tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34709452011-06-07T23:30:19.765-07:00Progressive At CalProgressive Students at UC BerkeleyProgressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comBlogger3061100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1090978727848485982004-07-27T18:34:00.000-07:002004-07-27T18:39:00.000-07:00More BCR Sexism
Thanks to Cal PATRIOT Watch for the heads up.
Looks like BCR, that bastion of racism, homophobia, Student Action-support, and sexism is at it again. This time, they've declared a verbal war against women, urging their supporters to oust politicians who are "girlie." Their simple message: men rule, women should get out of politics. How 19th century of them...
Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1090308040183633812004-07-19T23:52:00.000-07:002004-07-20T00:24:19.236-07:00The Soft Bigots of Low Expectations
In the recent debate over UC eligibility standards at CalStuff, it's become popular for the conservative wing of the Berkeley blogosphere to argue that affirmative action harms its intended beneficiaries, because affirmative action leads to minority students who get "mismatched" with colleges where they cannot perform academically. According to this story,Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1090202444355448182004-07-18T18:23:00.000-07:002004-07-18T19:00:44.356-07:00Hoku Jeffrey Debating Opponent Revealed As Violent Anti-Immigrant Vigilante
CalStuff and ResIpsaLoquitur have both discussed the recent appearance of Hoku Jeffrey on Comedy Central's fake debate show, "Crossballs." I think the show is hilarious, but what's getting ignored is the other guy who got hoaxed on the same episode, anti-immigrant vigilante Chris Simcox. Simcox is the founder of the Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1090176146667502882004-07-18T11:42:00.000-07:002004-07-18T12:07:57.916-07:00Gobbets of Poison
After Calstuff about the regents and their efforts to change the GPA requirement for admission to Cal degenerated into a discussion of Hoku and his recent appearance on a comedy central game show, one of the bloggers at Res Ipsa Loquitur bragged that they had broken the story first. When I went to check, a review of "I, Robot", a movie which I had recently seen, caught my eye.Mano Negrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15879732622657844743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1089300557542653062004-07-08T08:29:00.000-07:002004-07-08T15:08:23.780-07:00Homeland Insecurity
So, my eyes were glued with interest to the TV when I learned that 200 pounds of explosives and bomb-making hardware were stolen from a Bay Area storage facility used by local police and, get this, the FBI. Another black eye for law enforcement. Good job guys, keeping the rest of us "safe"!
How embarrassing. In the bay area, the piggies simply lose 200 pounds of high Mano Negrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15879732622657844743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1089180896781869542004-07-06T22:55:00.000-07:002004-07-06T23:38:42.603-07:00Governator's Moneyman Appointed to Regents
We all know the Governator can't pronounce California, but can he say conflict of interest? Calstuff blandly identifies the new Regents appointee, Paul Wachter, as an investment banker, but that barely scratches the surface. Wachter is no ordinary banker, but rather the personal financial advisor of Arnold Schwarzenegger. If the needs of Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1088553710657208032004-06-29T17:01:00.000-07:002004-06-30T00:06:39.066-07:00Another War Criminal Signs Books at Cody's
To be fair, it would be pretty damn hard to find a US President who isn't a war criminal. By my standards at least. Anyway, Clinton is a pretty smooth (slick? slimy?) politician and his cult of personality was definitely in full swing with the media testifying: Clinton-Mania Hits the Bay Area.
This visit came hot on the heels of Clinton's Mano Negrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15879732622657844743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1088102547517530522004-06-24T11:38:00.000-07:002004-06-24T11:44:06.466-07:00Go Piss Off A Right-Winger...
...and see Fahrenheit 9/11. Please note that the first screening of Fahrenheit 9/11 will be at Landmark's California Theater on Center Street at 12:01AM on Friday (i.e., 12 hours from now).Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1087341617710657782004-06-15T15:42:00.000-07:002004-06-15T16:23:13.510-07:00New Legal Analysis on John Yoo's Torture Memos
Professor John Yoo's defenders on campus continue to provide the most pitiful arguments for their cause. One rocket scientist who calls himself "Meaty Fly" said "His interpretation kicks ass." Kicks ass? This isn't some Queens of the Stone Age CD we're talking about. It's not about liberals and conservatives. It's not about whether the Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1086916100175615072004-06-10T17:57:00.000-07:002004-06-10T18:09:19.513-07:00We Own The Campus Now?
Daniel Frankenstein and Jesse Gabriel were both featured prominently in the recent East Bay Express article on anti-Semitism at Berkeley, which alleged that anti-Semitism was on the increase.
According to a May 2004 article posted by the New York chapter of the United Jewish Appeal, Daniel Frankenstein sang a much more upbeat tune than what appears in the recent East Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1086908887914952162004-06-10T16:08:00.000-07:002004-06-11T12:12:06.956-07:00Israel boosters grasping at straws
Knock-off corporate weekly rag, the East Bay Express, recently found itself in the service of Micki Wienberg. It was truly a shameful bit of yellow journalism.
It sparked a good deal of commentary after Calstuff linked to it. 2 of those blog posts are available here and here.
The Berkeley Daily Planet has a good piece that addresses the issue from a Mano Negrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15879732622657844743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1086756523227811102004-06-08T18:17:00.000-07:002004-06-09T13:57:58.800-07:00BCR Senate Candidates Belong to Ministry with Christian Reconstructionist Ties
According to recent comments posted by Hovannes Abramyan on CalStuff, former Berkeley College Republican candidates for the Student Senate, Amaury Gallais and Paul LaFata, are both members of the church group, Victory Campus Ministries:
Amaury could only rely on VCM (Victory Campus Ministry), the church group both heJonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1086679569096143612004-06-07T23:27:00.000-07:002004-06-08T00:26:09.096-07:00Ronald Reagan, Berkeley Basher
Don't like the expensive tuition you and your parents have to pay. In a way, you have Ronald Reagan to thank for that. Before Reagan imposed tuition requirements on UC & CSU students, partially out of a desire to "punish" antiwar protesters and the Free Speech Movement, attendance at state universities was tuition-free. The Gropinator blog lets everyone know theJonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1086675715630357202004-06-07T23:00:00.000-07:002004-06-07T23:21:55.630-07:00Reagan the Peacemonger?
Consider this a preemptive strike against the inevitable hagiographies about Ronald Reagan that will predominate in the California Patriot this fall. Besides, unlike a lot of the BCR peanut gallery who will be assembled to cheer in Reagan's name, I can honestly say I actually met the man. (By the way, Reagan was as personable as his reputation suggested he was.) BeforeJonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1086668389713917662004-06-07T20:55:00.000-07:002004-06-07T21:20:22.586-07:00Professor Yoo's Memo Gets an F
On the right-leaning side of the Berkeley blogosphere, it's almost an article of faith that John Yoo is such a towering intellect in the field of international law that anybody who questions Yoo must be coming from a position of ignorance. What Yoo's Berkeley defenders fail to acknowledge is Yoo's profound inexperience of how international law is applied in a Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1086599191790854842004-06-07T01:26:00.000-07:002004-06-07T02:08:42.676-07:00Hugo's Post Election Round-Up, Part I
I've been busy, so I apologize for the delay. This will be a multipart post outlining my mistake, the bad, the good, and thoughts for the future.
My Mistake
Last year, I predicted that Student Action had died, much to the joy of the progressive and liberal community and campus conservatives alike. After this year's results, I have been shown incorrect in Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1086156489475489942004-06-01T22:45:00.000-07:002004-06-01T23:08:43.236-07:00Anti-Semitism Watch
The pseudonymous "petty bourgeois" at Res Ipsa Loquitur recently made the following post:
ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE WAR AGAINST COLONIZATION: RANCH RESCUE
I have been applauding the efforts of the Barnett brothers in raising public awareness as to the problem along the border.
The post by Petty Bourgeois also included a link to the organization Ranch Rescue, which was Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1086133062176427722004-06-01T16:22:00.000-07:002004-06-01T16:38:49.076-07:00Stupid J-Council Tricks
I was reading Mike Davis's ruling in the LaFata v. Defend Affirmative Action Party rehearing, but I found this quote most interesting:
A unicameral system comprised of untrained, amateur jurists who cannot legally drink alcohol, let alone practice law cannot be expected to integrate legal opinions they are not academically equipped to utilize, especially when such Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1086128103310777362004-06-01T15:13:00.000-07:002004-06-01T15:15:03.310-07:00Right-Wing Berkeley Forgets, Progressive at Cal Remembers
Berkeley Vietnam Veterans Memorial ProjectJonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1086125182973725932004-06-01T14:22:00.000-07:002004-06-01T14:26:22.973-07:00Don't Speak Too Soon
Errol Tremolada of the Patriot argued that the "Tunnel of Oppression" art project at Clerk Kerr was a complete lie:
There was another posting that read: “0 UC’s built, 2 CSU’s built, and over 100 prisons built.” Factually this is wrong as well, as construction for the new UC Merced is currently underway.
Given the current budget situation, you might want to take that back,Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1085970971907546122004-05-30T19:25:00.000-07:002004-05-30T19:36:12.150-07:00The Old Boys Need to Grow Up
Here's another highlight from DAAP's petition for a rehearing that highlights some of the incestuous corruption of the J-Council:
Subsequent to the hearing in LaFata v DAAP 2, defendants have learned that on the evening of the same day charges were filed in the instant case, Judicial Council members were discussing the charges with Paul LaFata at a hearing in an Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1085970302805647202004-05-30T18:57:00.000-07:002004-05-30T19:25:02.806-07:00The Law is An Ass...and It's Name is Mike Davis
I just got a hold of DAAP's legal briefs against the J-Council and I wanted to pass on the following highlight:
In fact, even accepting the Council’s Decision’s description of the events in question at face value, it is clear that the Council found DAAP guilty of “badgering” based upon criticism of the competence of the Justices (“personal attacksJonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1085891792851868662004-05-29T21:30:00.000-07:002004-05-29T21:53:19.886-07:00ASUC, Murderous Rage, and Calstuff.
So, seems some folks are so worked up that there are leftists on campus, that they wish death on the most visible of the folks they disagree with. Calstuff comments are currently featuring a series of comments to the effect that three campus activists should kill themselves or be killed. Astonishing, and reflects really poorly on the campus right.
I Mano Negrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15879732622657844743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1085788771428215322004-05-28T16:50:00.000-07:002004-05-28T17:02:05.943-07:00Yoo Know I'm Not That Innocent
Some may say I'm being to hard on Professor John Yoo and his role in the recent human rights abuses at Abu Ghraib in Iraq. They say that Yoo was merely a legal advisor who merely did what his client asked him to do. Needless to say, this does not pass the smell test. A 2002 Wall Street Journal story shows that John Yoo was "the man to see" when it came to Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1085779421807590322004-05-28T14:13:00.000-07:002004-05-28T14:24:58.056-07:00Do Yoo Read Me?
Welcome to Progcal where the news is all John Yoo, all the time. I just dug up this choice quote where Yoo basically defends getting the goverment to rummage through your credit card bills and library records:
Also, you don't have a constitutional right to privacy for those records. The general rule is: Once you give a record to someone else, you don't have a Fourth Amendment Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1085725400508710102004-05-27T23:17:00.000-07:002004-05-27T23:28:23.480-07:00If Yoo Love Somebody, Set Them Free
I found another legal opinion attributed to John Yoo that goes a long way toward explaining why 71% of Iraqis view the United States as occupiers rather than liberators. Here's the money quote:
Both John Yoo, a visiting professor at the University of Chicago and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and Paul Rosenzweig, a senior legal Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1085724862022920952004-05-27T23:10:00.000-07:002004-05-27T23:14:22.023-07:00It Had to Be Yoo
I've done some more research on Professor John Yoo and even I'm surprised how far his worship of untrammeled executive power can go. According to an article in the National Journal, John Yoo had considerable praise for the Bush Administration's efforts to render itself unaccountable to the judicial and legislative branches:
"The administration has been vigorous in reasserting Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1085708725213307042004-05-27T18:41:00.000-07:002004-05-27T18:45:25.213-07:00Yoo Want It, Yoo Got It
I urge everybody to check out the new blog Mere Dicta for its great coverage of the Boalt student campaign against war-crime enabler, Professor John Yoo. Here's a really great post I wanted to quote in full:
A number of people have suggested that Prof. Yoo was only "doing his job" in writing the infamous memo, answering a question posed by his client as he saw fit.
I Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1085703968160137772004-05-27T17:26:00.000-07:002004-05-27T17:53:05.286-07:00Profiling Doesn't Work, David Harris Shows Why
Check out Profiles In Injustice. Turns out all that stuff Jon brought up 2 posts back, while noble, is totally irrelevant.
Racial profiling does not work. Argumentation as to strategy or morality is unnecessary.
The evidence, as collected by the practitioners of racial profiling, shows that you are statistically less likely to catch Mano Negrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15879732622657844743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1085688436397842692004-05-27T12:59:00.000-07:002004-05-27T13:10:54.886-07:00How to Abuse ASUC Rules, Part 1: Disqualifying Your Enemies
Step 1, File an election lawsuit against a rival political party that requires that the rival party be disqualified.
Step 2, Recruit people to taunt members of the rival political party until at least one rival party member does something to get the J-Council to declare them in contempt. "Respect my authoritah!" says the J-Council in Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-108563712103204052004-05-26T22:38:00.000-07:002004-05-26T22:53:20.480-07:00Profiling Doesn't Work, Ashcroft Shows Why
I got into a debate about ethnic profiling a while back. Now while I don't want to get into charges and counter-charges ad infinitum, I would like to show how John Ashcroft makes my point for me. At a recent press conference, Attorney General Crisco Head revealed the following about U.S. intelligence reports:
Our intelligence confirms al Qaeda is Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1085635855539363572004-05-26T22:11:00.000-07:002004-05-26T22:33:07.023-07:00Lies and the Anti-Latino Liars who Tell Them
It turns out that a recent posting from David Orland at Res Ipsa Loquitur based on a column by state senator, Tom McClintock, is a complete fabrication. McClintock claimed that 7500 qualified applicants to UC Berkeley were turned away to make room for (presumably Mexican) illegal immigrants. The problem is that a Los Angeles Times investigation Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1085634594431804832004-05-26T21:53:00.000-07:002004-05-26T22:11:51.606-07:00A Patriot Blast from the Past
There is yet another parallel in the controversies involving John Yoo and Hatem Bazian. True to hypocritical form, the Patriot's most recent issue argued, "Statements like Dr. Bazian's must not go unpunished." Yet two months earlier, the Cal Patriot published a laudatory softball interview of John Yoo that barely scratched the surface of this man's Orwellian Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1085633594552584922004-05-26T21:03:00.000-07:002004-05-26T21:53:14.553-07:00Big Brother Is Watching Yoo
I heard some complaints from Progcal's right-wing "fan base" that we are posting too much on Calstuff and not enough on our own blog. Be careful what you wish for.
Anyhow, I wanted to compare the recent calls for firing the Berkeley professors, Hatem Bazian and John Yoo, coming from opposite ends of the political spectrum. I oppose all of this, because I think Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1084908149537559892004-05-18T12:18:00.000-07:002004-05-18T12:28:21.956-07:00Tragedy
The killed professor was Prof. Zelnik, a large supporter of the Slate and FSM in the 60s and a popular history professor.
That's awful. Zelnik was beloved by activists and students alike.Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1084866198603254102004-05-18T00:35:00.000-07:002004-05-18T00:43:18.603-07:00Online Voting
In response to the charge by Ben N.
The only thing UCLA does seem to do right is allow students to vote from their own computers, something our Senate (Cal-SERVE senators in particular) has dragged its feet on. It seems that Cal-SERVE is afraid of increasing voter turnout, speculating that the party has reached a ceiling as to party voter turnout, and increased accessibility to Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1084680152813434512004-05-15T20:56:00.000-07:002004-05-15T21:12:38.790-07:00A Berkeley Blogger in the News, Sort of
This is not really news nor progessive, but a picture Kevin Deenihan, of the retired CalStuff blog, graces the front page of today's Oakland Tribune. The story is on college debt, although Kevin serves as one of several anonymous Berkeley students.
A picture can be seen at the tribune's sister-paper's site.
More to come on the other events in the news...Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1084352644112591372004-05-12T01:13:00.000-07:002004-05-12T02:04:04.113-07:00Rebuttal to the Restrictionists, Part VII
vii) Immigration threatens national security.
Think of September 11th.
September 11th didn't happen because of liberal immigration policy, but because of the Bush Administration's demonstrated ineptitude in protecting this country, such as by ignoring intelligence data from the Clinton Adminstration and foreign intelligence services, shifting Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1084349456677512982004-05-12T00:50:00.000-07:002004-05-12T01:10:56.676-07:00Rebuttal to the Restrictionists, Part VI
vi) Immigration erodes the foundations of the welfare state.
Hmmm...that's funny. David Orland of Res Ipsa Loquitur actually favors the welfare state? In reality, though, Orland is only concerned about the welfare state or overpopulation or environmental degradation when they are convenient to him as a rhetorical club to attack immigrants. It's true Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1084348106497930562004-05-12T00:33:00.000-07:002004-05-12T00:48:26.496-07:00Rebuttal to the Restrictionists, Part V
v) Immigration produces cultural strife/racializes political conflict.
I quote David Orland's response in full:
In today's political environment, with every racial and ethnic minority scrambling to reclaim its share of grievance, further Third World immigration can only contribute to deepening divisions in American society. This is particularly evident Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1084341415982216882004-05-11T22:56:00.000-07:002004-05-12T00:04:43.570-07:00Rebuttal to the Restrictionists, Part IV
iv) Immigration contributes to environmental degradation.
There are two basic opposing models of the human race's impact on the Earth's natural resources pertinent to the debate on immigration: the cornucopia model and the neo-Malthusian model. According to the cornucopia model,associated with economist Julian Simon, immigration has a long-run positive Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1084256729134057012004-05-10T23:23:00.000-07:002004-05-10T23:25:29.133-07:00Good Bye
The father of Berkeley Blogs, CalStuff, has retired. I wish him well.
Now that Rory has retired too, I am the only Berkeley Blogger of the original 6 (Kevin, Rory, Amit, Joan, and Smokey) left.Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1084199762822983782004-05-10T07:12:00.000-07:002004-05-10T07:36:02.823-07:00Rebuttal to the Restrictionists, Part III
iii) Immigration generates over-population.
Again, David Orland's assertion lacks proper context. According to sociologist Douglas Massey, the average yearly rate of immigration to the United States from 1901 to 1930 was 6.3 per 1000 residents. By contrast, if you combine both legal and illegal immigration, the average yearly rate of immigration to Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1084192843771899792004-05-10T05:00:00.000-07:002004-05-10T05:40:43.770-07:00Rebuttal to the Restrictionists, Part II
ii) Immigration erodes the tax base.
According to a review of the fiscal effects of immigration on the welfare system, economist Julian Simon concluded:
From the time of entry until about l2 years later, immigrants use substantially less than do native families of such public services as welfare and unemployment compensation payments, food stamps, Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1084188062924089122004-05-10T03:54:00.000-07:002004-05-10T04:53:27.343-07:00Rebuttal to the Restrictionists, Part I
To keep things at a manageable length, I will now respond to David Orland's TheCase for Immigration Restrictionism: Eight Theses by responding to each thesis one by one:
i) Immigration depresses wages.
Orland quotes one study by George Borjas claiming that immigrants depress wages, but neglects to quote other studies by Borjas that undermine his initial Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1084164826452104862004-05-09T21:52:00.000-07:002004-05-09T21:53:46.453-07:00A New Patriot is Out
Which means a Cal Patriot Watch is already debunking article by article, line by line.Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1084147882859278842004-05-09T17:11:00.000-07:002004-05-09T17:13:37.606-07:00Post Budget, I
ASUC Budget Approved: Some Comments
Berdahl’s stipulation that $42,000 of the monies be funneled into the recruitment and retention centers raised their budgets back to their funding levels from three years ago, which have fallen steeply since then.
I wonder why their budgets were seriously cut. Oh yes; Student Action...Furtheringg a segregated campus for the new millennium: Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1083744714422364022004-05-05T01:11:00.000-07:002004-05-08T18:05:51.043-07:00A Couple Pre-Budget Meeting Questions
Will the Student Action senator who failed the L.I.E. continue to practice her twisted brand of loyalty? Let us recall her score: 18 (out of 30) on the LIE with 6 points for loyalty, 6 points for experience, and 6 points for intelligence. I won't argue with that. Why did this person get slated after failing the L.I.E. again? Oh yes, I remember now.
Will Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1083729855010098662004-05-04T21:04:00.000-07:002004-05-04T21:07:26.810-07:00Fun with Comments
I found this comment from BCR Boy in response to Res Ipsa's recent attempt at immigration debate: "Thanks for addressing this, David. That was a concerning post by ProgCal." What made the post so "concerning," BCR Boy? Is it perhaps you did not have an immediate reply to offer to it? I can just imagine BCR Boy now, overdramatizing like Shatner on a bad 3rd-season episode of Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1083697879801811132004-05-04T12:11:00.000-07:002004-05-04T12:20:45.373-07:00Res Ipsa Restorts To Straw Man, Admits Defeat
I thank Res Ipsa for giving me a respite from the recent ASUC electoral coverage by giving me an opportunity to discuss their alleged rebuttal of my criticism of Res Ipsa and Hovannes Abramyan's stance on immigration. First, if you notice clearly, the Res Ipsa post does not include any direct quotes from my own argument, but instead it only includesJonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1083623237019154572004-05-03T15:27:00.000-07:002004-05-03T18:41:55.733-07:00CalStuff Reveals Its True Colors
CalStuff correspondent Andy Jessup recently sent the following comment to Progcal:
I dont necessarily agree with you on national politics Jon, but I cant respect what you post. Stay out of ASUC business you're clueless about.
Hmm... I can understand getting this flak from Mike Davis or Paul LaFata, but CalStuff is supposed to be a reasonably objective account Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1083617042015719412004-05-03T13:44:00.000-07:002004-05-03T13:46:58.186-07:00I'll Take ASUC Contradictions, Hairsplitting, and Election-Stealing for $800, Alex
The latest nonsense in the ASUC election follies deals with Mike Davis and Paul LaFata's efforts to twist the concept of "double jeopardy" as it suits them. Their legal reasoning is so warped that they've probably seen one too many Ashley Judd movies. A recent Calstuff post indicated that LaFata had attempted toJonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1083614689433088792004-05-03T13:04:00.000-07:002004-05-03T13:07:46.123-07:00Call in the Cavalry
According to the ASUC Election By-Laws, a "neutral third party" must be used to ensure the integrity of the elections. Here are the relevant provisions of the by-laws.
5.1 Contract With Third Parties
1. In order to ensure the integrity of the elections, the Elections Council shall contract with a neutral third party to observe and assist in ASUC Elections.
2. The Neutral Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1083388130687151872004-04-30T22:08:00.000-07:002004-04-30T22:11:58.483-07:00Who Won?
All this arguing about the election lawsuits is getting ridiculous, because we should not lose sight of what really matters: Who did the student body actually vote into office? What purpose does it serve to keep the election results secret until the summertime? For this reason, I am putting out an all-points bulletin for any informant in Eshleman Hall (for the moment, I'll call him/Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1083365796509202882004-04-30T15:56:00.000-07:002004-04-30T16:02:07.560-07:00When It Comes to the Rules, Davis Gets Schooled
Today's newsbriefs section in the Daily Cal has proven to be an embarassment of riches. Unlike doing things like...I don't know...actually trying to win elections, Student Action and its lackeys, Paul LaFata and Mike Davis, have usurped a great deal of political control on this campus by claiming that they...and only they...have true knowledge ofJonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1083279238556881222004-04-29T15:53:00.000-07:002004-04-29T16:00:05.216-07:00Secret Agent Man
When he filed his suits against CalSERVE, Paul LaFata claimed, "I am not an agent of Student Action." Yet, if you look at the post below this one, you'll see that Paul LaFata is now Misha Leybovich's counsel in Misha's suit against David Garcia and Kenny Kroll.
Hmmm... Why don't I look up the meaning of the word "agent" in the dictionary?
According to the Oxford English Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1083278721957379202004-04-29T15:45:00.000-07:002004-04-29T15:48:27.983-07:00The Further Misadventures of LaFata the LawGiver...
According to a recent Daily Cal newsbrief, "David Garcia and Queer Resource Facilitator Kenny Kroll charged that Leybovich abused his power as an ASUC official when he included his senator title at the bottom of the e-mail."
Strangely enough, LaFata argued that Misha Leybovich's spam e-mails do not constitute a violation of election laws:
Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1083264997431563942004-04-29T11:56:00.000-07:002004-04-29T12:22:13.296-07:00756
Apparently ProgCal is the 756th most visited blog on the internet according to Sitemeter. Pretty good considering that there are over 100,000 blogs.
Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1083182639732779222004-04-28T13:03:00.000-07:002004-04-28T13:09:31.700-07:00When the Hypocrites Attack
Hovannes Abramyan replied to my previous post calling him out for hypocrisy on his position on immigration. Since I think his posting deserves a more detailed rebuttal, I decided to post some supporting documentation here on the blog:
1) Brimelow, and others who take issue with the 1965 Immigration Act, do so for the following reasons: immigration levels were Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1083124415225985132004-04-27T20:53:00.000-07:002004-04-27T20:56:39.373-07:00VDARE To Be Stupid, Part II
Hovannes Abramyan is an occasional blogger on the anti-immigrant Res Ipsa Loquitur, which reveres VDARE founder Peter Brimelow, a supporter of repealing the 1965 Immigration Act. What's rather ironic about Abramyan's contribution to the blog is that, if the 1965 Immigration Act had never been passed, Abramyan would not be at Berkeley today, because his family almost Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1083010636708721742004-04-26T13:17:00.000-07:002004-04-26T13:22:16.060-07:00Isn't It Obvious
The folks at CalStuff are beginning to see the light. Paul LaFata's fanatical crusade against CalSERVE lacks substance.
Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1083010457947183332004-04-26T13:14:00.000-07:002004-04-26T13:22:27.263-07:00A Fortiori Signs Off
The best of us has posted for the last time.
Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1082793760852735432004-04-24T01:02:00.000-07:002004-04-24T01:06:12.153-07:00Comments Gone for the Weekend
At the request of a frequent conservative visitor, I have removed the comments. This person was concerned that his or her identity had been revealed in the comments by me. I believed that because this person uses the same alias for his or her non-anonymous blog, I was OK in mentioning the name. Oh well. Enetation is broken and not allowing us to log in to delete theProgressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1082667469560553542004-04-22T13:57:00.000-07:002004-04-22T16:51:45.233-07:00LaFata the LawGiver
CalFiles recently posted Paul LaFata's suit against CalSERVE and I still cannot understand why LaFata has such a reputation for invincibility before the Judicial Council. The most absurd charge is LaFata's accusation that CalSERVE engaged in "significantly restricting the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic on campus," because some CalSERVE members participated in a Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1082584822018526582004-04-21T15:00:00.000-07:002004-04-21T15:04:32.903-07:00VDARE To Be Stupid
Right-wing Berkeley blog, Res Ipsa Loquitur, approvingly links to the anti-immigrant VDARE website. Some of the Berkeley wingnut population would have you believe that VDARE is just some harmless conservative site endorsing "immigration reform," but the history of VDARE's founder Peter Brimelow suggests a more racist agenda. Here's a letter from the ACLU's Ira Glasser Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1082571703734683532004-04-21T11:21:00.000-07:002004-04-21T15:07:45.420-07:00Killing with Kindness
Daily Cal coverage of Natan Sharansky's visit to Berkeley was a bit dull for me, not as meaty as the SF Chronicle's far superior article on the subject. As a comparison of the two articles makes clear, the Daily Cal completely whitewashes Sharansky's status as an obstructionist in Ariel Sharon's plans to withdraw from parts of Gaza and the West Bank, while attempting to Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1082570706570933502004-04-21T11:05:00.000-07:002004-04-21T11:09:07.186-07:00Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't
Howdy ho! My name is Jon P, aka Jon Pennington. I'm the new mystery poster invited to post here at ProgCal. I first met Mano as an undergrad at Brown University, when the university first started installing blue security lights in response to feminist activism against sexual assault. Back in those days, blue lights were dismissed by feminist-bashers as aJonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1082448852138538202004-04-20T01:14:00.000-07:002004-04-20T01:17:08.966-07:00New Poster Coming
I have invited a new poster to join our ranks here at ProgCal. This person has joined the team and hopefully will be posting soon! I am unsure as to whether we'll have another anonymous poster or whether this poster will use his/her name as Mano and Paul have done.
Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1082186732520265622004-04-17T00:25:00.000-07:002004-04-17T00:31:03.140-07:00Have any of these LaFata fans actually read the bylaws?
If they are the same ones I'm reading, then the suit seems incredibly stretched... Not of the usual LaFata caliber. The relevant statues:6. Purchasing paid political advertising, or soliciting unpaid political advertising, in an ASUC-Sponsored Publication.To show this violation you would have to prove the candidate or party (1) SOLICITED Mano Negrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15879732622657844743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1082100822432979762004-04-16T00:33:00.000-07:002004-04-16T00:39:14.373-07:00Some Comments Reprinted
from Kevin's Site's Comments
As usual, LaFata doesn't know what hes talking about.
BHSA does not receive any money from the GA. Seems like he got that one wrong. oops.
The rest seems like a bunch of petty crap as well. They left flyers in the wrong place? Come on.
Does SA really think that students want this stupid election to turn into Bush v. Gore? they already don'tProgressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1081814947655681812004-04-12T17:09:00.000-07:002004-04-12T17:12:47.326-07:00Pam O'Leary
Just to point out the obvious: Pam O'Leary is an admitted Republican. She was in Florida in 2000.
Giving us George W. Bush: DONE.
Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1081756063146745432004-04-12T00:47:00.000-07:002004-04-12T01:41:26.810-07:00Daily Cal Endorsement Predictions 2004, President
Renita Chaney and Jake Kloberdanz Toss Up.
This endorsement will take the Daily Cal editorial board a long time. The decision between Renita Chaney and Jake Kloberdanz will be incredibly hard for them.
The Daily Cal will not endorse Misha Leybovich. His once promising career has turned a shell of its former self. The Daily Cal will not respectProgressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1081752749797815552004-04-11T23:52:00.000-07:002004-04-12T09:52:46.293-07:00Daily Cal Endorsement Predictions 2004, Executive Vice President
Karina Sarabia-Delgado
So, this one will be closer for the Daily Cal. Luckily, Student Action has followed the Han Hong model once again and run one of their weakest senators for the position. Student Action is hoping that the Daily Cal will forget a number of things in making their endorsement. The first thing Student Action Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1081748549870597842004-04-11T22:42:00.000-07:002004-04-12T01:16:47.186-07:00Why CalSERVE Will Sweep Again...
...and what went wrong in the past.
I'll take a short break from making my 2004 election predictions to discuss why I am confident that CalSERVE will sweep the elections again. There is one reason that Student Action was dominant in elections for a number of years: Proposition 209. Ward Connerly's proposition was the best thing that ever happened to Student Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1081746082853687792004-04-11T22:01:00.000-07:002004-04-11T22:04:23.360-07:00Daily Cal Endorsement Predictions 2004, External Affairs Vice President
Liz Hall.
The Daily Cal editorial board will endorse Liz Hall with little internal debate. Such little debate that I need not spend much time going over the different candidates. Few people [if any?] on campus have as much experience as Liz with lobbying activities. Her resume boasts extensive experience working with the Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1081730563630609892004-04-11T17:42:00.000-07:002004-04-11T21:33:11.466-07:00Daily Cal Endorsement Predictions 2004, Academic Affairs Vice President
Mike Sheen. This one is not even close.
The Daily Cal will not endorse Rocky Gade. If there was any doubt on this endorsement before Saturday, the Daily Cal debate convincingly settled this point. As the Daily Cal article last week makes clear, Rocky is seen by the Daily Cal as being insincere, to say the least. "When Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1081416666392626322004-04-08T02:31:00.000-07:002004-04-08T02:33:51.000-07:00Good old "Moderate" Student Action, Part 2
The Cal Patriot, Berkeley's own reactionary press, has endorsed the entire Student Action slate.
Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1081415743677961492004-04-08T02:15:00.000-07:002004-04-08T02:28:35.826-07:00Could Student Action's Slate Be Any Less Qualified?? Part 1
Let's compare:
External Vice President
Job Description: "A liaison between UC Berkeley students and local and state government"
Liz Hall's External Experience
• Legislative Liaison for UC Students Association [the system wide policy body that loves CalSERVE because after years of SA inactivity, Berkeley is finally doing something]
Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1080634059703536302004-03-30T00:07:00.000-08:002004-03-30T09:09:25.670-08:00In Answer. Real People. Real Issues.
Last year, Anu Joshi ran the voter registration drive. Then she became External Affairs Vice-President. She took over an office that was used to its leader doing nothing, and made it a productive part of the ASUC. Here's a tiny bit of what a CalSERVE External Affairs VP can do:
- Played a major role in defending student research and health while promoting Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1080630638069854572004-03-29T23:10:00.000-08:002004-03-29T23:13:13.793-08:00Old Senate Bill
Respectfully submitted to the Senate of the Associated Students of the University of California
Spring 2003
SB108
My Big Fat Greek Elections Reform Bill
Authored Senator Misha Leybovich
Sponsored by Senator Misha Leybovich
Resolved: Title IV, Section 13.3.6 of the ASUC By-Laws shall read:
6. Violating University regulations and/or city law pertaining to posting and/or Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1080257124336152722004-03-25T15:25:00.000-08:002004-03-25T15:28:14.373-08:00Good old "Moderate" Student Action
Brothers in arms.Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1079932044582516332004-03-21T21:07:00.000-08:002004-03-21T21:10:44.590-08:00Another Misleading Rumor (i.e. Lie) Debunked
Someone over on the comments on CalStuff is trying to blame CalSERVE for the budget problems at the beginning of the year. I commented there, but it deserves mention here. The budget problems were inherited from Student Action. One problem in particular deserves special note:
"The major budget error was a direct result of Student Action's Lauren Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1079639790323077132004-03-18T11:56:00.000-08:002004-03-19T01:47:07.530-08:00CalSERVE, BEARS United and the Greek Community
Recently, in the Berkeley blogging community, misinformation has been circulated about CalSERVE's relationship with the Greek Community. For anyone who has been paying attention recently (last four years or so), it will be clear that CalSERVE represents Greek students. It's last two presidential candidates were both Greek. The last few years, Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1079485048429921902004-03-16T16:57:00.000-08:002004-03-16T17:02:38.060-08:00Leadership
The Daily Cal just doesn't get Renita:
"In last week’s slating, progressive CalSERVE returned to its roots and decided to use its current lock on the ASUC to boost a black woman into the presidency."
After the DC spends time talking to Renita, it will be clear to them that Renita decided to use her leadership skills to boost CalSERVE, not the other way around.
"The party also is Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1079482440941106552004-03-16T16:14:00.000-08:002004-03-16T17:02:56.546-08:00Values?
For the second year in a row, Student Action has slated candidates who lack integrity and switch sides whenever it suits them. As we saw with Frankenstein last year, voters don't like hypocrites.
Rocky "Hypocrite" Gade
Says the DC: "Fresno Party Senator Rocky Gade, who won a senate seat with an anti-Student Action campaign."
Apparently, this Rocky has knocked-out any integrity he had.Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1079381662314330102004-03-15T12:14:00.000-08:002004-03-16T17:03:15.200-08:00Thank You, Daily Cal
You finally got it:
"One hundred and fifty members from 50 different groups nominated potential candidates and voted on them in Thursday night’s meeting."
Years of SA corruption followed by 1 year of CalSERVE revival have shown student groups the difference. That is why so many people from such diverse backgrounds burned the night away at the community meeting; every one Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1079320973007603232004-03-14T19:22:00.000-08:002004-03-14T19:25:27.110-08:00Next Year's ASUC Executives
Announcing CalSERVE's executive slate:
President: Renita
Executive VP: Karina
External VP: Liz
Academic Affairs VP: Mike
Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1079125813760696362004-03-12T13:10:00.000-08:002004-03-12T13:12:32.123-08:00The Community Speaks
Over one-hundred community representatives have chosen CalSERVE's new slate. I can honestly say this is the most exciting slate I've seen in a while. The experience and the leadership of the slate is incredible. CalSERVE is ready to re-sweep the executive offices and take the Senate.Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1078994785640133842004-03-11T00:46:00.000-08:002004-03-11T01:01:39.013-08:00Daily Daily Cal Review
Well, at least the number is getting closer to the truth. (Note that there is no mention of yesterday's Daily Cal debacle.)
Adil Khan puts to rest the DC's apparent concern with the process:
“They are just the growing pains of working in a broad-based coalition.”
In doing so, he's also recognized the reason CalSERVE will win again: it is a broad-based coalition Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1078942792942602092004-03-10T10:19:00.000-08:002004-03-10T12:32:18.640-08:00In the News
So, the Daily Cal has decided to write on CalSERVE's internal process.
While Student Action’s slating process is confined to a core of senior party members, winning a seat on CalSERVE’s slate hinges on approval from their “community”—a coalition of close to 20 progressive student groups.
Well, that's true in spirit, but not in details. Student Action is famous for its Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1078942439421329852004-03-10T10:13:00.000-08:002004-03-10T10:19:41.903-08:00LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE
This will be the third election covered by ProgCal.Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1064790208993716972003-09-28T16:03:00.000-07:002003-09-28T16:03:29.090-07:00ProgCal Quiz!
How many students did ASUC External VP Anu Joshi and the GA register to vote for this year's special election? (in 4 weeks)
How many students did Anu and the GA register to vote last year?
The winner gets to post on this blog. Email.Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1064632717015824382003-09-26T20:16:00.000-07:002003-09-28T00:40:58.310-07:00Looking for a Dean Supporter
The national Dean campaign blog has this blog on their sidebar. I do not want to disappoint them. Any active Dean supporters on campus want to blog on Dean issues? Email me.Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1064563284337252432003-09-26T00:50:00.002-07:002003-09-26T20:32:35.616-07:00Student Action, BCR: Don't Talk
The past week has been beat-up on CalSERVE week. Berkeley students should realize a couple of things. For instance, Lauren Hubbert is really not one to be throwing criticism around. How can you, of all people, say "This move comes just weeks after an emergency budget meeting cut student group funding by $7,000"
Lauren, do not think that your mistake has been Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-1063133995948793272003-09-09T11:59:00.000-07:002003-09-09T12:22:05.343-07:00Prop 54, conservative agendas, and CalServe comes out swinging
Interesting article in the DC today, "Mental" Ward Connerly seems to be giving up hope. Which is a good thing, as Prop 54 needs to die. But lets play with it a bit, and let me deconstruct Prop 54 for you.
Prop 54 would ban the collection of racial identity information by the government (it is currently allowed and one cannot Mano Negrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15879732622657844743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-945563392003-05-18T18:04:00.000-07:002003-05-18T18:04:40.290-07:00Howard Dean vs. Paul Wellstone
As many of you know, I spent two years of my college career (1997-99) building up grassroots support for the late Senator Paul Wellstone's presidential campaign in 2000. Wellstone was planning to run a left-wing challenge to Al Gore in the primaries, and I believe that he would be a much more spirited and successful challenger than the flop that Bill Bradley endedPaul Hogarth (SF)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05430157990526074486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-941874172003-05-11T22:51:00.000-07:002003-05-11T22:51:23.560-07:00Hey folks, here's a letter I just sent to the New York Times. Too early to tell if they will print it or not, but it's always worth a try!!
Howard Dean shows leadership on Health Care
To the Editor:
As a Medical Doctor, Howard Dean is the only Presidential candidate who can really be trusted on health care ("Dean Will Offer Health Plan to Compete With Gephardt's" 05/12/03.) While other Paul Hogarth (SF)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05430157990526074486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-939122832003-05-06T23:22:00.000-07:002003-05-06T23:33:05.000-07:00CalSERVE Rises, SA Falls
Note to the Daily Cal: There is no hyphen in CalSERVE, there never was, and there never will be. Please look at the ballot.
The Results
President: Kris Cuaresma-Primm (CalSERVE)
Executive VP: Taina Gomez (CalSERVE)
External VP: Anu Joshi (CalSERVE)
Academic VP: Gustavo Mata (CalSERVE)
Student Advocate: Richard Schulman (Squelch!)
Proposition: Yes 88% No 12%
Senators
Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-924193452003-04-11T03:25:00.000-07:002003-04-11T03:25:24.000-07:00Take that, Kevin Sabet
Interesting op-ed on one aspect of the drug war.
Barely related but more fun: It's interesting that a former Student Action/BECS/Unite signatory wants to crush the "evil" users of medical marijuana. "Preventing cancer patients from receiving treatment" DONEProgressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470945.post-923513262003-04-10T03:16:00.000-07:002003-04-10T03:16:35.186-07:00Election Nightmare
The Daily Cal's account:
The ASUC postponed elections until Monday after the second day of mishaps at the polls.
ASUC members spent hours deliberating whether to postpone elections for two weeks or continue the second day of voting today.
Joe Henchman asked me to provide his account:
I am writing this because I am sure that Thursday will be filled with curses and Progressivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14910886441998984113noreply@blogger.com