Associated Students, Inc. Director of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Luke Wood left the Mar. 20 board meeting early, accusing his colleagues of being “elitists” after they voted down three pieces of legislation that he sponsored.

The measures would support the ASI Children?s Center, an addition of officers and changes in GPA requirements for the board.

Wood, who is running for Vice President of University Affairs on the Voice slate, lost in his bid to pass legislation to save the center?s scrutinized evening program.

The measure would allow the majority student vote to change ASI bylaws making the children?s center a mandatory program for the association.

If any of the measures had passed, students would have had the opportunity to vote on them April 23 ? 24 during the ASI elections.

When introduced, the legislation which would guarantee child care did not receive a second from the board.

With that, Wood slammed his binder shut and left the meeting.

“I left because I was mad and I had to be somewhere else,” Wood said. “I was upset, but that is typical in ASI.”

The board also upset Wood earlier when a measure to lower qualifications for the ASI Board of Directors failed.

Wood said the 2.5 GPA is a high requirement and should be lowered to a 2.0 standard instead.

Wood also mentioned that at the 2001-02 ASI retreat, the board decided to “make ASI inclusive rather than exclusive.”

“It?s not our place to judge student academics ? this is a big brother issue,” he said. “This makes us look elitist.”

Wood referred to the California State University system admission requirement, which at minimum is a 2.0 GPA.

“The Chancellor?s requirement is a 2.0 GPA, which is still considered good standing,” Wood said.

Wood?s other measure to add non members to ASI also got shot by the board.

“I still believe that a great majority of the board is in the administration?s pocket,” Wood said, referring to what he had told The State Hornet in an earlier article when he accused ASI of failing to act on President Donald Gerth?s plan to enact a Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule without student input.

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