Once upon a time I ran for SG President. I hung a banner on the side of the parking garage. I thought it was pretty clever. The Board of Elections thought it was illegal. They were wrong, because the words "parking" and "garage" did not appear anywhere in their rules. There was controversy. Nasty letters were written. The end.
Until now. Last night, the Judicial Board sent out the standing rules for this spring's election. This is a direct quote: "Bender Parking, however, is available to banners. Each candidate is allowed one banner that shall not exceed ten (10) square feet."
I don't really care if people are allowed to put banners on the garage or not. I just don't understand why I wasn't allowed to. But thanks to my sacrifice, future candidates will not have to live with this injustice. I am like the Rosa Parks of SG elections.
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10 square feet? That's about as readable as a postage stamp. Keep fighting.
ReplyDeleteIf Rosa Parks never actually rode the bus and had a couple buddies do it for her.
ReplyDeleteMike, I fought hard to get Bender garage included for you.
ReplyDeleteI am glad that somebody in the SG knows what is really important.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, are you really going to rehash last years elections, Mike? You lost. You would've lost without the banner. Get over it.
ReplyDeleteSecond of all, as there is a completely new Board of Elections and a new Chair, there are new regulations and new interpretations of those regulations. Last year's Chair and her Board of Elections interpreted the rules that they were given by the Senate. Those said no campaigning in MGC. Bender Pavilion is connected to MGC, and the garage is connected to both. That makes it all the same building. Just like North Side is all under the same rules and so is South Side. If it's connected, it's the same thing. Suck it up. Move on.
I don't believe that Mr. Mayer's point was to rehash the past; rather, I believe his point is simple: campaigning whilst in college can be and, in my opinion, should be fun.
ReplyDeleteAgain, in another post, I said that the Student Government is young and is still rebuilding after the shift from the Student Confederation that took place 5 years ago. I believe that this new development of utilizing Bender Arena as a arena of campaign expression is an example of the progress that we're trying to make in taking the heavy-handedness that exists out of the college campaign arena, and make elections something that people want to get involved in and have fun with.
Whether he won or not is an irrelevant point to pore over. The point is that elections and everything about the SG should be worked on in a progressive way. I believe that the Bender banner development is one such example of the SG moving to make the college experience - including elections - more fun and enjoyable for all.