Monday, April 04, 2005
Missed a spot, again
Also playing the get-into-the-constitution-free referendum game is a Graduate Assembly Autonomy referendum (page 7). Again, there is only a yes argument.
"Vote YES! to keep the dream alive."
Right. It reads like a temper tantrum by a sixteen-year-old trying to establish her autonomy from her parents but not really wanting it. I remember criticizing the "Autonomy but not" mentality last year as an undergrad, but now that I'm a graduate student... well, it's still a dumb idea.
For one thing, since the referendum demands the GA get total control over all fees paid by graduate students, a true demand for autonomy would mean that grad students would not be able to vote for the ASUC senate and executives. I couldn't find that part of the proposal, though. But then we'd miss out on elections altogether, since GA reps are not generally elected. Which, by the way, is another reason I don't want the GA to have much power, since it's full of activists already, rather than inactive (i.e. less damaging) politicians.
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