Letters to the editor
Candidate removal unjust
ASUO leadership should be
determined by the many, not lim
ited by the few as would be done
by the ASUO Elections Board. It
is a perversion of the process and
simply undemocratic to kick can
didates for public office out of an
election unless those candidates
commit a violation that will sub
stantially affect the outcome of
the vote. I do not believe the alle
gations against C.J. Gabbe and Pe
ter Larson, even if proven true, fit
this criteria. Further, sponsoring
an International Students Associ
ation coffee hour to encourage
general voter participation does
n’t mean these candidates were
soliciting votes and doesn’t mean
they did anything wrong. Voter
education strengthens the demo
cratic process and talking about
the issues is just good politics.
At the sacrifice of choice and
built on shaky allegations, this
decision was made. Be assured
that kicking them out is serving
someone’s political agenda. It
would seem the ASUO Constitu
tion Court agrees the student
body should be permitted to
weigh in on this issue, and we ap
plaud them for their careful con
sideration and adherence to the
public process.
We want to make it clear that
Gabbe and Larson aren’t the only
“lambs” in the ASUO political
slaughterhouse; it’s the right to
choose your leaders on the chop
ping block today. I believe it is the
very integrity of your campus
democracy in question here. I just
hope your student body will get
to answer the question before stu
dents like ASUO elections coor
dinator Ken Best so clumsily an
swer for you.
Tim Young
Portland State University student
body president
Chocka Guiden
PSU student body vice president
Election rule ambiguous
For providing some snacks to
the International Students Asso
ciation coffee hour, C.J. Gabbe
and Peter Larson were accused of
offering “a thing of value” to stu
dents, and therefore they should
be punished. Well, what do you
consider a “thing of value”? If
your answer is “potato chips and
chocolate chip cookies,” then I
will definitely question your val
ues.
I agree that candidates should
follow the ASUO election rules.
This “thing of value” rule, how
ever, seems unclear and ambigu
ous to me. Again let me remind
you that during Gabbe and Lar
son’s speech during coffee hour
they never asked people to vote
for them, instead they encour
aged students to vote. So why
punish and offend them by call
ing them “corrupt” and “dishon
est”? Don’t you think this is too
rash?
Obviously the people pointing
their fingers at Gabbe and Larson
never had a chance to go to the
coffee hour. Yes, Gabbe and Lar
son sponsored the coffep hour,
but for us being a coffee hour
sponsor is an act of courtesy, not a
bribe. International coffee hour is
r
a place for all students to interact
informally and to be informed
about what is going on campus.
Several candidates who “care”
about students’ votes have been
there. Actually we would like to
encourage all other candidates to
come introduce themselves to the
international community (we are
10 percent of the student body).
We never had any problems lis
tening to all information and de
ciding what we want. We never
had any problems listening to all
information and deciding what
we want.
Alberto M Albuquerque
co-director for ISA
Make your vote count
With the ASUO primary and
general elections upon us again,
you have to ask yourself one
question: Are you going to sit idly
by and complain about your stu
dent government, or is your voice
going to be heard this year?
Each year we have two elec
tions; yes, that is correct, two.
One to narrow down our candi
date pool and second to choose
our campus leaders for next year.
Students do not realize that both
of these elections are important.
Now is your chance to be in
formed and choose the leaders for
our next year. These are the stu
dents who are going to represent
us in almost all aspects of the big
ger picture inside and outside the
University.
Students are constantly com
plaining that they don’t have a
voice or a say in what the ASUO
or the Student Senate are doing;
well here is your chance. And
this year it could not be easier;
you can do it from the comfort of
your own home. Log onto Duck
Web and vote.
In the end, my voice will be
heard. Will yours?
Greg Danielson
ASUO programs outreach director
Voice your opinion: vote
As you may or may not know,
the ASUO elections are happen
ing now. This may only interest
some of us, but it should interest
everyone. On February 23 and 24,
and again on March 1 and 2,
every student will have the op
portunity to vote. February 23
and 24 are the primary elections
for candidates, and March 1 and
2 are for ballot measures and the
final election for candidates. We
will be able to voice our opinions
on issues ranging from continu
ing our LTD funding to maintain
ing membership in the United
States Student Association, as
well as who shall represent us as
our elected officials next year.
In Jean Anouilh’s “Antigone,”
he writes, “A person must do
what a person can do.” YOU
CAN VOTE ... and it is your duty
to the entire campus community
to do so. The outcome of the
ASUO election does matter, even
though some cynics may have
you believe otherwise. Take it
from someone who’s been in of
fice for almost an entire year: Our
votes do count and the issue
we’re voting upon have an im
pact. On election day we can
vote, and it is our duty to exercise
our voices, opinions and right to
be heard.
Mitra Anoushiravani
ASUO vice president
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