USC Elections 2012
Silver gets more demerits
With all the chaos of the hack and re-vote, the University Students’ Council Elections Committee has been eager to prove they are still on top of enforcing the rules of presidential campaigning. On Monday, USC presidential candidate Jon Silver was ... Read More »
USC in View: The election that wouldn’t end
It’s February 28. Reading week is over, students are back on campus and scrambling to get back on track before St. Patty’s day. In any other year, I would most certainly not be writing a post about elections—but here we ... Read More »
Keith Speaks: Interview with a hacker
When Keith Horwood discovered a system hole on the University Students’ Council vote website and decided to investigate, he said he wasn’t thinking about the consequences. “I had the memory span of a goldfish, I was thinking about three seconds ... Read More »
USC vote hacker to be charged criminally
—With files from Gloria Dickie London police intend to charge Keith Horwood, the Western alumni who claimed he was behind the hack that shut down the University Students’ Council vote site earlier this week, with a criminal offence, according to campus ... Read More »
Inside the hack that killed the vote
Following the hack made to the voteusc.ca website on Tuesday night—which resulted in the cancellation of the election results—the Gazette received an anonymous email at 4 a.m. from a person who appeared to have specific knowledge about the hack. The ... Read More »
USC elections postponed
As of 5 p.m. today, Western University and the University Students’ Council has announced that the 2012 USC elections have been postponed. After voteusc.ca fell victim to a “hack” last night, the results have been deemed invalid. Elections are ... Read More »
Nine Silver demerits
On Sunday, University Students’ Council presidential candidate Jon Silver was dealt a nine out of a possible 10 demerit points for an infraction involving the use of Talbot College as a campaign space. These points are in addition to the ... Read More »
USC in View: The executives speak out
I wish “Financially Mistaken with Jen Valadao” was as publicized as “Politically Incorrect with Andrew Forgione.” Big Purple Couch had the vice-president finance of the University Students’ Council take the candidates to task with the help of the rest of ... Read More »
Hack the Vote?
It’s been less than 24 hours since the USC’s presidential polls opened and already the voteusc.ca website has fallen victim to a “hack.” Shortly before 8 p.m. on February 14, unauthorized changes began appearing on the website, having to do ... Read More »
USC in View: Skills Challenge Post-Game Review
There’s no better way to start your day than to see the University Students’ Council presidential candidates compete in silly, hilarious tasks. We had a lot of fun at the Gazette office as we put the contestants through seven grueling ... Read More »
USC elections: the good, the bad & the ugly
Each year, the Gazette news team looks carefully at the merits and pitfalls of each candidate’s platform. Here’s what we had to say about this year’s platforms points, organized into our favourite categories: the good, the bad and the ugly. ... Read More »
USC In View: the great Huron debate
Anyone who thought the previous presidential debates too tame likely had a great time Thursday night during the annual Huron debate. Moderated by our always amicable vice-president university affairs, Pat Searle, the event was definitely the most passionate of the ... Read More »
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