Posted on March 21: Students vote on bus pass

McMaster students have voted to accept the renewal of the Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) bus pass contract for another three years.

Originally signed in 1997, the MSU/HSR Bus Pass agreement must be renewed every three years. The pass was last renewed through referendum in the spring of 2000. This year's referendum was run in conjunction with the SRA elections.

Full-time undergraduate students currently pay $61 for an eight-month bus pass. The fee for next year will be $65, representing a $4 increase. This price is based on the HSR's cost for a regular adult monthly pass, meaning that McMaster students are offered a rate one-eighth the cost of non-students.

Students voted 3,389 in favour of the bus pass renewal, 76 against, 19 students abstained, 46 students handed in spoiled ballots and two declined their vote.

“It is clear by the overwhelming majority of students who chose to continue the bus pass program, that this is an excellent service for McMaster students,” says Adam Spence, MSU vice-president education. “We hope that it will continue for many years to come.”

Student Representative Assembly elections took place at the same time. The Student Representative Assembly is the governing body of the McMaster Students Union with numbers of elected representatives from each academic area based on the size of the faculty or school.

SRA election results are as follows:

Arts & Science (one seat elected)

Tom Aylward-Nally

Commerce (four seats elected)

Maria Joseph

Erin O'Neill

Tommy Piribauer

Kris Somers

Engineering (five seats acclaimed)

Ali Hassanali

Sidra Abid

Joseph Diening

Maisara Kobaisy

Bhavik Patel

Health Sciences (three seats acclaimed)

Amanda Bateman

Sean Park

Hanieh Rahimi

Humanities (four seats elected)

Samantha Keddy

Natalie Ott

Erin Robinson

Matthew Watts

Kinesiology (two seats elected)

Lindsay Campbell

Kevin Nizi

Science (six seats elected)

Kerstin Erickson

Brandy Grafton

Jeff Hargot

Lindsay Minard

Tom Nault

Jonathon Thon

Social Science (six seats elected)

Tyler Chalk

Monica Gharabaway

Umair Khan

Shano Mohan

Matt Sumner

Aliyana Yusuf

Social Work (one seat elected)

Robert Cosby

Complete election results are posted at the MSU office, Room 201, McMaster University Student Centre.

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McMaster students have voted to accept the renewal of the Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) bus pass contract for another three years.<p><br />
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Originally signed in 1997, the MSU/HSR Bus Pass agreement must be renewed every three years.  The pass was last renewed through referendum in the spring of 2000. This year&#039;s referendum was run in conjunction with the SRA elections.<p><br />
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Full-time undergraduate students currently pay $61 for an eight-month bus pass. The fee for next year will be $65, representing a $4 increase.  This price is based on the HSR&#039;s cost for a regular adult monthly pass, meaning that McMaster students are offered a rate one-eighth the cost of non-students.<p><br />
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Students voted 3,389 in favour of the bus pass renewal, 76 against, 19 students abstained, 46 students handed in spoiled ballots and two declined their vote.<p><br />
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"It is clear by the overwhelming majority of students who chose to continue the bus pass program, that this is an excellent service for McMaster students," says Adam Spence, MSU vice-president education. "We hope that it will continue for many years to come."<p><br />
<br />
Student Representative Assembly elections took place at the same time. The Student Representative Assembly is the governing body of the McMaster Students Union with numbers of elected representatives from each academic area based on the size of the faculty or school.<p><br />
<br />
<b>SRA election results are as follows:</b><p><br />
<br />
<b>Arts & Science </b>(one seat elected)<p><br />
Tom Aylward-Nally<p> <br />
<br />
<b>Commerce </b>(four seats elected)<p><br />
Maria Joseph<br><br />
Erin O&#039;Neill<br><br />
Tommy Piribauer <br><br />
Kris Somers<p><br />
<br />
<b>Engineering </b>(five seats acclaimed)<p><br />
Ali Hassanali<br><br />
Sidra Abid<br><br />
Joseph Diening<br><br />
Maisara Kobaisy<br><br />
Bhavik Patel<p><br />
<br />
<b>Health Sciences </b>(three seats acclaimed)<p><br />
Amanda Bateman<br><br />
Sean Park<br><br />
Hanieh Rahimi<br><br />
<br />
<b>Humanities</b> (four seats elected)<p><br />
Samantha Keddy<br><br />
Natalie Ott<br><br />
Erin Robinson<br><br />
Matthew Watts<p><br />
<br />
<b>Kinesiology </b>(two seats elected)<p><br />
<br />
Lindsay Campbell<br><br />
Kevin Nizi<br><br />
<br />
<b>Science </b>(six seats elected)<p><br />
Kerstin Erickson<br><br />
Brandy Grafton<br><br />
Jeff Hargot<br><br />
Lindsay Minard<br><br />
Tom Nault<br><br />
Jonathon Thon<p><br />
<br />
<b>Social Science</b> (six seats elected)<p><br />
Tyler Chalk<br><br />
Monica Gharabaway<br><br />
Umair Khan<br><br />
Shano Mohan<br><br />
Matt Sumner<br><br />
Aliyana Yusuf<p><br />
<br />
<b>Social Work</b> (one seat elected)<p><br />
Robert Cosby<p><br />
<br />
Complete election results are posted at the MSU office, Room 201, McMaster University Student Centre.

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