Spring Break
EDITORIAL--ASI: Much Ado About Nothing
When Josh Wood wrote these words before the beginning of last semester, there was the sense that good news was forthcoming. President Alexander Gonzalez unveiled Destination 2010, and for the first time in a long time Sacramento State students could be optimistic about the positive changes at their university.
Then the ASI board spent most of last semester untangling the Lange-Barajas fiasco, supporting a costly failed special election and dealing with internal strife that lead to the resignation of board member Meika Stoddard. Basically, they were paid to play politics with nothing to show for the efforts.
The first six weeks of the spring semester have been a struggle to find qualified individuals to fill the board's four vacant positions.
Filling these positions is important, but it's time to get to work. Instead of bringing ideas to the table about issues that really matter to students, the ASI board has spent the first six weeks of this semester debating board spots and revising the election code -- things that are insignificant to the big picture. The election code is important and should be amended, but they only affect the fraction of campus that will run for a student government position.
At last week's meeting, board members bickered at each other over whose piece of "legislation"was better to appoint a board director . The purpose of the two pieces of "legislation" was to appoint the same person.
With less than nine weeks left in the semester, it's time for the ASI leadership to hit the road, put their foot on the gas pedal and accomplish some of the goals Josh Wood set down at the beginning of his term.