Wednesday, February 07, 2007
I don't know what Bobby sees in him
The hits keep coming when it comes to Graduate Assembly President Joshua Daniels.
Folks are wondering whether the affirmative action policy of the GA is legal.
Defense 1: We don't actually follow our rules.
While the bylaws state the assembly is "an affirmative action employer and appointer," many members of the assembly's executive board say that the policy is not clearly delineated and not actually used during hiring.
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Part of the problem with the policy, assembly members say, is that many of the bylaws haven't been addressed or revised for a number of years.
The assembly's Organization and Rules Committee Chair Peter Dillon said his committee had not met to address bylaw reform until this year.
"(This is the) first time this committee has reached quorum in five years," Dillon said. "Currently there is a huge difference between what the (assembly) does and what the bylaws say." That's good to know. Not only is the GA unelected and unrepresentative, it doesn't even follow the rules we use to keep them in check.
Defense 2: Working for us sucks so much no one wants those jobs
"In the theory end, it says 'affirmative action' in the bylaws, but in practice it doesn’t exist," Assembly President Joshua Daniels said.
Daniels said the policy currently applies to only assembly employees, not ASUC Auxiliary employees who work for the assembly, and the assembly only hires employees about every two years. This makes a huge difference.
Defense 3: Students give their fees voluntarily
However, Daniels said the student fee was voluntary and not campus money.
"Students have voluntarily chosen to tax themselves for student government," Daniels said. "The university takes in the burden of collecting that (fee)." Holy fucking shit. Are you fucking kidding me? When was this? When did I voluntarily choose to tax myself to help run the worthless GA? Oh, other students chose to tax me for student government, and therefore it's voluntary. That makes sense. Really. Thank you, Josh Daniels, for explaining how you don't really see students as individuals, but a giant blob which has only collective existence.
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