Tuesday, 5/13/97 Letters to the Editor
Slate soils campus I want to suggest that the Students First!
slate clean up every sidewalk, road sign, construction tarp,
building wall, campus steps, etc. that they defaced by writing
their affirmation to vote for them. You make the whole school look
like an elementary school. Keep the chalk to the little kids!
George Lopez third-year mechanical engineering Pamphlets found in
voting booth In regards to a certain event that occurred yesterday,
I would like to address the student body about unethical practices
used by certain platforms on campus. When I went to the voting
booth fronting Royce Hall on Thursday at 12:15 to exercise my right
to vote as a UCLA student, I was given a ballot and a chance to
vote for the candidates. Being an indifferent person with regards
to student government, I do not profess myself as a highly educated
member of the UCLA political community, but I do understand when
political platforms outstretch the bounds of ethical behavior. As I
placed my ballot down in the booth to thoroughly consider the
candidates on the ballot, my attention was diverted to two pieces
of paper lying innocently in the booth. As I took the time to
browse them, I noticed that these two pieces of paper contained the
Students First! platform as well as their candidates. Regardless of
whether these pieces of paper were mistakenly left in the booth or
not, the fact is that they were in the booth. In holding political
groups on campus accountable to their actions, I would just like to
mention this fact to the student body: Students First! literature
was strewn inside the voting booth at which I voted at on campus. I
am not going to pass judgement on anyone involved in this issue; I
would just like to alert the campus community that it happened, and
that such unethical practices, whether intentional or not, occurred
when I voted on Thursday afternoon. Todd Strickler second-year
economics