UT Students: Please Make This Happen
by David Hooper on Mar 30, 2009 2:21 PM EDT
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PrintMonday and Tuesday of this week are the voting days for UT's student government next year. In addition to the usual t-shirt-wielding hordes of ad hoc campaignees, the best campaign posters I've ever seen are all over campus today:
In the sandbox that is student government, why not? I have no idea if Berry is actually involved in this campaign, but let's at least give him the opportunity to decline the nomination if he so chooses.
(FYI: the two campaigns on campus are named "Move" and "Evolve" respectively. That explains the header to the poster.)
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TUEDAY MARCH 31
That’s the best part.
"Florida didnt win their first SEC title until 1991 and now they think they invented football."
-Ron Zook
Heh. Yeah.
Scanned in exactly as written. I’m guessing that whoever had this axe to grind against student government wasn’t exactly in worried about quality.
by David Hooper on Mar 30, 2009 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s only missing because Berry needed it for his post-victory superhero outfit.
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by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 30, 2009 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
nice, rec'd
"Florida didnt win their first SEC title until 1991 and now they think they invented football."
-Ron Zook
He has got my vote
I saw him today sitting on the stairs at the end of the pedestrian walkway next to all those SGA campaign tents…he’s the man
I saw Gerald Jones near the SGA campaign tents
Rocking the Jheri Curl.
I hate SGA campaign time. I do enjoy an opportunity to put on on my “leave me alone” face, though. Well, I guess I always wear that… it’s just completely justified during this time.
The SGA campaign season was a great time to meet new girls
I would say 70% of the people involved in SGA were attractive girls. So even though I believed SGA to be silly and ridiculous on several different levels, the utilitarian in me thought it wise to jump on board with one of the campaigns (by running for some ridiculously low-level position (like SGA student representative for the college of engineering) or by simply passing out donuts one day or doing some other menial tasks) and meet some cute ladies in the process.
The Plot Thickens!
I was foiled In my attempt to write-in Berry with the online voting page. The procedure is to submit the first few letters of the last name, then to click on the appropriate name out of a list generated by your entry. Of all the students on campus with the last name “Berry”, a certain Eric is conspicuously absent.
The political machines are blocking the people’s candidate!
(Well, that or he’s already requested to have his name removed, which is far more likely. And I can’t say that I’d blame him.)
I thought of that as soon as I voted, argh
Maybe it will give Teardrops more incentive to stick around if he’s holding office!
by Getoffmyvols on Mar 30, 2009 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Think I should post up that ticket for the morning?
It’s not everyday I have an excuse to put both Berry and Smith in a headline together. Besides, it’s a lot more fun than actual student government.
by David Hooper on Mar 30, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Here you go.
Click on the big “VOTE NOW” on this page.
by David Hooper on Mar 30, 2009 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions
P.S.
SGA elections were my least favroite time of year. I ALWAYS voted for that one guy that thought hewould be cute by making a t-shirt with a sharpie and wearing it around campus…
Actually that was just one year then I just stopped voting.
I had the heisman pose perfected by the end of that week every year.
“no I will not wear your t-shirt, accept your campaign literature or vote for you who obviously do not understand the concept of wasteful spending.” Kablam! Stiff arm!!
by Prometheus1185 on Mar 31, 2009 4:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Honorable mention to:
“Abortion = Genocide”
and
“You’re going to hell if you…”
Sorry for the triple post.
by Prometheus1185 on Mar 31, 2009 4:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Good.
Student government is a sandbox. It’s their place to practice hands-on without causing any real harm. If they want to spend daddy’s money on campaigns just to watch the most popular guy on campus get a free write-in campaign, that’s a part of the experience.
I don’t have any animosity toward them at all. College is about learning new things and having new experiences. It’s a shame they follow the same bloated patterns of our own government rather than innovate a little more, but it is what it is and they’re gaining from it. And I can ignore with the best of them.
Though I might troll through to see if they have some bribes free food…
by David Hooper on Mar 31, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Aside
I live in DeKalb County, GA and ran a write-in “campaign” to be Cobb County, GA tax commissioner. I received three votes.
I love Cobb County because they publish a list of all the names people write in.
"Florida didnt win their first SEC title until 1991 and now they think they invented football."
-Ron Zook
Someone used an emoticon in the write-in vote?!? Wow.
by David Hooper on Mar 31, 2009 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
That was one of my favorites
"Florida didnt win their first SEC title until 1991 and now they think they invented football."
-Ron Zook
by rustytanton on Mar 31, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
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