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BREAKING: Alidad's CCSC ticket announced, despite his vow to not go to Bwog first (See Quick Spec Below)

Late last night in Lerner, amidst relatively minimal ballyhoo, Alidad Damooei unveiled the running mates soon to be on his ticket for the upcoming CCSC elections:

VP Policy — Donna Desilus (CC '09)
VP Communications — Veronica Colon (CC '10)
VP Funding — Jen Choi (CC '09)
VP Campus Life — Cliff Massey (CC '10)

Campaign details after the jump!

The Alidad club kicked off their campaign by filming b-roll for their campaign video—Calvin Sun bore the camera as they made their pilgrimage on the ramps to Tasti: The Political Mecca.

According to Alidad and Jen Choi, they began throwing around the idea of running around December but resisted announcing earlier so that they could make sure that everyone on their ticket would be comfortable with each other and solidified the overarching ideas of the campaign.

Still no policy discussions are allowed until after Spring Break, but the five were able to introduce themselves and a few of their accomplishments to the public at large for the first time. Besides holding the reigns over a CCSC Vice Presidency, Alidad is a brother in Beta and Board member of Columbia Iranian Students Association. Desilus is CCSC Academic Affairs rep, VP of Delta Sig and President of Multicultural Greek Council. Choi is the current VP Funding and is also political chair of Students for North Korean Awareness.

Despite Massey and Colon's relative inexperience with CCSC (neither have held appointed or elected positions on the council), they maintain that they were going for a "wide cross-section of campus." Massey is Executive Editor of this year's yearbook and Colon sits on the Undergraduate Recruitment Committee's E-board.

Now that it is the eve of the filing deadline, the two heavyweights are set while there has still been no word from Colin Drummond's camp as to whether he will run or not. The stage is set for a grueling campaign after midterms and break. Only time will tell Alidad's fate.

Don't miss the release of their groundbreaking campaign video, set to be released March 25th on a Youtube near you!

-JJV
See also: Alidad Damooei, Ccsc, Decision 2008, Elections

March 4, 2008 @ 10:01 AM | Comments 59 comments | Add comment Post a comment | Link to this article | | | Share on Facebook

Posted by Ummm: #1 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 10:16 AM
Jen Choi is '09
Posted by Yeah....: #2 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 10:21 AM (from campus)
So is Donna
Posted by tools: #3 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 10:27 AM
i know for a fact that alidad, cliff massey, veronica colon are massive resume whoring tools. i say vote for the other guys.
Posted by JJV (Site staff): #4 (in reply to #2) · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 10:29 AM (from campus)
Oops, we knew that! Thanks.
Posted by okay: #5 (in reply to #3) · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 10:37 AM (from campus)
well i say you're a whore. and a tool. too bad nobody will vote for you.

Posted by alidad: #6 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 10:50 AM
i once had a conversation with alidad that went like:

me: so how much of the reading did you get done?

alidad: so hungover from last night, couldnt do any of it.

professor: so who can explain today's reading?

alidad: (goes on for 5 min straight, explains everything perfectly down to the minutiae)

me: i thought you didnt do the reading?

alidad: (nervous laugh) maybe i did read it? god im so hungover
Posted by god: #7 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 10:53 AM (from campus)
veronica is the fakest person I've met here. and that's saying a lot, because everyone is fake here.

cliff is actually nice. alidad is a skeeze.
Posted by alidad: #8 (in reply to #6) · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 11:04 AM (from campus)
alidad and i once got drunk on manishevitz and killed 4 hobos in one night. true story.
Posted by cliff: #9 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 11:06 AM (from campus)
is hands down one of the nicest boys I know.. he was on the 2010 council last year and he's on the Campus life committee so he actually knows what he's doing. He is the furthest thing from a resume whore
Posted by donna: #10 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 11:25 AM (from campus)
is really, really annoying. i'm gonna be real with you. she's nice, but like, i had class with her and...god.

(okay, and not in the way that krebs is annoying...krebs is more jovial than anything else. and since i'm going to be a senior next year, i just want to have fun because nothing will change regardless.)
Posted by Colin drummond: #11 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 11:27 AM (from campus)
is abroad this semester - i doubt you'll hear from his 'camp' bwog
Posted by nope: #12 (in reply to #11) · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 11:29 AM
he's not. saw him yesterday
Posted by hmmm: #13 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 11:39 AM (from campus)
cliff is nice, but i have to say, alidad is not. he only talks to you if he needs something from you and has no problem literally walking away from you in the middle of a conversation if he sees someone more "useful" to him. But then again, this toolishness might actually be good in a CCSC president. I'd still vote for alidad over krebs any day.
Posted by bottom line: #14 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Alidad = too ambitious to be incompetent

Krebs = too brash to play well with others

Swallow your revulsion and vote Damooei.
Posted by Alidad: #15 (in reply to #8) · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 12:11 PM (from campus)
Alidad and I once killed eight lipizzaner stallions and sucked the marrow from their bones just because Morton Williams was out of Jello.
Posted by not sure: #16 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 12:32 PM
about alidad, but jen choi is a great gal.
Posted by seriously: #17 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 12:34 PM (from campus)
i heart jen choi
Posted by Alidad: #18 (in reply to #15) · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 12:38 PM (from campus)
Alidad Damooei! You are a madman! When you stole that cow, and your friends tried to make it with the cow... I want to party with you, cowboy.
Posted by wow: #19 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 1:11 PM
Wow, Alidad really put together a great team. I hope they win!
Posted by so obvious: #20 (in reply to #19) · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 1:46 PM
alidad posted that himself...tool
Posted by yeah...: #21 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 1:47 PM
i agree completely with #13. he doesn't call his "friends" for the whole year, except right before elections to ask them to vote. but you know, that is perhaps what works in politics (and ruins his life, but that's his choice), and compared to krebs' team, damooei's is much, much more solid.
Posted by Krebs Love: #22 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 1:51 PM (from campus)
Hating George Krebs is like hating Santa Claus.
Posted by And?: #23 (in reply to #22) · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 1:54 PM (from campus)
I'm Jewish.
Posted by nooo....: #24 (in reply to #22) · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 2:07 PM (from campus)
hating george krebs is like hating a really corny fat kid...
Posted by yeah: #25 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 2:22 PM (from campus)
you can't call krebs santa claus. at least santa gets shit done. what did the junior class do this year? casino night? oh yeah that sucked
Posted by hey: #26 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 2:27 PM
lay off alidad, krebs is the man
Posted by Dominique : #27 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 2:31 PM (from campus)
In response to the whole, "Damooei is ambitious, he'll get stuff done, George is too fun-loving to get things done" argument: What exactly are you looking to "get done"? CCSC is limited in terms of power and funds, so it's not like we're looking for someone who's going to revolutionize the system. To me, CCSC is more about representation, and who you feel will be the most accurate at speaking for your needs and wants, than someone who has specific, personal things they want to get done and will be effective at achieving them. That being said, I think these are two groups of great people, and both do a semi-decent job of reflecting the campus
Posted by another: #28 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 2:59 PM
burger king kids club student council lineup.
Posted by Beta: #29 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 3:30 PM
Alidad is definitely ambitious, but manages to be modest and social too. I think these are ideal qualities in a leader.

Vote Damooei!
Posted by wooglin: #30 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 3:35 PM (from campus)
Judging from the intellectual quality of these postings, i'm guessing that many of you guys are taking a class pass/fail. The fact that you have the liberty to uncover your grade is because of Alidad's lobbying. Moreover, i realize Alidad might rub people the wrong way sometimes, but i think that the example of George Bush clearly shows why electing a man who you think you can have a beer with is not a good strategy.
Posted by SEAS '10: #31 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 4:17 PM (from campus)
Veronica is an amazing person (and good-looking to boot)(also sings really well). I haven't spoken to Cliff in a while, but I know he is a genuinely nice person.

I don't think of them as resume-padders; if they were, wouldn't they already be in CCSC? It sounds like Alidad was really looking for a diverse ticket, and it's nice to see that not everyone on there is part of the student council "in" crowd.

Too bad I can't vote :( Even in my own election...
Posted by Actually: #32 (in reply to #30) · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 4:18 PM
That is due to David Ali and Neda Navab lobbying for that for 2 years. Alidad came in at the end and stole the credit. Please, if you're going to say something, be correct in your assertions.
Posted by Beta: #33 (in reply to #32) · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 4:40 PM
David Ali and Neda started it but the initiative stalled and almost died at the end of David Ali's term as academic affairs rep.

When he got on council, Alidad joined the two of them and helped revive it after it got stuck in bureacratic limbo...
Posted by actually: #34 (in reply to #25) · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 5:09 PM (from campus)
2010 had to take over casino night after Georges council dropped the ball... so it might not have been great, but if it was left up to 09 who knows if it even would have happened
Posted by yep: #35 (in reply to #33) · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 5:09 PM (from campus)
this is true.
Posted by and...: #36 (in reply to #34) · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 5:11 PM (from campus)
...as on the casino night committee this year, this is also true. CC 2009 was supposed to run casino night; however the responsibility was delegated to 2010 after they failed to show up to half the meetings.
Posted by youtube: #37 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 5:15 PM (from campus)
i don't know anything but what i see on youtube,

and all i know is that calvin sun guy can sure make damn good videos.
Posted by cliff is: #38 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 5:30 PM (from campus)
a hottie
Posted by dragon: #39 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 5:50 PM (from campus)
Fucking ace ticket, for the Alidaddy. This mother fucker is the shiiiiiiiiiiit.

Plus, rumor has it he has a giant Persian cock.
Posted by cpd: #40 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 6:04 PM (from campus)
I will either run or I will not.
Posted by sex: #41 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 6:08 PM (from campus)
veronica colon is fucking dan trepanier...just want to put that out there
Posted by who: #42 (in reply to #41) · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 6:51 PM
gives a fuck? that doesn't change whether or not she is a good choice. grow up, asshole.
Posted by Also: #43 (in reply to #33) · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 7:00 PM
I guess I missed that part... woops! Thanks for letting me know. I do wonder, however, what accomplishments Alidad has had this year as VP Policy. I wonder the same about George as all I've heard he is good for is bashing Michelle Diamond, which isn't a very useful tactic as CCSC President when she is no longer a student here. Anyone know of any of their direct accomplishments?
Posted by THANK YOU!: #44 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 7:22 PM (from campus)
A REAL POLITICAL PARTY! omg can we please get the krebs/johnson people out of office. Alidad, can you please run for CC09 president too?

Veronica and I had section together for AFP with that douche Parent. She had very intelligent things to say. So happy to hear she is on the ticket.

Jennifer Choi is cute and nice. Thats cool. Hell yea.

I hear that Cliff is a bit of a sex freak. But hey man, thats ur personal life. Whatever keeps you focused.

and yea I dunno who Donna is. But hell, if Alidad will run with her, she must be good.

I am pleased.
Posted by jen choi: #45 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 7:47 PM (from campus)
is amazing and sooo sweet. i love her!
Posted by 1837: #46 · reply · track
March 4, 2008 at 8:31 PM (from campus)
whoa, i actually know everyone on that ticket. i like some of 'em and others i wouldn't give the time of day to, but at least they're all competent. nobody on that party is a massive flake. plus, when the unexpected happens--like ahmadinejad--i trust these guys to keep their cool and not do anythnig crazy.

and jen choi... hottness
Posted by EAL: #47 (in reply to #44) · reply · track
March 5, 2008 at 12:34 AM (from campus)
Whoa, whoa, whoa! No one is to speak ill of Joe Parent, for Joe Parent is a god.
Posted by Lame: #48 (in reply to #44) · reply · track
March 5, 2008 at 1:21 AM (from campus)
Donna is not that smart, Jen Choi is nice but okay, and a sex freak doesn't sound like a great candidate. If you're looking for a good ticket, then you should be able to see that even if you don't like Krebs, his ticket is solid. So your comments are obviously motivated by personal friendships.
Posted by wtf: #49 · reply · track
March 5, 2008 at 1:40 AM (from campus)
does 'sex freak' even mean? has sex often? has kinky sex?
Posted by donna: #50 · reply · track
March 5, 2008 at 1:41 AM (from campus)
is amazing. she has gotten a lot done this year as academic affairs rep

soon course syllabi are going to be available online when you register for classes, some course evaluations are going to be published (depends on department) and some classes at the business school might be opened up to undergrads

Posted by uhm: #51 (in reply to #48) · reply · track
March 5, 2008 at 2:02 AM (from campus)
your logic is entirely flawed, and fake. try harder than that.
Posted by Colin Drummond: #52 (in reply to #11) · reply · track
March 5, 2008 at 2:06 AM
is a broad this semester. That's what he meant. He really needs a haircut.
Posted by Jen Choi: #53 · reply · track
March 5, 2008 at 2:48 AM (from campus)
is wonderfulllllll! : )
Posted by cc '10: #54 · reply · track
March 5, 2008 at 4:38 AM (from campus)
am i the only one who fails to see the logic in having an editor of the yearbook (we have a yearbook?) run for the VP of campus life?
Posted by CLC Co-Chair: #55 (in reply to #54) · reply · track
March 5, 2008 at 5:22 AM
Actually Cliff is the most active and responsible member of CLC...which as VP campus life he would be the head of...it seems BWOG didn't really do their homework on that point. Being someone who has worked with and had to depend on him multiple times this year I can say he will do an amazing job.

Jen is the woman. Enough said...I have never seen a more competent and hard working VP Finance.

You may think Donna's annoying but that persistence is what gets shit done...if elected she'll do just that...get shit done.

Lastly, I am in multiple organizations with Alidad and have seen what he can accomplish. Unfortunately, I have had the displeasure of listening to George Krebs' incompetent spewing from the mouth on more than one occasion as well. Since I am graduating this year it really won't affect me...but listen to me little ones...you do NOT want Krebs.
Posted by oh alidad: #56 (in reply to #55) · reply · track
March 5, 2008 at 10:12 AM (from campus)
it's nice to see you finally post something on bwog
Posted by you: #57 · reply · track
March 5, 2008 at 3:30 PM (from campus)
suck, sir
Posted by man: #58 (in reply to #8) · reply · track
March 6, 2008 at 12:04 AM (from campus)
i saw alidad perform a direct quadruple coronary bypass on a squirrel with his bare feet and saving it... all while doing push ups with one finger. true story.
Posted by Donna: #59 · reply · track
March 9, 2008 at 12:50 AM
I guess she rubs some people the wrong way, but did someone actually say "donna is not that smart"? That's ridiculous.
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