The votes are in

I don't know if anyone noticed, but I started a little poll on the sidebar:

Is ASUO something that should be taken seriously, or is it a giant joke?

I spelled 'seriously' wrong on purpose (you know I'm lying). Of the 8 people who have voted, three are twitter users, four are old school internet users, and one actually thinks that this whole ASUO thing is serious business.

There's still a couple of days for the twitter users to defeat the oldschool webbies. And yes, the 'serious ASUO' crowd still has a chance to win too.

True Blue has a website (and their platform is hillarious)

It's true. The lollerz of the True Blue campaign have launched a website with campaign information. Their platform page is particularly ambitious, which makes it all the more humerus.

Here are some of the things they want to accomplish while in office... but in all likelihood will never be able to:

1. Advocate for open source textbooks and implement a textbook exchange program that saves students money -- Many campaigns have promised this, but most sucessful candidates have either forgotten this campaign promise or have otherwise been unable to deliver. Don't expect anything different from True Blue.
2. Take students to Salem three times every term to advocate for Higher Education issues -- Former president Emily McClain was barely able to do this once a term (or year, I can't remember which), and she was more of a bleeding heart than the True Blue campaigners are. And if this were to be implemented, what sort of support would students receive if the issues they wanted to raise were not 'in line' with True Blue ideology (for example, lowering the I Fee by cutting student services)?
3. Push for the creation of a universal campus cash system applicable in both UO Housing and the EMU Food Services -- They would be fighting the EMU, housing and catering. Good luck with that.
   
4. Create a Congressional Action Center that will provide students with the opportunity to engage in phone calls or letter writing to their Senator or Congressman -- This one is confusing. Can't we as students pick up our own phones or write our own letters to our congress?
   
5. Renovate the EMU by investing in energy efficient heating systems, while simultaneously bringing revenue-generating business to the EMU -- How do they plan to do this? "We will utilize the Oregon Business Energy Tax Credit funds , which are not collected from student fees, in order to update the EMU’s heating and energy sources." Good luck with that. Not to sound like a cynic or anything, but...
   
6. Institutionalize the UO Bike Loan Program to encourage alternative transportation methods to campus and alleviate the strain on campus parking -- ...and increasing student fees.

Visit their website for more of their interesting platform ideas.

I hear Oregon Action Team is going to put up a website too. We'll post their shenanigans as soon as they do.

LOLerz (ASUO Presidential Candidates) refuse spending cap

(Read it here)

Last year's president spent close to $10,000 to become the head of Eugene's biggest circus. The real question is this: Do other ASUO candidates have deep enough pockets to make this year's election as entertaining as last years? 

First Post

This is my first attempt at posting. Kind of want to see what stuff is gonna look like on this blog.

ASUO is so funny. OMFG Lolz!