Annual General Meetings
In the 1990s, the USSU was known as the USSR for a few days after a majority of students at the annual general meeting successfully changed the constitution. Louis', the campus pub, was renamed Lenin's. University President George Ivany was to be known officially as Ivan the Terrible. The new title for president of the USSR was to become General Secretary. In recent years, however, the tone of these meetings has been much more serious and has worked primarily on the business of incorporating a new bylaw into the organization's foundational documents which more clearly articulates how the Union is to be governed.
PLACE RIEL Originally built in the late 1970s, the primary student centre building, Place Riel, was clearly showing its age by the year 2000. In 2006 University Students' Council voted the necessary funds for the building to be expanded and fully renovated thus ushering in a project which was finally completed in 2011. The building houses the USSU administrative and Executive offices, the Student Health and Dental Plan, many food outlets, the Campus Computer Store, and a variety of other businesses including a pharmacy, travel agent and convenience store. The two top floors of the expansion are owned by the University and are used for Student Health and Student Counselling.
MUB The USSU also operates the Memorial Union Building which houses the campus bar and grille, Louis' as well as Browsers Cafe, a coffee shop and bookstore. These businesses are separated by the main floor of the MUB which provides space for XL Print and Design, the Women's, Pride, and Food Centres, and the offices of the Sheaf, the campus newspaper.
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