Posted by Danica Li on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 09:53 pm
In what turned out to be a not-so-close race, CalSERVE swept all four executive positions in the ASUC elections. Roxanne Winston won for president, Krystle Pasco is the new executive vice president, Dionne Jirachaikitti prevailed in the external affairs vice president race, and Carlo de la Cruz will serve as the academic affairs vice president come fall semester. But, lest we forget, there’s a bummed loser for every shining victor bedecked in laurel leaves and busty women. Student Action failed. The SUPERB referendum also failed. Sorry, guys. read more »
In the Daily Cal’s endorsements, the paper seemed to deliberately choose a split-ticket for the executive slate. Endorsements were considered based on individuals and voting records, not necessarily the parties they represent. And here they are:
* President: Curtis Lee, Student Action
* External Affairs Vice President: Dionne Jirachaikitti, CalSERVE
* Academic Affairs Vice President: Carlo de la Cruz, CalSERVE
* Executive Vice President: Chad Kunert, SQUELCH!
* Student Advocate: Matt DeMartini, Independent
* SUPERB Referendum: No
How does this stack up with other official endorsements? read more »
The announcement offers no commentary, but the battling videos speak for themselves. Ochman’s response is painful at best–we couldn’t even get through the whole thing.
That doesn’t mean that Jirachaikitti is always a smooth speaker. Sure, she’s got twoclips of separate news appearances on YouTube. But have you heard her slam poetry? read more »
ASUC candidates have infiltrated Upper Sproul Plaza, and now the real go-getters are posting their videos on YouTube.
SQULECH! seems to have a good grasp of the power of video: no special effects (or even moving cameras), just pure comedy and a dash of politics rhetoric. Above, Senate candidate John Moghtader promises you won’t have to wait “schlong” for change.
P.S. Speaking of schlongs, did SQUELCH! do the requisite vibrator races yet? They smoked out Sproul, but it’s not campaign season until you see cheap buzzing sex toys slide down a homemade ramp.
Wanna see people make themselves into tools? This Friday, the Daily Cal hosts the 2008 ASUC Elections Forum. The deets below:
Who: Executive seat candidates (otherwise that mess would take forever) When: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Where: 20 Barrows Hall
It’s a basic Q&A session, so if you want your questions answered, e-mail opinion@dailycal.org under the subject “Forum.”
We suggest you show up. After all, these people will get to play around with some money. Might as well be the people you vote for (unless you’d rather not have that sort of connection). Plus, SQUELCH! usually does something funny.
Posted by Christine Borden on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 09:12 pm
While ASUC candidates gear up to stuff as many flyers in your hands as possible next month, it might behoove you to discover what sort of defenses Facebook can offer you. Yes, Facebook. You’ll see what we mean.
We’re an equal opportunity offender (emphasis on “offender”), so let’s start off with a group against both the major parties of ASUC.
The Cal Patriot blog has a long list of ASUC candidates, so now it’s time (before you get too nauseated by all this hoopla) to delve a little further. These candidates have big shoes to fill, and from what we can remember, a tradition of chutzpah to uphold. Let’s see who has the most impressive baller status.
Posted by Patrici Flores on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 10:12 am
Hence, the return of the hideous graphic font to the right. The Berkeley blogosphere is suddenly abuzz with the sound of ASUC elections campaigning, and the Clog’s almost ready to join the fun and get on the elections train for the rest of the semester. How will we ever keep up with this, Code Pink and Fresh all at once? We need more manpower. Hint, hint.
The first sign of elections season is the explosion of Student Action flyers. The California Patriot Blog has an interesting review about the relevance of Student Action’s “DONE” claims. Essentially, the flyers should probably read: DONE (Three Years Ago).
The executive slate announcements for each party are trickling in! Today’s Daily Cal announces the CalSERVE executive slate. An anti-CalSERVE blog, CalSUCK, was created surprisingly quickly, demonstrating how many of us bloggers are willing to abandon real life to cover the campaign.