It's official! Peter Mansbridge is going to be Mount Allison's next Chancellor!!! It is pretty exciting news on and around campus. The school had a lot of publicity around the "Big Announcement". None of us knew what to expect. There were rumours of course.... but a lot of people were surprised to hear that John Bragg was done his term, and that Peter Mansbridge is going to be taking over.
This was one of the best kept secrets at Mount A over the past few weeks. Students, Staff and Faculty were all sent hints and invitations like this:
And we were all asked to show up Monday, November 9th at 11am. The university put a lot into the event, CBC showed up, they had free food (essential when trying to attract students to an event) and after the ceremony, gave out over 250 copies of Mr. Mansbridge's book! Unfortunately, I didn't get a copy, but I'm sure there will be a few floating around campus. To the gals over at University Advancement, awesome event! Maintaining the tradition of excellence across the board!
That was the big excitement of this week. In SAC news, nominations for our 3rd Presidential election in this academic year (...4th over the calendar year...) close this Thursday (tomorrow) and we'll find out who's running officially. So far, only two people have put their nominations in, Trevey Davis, and Mike Glover. We'll see if anyone else drops off a form.
I find it so weird that the past few elections have had a consistent few candidates in the race, and now we've got two brand new candidates. One of them boasts some SAC experience, while the other is running for a SAC position for the first time. Both of them are or have been varsity Athletes and I guess we'll have to see what else they've got going for them once speeches and campaigning starts.
That's all for tonight folks, I hope you all had a nice day off from classes, and a good Remembrance Day! Till next week,
Patrick
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