Since Tuesday, over 350 UCSB students have signed our petition demanding that Karl Rove answer our questions. Last night, UCSB’s Associated Students Legislative Council passed a resolution supporting our call to have an open microphone at Karl Rove’s speech tonight. But the College Republicans are still refusing to allow us to have an open dialogue with Karl Rove despite the fact that $12,933 of our student funds have gone to bring him to campus.
What you can do
We need to increase the pressure on the College Republicans to stand up for free speech and allow for UCSB students to ask unfiltered questions to Karl Rove. Our goal is to get 500 signatures before the the event tonight, we need you to send this link to 10 of your friends and get them to sign the petition too: http://bit.ly/rovepetition
If you have tickets to tonight’s event and are interested in opposing Karl Rove in a non-disruptive manner, SB Anti-War is planning to walk out of the event when Rove speaks. Check out their Facebook group here.
SIGN THE PETITION
UCSB Associated Students has allocated $12,933 of our student funds to bring former George Bush adviser Karl Rove to campus on Thursday, February 25th. As “Bush’s Brain”, Karl Rove was behind the disastrous policies of President George W. Bush. From fabricating evidence of WMDs in Iraq to exploiting race in politics to fighting to strip LGBT people of marriage equality, it is time that Rove answers for these policies. But instead, the UCSB College Republicans will be filtering your pre-submitted questions for Rove. The students are footing the bill for this event at a university that values freedom of speech and we refuse to be denied our right to ask questions. We demand that the College Republicans allow UCSB students to ask Karl Rove uncensored questions from a microphone at Thursday’s event. Please join us in signing the petition below:
Please join the UCSB Campus Democrats by signing this petition to preserve free speech on our campus.
Democratically Yours,
UCSB Campus Democrats
The University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) Campus Democrats today announced their endorsement of local Santa Barbara Councilmember Das Williams in his campaign for the 35th Assembly District. The UCSB Campus Democrats voted unanimously to endorse Das Williams.
Leaders of the UCSB Campus Democrats cited Das Williams’ deep commitment to and understand of higher education issues and service to the campus community.
“After carefully considering both democratic candidates, we are pleased to endorse Santa Barbara City Councilmember Das Williams for the 35th State Assembly District,” said Amanda Wallner, President of the UCSB Campus Democrats. “Das Williams has been a huge supporter of Campus Democrats for years. He knows students, he knows Isla Vista, and I am confident that he will continue to work for us and with us in the State Assembly. Das cares about the students and his commitment to UCSB is unwavering. The UCSB Campus Democrats are excited to have this opportunity to send a strong advocate for students to Sacramento.”
The UCSB Campus Democrats have hundreds of active members and are the largest Democratic club in the 35th State Assembly District. The UCSB Campus Democrats are nationally recognized leaders in voter registration and were awarded Chapter of the Year Award in 2009 from the California College Democrats.
“I am proud to have the support of the UCSB Campus Democrats,” said Das Williams. “I look forward to continue working closely with the Campus Democrats and the UCSB campus community to make affordable, quality higher education a priority in Sacramento.”
Das Williams is running to succeed fellow democrat and termed-out Assemblymember Pedro Nava in 2010.
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