Spring Break
Still more wanted from A.S.
Tara Duffy
Issue date: 4/8/08 Section: News
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The student was one of about 30 students who listened to six of the 14 candidates running for A.S. office, who promoted themselves and answered three questions in a half hour.
Students were asked to hold off on other questions for today's candidate crossfire, which is scheduled for noon in the Ohlone Room in the Student Union.
A few of the candidates spoke of plans to put up fliers around campus to let students know about different issues and events and to get more students involved with SJSU.
One of the questions that was asked was, "What I'm trying to say is what specifically are you going to do? Put up fliers, like 'come to these events'? What are you going to do to push the voice of the students?"
The questioning student went on to say that he didn't feel that fliers were enough of a plan to get students motivated.
Christopher Palumbo, who is running for uncontested position of director of student resource affairs, had an answer to the problem of student apathy. Palumbo hopped up, eager to answer the question.
"Ride me around on the back of a golf cart screaming at people," Palumbo said. "Get some attention. Ain't nobody going to jail over anything politically right now. They don't care enough."
Most of the students that came to the forum were apparently friends of the candidates, as they hugged and cheered on selected candidates.
"I know a lot of people running - I wanted to join A.S. myself," said Deanna Sisneros, 19, a sophomore English major, "but I don't have the time. I came to support friends and A.S. in general."
There was a pamphlet that was passed around that featured all the A.S. candidates, and a short message on why people should vote for them.
"I came out here because I know people running, and I was wondering, 'should I vote for them because I know them, or because of what they stand for?'" said Kavita Padia, 19, a sophomore child development major. "They have told me why I should vote for them, but I wanted to see beyond the pamphlet, and see what they stand for."
One student wanted to see if the candidates had any real plan in place for change at SJSU.
"Well, I wanted to see what changed from a couple of years ago when I was on A.S. it didn't seem like anybody cared about anything at all," said Wilson Kong, 21, a sophomore biology major. "Getting people to do stuff-even harder getting people to care about what's going on. This is a commuter school, so it's even harder to get people involved."
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