Fiona Collie
News Reporter

Students had the chance to ask candidates in the Humber Students’ Federation elections about their concerns surrounding campus life during Electionfest, held at the North Campus students centre Wednesday.

The six presidential candidates sat at two tables answering questions submitted before the event began as well as a few questions after the initial debate on everything from the cleanliness of women’s washrooms to how to bring students from all three campuses together.

Financial issues, from bursaries to tuition accountability and food prices, were on the minds of many students.
“I will work with every supervisor on campus to revise prices on, one the food and, two, on books,” said candidate Samuel Anyanwu.

A greener campus was also an issue raised by students at the event and the candidates themselves.

“The world is going more green and I honestly believe that Humber should be at the forefront of that,” said Kirsten Liddell. 

Although the crowd began to thin out over the course of the two and a half hour event students were still around to ask questions to the vice-president administration and campus life candidates.

Questions from students about transportation issues left administration candidates, a little unsure but they were confident they could help students with the problem.

Tamika Jarrett said she is sure “there’s a committee for that purpose” and to represent students she would join that committee and ensure their voices were heard.

 For the three vice-president campus life candidates the lack of diversity in events and clubs were concerns raised by students.

“I do realize that there aren’t a lot of clubs here that cater to the different cultures,” Trishann Fuller said. “I do want suggestions on what’s good for you because what I think might be best for you might now be what’s actually best for you.

While the applause was not always loud, the event did interest many students and influence their voting decisions.

“Pretty interesting, because you see who is well-prepared and who isn’t and if you look hard you can see those who are in it for selfish gain and who’s there to make a difference,” said second-year business administration student David Hopson, 22.

Kierra McMillen, 19, a first-year fashion arts student said, “I probably wouldn’t have even voted before and now I just might.”