Thursday, January 18th 2007
Back to usual, for better and worse
My internet has been working sporadically, we are still here.
A few days ago an op-ed appeared in The Chronicle by Patriot Editor in Chief Andrew R. Quinio. He talked about race and its use in college.
Today in the Daily Cal there was an article about the latest buffoonery of the ASUC. Seven weeks after their eight week deadline they finally have an elections council chair. Jessica Wren will be running the elections for a second year. The important stuff has already been said by Beetle and in the comments.
The elections will proceed smoothly even with the late planning start. Last year Ms. Wren worked a miracle by getting the job done in the record time of a few weeks while implementing the new online voting system. Last year she even had to deal with senators who did not want to give her what she wanted because it might make her put less effort into her job.
The delay came from the Graduate Assembly. They failed to supply graduate students to help in this process in a timely manor. Last year the GA insisted on more control in the elections process and forced through a memoranda of understanding. After they demanded and won this power, they can’t even find graduate students to fill the committee.
The one suggestion I have for the Senate is find some people who will be around for a couple of years and have them learn how to run an election and be trained this cycle. Last year just about all the elections council experience had graduated and that made the job harder and more expensive.
If you want to read about last year’s election planning for old times sake check here.
