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After the ASUC Judicial Council certified the election results and the Senate meeting announced names, the winners should now be official (though minutes are not up yet). No one dropped, no one was disqualified. What a snoozer!
Need a refresher on the preliminary results? Ho-hum. Back to your work, kiddos.
ASUC Judicial Council Certifies Preliminary Elections Results [Daily Cal]
Earlier: CalSERVE Broom Metaphors Student Action’s Ass
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 »
Today marks the first day of voting for the 2008 ASUC elections and the publication of the Daily Cal endorsements. To vote, go to election.asuc.org or hit up any polling station on campus. Voting ends on Thursday, Apr. 10.
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 Daily Cal’s Elections Forum came and passed, and CalSERVE’s gloating. The party’s site posted about the performances of its own Dionne Jirachaikitti and Student Action’s Lina Ochman, both running for EAVP.
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 two clips of separate news appearances on YouTube. But have you heard her slam poetry?
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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.
John Moghtader SQUELCH! Campaign Video [YouTube]
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.
2008 ASUC Elections Forum [Facebook]
Elections kick off in a week! In keeping with our previous post, we’re bringing you the low-down on ASUC candidates.
This time, it’s the executive vice presidential hopefuls who get a good grillin’.
Details after the jump.
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.
* I heard that SA and CS hold satanic orgies fully catered by Rachael Ray: We hear each orgy is prepared and savored in just 30 minutes. Plus, the EVOO doubles as a free-for-all lubrication.
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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.
From CalSERVE, Roxanne Winston
By the numbers:
* 481 photos of herself
* 1,236 total friends
* 36 (or thereabouts) personally used exclamation marks
The juice: read more »
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.
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