Monday, November 27, 2006
Power! If only someone wanted it
Remember how the Graduate Assembly would bitch and whine about not having enough power? And then how they put forward a ballot initiative that the ASUC accepted like tools which would give the GA more power? And remember how part of that initiative, which passed with a 60% abstention rate, included GA representation on the ASUC Elections Council? (It's okay if you don't remember this last part, since the writers of the ballot question deliberately kept it vague so you wouldn't know what it does. Did I mention the 60% abstention rate?) From GA President Josh Daniels:
The Election Council oversees the Spring Semester elections on campus.
These elections affect how much we pay in student fees, among other really important decisions. WE NEED GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATION TO ENSURE GRAD CONCERNS ARE ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED. The time commitment is minimal, but the impact is significant. He's been looking all semester for some volunteers, and nobody wants to do it. Gee, I guess before you throw a hissy fit demanding more power, you should probably check to make sure you actually have the ability to take the responsibility associated with that power. I think the only appropriate thing to do is for folks who pushed last year's GA referendum to resign their current positions and volunteer. They wouldn't want to look like hypocrites, after all. We'd hate to think that they didn't really want the responsibility, but just wanted more power. It's okay to be impotent, but it's not okay to cripple the ASUC by pretending you're not.
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