Sellout Extravaganza

Selling Out the Students Once More

http://dailycal.org/article.php?id=19476

The ASUC sold out to the University at the expense of all the students at Cal when they transformed our stduent Union into a multicultural center that is TEMPORARY and will never utilize its full potential. Now, years later, the ASUC has sold out the very students it intends to help,

According to Calstuff, there could be possible positive outcomes:
* The space has been underused for quite some time now, and the expansion of multicultural programming brings a major development to the Sproul area.
* The students behind the MCC were the only group motivated enough to propose a long-term development for the space - it’s not like the ASUC was choosing between options.
* UC Berkeley is one of the only UC schools in the state not to have some sort of multicultural space on campus.

I will make the argument that, what exactly are we getting out of this multicultural center? We have a few posters on the walls, underutilized student services and, as I explained in my post before, the ASUC spends money on this! This highly anticipated Multicultural center has been negative for the very people who protested and striked for this center that doesn't even reflect their efforts.

Remember a few things:
-The Multicultural center sellout emerged from ASUC FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY a few years ago. They had to get out of debt, showing the terrible leadership of the ASUC
-The Multicultural Center is helping cover up the real ASUC problems, namely that student groups only get 33% of the budget while executive offices get the other 66%
-When no one questions the ASUC because they throw a little bone like a crappy multicultural center, students don't protest