Wai evribuddy gotta pickin on quittarz?
Fancie and Julie dropped from the race, and everyone is yelling angry things about a slate.
But, there was arguably not enough evidence to call them a slate last year, so although they are friends and don't hide the fact that they'd like to see each other elected, that's the case for most of the nominations. Does that mean prospective VP University Affairs Osama Berrada and prospective BOA Director for Engineering Bassam Javed are a slate? Not really.
Oh, sure, they probably are a slate. I'm just saying they don't run as one. Uninvolved students don't know about their bonds, or those of the other side.
More importantly though, why must we rip on them? Is it the CFS? We're stuck with that for at least another three years, so it doesn't much matter if our exec is pro- or anti-CFS. Is it the hippy? So someone has different opinions and priorities than you. Let it go. Is it the uselessness? That has everything to do with the people and nothing to do with their agenda.
Let "The Base" alone. By branding them as a politically driven slate, you're only feeding the fire.
But what fun is a political campaign without some kind of scandalz?
ReplyDeleteOne that doesn't appeal to your readership, Ken.
ReplyDeleteI think it has more to do with the fact that it's a base that is more concerned with student activism than student representation, and to someone who DOES have opposing views, it's alarming. I'd rather know that someone I elect has abided by the electoral rules, and is more interested in representing the SFUO membership than forwarding their own agenda.
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