Author Archives: Alex Tomchak Scott

Immature taunts now de rigeur in ASUO campaign vid genre.

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Alex Tomchak Scott

So Campus Change Coalition did this dance number. Then Reality Check did foam-sword Medieval combat. Then Alex McCafferty said of CCC’s dance number: “It was small. It lasted about, you know, 30 seconds.” Then he paused for a beat. Then … Continue reading →

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Sentencing memorandum in full

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Alex Tomchak Scott

Click this link to read it. It is very compelling, I think.

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OSPIRG and Students for Honest Campaigning correction

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Alex Tomchak Scott

David Zahn called me at some point tonight and left a voicemail message saying Charles Denson is not, in fact, involved in Students for Honest Campaigning. “That would be a conflict of interest,” he said. Not quite sure where the … Continue reading →

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ASUO candidates

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Alex Tomchak Scott

Corrections appended for some candidates, others coming in. Corrections denoted in bold italics. The story is this: I added the candidates’ names straight from a list the Elections Board sent me. Since then, those involved in the campaigns have sent … Continue reading →

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ASUO considering next move on LTD

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Alex Tomchak Scott

LTD didn’t end up accepting the ASUO’s request to pay for service at last year’s rate in the end. LTD spokesperson and director Andy Vobora said the transit provider came back at the ASUO with a “counterproposal”: $15.54 per student … Continue reading →

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Senate meeting tonight

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Alex Tomchak Scott

Here’s the agenda: Follow the meeting live at the location in this link. 1. Call to order 2. Approval of the agenda 3.  Special requests a. Club Persia (first request, second request, total: $1,536) b. NASU ($266) 4. New Business … Continue reading →

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Castaneda supports changed dates too.

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Alex Tomchak Scott

Jairo Castaneda got back to me too late to make it into my Tuesday article, but when he did, he told me he is also in favor of pushing forward the elections to alleviate distractions for candidates and students.

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Agonized by sequencing of candidates

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Alex Tomchak Scott

Lest it be said the order in which I sequenced the paragraphs about candidates and their platforms for my article today, I want to tell you that it was an agonizing process. In the end, I wrote about Rousseau first, … Continue reading →

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