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Friday, April 11, 2008

ASB Election Campaign Underway

By Christina La, Courier Editor-in-Chief

The ASB elections for the 2008-2009 executive cabinet began Monday. Candidates have been campaigning through posters, fliers, and picket signs all around the school campus. The election will run through the voting day, April 16th. Run-off elections will take place on April 17th, for the positions that have more than two candidates.

The candidates for the ASB elections are:

ASB President: Janessa Canilao (11th), Tiffany Hoang (11th)
ASB Vice President: Amber Abutin (10th), Chloe Mendoza (10th), Julie Nguyen (10th)
ASB Secretary: Trisha Rivera (10th)
ASB Treasurer: Patricia Rodriguez (10th)
ASB Board Representative: Cody Harper (11th)
Commissioner of Athletics: Josh Oliveria (9th)
Commissioner of Activities: Nhung Hoang (11th)
Commissioner of Public Relations: Angela Lao (11th)
Commissioner of School Improvement: Katrina Manaloto (10th), Kayla Nebrigga (11th)


There are opening candidate positions for Commissioner of Clubs, Commissioner of Elections, Commissioner of Publicity, and Commissioner of Spirit. Anyone else who is interested in running for ASB office should contact this year’s Elections Commissioner, Susan Algarne in room 305 immediately.

Posted by courier at 08:19:40. Filed under: Election Central

Comments

It's all just a popularity contest.

I'm going to make a sign saying "why?" next year. That'll be real fun.

Posted by Korezaan Su at Friday, April 11, 2008 12:56:10

i agree this is such a popularity contest. i mean im not doubting the abilities of the candidates, but i think that it would be more effective to maybe do something more for the election process such as interviews or essays or community service. I also think that academics and attendance should play a large role in the election, who wants officers who cant even handle school alone?

Posted by anonymous at Friday, April 11, 2008 14:18:29

i believe they should write an essay and give a speech, thats not dumb. then we'll know whose best!

Posted by ..ok at Friday, April 11, 2008 21:35:23

Glad to see you todaay! & Cammywammy, hahaha.

Anyway, I do agree that it is really a popularity contest. It is sad that some people really do care about the school, and sometimes, they just end up losing since they're not "popular" enough. I totally agree with all the commenters though. Who exactly are the students voting for? No one knows exactly, unless they're friends with them.

It's a popularity contest + whoever designs the best looking posters. Over the years, I've heard people saying that they voted for whoever because their poster looks the best. Unless their job is making posters, it shouldn't even matter who has the best looking one.

Since Mr. Rojas seem to have very good intentions of fixing the school spirit and ASB class, I hope he'll take these comments into consideration as well.

Posted by Carmen at Friday, April 11, 2008 23:21:23

I agree, most of the time the winners only win because they know more people which does suck for those who can't make the big fancy posters or get to know as many people as the other candidates. But I wish good luck to everyone (especially Tiffany Hoang and Cody Harper).

Oh, and I'm pretty sure that Angela's last name is Luo, not Lao :)

Posted by pippy at Saturday, April 12, 2008 16:32:04

Psh....what good do these people do for the school? The people these elections really benefit are the winners themselves, because THEY are the one who gets something to look good on their resume and for THEIR future. And all they really did is win a popularity contest. How unfair.

Posted by what? at Saturday, April 12, 2008 16:46:01

I agree with everyone else. It's all a popularity contest. Hell, I have no clue who any of those candidates are except Cody and Angela.

Posted by aggravated. at Sunday, April 13, 2008 09:21:20

im glad these people wanna win, holding up there signs all days long, giving out pins, but y? tell us y U should win, how will u benefit us or our skool? thx. gee.

Posted by ..yay at Sunday, April 13, 2008 17:49:21

Please come out to Colt Court on Tuesday during lunch for a Come Meet the Candidates event. Candidates will be introduced, and they will speak about their plans and what they hope to achieve if they are elected.

I hope this is an improvement from previous years...

By the way, there are attendance and grade requirements for the applicants.

I've learned a lot from my first year as Activities Director... there will be improvements next year.

Posted by Mr. Rojas at Monday, April 14, 2008 13:22:00

mr. rojas, yea atendance and grade req. r good, but we wanna hear them so i'll be there tom. girls, or guys, dont be annoying. be smart.

Posted by ..gooooo at Monday, April 14, 2008 18:14:37

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