Bailey makes empty promises
I’m writing regarding what should be recognized as dirty politics on the part of ASUO Executive candidates Eric Bailey and Jeff Oliver. Their actions during the campaign have been at best questionable and at worst outright underhanded.
During a visit to the Kappa Delta sorority house — which lost one of its sisters to meningococcal meningitis earlier this year — Bailey pledged, if elected, to immunize all students at the University for this disease. This is a promise his office does not have the jurisdiction to fulfill and was a shameless attempt to gain votes in the wake of a campus tragedy.
Furthermore, Bailey and Oliver filed a trumped-up grievance against fellow ASUO Executive candidates Bret Jacobson and Matt Cook last week, in which Jacobson and Cook were disqualified for simply placing small fliers on the floor outside several dorm rooms. However, Bailey and Oliver are both resident assistants, and their posters and fliers are omnipresent in numerous dorms.
Put simply, Bailey and Oliver recognized they weren’t going to make the general election — which would have been the case had they not filed this grievance — and thus picked Jacobson and Cook off like so many clay pigeons.
This is just the sort of behavior that degrades the ASUO and leads to the campus’ disdain for the elections process. I urge my fellow students not to vote for Bailey and Oliver in this year’s election.
Brian Carlson
junior
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A Shining example
I humbly submit this opinion in support of someone I know who is running for the Lane Community College Board. Dennis Shine is the kind of man you want on any board you care about. He is smart, honest and dedicated. Shine works well with others and brings a lifetime of experience that is invaluable.
Shine was a business and economics instructor at Fresno City College from 1968-1993, when he retired. Ha! Retired, the man is busier than some people I know. He is a part-time instructor at LCC, an appointed member of the Lane County Human Rights Committee (which is where I know him from), Springfield Station Plan Steering Committee and a citizen member of the City of Eugene Police Hiring Committee. I also know he is very active in the fight for human rights with the NAACP.
As LCC grows and changes, we need people like Shine at the helm. Please vote for Dennis Shine by March 13.
June Harris
program director
Hillel at the University of Oregon
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Brooklyn and Nair focused on issues
Every day last week, I was approached by students encouraging me to vote in the ASUO elections. I have only one thing to say to them: Thank you. Students gave their time to inform me and others about the issues and the candidates.
From the results of the primaries, I was very glad to see that the best candidates, Nilda Brooklyn and Joy Nair, received the greatest amount of votes for the ASUO Executive.
While some candidates were busy defending themselves from grievances and other candidates were occupied by filing them, Brooklyn and Nair have focused on the issues. Making the ASUO more accessible to the entire student body would be a large undertaking, though Brooklyn and Nair possess the leadership abilities and experience to see it through.
Having held positions this year such as the ASUO Multicultural Advocate and a University of Oregon Student Ambassador, Brooklyn and Nair have both exhibited their interest in reaching out to students.
I am sure that through the positions of ASUO president and vice president, Brooklyn and Nair will encourage larger portions of the student body to become involved with the ASUO, while also acting as advocates for students on our campus, in the community and on the state level.
Although it was not a large percentage of the student body that took part in the ASUO primaries, for those of you who did exercise your right to vote, thank you. For those students who voted for Brooklyn and Nair — job well done.
E. Joelle McPherson
freshman
undeclared
