{"id":782,"date":"2010-01-25T02:29:26","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T10:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mary\/?p=782"},"modified":"2010-01-25T02:44:05","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T10:44:05","slug":"095-electiontastic-accolades-and-affrontery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mary\/2010\/01\/25\/095-electiontastic-accolades-and-affrontery\/","title":{"rendered":"#095: Electiontastic! Accolades and Affrontery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Currently listening to: “French Navy” – Camera Obscura<\/em><\/p>\n

AMS election voting starts today and continues through the week (Jan 25-29)! Go out and exercise your democratic rights lest you wish to waive your right to complain about anything else AMS that happens over the next year. <\/p>\n

But first, a sprinkling of accolades and snark to hand out, based on the candidates’ performances thus far…<\/p>\n

Wit and Words:<\/b>
\nI am rather disappointed that puns and wordplay ran few and far in between! What happened to the creative minds at work here? A snappy and intriguing catchphrase always makes a good first impression. While fully understanding some candidates’ preference of staying staid and professional, the sprightly capriciousness of a well-crafted statement which allows personality to shine through never fails to impress. In this case, VP Admin candidate Michael Haack<\/a>‘s “I’m a Haack!” pun is oh so painful and thus oh so painfully fantastic<\/i>. Moving on. Following closely behind in terms of unorthodox wordplay, I wouldn’t go quite as far as to call presidential candidate Pak Ho Leung’s platform<\/a> eloquent (indeed, I have no idea if the fellow’s serious), but the conversational style he’s presented himself in is absolutely hilarious. Thus, bonus points for daring creativity and populist rhetoric. Opportunities passed up: Presidential candidate Natalie Swift<\/a> officially needs more headdesk-worthy puns based upon her last name.<\/p>\n

Colour Me Impressed (And Then Some):<\/b>
\nWebsites and posters and holy gods of design geekery! The scroll-through user-friendliness of VP Academic candidate Ben Cappellacci’s website<\/a> is brilliant, as are his posters. Absolutely splendidly designed; almost Lomography-esque in their eye-catching simplicity. Many, many props. VP External candidate Jeremy McElroy’s website<\/a> is an absolutely breathtaking sight to behold. Splendid mastery of the colour green, not to mention those PDFs. Presidential candidate Bijan Ahmadian’s website<\/a> is extremely impressive, what with buttons and pop-ups and frames and technological savviness all around. However, FONTS, people! Fonts can make or break any website design, as the fine people over at Clients from Hell<\/a> can attest. The header with blobby font must go. Other fine examples of design include VP Academic candidate Rodrigo Ferrari-Nunes’ posters<\/a>. Very effective use of b&w – keeping it classy. <\/p>\n

Sweater Vest Incarnation to Rival Stephen Harper’s:<\/b>
\n[I apologize in advance for the superficiality of the following paragraph. But by Jove, I am curious!]
\nWhat is it about election campaigning that draws out the sweaters, sweater vests, and the argyle? I am no AMS Confidential<\/a>, so there shan’t be compare-and-contrast pictures of Harper and the candidates, but there has been a good number of sweaters (and not just incumbent VP External Tim Chu’s usual attire of decidedly comfortable-looking fuzzy sweaters). Board of Governors candidate Guillaume Houle<\/a> was spotted in the AUS office in a green-and-grey argyle sweater; rumour has it that VP External candidate Stas Pavlov<\/a> has been sporting argyle sweater vests in a myriad of colours, while VP Admin candidate Michael Haack’s website<\/a> features him in similar attire. An attempt to look more personable, as a certain prime minister attempted, or a serious sartorial consideration (and possible cause for concern)? <\/p>\n

A Sublime Example of Parody:<\/b>
\nVP External candidate Aaron Palm’s campaign<\/a> is a stellar example of how satire should be done- bold, in-your-face, accompanied by spiffy .jpgs. This entire section is thus dedicated to Mr. Palm’s excellent parody of the Grand Ole’ Party, Tea Parties, gun-slinging-mud-slinging, Sarah Palin, representing mav’riks all across Amurrika<\/s> UBC. <\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

So go VOTE! Even better, vote and then tell nine people, who will tell nine people<\/a>…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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