Making the Front Page Again

[aggienaut]

Making News Again
   THIS article about me in the aggie tomorrow (Thursday) is not altogether pleasing to me. I got rather the impression that the reporter, having already talked to Sara Henry and Paloma Perez, was already rather hostile towards me, the court, the cases, and the green party, before talking to me. I hoped that after sitting through a Court meetings and seeing that we were nice people she would soften towards us, but apparently not.

   Article Summary: Paloma Perez & Sara Henry expressed to the aggie their intention to question my ability to be unbiased on Case # 24. To avoid controversy I have removed myself from that case.

   When I first got the email monday that the aggie wanted to take my picture for an article, I knew it wasn't going to be a good thing. Over the course of the week I became more concerned about this, particularly once it was confirmed that the whole thing was about whether or not I should sit on the case.

   Court meetings always cheer me up though. I get piles of crap from everyone about court stuff, and then I finally meet with the other justices, all of whom have stood together in every major decision of my administration. It was very nice to hear them joking about how they won't be able to do cases without me and if I ever was removed they'd all resign in protest. I was hoping the respect the court members have for me would have some effect on the reporter, but apparently she was unphased by it.
   Also I agreed to do the administrative work to put on Case # 24, even though I won't be party to it. It would have been nice to get out of it, but I just cannot picture the case being put on adequately without my involvement. I'd like to work on training others to do that though so that when I'm gone things don't fall apart.

Comments

[bobolly.livejournal.com]

Here are my reactions from reading the article:

I don't think it's written all that well, so the claims lose some legitimacy..

While there is some awkward and messy stuff in there for sure, your quotes definitely show that you're taking the mature/high road...

Good Luck.

terrible article

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Two things specifically:

1) The subtitle "Fricke cites conflict of interest with Greens" is completely erronious. I did not cite any conflict of interest with the Greens. If anything I refuted it.

2) The last line "Since ASUCD has uploaded all desired documents — with the exception of court documents — it was believed the case would not be heard by the court." sounds very unprofessional. Its not attributed to anyone in particular, and sounds more like the reporter's critical opinion than anything else.

And in general, yes it was a terrible article. Next time I see managing editor Hilary Costa I'm going to ask that they not assign that reporter to Court cases anymore. She offended the plaintiffs, the Lead political party, and the Court.

Hey....

[impotent-dream.livejournal.com]

I'm back. And black. And proud. It's true.

Well, except for the being black part.

Re: Hey....

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Hooray! Welcome back to the team. I missed you. Terribly. (=

I've got to see your faux-hawked hair, ASAP. (=

Re: Hey....

[impotent-dream.livejournal.com]

I gotta find someone with a webcam. It's just too damn expensive to buy and develop a camera. *sniffles, tear falls* <3 <3

<3's for you!

Re: Hey....

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Do it.. asap.

At the very end of my spring break it suddenly dawned on me that we should have gotten a disposable camera or something to record our weekly adventures. alas. maybe next time.


Pixies are up here April 19th I believe....