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<\/a>Rosini says that the election was very exciting for him.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt felt great,\u201d he says. \u201cIt was really quite a moment because I won by 11 votes, and the other person running was my friend from the same class. We were like, \u2018Yeah, we can just work together to implement our ideas.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Rosini says that he will be teaming up with CSEA (Camosun Students for Environmental Awareness) to work toward making the campuses greener.<\/p>\n
One project that he hopes to work on is helping to provide better transit options to those coming to Camosun from Langford and Colwood.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of opportunity to make an actual change,\u201d says Rosini. \u201cI haven\u2019t done a lot of organizing in the past, but I think I\u2019m ready for it now. I don\u2019t feel overwhelmed by it. These are all things I\u2019m very interested in and want to get involved in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Likewise, Naomi Arato (who ran unopposed, so became the off-campus director by default) feels passionate about her new duties (Arato represents students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, a Camosun satellite campus).<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity; it feels like I can actually have input and see what\u2019s going on behind the scenes and be more involved,\u201d she says. \u201cI have more say and, in turn, the students on my campus have more say; a lot of people forget about the off-campus students, which bothers me a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
Arato plans to make sure the students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music are well represented; she says everyone on the board has been very helpful so far.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve never done anything like this, so I was really nervous and worried I was in over my head, but they\u2019ve been really great,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019ve been to a couple meetings where I\u2019ve been really inspired by them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eggenberger says that the voter turnout this year was good, with 490 out of 8,400 students (5.83 percent of the student body) voting. The election ballot also had a referendum question on it that asked if students are in support of helping to bring a refugee student to study at Camosun. It passed, with 83.58 percent of students voting in favour of the idea, which will add 44 cents per month to each student\u2019s student fees.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe team that put that together, which was a class at the Lansdowne campus, really pushed it very hard,\u201d says Eggenberger. \u201cThat\u2019s why it passed with such flying colors.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eggenberger says that while the student society does do a lot of fun events, they are also very serious when it comes to making sure students get everything they need on campus.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe ensure that students know about their services,\u201d says Eggenberger, \u201cso we are all very informed about things like the U-Pass or the medical services plan, and even when we don\u2019t know all the details we know who to direct students to. We make sure that they\u2019ve got really good student life on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n