mathNEWS Issue 94.3: Friday, February 13, 2004

Fedopoly

New board game based on your favourite student union!

Ever want to run for an executive position with the Federation of Students? Now, you can do the next best thing by playing Fedopoly, the board game based on Feds elections. Here, mathNEWS gives you an exclusive peek at some of the "Community Chest" and "Chance" cards that will be part of this soon-to-be-released game.

Some cards are based on campaign promises from actual candidates, such as this card, pulled right from Presidential candidate Kevin Ma's platform:

PROMISE FEDS-OPERATED HOUSING
FOR EACH HOUSE PAY $250 000
FOR EACH HOTEL $1000000

Need some extra cash? Dip your hand into the Community Chest and see what you can pull out.

GET REIMBURSEMENT FROM BOTH MATHSOC AND ARTS STUDENT UNION

COLLECT $161.45

Other cards reflect the role of campus media in the election.

RYAN CHEN-WING INTERVIEWS YOU FOR UWSTUDENT.ORG

ADVANCE TO GO

Executive elections aren't the only ones going on; candidates are also vying for positions on the university Senate. This next card is an homage to the strong showing typically made by "declined" ballots in senate races.

YOU HAVE WON
SECOND PLACE
IN A
SENATE CONTEST CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR VICTORY!

Another card was inspired by the delays experienced by the elections committee in determining whether or not executive candidates were registered students.

ASK REGISTRAR'S OFFICE IF CANDIDATES ARE STUDENTS
TAKE NEXT TURN IN A WEEK

Not being a student isn't the only way to get disqualified, as some past candidates have discovered:

OVERSPEND YOUR CAMPAIGN LIMIT
TRY AGAIN NEXT YEAR

Finally, we present one of the "classic" cards, a tribute to former Feds President Chris Farley and his unique ability to represent the concerns of univeristy administration to students:

NEW CECS BUILDING
COLLECT $25 FROM EACH CO-OP STUDENT

Craig Sloss



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