Like ASUC elections, except more pathetic

The wonders of Cal bureaucracy have risen to new heights…

Anybody here remember that thing about this being Chancellor Robert Berdahl’s last year here? Well, it turns out that Bobby B. was President Primm’s motivation for the ASUC Enabling Act leading to term extensions. The SF Chronicle is reporting that UC officials are months behind on the selection procedure schedule, and that Berdahl is preparing to stay on in his position beyond the previously agreed terms for as long as he is needed.

Maybe the computers that the UC officials are supposed to be voting on keep crashing at inopportune times… or maybe the League of Women Voters is dragging its feet on the independent collection and tabulation of all the votes…

I guess the question that has to be asked is that why, even given the large number of applicants for the job, has this process taken so long? The selection committee was named in January, and a successor was supposed to have been named in April. Meanwhile, the proceedings have been kept so secretive that no one knows how far behind the selection committee is, nor does anyone have a definitive timeframe for the new selection.
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