Close Menu
Honi Soit
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    Trending
    • Where is the outrage?: National protest against gender-based violence
    • Battling personalities and deadlines: The spectrum of characters in group assessments
    • Another Election? Why the USU Election Matters
    • HackWatch: Who Wants to be a Board Director?
    • 2025 USU Board Candidate Profile: Archie Wolifson
    • 2025 USU Board Candidate Profile: Layla Wang
    • 2025 USU Board Candidate Profile: Annika Wang
    • 2025 USU Board Candidate Profile: Cassidy Newman
    • About
    • Print Edition
    • Student Journalism Conference 2025
    • Writing Comp
    • Advertise
    • Locations
    • Contact
    Facebook Instagram X (Twitter) TikTok
    Honi SoitHoni Soit
    Tuesday, May 13
    • News
    • Analysis
    • Culture
    • Opinion
    • University
    • Features
    • Perspective
    • Investigation
    • Reviews
    • Comedy
    • Student Journalism Conference 2025
    Honi Soit
    Home»News

    Chuchu (Janet) Yin withdraws from Board election

    A candidate has withdrawn on the second day of campaigning
    By Honi SoitMay 8, 2018 News 3 Mins Read
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

    Chuchu (Janet) Yin has withdrawn from the 2018 USU Board election, narrowing the pool of candidates down to eight. The official USU elections website has listed Yin as ‘Election Withdrawal’, as of Tuesday 8 May, the second day of campaigning.

    Yin is a second year Commerce student and is an international student from China. She was one of five international student candidates vying for the position of USU Board Director.

    In a statement provided to Honi, Yin said she “hated politics” but “forced myself to campaign for the board director since I think it might be a good platform for me to stand for international students.”

    Yin’s policy statement was minimal, she did not have a campaigning slogan, and did not have a Facebook page. She declined to be interviewed by Honi.

    Before Yin withdrew from the election,  Honi completed a candidate profile which readers can view below.

    In today’s statement, she wrote: “During the last few days, I was trying to contact my friends to vote for me which has made me very guilty and depressed. Since I am just not that type of person who feels comfortable to bother my friends, especially with such a purpose.”

    Yin stated that she would keep doing everything she could for international students and did not want to “pretend that [her] policies benefit domestic students as well, since in fact it is not.

    “As an international student, I just want to get benefits/rights which we are supposed to have in this country. Therefore, I honestly think I am not the right person to take this position, more motivated and ambitious person should deserve it and can actually make a difference.

    “I really wish whoever get on board can actually do something for international students!”

    Yin also apologised for the inconvenience she had caused USU staff and thanked friends for their support.

     


    Honi tried speaking with Chuchu Yin. We really did. But she was “too busy” for a 40 minute interview. She was also “too busy” to take our quiz, and generally “too busy” to give voters the chance to evaluate whether she’s fit for public office. Lucky for her, being a Board director doesn’t demand any time commitments and all Board meetings are optional if you have something else on. Right?

    Judging from her policy platform, Yin is concerned with international student welfare. She wants to involve more international students in C&S, and proposes more outreach as well as a multiplatform advertising campaign to achieve it. She also wants to provide internships to both domestic and international students. It’s unclear whether this policy refers to internships within the USU itself, or external ones the USU organises for its members.

    These are Yin’s only two policies. She otherwise lists some C&S experience, mostly from this year: she is dance society MADSOC’s performance coordinator, is a USU volunteer, and is International Revue’s marketing and public relations director. She also stresses that she studies economics and works as a tutor.

     

    Janet Yin USU Board usu board 2018

    Keep Reading

    Where is the outrage?: National protest against gender-based violence

    Another Election? Why the USU Election Matters

    HackWatch: Who Wants to be a Board Director?

    2025 USU Board Candidate Profile: Nabilah Chowdhury

    2025 USU Board Candidate Profile: Michelle Choy

    2025 USU Board Candidate Profile: Sally Liu

    Just In

    Where is the outrage?: National protest against gender-based violence

    May 12, 2025

    Battling personalities and deadlines: The spectrum of characters in group assessments

    May 12, 2025

    Another Election? Why the USU Election Matters

    May 10, 2025

    HackWatch: Who Wants to be a Board Director?

    May 10, 2025
    Editor's Picks

    We Will Be Remembered As More Than Administrative Errors

    May 7, 2025

    NSW universities in the red as plague of cuts hit students & staff

    April 30, 2025

    Your Compliance Will Not Save You

    April 16, 2025

    Remembering Khanh Tran: How Activists Won the Fight for a Disabilities Room on Campus

    April 9, 2025
    Facebook Instagram X (Twitter) TikTok

    From the mines

    • News
    • Analysis
    • Higher Education
    • Culture
    • Features
    • Investigation
    • Comedy
    • Editorials
    • Letters
    • Misc

     

    • Opinion
    • Perspective
    • Profiles
    • Reviews
    • Science
    • Social
    • Sport
    • SRC Reports
    • Tech

    Admin

    • About
    • Editors
    • Send an Anonymous Tip
    • Write/Produce/Create For Us
    • Print Edition
    • Locations
    • Archive
    • Advertise in Honi Soit
    • Contact Us

    We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. The University of Sydney – where we write, publish and distribute Honi Soit – is on the sovereign land of these people. As students and journalists, we recognise our complicity in the ongoing colonisation of Indigenous land. In recognition of our privilege, we vow to not only include, but to prioritise and centre the experiences of Indigenous people, and to be reflective when we fail to be a counterpoint to the racism that plagues the mainstream media.

    © 2025 Honi Soit
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms
    • Accessibility

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.