Calling Out ASUC Officials
A recent commenter offered a very good challenge: "Name one tangible project a Calserve Senator has undertaken and completed this year. I dare you." In my mind, when I think of CalSERVE's efforts in the last year, the first thing that comes to mind is the Multicultural Center, which at the moment could probably be classified as a big gigantic failure. But my half-hearted memory is a poor way to go about judging a political party, so I decided I would put some effort into evaluating the Senate's accomplishments for the year.

Specifically, I will be e-mailing each senator tonight asking them to get back to me in two weeks with a report on how they did accomplishing their goals for the year. The goals I am referring to are the goals that they campaigned on, which can be viewed at the Student Action and CalSERVE websites. (Warning, the SA website makes repeated and hideous usage of PDF files, for which I curse them). Since a number of SA [slight edit here] candidates campaigned on making the campus safer, I'm curious what they've done on that front, but almost every Senator has something that they promised to do that can be held accountable for. Beyond asking them to comment on whether they accomplished their goals for the year, I will invite them to add any additional comments about what other achievements they are proud of. I will begin by looking at Senators who are running for re-election or for higher office, and also offer general party critiques in the coming weeks. Let the fun begin!

I think that ASUC campaigns on this campaign are conducted in an atmosphere largely devoid of any serious look at prior accomplishments or accountability for the promises that are made, and I would like to see that changed. Finally, I will pledge to all of you that CalStuff will be the single best source of election information available. That doesn't necessarily mean that ASUC news will dominate CalStuff, or that we will be neglecting other newsworthy events (we won't), just that we will provide better election coverage than any other source.

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