UC Seal Campus Elections


Spring 2008 Campus Election

Sample Ballot


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 Fee Measures

    Implementing Regulations
    Compulsory campus-based fees may be established, eliminated, or modified in an election in which a majority (50% + 1) of a minimum voting pool of twenty five percent (25%) of the overall affected student body (according to official third week enrollment figures) votes to approve or to modify the fee. The imposition of a compulsory fee passed by referendum is subject to concurrence of the Chancellor and approval of the President.

    Abstentions will not count toward the establishment of minimum voting pool requirements. The establishment of the minimum voting pool will be determined on an individual basis for each measure on the ballot (i.e. the sum of "yes" and "no" votes on each individual measure must equal or exceed the minimum voting pool required).

 Measure 34 (U): Sustaining the Student Media Voice

    MEASURE 34 QUESTION

    Shall the undergraduate students of UCSC provide funding to support and strengthen the diversity of the student voice in television, print, radio, and inter-media by ensuring training and advising for student-run media by assessing themselves up to $4.14* per student per quarter, beginning Fall 2008?



          

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 Measure 35 (U, G): Student Health Center Green Building Fee

    MEASURE 35 QUESTION

    Shall the undergraduate and graduate students of UCSC provide funding to purchase and install green materials, implement green practices, and obtain a U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) “Silver” certification for the Cowell Student Health Center by establishing a new compulsory fee of $5.20 per quarter, per student.

          

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 Measure 37 (U): Support GIIP, Undergraduate Education, Social Justice and Sustainability

    MEASURE 37 QUESTION

    Shall the undergraduate students of UCSC provide funding for the Global Information Internship Program (GIIP) at UCSC, which will enable more UCSC students to learn information technology skills and implement social justice and sustainable development internships with global and local community organizations by establishing a new compulsory fee of $1.33 per quarter, per student, beginning Fall 2008?

          

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 Student Union Assembly Officers
    According to the existing Student Union Assembly constitution, officers are elected to a one-year term by popular vote. There is no minimum voting pool requirement.
 Student Union Assembly Chair


 Internal Vice Chair


 External Vice Chair


 Commissioner of Academic Affairs


 Organizing Director


 Commissioner of Diversity


 Opinion Poll
    As opinion polls are non-binding, there is no minimum voting requirement. The following opinion poll questions were placed on the ballot by resolution of the Student Union Assembly (SUA).

 OPINION POLL 1: Survey on General Education

The UCSC Committee on Educational Policy is taking a good look at UCSC’s general education system. That system is likely to be significantly changed. The people with the most to win or lose in this change are students. The point of this survey is for us to learn about your views on the current general education system. Your answers will be one important piece in our thinking as we consider what to reform.

A. Questions About You

  1. What is your class standing?

          

  2. What is your college?

          

  3. In what division is your major (or intended major)? You can select more than one.









  4. Did you enter UCSC as a frosh, or as a transfer student?

          

B. Survey about general education

  1. If there were one thing you wish had been different about the educational experience of your first year at UCSC, what would it be?

          



    For the following questions, please answer on a scale from “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree.”   Some questions may not apply to you because you have not yet taken the course(s) mentioned. In those cases, choose “Does not apply”. Please answer based only on your personal experience with courses, not on things like reputation.

    If you transferred to UCSC as a junior or senior, please skip to question 17.

  2. I understand the goals of UCSC’s general education system.

          

  3. My general education courses have had as much educational value as other lower-division courses I have taken.

          

  4. My college core course had as much educational value as other first-year courses I took.

          

  5. Because of my experience in my college core course, my writing improved significantly.

          

  6. Because of my experience in Writing 2 (C2), my writing improved significantly.

          

  7. I understand the difference between an Introduction to the Disciplines (IH, IN, IS) course and a Topical (T) course.

          

  8. My Introduction to the Disciplines (IH, IN, IS) general education courses were as good an educational experience as my other lower-division courses.
          

  9. My Topical (T) general education courses were as good an educational experience as my other lower-division courses.

          

  10. My Quantitative (Q) course improved my understanding of quantitative reasoning.

          

  11. My Ethnic Minorities/Non-Western Society (E) course improved my understanding of another ethnic group or culture.

          

  12. My Arts (A) course improved my understanding and appreciation of the arts.

          

  13. My Writing-Intensive (W) course did a good job teaching me to write in a discipline.

          

  14. UCSC should have a language requirement beyond what is required for admission.

          


    If you transferred to UCSC as a junior or senior, please skip to question 22.

  15. Which of your general education courses did you find most rewarding, and why?

          

  16. Compared to other courses (at a similar level), how much effort did you put into your general education courses?

          

  17. For seniors: what, if anything, do you feel is missing from your education that you will need in the future? And what are the highlights of general education that you remember?

          

  18. As we consider reforming general education, what would you like to tell us?

          


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If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding the content of the fee referenda portion of this ballot, please contact Lucy Rojas, Elections Commissioner, Student Affairs, at 459-1676 or larojas@ucsc.edu.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding the content of the Student Union Assembly officer elections portion of this ballot, please contact the Student Union Assembly at (831)459-4838 or suaofficers@ucsc.edu.

For technical questions contact: hansendl@ucsc.edu.