ASUO Elections: Sex, Lies and Videotape
The ODE has a video of the candidate debate from Wednesday up. Fair warning: It’s almost impossible to watch this without making the thunder and/or feeling the love.
Also, so far there have been a total of eight grievances filed against the Oregon Action Team. However, the OAT has recently struck back and is filing a grievance against Rock the Yellow member Nick Schultz for allegedly telling people that the OAT would cut campus recycling if elected (ironic, since one member of the slate works for campus recycling). For his part, Schultz says this a “complete lie.”
And don’t forget the second grievance filed against current ASUO Exec Emily McLain. It’s a good thing we’re not actually playing the ASUO Elections Drinking Game because even Keith Moon would have a hard time keeping up with this.
April 10th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
I wrote in Grim Gnarlicon for every position.
April 10th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Any grievance filed against Rock the Yellow this election has been and will be thrown out immediately, while every grievance against the Oregon Action team leads to another ruling against them. The abuse of power by the ASUO administration is more unbelievable than even I could imagine at this point.
April 11th, 2008 at 1:41 am
Grim Gnarlicon would simply eviscerate anyone who dared file a grievance and feast upon their putrid entrails.
Vote Grim Gnarlicon.
April 11th, 2008 at 6:13 am
Why the hell are there parties in ASUO elections? It started happening toward the end of my tenure with the PSST, but it’s simply gotten out of hand. Not to mention that Oregon Action Team sounds like a band of rag-tag “super” heroes and that Rock The Yellow makes me think of Japanese pop bands.
April 11th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Tim, we will not tolerate such defeatist language.
April 11th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Timothy, they’re not “parties.” In parties, candidates still have their own individual platforms and ideas and run on their own merits and qualifications. Many (not all) of the candidates on the slates simply parrot the slate talking points and run on “qualifications” of really really liking people and being really energetic and like, wanting to make a change! They just hope you vote for every slate candidate without any consideration for the individuals, as long as you like the slate.
Although I’ll agree that “Oregon Action Team” sounds like the UO version of Team America.
April 11th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
That’s funny.
I guess at some schools there actually are political parties in the student government - Berkeley to name one. The slate idea is just a way to get more students to vote because it is easier. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard “is that the green team or the yellow team” and “just call them by their colors so I know who your talking about” over the last week.