And just like that, it all went away…
At the bottom of the Emeralds refreshingly feisty coverage of last night’s fiasco business as usual, there is one tiny little paragraph which changes everything. It goes a little something like this:
No one took minutes during the meeting, a violation of the Oregon Public Meetings Law and Student Senate rules as laid out in the Green Tape Notebook. Gulley and SunOwen also ignored part of Hatch’s presentation to watch a slideshow of photos on SunOwen’s computer.
Says it all, doesn’t it? In short, the entire meeting will be ruled invalid, and good riddance. Now that we all know how the game is to be played, there’s no need for niceties. The executive clearly would rather have reliable votes than experienced candidates, and in doing so is ignoring the undeniable mandate for reform in the last election. New senators need to have real experience to be able to give students the reform the have asked for, and the sitting senators shouldn’t be ashamed to make demands.
This was a great introduction to the ASUO, because the usual absolute bullshit went down, but this time we’ve been given an opportunity to set it right. Like everyone’s hero says, “Fool me once…” Finally, credit has to go to Jill Aho of the ODE… best single paragraph in the ODE ever.
