2008 Woodie Awards
'The Decline of Mojo'
Campus left in the dark
about Kassing's replacement
Kris Anderson
Issue date: 4/14/08 Section: Opinion
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Thank heaven for its convenience, its utility and its agency as a top provider of the last-minute mini crap we need.
If at 4 a.m., you have an insatiable urge for taquitos, but your microwave is broken, oh thank heaven.
If you can't think of anything else but a 10-pack of breath mints, oh thank heaven.
In fact, it's possible to say "Oh thank heaven" at three 7-Eleven's within two blocks of campus - talk about cornering the market.
We students know where 7-Eleven is and what it offers: convenience.
Everything is convenient in this world now. You can get anything instantly.
Miss the name of the song just played on the radio? Go to Pandora.com, and it will find the song.
Want custom-fit Jordans? Eastbay.com.
Want specially scented toilet paper? … Well, actually, you're on your own for that one.
Even voting on campus next week will be convenient, thanks to the utterly inconvenient my.sjsu.edu.
But for as much as we are surrounded by convenience on campus, there is one thing that I absolutely wish was more convenient: information.
Duh, it's a university, so I'm not talking about learning. I'm talking about information on who SJSU's presidential candidates are.
Why hasn't the student body been told anything yet?
I know that there was a meeting in the beginning of March, one that CSU Chancellor Charles Reed attended, but that no information about its proceedings was allowed to be released.
With current president Don Kassing a little over a month away from retirement, it scares me that the CSU hasn't released even a list of candidates for the job.
Only one person is allowed to "represent" a campus with more than 30,000 students. So when do the open forums begin?
When do the candidates tour the campus? Will the president be an alum?
How will he or she weigh in on California's budget woes?
There's plenty to be dealt with, and even more questions to ask. It's mid-April and the greater SJSU population has no idea what will befall them for the Fall semester.
What will the new president do about parking? Will he or she attempt to improve the on-campus parking situation, or go the road of attempting to convert commuters to residents?
Parking is an absolute disaster for this campus, and I want to know if the new president will have enough preparation to understand the depth of the problem.
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