Vote for #202: TT “The Mole” Tu

Experience

Transparency Director, ASUC Executive Vice President Office*

Internal Relations Director, ASUC Academic Affairs Vice President Office*

Layout Editor, hardboiled APA Newsmagazine*

Art Director, BARE Magazine*

Public Relations and Promotions Team Member, imagiCal Advertising*

Co-Social Chair, Undergraduate Political Science Association*

Platform

Interfaith Coalition Building and Empowerment: The current climate on campus around religious affiliation, faith journey and spiritual development cultivates ignorance and insular communities. Through the promotion of a “faith positive” campus and religious pluralism, we can help foster relationships across faith student groups as well as push for faith and spirituality to be a prominent aspect of student affairs administration. This will be done through the construction of interfaith and intrafaith dialogue groups, the creation and institutionalization of an interfaith council, and the development of an interfaith community through the social change model.

Cultivate Relations between Co-ops and ASUC: The Berkeley Student Cooperative is a non-profit organization with few ties to the University, little accountability to the ASUC yet provides a vibrant community for over 1250 students. A cohesive relationship can create a cooperative ASUC and accessible BSC. I will do this by building on this relationship through the BSC Affairs Officer within the ASUC, increasing the diversity of student experiences within the BSC through outreach efforts and making the BSC houses more accessible to student groups and events connected with the university.

Greater Investment in Arts and Humanities: Fiscal state of the UC is forcing budgets to be cut, revealing de-emphasis on programs related to Arts and Humanities. These programs need to be on the forefront to build the strong liberal arts we are so proud of. I will advocate for arts and humanities student groups as well as coalition build within those communities to facilitate conversations on the department level so as to empower students. Students will have a stronger connection to the university and thus build a stronger alumni base for funding and support.

Creating Equal Access and Resources for the Publication Community on Campus

Publications have not been given equal access to resources and funding and the awareness surrounding publications within and outside of the publication community has been very low. In order to strengthen publications on campus, we need to increase collaboration and discussion between them as well as committing to sustaining our publications. To do this, publications need to gain stable funding as well as use other measures like speaker series, publications and internships fairs, and other collaboration events to raise awareness for the alternative press on campus.

Increasing ASUC Visibility and Accountability

The ASUC as an institution needs to engage the student body and bring the issues that it is working on to the campus’ attention. Currently, the ASUC does allow for students to voice their opinions at Senate meetings but it is not always accessible to students. ASUC public officials need to proactively seek feedback from the student population through senator Sproul hours, public forums, and town halls. ASUC officials should also be required to submit monthly newsletters to students who are interested in finding out more about the ASUC.

Raising Awareness About the Diversity Within the Asian American identity

Asian Pacific Americans occupy about 43% of the campus population and are not seen as minorities on campus. However, the term “Asian” assumes that all struggles and culture that come from these people are the same and discounts the differences. As senator, I want to promote and advocate for API ethnic diversity and educate the campus on the diversity of the various cultures within the Asian identity. By having critical dialogue and events, I hope to not only educate the campus but also confront anti-Asian crime and stereotypes.

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Endorsements

Eunice Kwon

ASUC Senator (09-10)*

Viola Tang

ASUC Academic Affairs Vice President 2010-2011*

Krystle Pasco

ASUC Executive Vice President 2008-2009*

John Kim

Editor-in-Chief, BARE Magazine*

Jessica Chin

Managing Editor, hardboiled*

Sara Peterson

Editor-in-Chief, Berkeley Medical Journal*

Emily Britt Nelson

President, imagiCal Advertising*

Lyka Sethi

Assistant Show Director, Fashion And Student Trends (FAST)*

Brandon Yanari

Co-Internal Vice President, Nikkei Student Union (NSU)*

Co-Director, Cal Taiko*

Lean Deleon

ASUC Senator (09-10)*

* Titles for Identification Purposes Only