I may yet vote for Mr. Frankenstein for President. (I'm weighing my respect for Daniel vs. my disrespect for Student Action.) But even I'm raising several eyebrows over how biased this article comparing him to his opponent is. What is it with the hardon the Daily Cal has for Mr. Frankenstein? And why are they taking so many potshots at Mr. Primm? His part of the article has three 'Althoughs.' An 'Although' in a news article means 'I am about to point out some hypocrisy or broken promise.' Mr. Frankenstein has 0 'Althoughs'

Although Cuaresma-Primm occupies a strong presence on campus, his voice in the senate is less pronounced.

Before joining Cal-SERVE this February, he almost always voted with the senate majority and abstained from symbolic bills, such as on affirmative action.

Unlike some other Cal-SERVE senators, he has written few bills.

'Inexperienced outsider doesn't like to vote, do Senate business.' His Greek support is dismissed as 'only writing one bill' to support Greeks. Leaving aside whether or not pork barrel politics are what benefits the Greek community, the ASUC has had substantially less money this year. Greek events are uniformly expensive. I would expect less to be written for them. In the event, most of the Greek bills were written by Senators Patel and Costa, both of whom are in bigger houses with more ties to Greek governing bodies then Primm's Chi Phi.

Although he has not personally talked to university administrators, he said he wants to set up a campus television station, reviving a campaign idea used by one of last year's presidential candidates.

Cuaresma-Primm said he had no plans to deal with the increase in student fees or campus safety.

Properly so, as those issues belong primarily to External.

Contrast this with the friendly treatment afforded Mr. Frankenstein, which is structured almost like a rebuttal to Mr. Primm. First the history, then his more-then-Primm vote for Greeks, then his more-then-Primm voting record:

He was a strong advocate for the Greek philanthropy fund, which sets aside $13,000 for fraternities and sororities to hold philanthropic events.

Not to say that I'm very impressed with Mr. Primm's record of service either, or that I wouldn't write in similar way in, say, an opinion piece. But not in a news article.Email This Post!