wjjordan@watdragon.UUCP (W. Jim Jordan) (01/24/86)
From _Imprint_, the UW student paper, through Canadian University Press (can anyone from Saskatchewan comment first-hand?): ---- The University of Saskatchewan Student's Union no longer has a president. A motion to change the title of the office from "President" to "The Big Enchilada" was passed at USSU's 1985 General Meeting in November. U of S Engineering student Mike Jackman said he put forward the motion to remove some of the mystique from the person bearing the intimidating title of "President." "We now have a very accessible individual whom students... will be able to come and talk to because he has a bonehead name," Jackman said after the meeting. Student council president (now Big Enchilada) Ian Wagner was not amused. "I've always considered myself to e a pretty approachable guy," the Big Enchilada said. "How much more approachable do you want to get?" Student Council Arts representative Veronica Dutchek said she urged people to defeat the motion because few people in Saskatoon take students seriously and calling the student council president "The Big Enchilada" would only make matters worse. Mike Fisher, Canadian Federation of Students Saskatchewan executive rep, said he disagreed with Dutchek. "I think I'm in favour of this," Fisher said. "Anything that can fill up this room for the most boring meeting of the year, I have to vote for. Let democracy be served." The Big Enchilada said the motion was useful because it got a lot of students to attend the meeting, but urged it be defeated because it was "ridiculous." The motion was amended by Engineering rep John Melin to give the president the official title of "The Big Enchilada, professionally known as the President" because council could lose its representation on the U of S Board of Governors unless the word "President" was included somewhere in the official title. ---- Seriously. -- "What, me graduate?" W. Jim Jordan CANADA POST (3 weeks): c/o Conrad Grebel College, Waterloo, Ont., N2L 3G6 USENET (overnight): ...!watmath!watdragon!wjjordan