetings. We have an on campus interview with these two students about what inspired them to start "Watching Over BUSU".

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POV Feb 12, 2014: Interview with only BUSU president candidate Roland Erman

As BUSU voting takes place this week, we talk with the only BUSU presidential candidate Roland Erman about topics including the Fed Up referendum suspension, ancillary fees, and elements of his election platform.

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POV Feb 7, 2014: The $32/student Programming Fee debate, Interview with BUSU's Liv Meriano

In this episode we have a report on latest from "The Affordable Food Project", and an interview with Vice President of Student Services Liv Meriano about the $32 per student Programming. We also broadcast the audio from the second debate. The referendum is being voted via Brock email by Brock University Students' Union members Feb 11 to Feb 13.

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An interview with OPIRG's Em Heppler after Affordable Food Project cancelled by Admin via BUSAC

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POV Jan 30, 2014: Episode Summary

http://www.cfbu.ca/aud/POV-2014-01-30.mp3

In the wake of the surprising and unprecedented cancellation of this February's referendum for "FED UP: The Affordable Food Project", we talk with individuals who have been involved in leading food advocacy.

Em Heppler, OPIRG Brock and "Affordable Food Project" coordinator, discusses the process of leading the referendum and the consequence of the university cancelling the referendum that was created by a student-led petition.

Peter Henen, Food Affordability for Students Today (FAST), who initiated a series of petitions in spring 2013, which challenged Sodexo and food prices on campus, which became official BUSU policy to provide affordable food solutions.

Scott Kat, Brock University undergraduate sounds-off on a wide array of student politics including the cancellation of the Affordable Food Project, the $32 per student Programming Fee to be voted on in February, the video ban and the Sandor ban.

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Brock Vice Provost discusses Presidents Task Force (prior to senate motion)

An interview with Brock University Vice Provost Academic Dr. Murry Knuttila. Broadcast August 22, 2013

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Marshall: Report after BUSAC meeting which "scrapped" referendum FED UP

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POV Jan 23, 2014: Episode Summary

First episode of Season 2.

Download from CFBU.ca archive: POV-2014-01-23.mp3

Adam Marshall, BrockTV news, regarding BUSAC's decision to pull the "FED UP" referendum after Brock University said it was looking at the liability of third party ancillary fees and would not collect the FED UP ancillary fee. We talk with him on campus at the BrockTV lab.

Daniel Nardone, BrockBUG.com videographer, helps introduce guest Amanda Hiscox, OPIRG Guelph, regarding this Saturday's Brock Social Justice Forum which she is on a plenary of speakers with the theme Criminalization of Dissent. Hiscox was arrested for organizing a demonstration at Toronto G20 and spent nearly a year incarcerated. The Social Justice Forum is Jan 25 in Pond Inlet.

Karen Hoffman, BLAST (Brock Labour and Students Together), regarding the formation of "BLAST" and the issues they focus on, as they plan a demonstration against tuition increases.

Mitch Ludington, Brock Students For Liberty, a relatively new club with libertarian ideals discuses why the club has been formed.

Host's commentary: Brock University Students Administrative Council have provided a letter with official BUSU letterhead to host Sandor Ligetfalvy. The letter, addressed to Ligetfalvy as a host of Brock Radio, says, ""The council believes the physical safety and psychological well-being of its membership should be top priorities during meetings," saying "actions you have taken in and out of council chambers have gone beyond the scope of fair criticism." The ban is effective until the end of April. 

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"Played scared": Brock U Athletics head comments on referendum rules

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"For sale: Your O-Week" - WU students call attention to tutition prices, corporatization

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Spokesperson for defederating the CFS interviewed on POV

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STORYLINES 2014

If you or someone you know is informed and opinionated about local, provincial and national student politics, then put them in touch with us at [email protected].

Here's the storylines we're looking at for Season 2 of POV (radio show runs from January to April) 

If you want to produce content (web, radio, or marketing materials), consider this to be a list of story assignments!

Internal Student Politics

"University deficit, President's Task Force" BUFA suggests deficit is inflated; is it? What can Brock Labour and Students Together (BLAST) do? What's a student union's role under these conditions?

"Governance and Apathy"

"Food Security" Can "Fed Up" finish what F.A.S.T. started? Does "Fed up" satisfy the hunger?

"Problems in Student Media" What is the future of Brock Radio? Could/should student media work together?

"Got Vision? New Student Centre" Will the executive make good on their promise to produce surveys this year?

"Referendum Implementation and Levy Review Committee" Can bylaw 4200 deliver the goods?

Electoral Newsflow

"February Elections" Executives and BUSAC seats go up for election.

"Feburary Referendums" 1. $2.80 per credit "Fed Up - The Stustainable Food Project" 2. $32 per student "Programming Fee"

"March Referendums" We'll know for sure by mid-march what referendums there will be in March.  It's expected that Brock Radio will take a run at it. It has also been suggested that CASA may seek referendum because its fee is currently coming from Division 1 of BUSU when its referendum in 2002 didn't reach quorum.

External Student Politics

"Ontario makes fee changes" What does OUSA and CFS-Ontario say about changes? "Defederating Canadian Federation of Students (CFS)"

"OUSA paper: Ancillary Fees in Ontario"

Who is behind the CFS defederation campaign? What are the aims?

"Economics of education" Why are tutition rates highest in Ontario and lowest in Quebec?

"Mental Health and Sexual Assault" What does it say when these are the two "top topics" Macleans OnCampus blog? And that two of the recent ancillary fee referendums purport to solve these very problems?

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