Wednesday, March 12th 2008
CalSERVE Announces Slate and SA gets it DONE
Beetle beat me to this and linked to the whole press release, but I have the official pictures they sent out. Thanks to Shawn Jain for the information and pictures.
From the official CalSERVE release:
President: Roxanne Winston (current ASUC Senator)
Executive Vice President: Krystle Pasco
Academic Affairs Vice President: Carlo de la Cruz
External Affairs Vice President: Dionne Jirachaikitti (chief of staff in the Office of EAVP)
The CalSERVE website is also being updated.
Roxanne placed high in the Senate votes last year so slating her makes sense. However, I don’t think she can reach out too far beyond her current constituency, espically against the SA presidential candidate. I don’t know too much about the other people. You can draw your own conclusions about how well they fit into the model of slating people from different minorities.
Done flyers return
On Monday I saw some Done flyers up. However, the ones I saw along College Ave. were torn down by the time I was walking back from class that afternoon so I could not get a picture of them. Luckly, the Daily Clog has a few pictures.
Some of these items Done were done a long time ago. If anyone has better information, please correct me, as it is 3 in the morning and this stuff was years ago.
From all Perspectives Show: This was done by Chris Abad, who was a senator two years ago.
ASUC Bookswap: This was happening my freshman year. There was also a flap when around $30,000 was stolen my freshman year.
Greek Opportunity fund: Is this the Greek Philanaphropy fund (which was before my time here) renamed?
Dance Marathon: My sophomore year this was around.
$140,000 in ASUC Grants: Last year the Done flyers only claimed $100,000. I think this money is coming from the Berkeley Student Foundation, which just sits there and keeps paying out money like any other endowment like thing.
It looks like SA changed their slogan from Actions Speak Louder Than Words (which was perfect considering their actions the previous summer), to Expect More. Get Results. Below is a classic Done flyer from last year.
If anyone is keeping score, that is one campaign violation for flyering over an ASUC sponsored group flyer (Charter Week was brought to us by Rally Committee). But no one ever files campaign violations against a major party.
Calling all Candidates
If Student Action, SQUELCH!, or any other groups would like to announce their candidates, I would be glad to post about them. Also, if there are candidates that are interested in being interviewed by the Patriot and considered for its endorsement, let me know and I will arrange an appointment. Click my name in the byline of the post to send an email.
The anonbots, from both SA and CS are already appearing on Beetle. This election is going to be fun.
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Comment by calSUCK — 3/12/2008 @ 12:42 pm
Go Shir!
Comment by BCR sucks — 3/12/2008 @ 3:46 pm
Hey-you’re slightly mistaken. All the DONE fliers indicate actions that have been taken this past year.
For example, From All Perspectives has been brought to life and is happening again because of Student Action; the director is an SA senate candidate and the senators have all supported her, while calserve repelled the idea from the start. Also, Dance Marathon is coming through the AAVP’s office since Calserve refused to support this event, even though it is purely nonprofit and for charity.
So, to clarify, these events have happened in the past, but would not have happened this year if it wasn’t for Student Action. Hope this helps.
Comment by Actually..... — 3/22/2008 @ 3:10 am
So declares the mysterious “Actually…..” who doesn’t feel confident enough in his opinion to assign his name to it.
If Student Action wasn’t in power, someone else would’ve taken these things over. CalSERVE’s objections, in fact, are likely due to Student Action’s involvement, and these events would be more successful if they were not run by Student Action.
The bookswap, for instance, was started by Misha Leybovich, who was an APPLE senator at the time, before APPLE got consumed by Student Action. Why should we believe that these other events wouldn’t have occurred without Student Action?
Comment by Beetle — 3/22/2008 @ 1:20 pm