Special ASFA By-Election Report - Paul Jerajian for VP External Affairs and Sustainability

Paul Jerajian has only been at Concordia for a year but that hasn’t deterred him from student politics.

Originally from Ville Saint Laurent in Montreal North, Paul’s number one priority is stopping the tuition hikes.

He plans to represent Arts and Science students in that fight as Vice President of External Affairs and Sustainability.

He says that his educational background makes him the ideal candidate to speak up in favour of a tuition freeze.

“Personally myself I actually study in Actuarial Mathematics and if you may not know its kind of like risk insurance investment planning and that’s one of my key focuses - to show that the government could actually avoid tuition hikes if they could invest better. They have many other alternatives to raising tuition.”

Admittedly, Paul is not an expert with sustainable development.

But he supports the current projects and believes in those involved.

“I know Concordia has been one of the top sustainable schools if not the top for a few years now and I was really interested in keeping that going because I know the students are really, how can I put this, really passionate about the sustainability in general.”

Paul is up against his friend and soccer buddy Boris Degas for the position.

Arts and Science students go to the polls on October 12^th and 13^th.

Joel Balsam, CJLO News, Montreal.