<p>Just curious, do ASUC(k) senators really have any real political power on campus? Just strikes me how much effort some people are putting into this. I would hate for it to just be part of resume-building... </p>
<p>What do guys think of ASUC elections?</p>
<p>Stat-padding like Lebron James</p>
<p>Why even vote. They’re all commies…</p>
<p>I hate to be so skeptical (not really), but I’d bet my fur that most, if not all, the candidates are in it for the resume building. This makes all the people harassing me when I walk through Sproul plaza even more irritating.</p>
<p>I like to entertain them. I let them walk with me and explain their platforms and I nod my head as if in agreement. And then when they ask me what I think, I ask, Can you bring In n Out here? And they give me a look like I’m crazy, but I just walk away. Like a boss.</p>
<p>lol @batman. I like to feel popular, so I let them walk with me. Its like having a friend! yayyyy…</p>
<p>^^ Batman ■■■■ haha, seriously?</p>
<p>ive been wanting a pair of over-ear headphones for a while now and i finally got em, and now that its election season (which i could care less about), they are coming in mighty handy. i just point to them and mouth i cant hear you and sort of thumbs up them and just walk away. i wish i had the guts to ask them for in n out though lol</p>
<p>^ Ahahahhah. I’m guilty of that as well.</p>
<p>Oh… oops. My post was directed at sllamas, not W4C.</p>
<p>The have some power in that they help control the ASUC’s budget, which I think is around $1.6 million. In the context of all of the money that UC Berkeley has, it isn’t a ridiculous amount. But it is something.</p>
<p>It probably IS for resume building. One of the girls is president in the dorms and is just trying to get positions like this.</p>
<p>Make no mistake, it is for resume building.</p>
<p>However, just keep in mind that they’re one of the only ways that the student population has any say in what happens. While the hardcore administrative stuff is handled by university administration, the softer non-educational parts of the college experience is handled by ASUC.</p>
<p>ASUC is what provides funding for several of the extracurricular activities I participate in, and exactly which activities get funded depends on who’s in it.</p>
<p>That said, I doubt all the campaign efforts they do have any real power. The real power comes from who they know and thru word-of-mouth. Personally, everyone I voted for on the ballot, I either personally knew or had a mutual friend (and not just thru Facebook).</p>
<p>Yeah, these elections to me seem more on who you know personally than their actual platform. It’s like high school, but simply to a lesser degree. I doubt many have taken the election seriously (ie. viewing each candidates platform, and making a fair judgment). And this process is too time-consuming for most students.</p>
<p>I don’t vote Student Action because all their signs say UniteGrssk, and I don’t know what a Grssk is.</p>
<p>Seriously, if your party consistently can’t spell, you will not get my vote. The concept of using a sigma instead of an E to make something look special is nonsense.</p>