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Berkeley Pundits 10 Brandon's Berkeley Blog 11 The Dancing Bear 12 Greenthink 13 In Passing 14 Kuro5hin 15 LA Examiner 16 Mean Mr. Grace Asuncion was the student who was 36 killed in Eshleman Hall in 1992, which prompted the sign-ins, ID checks, and cameras in the building. You can find out more information about the scholarship at the 37 Pilipino American Alumni Chapter web site. Aida Asuncion Memorializes Daughter with UC Scholarship By ADRIENNE FIGUEROA (Feb. Today, Asuncion, director of Wayside Systems, continues to memorialize her daughter, a molecular cell biology student, through a college scholarship fund named in her honor. Asuncion and her husband Edward, a retired industrial engineer, for years had considered starting a scholarship foundation in Graces memory, but were unsure how to begin. When Asuncion was approached with the idea by one of Graces college friends in 2000, the wheels were finally put into motion. It fit right in The California Alumni Association at UC Berkeley called and asked if we wanted to set up a scholarship, Asuncion says. They had the same thoughts that we had about setting up a memorial scholarship for her, so it fit right in. On the 10th anniversary of Graces death in February 1992, the Asuncions and California Alumni Association/Pilipino American Alumni Chapter launched the Grace Asuncion Memorial Scholarship at the northern California campus. The Asuncions have worked with the group to advertise the scholarship and organize fundraising events. Together, they must raise $25,000 before the endowment can become a permanent establishment and funds can be distributed to students. That provided enough money to finally permit the foundation to start awarding scholarships, perhaps as early as this fall. Meeting peoples dreams This is all about helping people to meet their dreams and their goals, Asuncion says. If the scholarship wasnt available, then some people would not be able to go to college. Asuncion says helping UC Berkeley students finance their education has helped her to deal with her daughters death. Im accomplishing something for the good of someone else. Grace is remembered among friends and family members as a good student and a responsible individual. Musician and runner A 1989 graduate of Agoura High School, she was involved in the Key Club, played the piano and the violin and won awards in the United States Academic Decathlon for her writing. As a senior, she was a runner for schools cross-country team, which won the California State Championship that year. Besides raising money for the scholarship, Asuncion is working to develop scholarship criteria that her daughter would want for fellow UC Berkeley students. This is all designed to what we thought Grace would want to have, she said. John, 34, a graduate of UC San Diego, is a transportation planner; Mark, 33, who graduated from Berkeley, is a naval aviator serving in Italy; Dear Pollworkers from the 2003 ASUC Elections, Hello, this is Leslieann Cachola, the Assistant Chair from last year's elections. I am now Elections Chair, and I am writing to you to ask for your assistance again. I am looking for dedicated, responsible, and experienced students to work on my Elections Council, and that's where you all come in. You have experience of working on the elections, which is one of the most important qualifications we are looking for so that this year's elections don't turn out as messy as last year's. I hope you all consider these positions, which include Poll Coordinator, Publicity Coordinator, and Technical Coordinator. The job announcement is below, and the application is attached. If you aren't interested in getting as involved as this, then look out for the Pollworker announcements later on towards the end of March. ASUC ELECTIONS COUNCIL POSITIONS The ASUC Elections Council is now accepting applications for the positions of Poll Coordinator, Publicity Coordinator, and Technical Coordinator! The ASUC Elections Council is in charge of organizing and administering the 2004 ASUC Elections to be held in April. Being a member on the Elections Council is challenging, but it is also very rewarding. Our duty is to spread awareness about the ASUC elected positions, to uphold the integrity of our student government through fair elections, and to ensure that the vote of each student is protected and respected. However, there are huge benefits to the job: you LEARN more about how the ASUC and how UCB politics really work, you gain tons of EXPERIENCE (which you can put on your resume), you are given a generous STIPEND, and of course, you will be filled with the SATISFACTION of knowing that you are helping out your school. We are looking for people who are energetic, dedicated, responsible, efficient, impartial, and can work well independently and on a team. Prior experience working on the elections is a major plus. The general descriptions for each officer are listed below. To administer the set-up of each polling site, and to ensure that they are prepared with the necessary materials and personnel during the elections. To publicize the ASUC positions to all possible candidates. To publicize the elections prior to and during the elections to the student body, which includes both undergraduate and graduate schools. To clearly mark each polling site and publicize the location of each site. To ensure that the system is functional and secure at all polling sites throughout the elections. To recruit & train student technicians for work during the elections. The application is attached to this e-mail and can be picked up from the front desk of the 2nd floor of Eshleman. The application includes the following: 1) Application Cover Sheet; Interviews will be held on Tuesday, February 17 (and possibly Monday, February 16), and decisions made by Wednesday, February 18. It will follow planning issues, politics, music, and whatever else I decide to throw in. Yes, that's right, the people in charge of running the election didn't catch on the first draft that February has 29 days in a presidential election year, or that February is spelled February, or that the deadlines are wrong even if Febraury had 31 days. It's been a while since I posted to this blog, but Daniel Hernandez somehow popped into my mind after reading an article of his in the 49 Los Angeles Times. This week, he's been on the fire lines providing front line coverage to the readers of the Times. Recently, he penned a 50 piece in KONCH Magazine about the David Horowitz controversy. While he doesn't admit any fault in the incident, he does regret his role in it as says he's learned his lessons. On a professional basis, I've dealt with a couple of the Times reporters that graduated from Berkeley, and have been quoted in the Times (narrowing down the field of contenders for those who don't know, heh). So far, his beats and my job haven't intersected, but it would be somewhat funny if they did, considering how much of a critic bloggerdom has been to Hernandez's reign. As for me and the fires, some of you know that I live in the Inland Empire. However, I haven't been affected by the fires aside from ash on my car for the past week and a half. The devastation to the areas affected was enormous, but fortunately it wasn't as bad as it could have been. Overall, I feel that the debate seemed to go quite well, especially towards the end once the novelty wore off and the atmosphere settled a bit. While some are calling the entertainment factor of the debate a bad thing, I think it was useful. If the media keeps harping about how young people are not engaged in the political process, then this debate and similar ones like it will help engage them. I would prefer this format for a three or more person debate, because you can get the rapport going between multiple people. On the other hand, the traditional question-followup debate might have worked as well. I noticed that many of the candidates dodged the subject or tried to talk about something else. As a moderator, you should have been more forceful at steering the discussion back on topic. Whether it was steering the topic toward Bush or not answering which s...
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