How to be DSU president without ever attending a class

To be eligible for a DSU executive position, you must be a member of the union. The DSU constitution says “Members of the Union” means “all registered students at Dalhousie University who have paid the prescribed fee.”

It says a “student” is a full-time or part-time student as defined by the university calendar. You only need to be registered in a minimum of one full-credit course to be considered a part-time student.

Audit students, who are registered in classes but do not receive grades or need to work on assignments, are considered part-time or full-time students depending on how many classes they are auditing.

So if you are admitted to Dalhousie and you audit one class, you can be a DSU member without ever attending a single class.

Auditing a class is half the price of being a regular student, so you could consider that initial $500-or-so registration fee an investment in the $30,000+ salary you’ll have as DSU president—provided you win the election.