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voter funded media at ubc

one remotely interesting aspect of the ubc student elections is that a number of media outfits, ranging from student papers to election-only blogs/zines/papers, are on the ballot as well.  the end result of this voter-funded media shit is that the publication with the most votes will win some cash.  wtf. 

my endorsements for the ams elections:

president:  friedrich.  im happier voting for someone embedded in the student council mafia than some fucking wanker in poli sci who is running on a platform of "what does the ams do, anyway?  it isnt relevant to the average student." 

let's get something straight - most students dont know what the ams does because they dont give a flying fuck.  i include myself in this group.  hell, anyone who chooses to care about the ams can read the student papers that address this shit, or go to meetings, or join the student council mafia.  i choose not to.  im not voting for some wanker who is capitalizing on the entitlement, laziness, and vanity that ubc students exude in great quantities.

board of governors:
tristan markle  - because the knolligarchy want to share in the student mafia spoils. 
darren peets - only person who makes sense.  actually goes to those town halls about the shitty condos everyone loathes. 

vp academic:
do not vote for bruce krayenhoff, for he drank the koolaid and would like to solve everything with a citizen's assembly of students.  lol.

vp finance:
brittany tyson.  theyre both saying the same shit, really, though she has more experience while the other guy probably thinks he can do the job since he is in commerce.  im voting for the girl.

vp external:
not tom masterson - this is what he submitted "Regardless of your situation, I feel that I can relate to YOU; I am a diligent science student, a former varsity athlete, a currently washed up athlete, a volunteer, a transit commuter, a text book buyer (ugh), and a pit pub goer. "
bitch, you wish you could relate to me.  i dont think buying books, volunteering, commuting, and going to the bar have made us kindred spirits.  also, im not in science.

not joel kozwarski - his writeup is a friedmanesque ode to his global upbringing.

i guess the other guy, matthew naylor, who wrote a bulleted list. i doubt he will reduce our tuition by 8%. wtf. hes getting shit for being a dion supporter.  can the knoll please get off their fucking high horse and concede that student council mafia types love being in the young liberals?  their thirst for power cannot be satiated without participating in the machinations of natural governing party.

vp administration:
ive grown bored of this game.  let's vote for the barbarian.

senate:
ive seen better candidates.

a foray into the mind of an uninformed voter

i dont give a hoot about student politics.  ok, i care deeply about the issues affecting ubc.  in reality, i care about one or two issues.  i think my level of information on said issues makes me more well-informed than the bulk of my peers and neighbours.  smugly, i retreat into apathy mode. 

when it comes to student politics, i am a cocky, uninformed voter.

so far, i know im voting for some dude named freidrich.  he put stuff on his literature about how most ubc students commute 1+ hours/day and about the condos all over campus.   that is pretty much everything i care about.  dude totally just won the townie demographic.

i see all these signs on campus inviting me to some tete-a-tete with some tit from administration regarding the future of ubc (read: condos) .  despite entitling this summit "what's the plan," i get the distinct impression the decisions have already been made.   i feel its going to be more of a "that's the plan," really.  i think im going to have to suck it up. 

even though i have a hate-hate relationship with the pathetic 'learning' hovel we call ubc, ive displayed some signs of giving a shit.  as a result, ive been compelled to visit this blog and vote or something.  i will place my trust in these embedded journalists. 

2007 - so far, so wtf

so i go to cuba for a damn week and i miss the great bc place deflation.  whatever, fine.   do all the fun stuff when im not around, vancouver.  i dont know if people are aware this was an international story.  i found out about it watching french tv - tv5, to be exact.  they reported it as an embarassment for an olympic city.  go whine to london, france.

my new years resolutions are

1. update this blog more often, with lies.
2. do more on the radio - i like media that involves a bunker.  i should show the radio some more love. 
3.  learn how to drive.   i do not know how to drive a car. 
4.  get the hell out of this weak ass bitch of a city. 
5.  organize a ridiculously large party.
6. drink frequently at the biltmore and at koerners.
7. regularly do some kind of workout that doesnt involve a gym and perhaps involves the outdoors or other people.  seems healthier, and everyone at my gym is a douche, anyway.

thats ambitious enough, methinks.