Sharma-Cackler for ASSU Executives

Students complain that year after year, the ASSU and potential candidates promise the same things over and over again, and year after year bold platforms to improve student life fall short of expectations and make little impact. Given the organizational culture of the ASSU, where cooperation between branches is nonexistent and each segment feels a need to act on its own and work only for their own goals only to their own credit, this should be no surprise.

Special Fees Reviews

Vote to spend your money wisely in 2008! Let The Stanford Review help you: below is our guide to the Special Fees requests which will appear on the ballot next week.

ASSU Senate: Review Recommendations

We believe that the following Senate candidates bring to the table moderation and a commitment to serving students. We encourage you to vote for them.

Violence in Tibet is Unacceptable

Imagine the following sequence of events: A large group of white separatists, tired of living side by side with people of color in multiracial America, decides to carve out a homeland reserved for white people. In an attempt to promote secession, thousands of white separatists destroy black and Latino homes, shops, and churches.

Counterinsurgency: Predictions and Prescriptions

On April 8-9, Gen. David Petraeus, commander of American forces in Iraq, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker will testify to Congress on the state of the war. Over the past year, Coalition and Iraqi forces have implemented a “clear, hold, and build” strategy, nicknamed “the surge” due to the increase of roughly 30,000 troops that made it possible.

Do US Markets Really Need a “Supercop”?

On Monday, March 31, Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson announced a “blueprint” for financial regulation reform. Calling his system the “supercop,” Paulson’s vision calls for a more nationalized and hierarchical regulation commission with increased sway over the private sector.

Smoke Signals

The arrival of spring quarter is accompanied by many important University decisions for next year. Some--like the size of the undergraduate population--we have little control over. Vote on Wednesday to have an impact on issues we can control!

Editor’s Note: Local Politics Matter Too

With the ASSU elections next week and the longest primary campaign season in US history wrapping up, elections are on everybody’s mind. Stanford students are generally a dutiful bunch when it comes to voting in national politics, but a much smaller portion will probably bother to fill out their ballots for campus elections.