All registered students, full- and part-time, are members of the
  Carleton University Students' Association. The Students' Association
  has many functions; providing services to students, creating community
  awareness of our campus, and representing student views on a wide
  range of interests both internally and externally.

  The legislative body of the association is the students' council,
  elected in February for a twelve-month term beginning the following
  May. The graduate representative is chosen by the GSA in October. The
  February election sees selection of the president, finance
  commissioner, and faculty representatives; the vice presidents are
  chosen by the president from among these representatives, and ratified
  by council shortly thereafter.

  The Carleton University Students' Association provides numerous
  services: Oliver's Pub; Rooster's Coffee House; Peer Support; the
  Women's Center; the International Students' Center; the Mature and
  Part-Time Students Center; the Carleton Disabled Awareness Center; the
  Off-Campus Students' Center; Photo Service; Information Carleton; the
  Games Area; The Store; The Pharmacy; the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual
  Center; Foot Patrol; Student Academic Action Bureau. CUSA funds The
  Charlatan newspaper which is autonomous from the association. CUSA
  also helps fund CKCU-Radio Carleton, an FM station which broadcasts
  on 93.1 and is heard all over the national capital region and in
  points of eastern Ontario.

  Many CUSA operations emanate from the University Center, with policy
  set by the Students' Council. The Unicenter, open from 7:30 A.M. to
  2:00 A.M. most days, includes, in addition to the CUSA operations,
  facilities for food service, a faculty club, lounges, Health Services,
  the Canada Employment Center, and the Ontario Public Interest Research
  Group (OPIRG).

  CUSA is one of the founding and active members of the Canadian
  Federation of Students and the Ontario Federation of Students, lobby
  groups for student rights at the provincial and federal level.

  Students' interests are represented by the association's membership
  in the Canadian Federation of Students, and by the on-campus work of
  the students' council on issues ranging from government cutbacks to
  housing shortages and bus-route alterations. To aid in this work, CUSA
  has a full-time staff, which works to benefit and improve the
  association and its membership. CUSA relies on input from all students
  to continue to be as successful in the future as it has been in the
  past.

  The Carleton University Students' Association offices are located in
  room 401 of the Unicenter, and may be reached by phone at 788-6688.