The Hatchet’s editorial board calls upon the JEC to talk itself and the election process in a more realistic light, and to clarify vague rules.
“Have you ever been to a Joint Elections Committee hearing? Consider yourself fortunate. The JEC is the organization charged with making sure the Student Association election runs fairly and smoothly – but when this does not happen, all hell breaks loose.”
Commentary from the opinions editors, op-ed columnists and The Hatchet's Editorial Board
Director of the GW Institute for Nanotechnology Michael Keidar spent the last three years developing a cancer cell-killing medical device that he said could revolutionize the disease’s treatment worldwide.
The problem with growing up is that there is always someone telling us we are not old enough. And yet, you would think that as young adults, we would finally be over it.
What’s not to love about graduation season? It is filled with senior send-offs, family get-togethers and free food.
GWids are the equivalent of students’ social security numbers on campus.
Transfer students do not enroll at GW for the Mount Vernon Campus experience. They come here to take advantage of city life in Foggy Bottom.
As camera flashes flickered over a sea of tassels, two Columbian College of Arts and Science professors urged graduates to cast their fears aside and forge fresh paths to success.
I never understood why people refer to cities as if they were human until I left Sevilla, Spain. My feelings toward leaving my newfound home are so complex, it's as if I am leaving the love of my life.
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Why does this university not have a legitimate enough newspaper that the editorial staff have the audacity to publish their names in their article.
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Wait, what the hell? Seriously? There are like 10 problems with that statement.
First, it’s an editorial, not an article (a news piece) or a column (signed opinion piece). Newspapers publish editorials and they never publish specific names, because editorials are *the voice of the paper.*
Also, the staff that wrote the editorial and shaped its views is listed at http://www.gwhatchet.com/contactus. that page states that editorial board is “Diana Kugel, Justin Guiffre, Eric Roper, Tim Gowa, Claire Autruong, Andrew Alberg, Brittany Levine.” Editorial boards are something newspapers have. they write the editorials and shape the voice of the paper.
Seriously, that’s one thing I can’t stand — don’t attack something when you just don’t know jack about it. The funny thing is, if you just read your own local newspaper growing up, you just might know all this stuff already. I’d be scared if you go to gw and don’t know this.
Also, the hatchet is one of the best college newspapers in the country. Go beat that with a stick.
Questions still remain about the unbelievable bias shown consistently by The Hatchet. This “editorial” is simply ludicrous. It criticizes a group of students for actually doing what they are told. If you are to believe what this editorial says the JEC was to have looked past the fact that Kyle Boyer clearly broke the campaign rules which he knew about well in advance and that is not only crazy but insulting. The Hatchet should focus on reporting the issues and not biasing the student body against parties involved especially when those parties are doing exactly what they are told to do.
Hatchet staff – Great editorial! As an alumnus I am consistently baffled by how seriously the SA takes itself. It seems like every year the election process gets more complicated and sloppy. Frankly, it is just embarrassing and does nothing to help the reputation of GW.
Really Hatchet? You’re honestly telling someone else to take themselves less seriously? Those in glass houses should not throw stones….
The editorial is right on – this legalistic stuff gets students turned off. He borrows a car so he’s off the ballot? I don’t support either candidate, but man is this dumb. It sure doesn’t help get people interested or energized for the SA, it just turns people off.
someone explain to me how enforcing the rules that are in place and everyone knows about is embarrassing and does not help the reputation of the school? we should be proud we have students who are willing to make an unpopular decision because it is what is RIGHT. if we should be embarrassed about anything it is the Hatchet. The Hatchet continues its tirade against the SA and the JEC for taking themselves to seriously but last time I checked The Hatchet isn’t the Washington Post either. so where do they get off on claiming to be an authority on not taking one’s self too seriously? Hatchet editorial staff et all- don’t throw stones if you live in a glass house
The Hatchet is pro-Kyle, the editorial board should be ashamed.
It doesn’t help that a PIKE is editor in chief next year.
The JEC has to act based on their charter.
The JEC did absolutely everything, from the format of the hearing to their finding of fact, right to the letter.
Don’t blame them for enforcing the rules they’re supposed to enforce.
The Student Association and JEC do it once again! Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more useless, ineffective, and self-righteous, it changes the landslide election results so that it can write a long statement in pseudo-legal language!
I’m surprised they didn’t cite “Bush v. Gore” from 2001 for these beautiful pieces of aggrandizing sanction statements. The penalty for having friends who have cars so that you don’t have to pay for one is…ANOTHER YEAR OF A BOGUS S.A. PRESIDENT, except this one we didn’t elect.
And, while we are it, lets severely inflate the cost of renting a car for two days, just to push it over the edge, or for fun. I can see now how the SA blows all their money away if they spend over $100/day on a car rental when a quick look around gets the most expensive SUV at around $75/day. Oh wait, most of the SA people DON’T have friends (outside the SA, of course) so I can see why the car thing annoyed them.
Anyways, the future plans for the SA/JEC is to enforce the 3/5 voting rule but only for students not apart of the SA or one its parent organizations.
“this legalistic stuff gets students turned off”
Well Andrew, I guess that makes sense, I mean, laws really do piss me off, I think GW would work to much better if we just didn’t have ANY rules. I’m sorry but Boyer didn’t follow the rules as they were stated. If they should be changed, so be it, but he knew the rules and broke them as they were.
As for the Hatchet, why do you criticize the SA about a lack of realism and self-importance when your publication is essentially run by a bunch of kids who take their “journalism” too seriously. Face it, college is full of people who will take their respective causes too seriously…deal with it. Now please..ENJOY SPRING BREAK!!
On one hand, I agree that the JEC should enforce its rules. If Boyer went over the limit, then that’s that. Of course, he could have saved himself the hassle by declaring the value of the car and not letting the JEC come up with the figure it did. Remember, this is the SA we’re talking about. They spent almost a hundred thousand dollars on an Inaugural float THAT DIDN’T EVEN WORK.
This is why I wrote in the Gingerbread Man for SA President.