Hello UCD!!!

My name is Joe Chatham and I am running for the Senate on November 14-15, 2007 as an INDEPENDENT. My main reasons for running for senate are simple.

FIRST, I am disillusioned with the lack of student involvement with student government and I want to change it. The ASUCD is one of the most important institutions in the University. It employs over 1300 students, more than any other department on campus. It runs Unitrans, the Experimental College and the Bike Barn and it puts on Picnic Day as well as most other on campus events. MOST UCD STUDENTS DON'T KNOW WHEN ELECTIONS ARE. We don't know where to vote. We don't know who is running. We don't know about the political parties. We don't really know what the ASUCD even does. THIS IS NOT THE STUDENTS FAULT. It is the ASUCD's fault for not finding ways to effectively inform students. When I am a Senator, I will fight for a box on MyUCDavis and a tab on UC Davis Smartsite that informs students of what their government is doing. You will be able to answer surveys and opinion polls so that the student body knows what the Senate is doing the Senate knows what the student body wants. Student involvement is essential to a healthy student government and we need it now.

SECOND, UC Davis is a cutting edge research institution and a first class university. However, as many of you know, we we are often seen as just another UC. When I am a Senator I will fight for a substantial alternative energy program that will put UC Davis on FRONT LINE News and get us the LONG TERM RECOGNITION WE DESERVE. When I am a Senator I will work with school officials to institute a program that mandates 100% of the University's electricity come from sustainable energy sources within the next decade. This can be done folks, the University is an institution with both the resources and the incentives to accomplish 100% sustainable energy. Not only will this gain us national recognition and make our degrees more valuable, it will cut electricity costs saving the University money over the long run. This program will be something we can be proud of. It is inevitable that the world will eventually need to switch to sustainable energy. I want University of California AT DAVIS to lead the way.

And FINALLY, we need CAMPUS WIDE WIRELESS INTERNET and MORE COMPUTER LABS. It is absolutely ridiculous we don't have wireless internet everywhere considering the size and funds of our establishment. Also we need more public computer labs across campus especially in the library.

I am also very open to feed back and suggestions. If there is something you want to see added, subtracted, or modified on campus I urge you to contact me, I am the students candidate and I am not constricted to party lines or standards. Thank you for your time and don't forget to vote on NOVEMBER 14 or 15 on myucdavis or in the MU voting booths.

Your Fellow Aggie,

Joe Chatham

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Hello UCD!!!

My name is Joe Chatham and I am running for the Senate on November 14-15, 2007 as an INDEPENDENT. My main reasons for running for senate are simple.

FIRST, I am disillusioned with the lack of student involvement with student government and I want to change it. The ASUCD is one of the most important institutions in the University. It employs over 1300 students, more than any other department on campus. It runs Unitrans, the Experimental College and the Bike Barn and it puts on... (read more)