The posters have come up, overworked students are doing their best to run campaigns for RIT’s Student Government Prez and VP. In contrast to previous years where candidate goals and platforms were generally MIA on the campaign posters this year’s selection boasts an impressive list displayed on most posters. The only problem is they’re all the same. Everyone knows what the students here want, we want parking to not suck anymore, we want intelligent teachers, better housing, a better scheduling system. Great. We all figured this out last year, what this year’s candidate needs to answer is HOW?
Ignoring the issue that some of these goals are impossible (Seriously. SIS is going nowhere, I’ve seen the meeting records. RIT has no intention of retiring the system. We’re all stuck registering for classes with 1978 technology for the next 5 years at least), how do this year’s hopefuls propose to make a dent in agendas which have been stagnant for years? That’d get my attention. RIT students are so jaded with the governing body that they don’t pay attention, because they don’t think it matters. These candidates need to convince us that they matter, otherwise we’re all voting for the cockboat again.
Incumbent president Ed Wolf is running again, with a new running mate, and has posted a slew of buzzwords which we’ll all recognize as “Yeah, that’d be nice” but most of it looks like a pipedream.
Kari Hazzard has a well presented poster with a list of goals, but no plan (EDIT: The plan is on the Facebook group, more along the lines of an elaborated “what” than a real “how” I think, but it is a good effort. If they win I’ll be curious to see how they convince RIT to play ball on expanded wireless and 24 hr computer labs without raising tuition again). Her running mate is wearing a dumb hat.(EDIT: I may have unfairly judged Jon’s hat.) RIT students will notice the hat.
There are some other good posters, clean posters, that tell even less about the candidates. Eh, don’t care.
Michael Deyhim’s posters have been a joyous interjection of sarcasm in the sea of promises of change and effectiveness. He realizes that we don’t care, and he doesn’t give a damn either. His posters say things like “We’ll protect the Commons from coyotes!” or “Volcanos are bad!”, A picture of a Basshunter single cover with “Campaign Theme Song”. They’re pointless, amusing, but very telling as to the attitude of the students regarding this election. He’s got my attention. I might actually vote for him.
But then again, I know exactly what I’m getting when I vote for the cockboat.
