Senator Primm has announced his candidacy for the ASUC Presidency. The timing is weird: he clearly hasn't heard back from the major parties that he wants to run with.

No party has endorsed Cuaresma-Primm yet, although there have been suggestions that Cal-SERVE, Goatmilk, or APPLE may put him on their slate, said Jamie Liu, who managed Cuaresma-Primm's election campaign last year.

'Suggestions?' If you want to be slated by CalSERVE, you have to be interviewed by them, and you've had to been interviewed by them by now. Same with APPLE and presumably Goatmilk. Assuming the Daily Cal got it right, Primm has approached all these parties, hasn't heard back yet, and yet has announced anyway. If I was CalSERVE, I'd be pissed that this johnny-progressive-lately is forcing my hand.

Anthony Paganini also pointed out that the word 'Primm' occurs 12 times in the article, whereas the word 'Frankenstein' occurs 13 times. One of the great mysteries of the ASUC is why the Daily Cal has such a hardon for Frankenstein coverage.

I'm also baffled by the blizzard of lies that Student Action is producing. Either everything everyone in the ASUC has known is wrong, and Student Action has embarked on massive sudden mid-stream slating changes, or they've decided to start tossing out big lies in unison. Probably the latter. This adds an element of comedy to their chorus of 'We don't know if we're running this 'Frankenstein' fellow.. is that his name?... but if we did, we'd back him and he'd win.'

"We've talked about the possibility of (supporting Frankenstein)," said Josh Fryday, Student Action member and former ASUC executive vice president for external affairs. "He would be someone that Student Action would be very proud to serve as fifth Student Action president in a row."

Gabriel said if given the choice between Cuaresma-Primm and Frankenstein, he would choose the latter.

Five years of running the Presidency and Student Action still has no idea how to handle the media.

UPDATE: Devora of the Puddle attended the Frankenstein maybe-Campaign meeting. Quoted in full because it interests me!

Today was the much discussed "gathering" of Frankenstein's friends, effectively the kick-off event for his run towards the ASUC presidency.

The turn out was significantly less than anticipated; yet the room was full with students. Among the attendees: former BCR president Bret Manley, former Patriot editor/ASUC senator James Gallagher, current ASUC president Jesse Gabriel and others who yield power from within and not necessarily from job descriptions. Notably missing was Wally Adeyemo, head of Student Action. Unclear why. I’ll ask around and update.

Frankenstein shared his first exposure to Berkeley. It was little Danny’s first day of school, and the yellow school bus took the route over the Golden Gate Bridge. With exceptionally good eyesight, miniature Frankenstein saw the campanile amongst the East Bay landscape. Later that day, his mom explained that the tower was located in Berkeley, and he set his mind towards coming here one day. I find it hard to believe that Mr. And Mrs. Frankenstein never took their son over the GG, or even to Berkeley itself.

Anyhow, Jesse got to up speak, and told us how he is 3rd generation of Berkeley students; his 2 grandfathers both of his parents and now him. Jesse also informed us how he and Daniel became friends. They were political opponents who ended up on the same ASUC committee. All they knew about each other was that he liked talking a lot (pause for audience chuckle).

After all this, Daniel asked students to fill out interest forms, the first batch of thousands planned to be handed out this week. Basically it asked students what groups they are affiliated with and what concerns they have regarding the school. Interesting approach to take. I don’t plan on following his campaign, but little tidbits regarding the election are sure to make their way to the page.

Does this mean campaigning in the classrooms? Man, I hate that. I remember last year when 'ASUC Surveys' were handed out in my class, only to disappear and never be seen again. The Student Action Candidate involved would write their name in big letters on the board, too, and rumor has it have plants in the audience to applaud.

If any of this occurs in one of my classes by any party, I'm throwing the guy/girl out. I'm in Econ 115, 136, 182, and Legal Studies 147. Don't try me.Email This Post!