Sunday, March 12, 2006

Gaskin makes one last stand...





Chris Gaskin, who stood for QUBSU VP Education is believed to be interested in standing for the NUS-USI top post.

The NUS-USI Convenor is responsible for representing 'the student movement' in Northern Ireland within UK and in the Republic of Ireland. The current convenor is Damien Kavanagh, a former VP Education from Queen's, himself.

Gaskin fell 184 votes short in defeating fellow Law student Michael Forde in a hotly fought contest for the Education portfolio on Thursday 2nd March.

Gaskin who is well known within Student Union circles was widely considered a favourite to win the post in what was seen as his 'last stand' to re-enter the Students' Union Executive. He previously held the post of SCA officer in the Union executive only to be defeated last year, 2005, by Edward Hanna of the 'Campaign for a Better Union'.

Links:

- Article from 'The Gown' online blog: http://thegown.blogspot.com/2006/03/students-back-forde-caughey-and.html
- NUS-USI http://www.nistudents.org/
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12 comments:

  1. Chris Gaskin3/13/2006 1:25 am

    ROFL!!

    Chris Gaskin, who stood for QUBSU VP Education is believed to be interested in standing for the NUS-USI top post

    I would love to know who your sources are

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  2. Anonymous3/13/2006 9:05 am

    Are we to understand from the above comment that Chris Gaskin will not be running?

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  3. Chris Gaskin3/13/2006 11:32 am

    David

    I don't see how my previous comment suggests that I am not running?

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  4. Anonymous3/13/2006 12:39 pm

    So you are running then.

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  5. Michael Shilliday3/13/2006 4:46 pm

    He thinks he's clever David. Its a theme running through his cblog comments.

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  6. Anonymous3/17/2006 1:16 pm

    chris might as well run it is his last chance to win any election???
    Also it will be nice to see Sinn Fein members reconinsing Northern Ireland bodies good man Chris

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  7. Chris Gaskin3/17/2006 11:37 pm

    I have won plenty of elections spy AKA GSB!

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  8. Anonymous3/18/2006 9:58 am

    Yea chris we are talking proper elections not wee school boy election to see who will be head of the tuc shop

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  9. Chris Gaskin3/18/2006 9:11 pm

    LOL, I am talking about proper elections GSB!

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  10. Anonymous3/19/2006 1:17 am

    Proper elections or not, I think it's quite obvious you were in charge of the tuck shop! Seriously, though, please enlighten us as to what serious elections you've won.

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  11. Anonymous3/20/2006 4:34 pm

    NUS-USI has long been a refuge for failed Queens candidates. The last two were Ben "I Lost My Deposit" Archibald and Damien "I Shafted My Running Mate and Still Lost" Kavanagh.
    Whats Ben at these days he must be finished USI by now. I don't mean to be too hard on him he wasn't a bad sort

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  12. Anonymous3/30/2006 9:47 pm

    CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL DAVID CATHER TO GET A LIFE???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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