Under the Fuzzy Green Hat

• More funding for the Online Editor
• Abolish the Sports section, replace it with pictures of scantily-clad attractive people
• Set up an open blog system with rankings and publish the “best” blog entry each week as an Opinion piece
• Get the SU in on a beard-growing contest
• Have a voter apathy campaign around elections time, telling students why it’s just too much work to vote
• One issue … on edible paper (“I know newsprint is edible, and God knows it’s full of fibre and nutrients. But I hear it can cause cancer and senility and that should be avoided.”)
• Get the SU in on a beard-growing contest

“I will promote the highest standard of excellence and integrity. I will be a leader. I will make 2010/2011 the best year ever for the Gateway! YEAH! GO BEARS!”

Against the full wishes of the various parts of me that hate doing work, I decided that it would be a fun idea to provide live audio of last night’s Students’ Council meeting. The Students’ Union’s president had just resigned, and the Council meeting was important because they’d be debating the next course of action for “presidential replenishment.”

So, for the benefit of other student journos out there, here’s what’s all involved in webcasting a meeting of your local student council.

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