Board members of Associated Students, Inc. are keeping their lips sealed about a closed session on Oct. 1 regarding the termination of Associate Director Randy Radcliff.

A public memorandum was released after the session concluded Oct. 8 stating that only “the ASCSUS Board of Directors…has moved to sustain the termination of Randy Radcliff.”

When asked for more details about the meeting, ASI President Peter Ucovich said that he had nothing else to disclose, and he was legally bound by confidentiality. “Unless other events unfold, which I do not anticipate, no other announcements will be made about the closed session,” Ucovich said.

Radcliff worked at ASI for 11 months as the Associate Director. While in office, he oversaw student-managed programs and coordinated fundraisers.Radcliff was also a key player in ASI’s lawsuit against graphic design company Six-One-Nine.

ASI decided in a closed session held last spring to sue the San Diego-based company when it failed to provide ASI with a new website.

Radcliff sought legal representation for ASI in the lawsuit against Six-One-Nine.

Whether there is a connection between the Six-One-Nine case and the termination of Radcliff is unknown.

The closed session began during the Oct. 1 board meeting. The nature of the meeting was not revealed to those that attended it.Students and staff waited outside the Foothill suite of the Union for nearly three hours before being told that the closed session would resume the following week.

At that time, a representative of ASI would only state that the closed session was regarding personnel or legal matters.

Despite the setback the closed session placed on the Oct. 8 meeting’s agenda, eight pieces of legislation were passed.

The board passed a resolution to establish a California Native American Day at Sacramento State.

The legislation was sponsored by Graduate Director Xico Gonzalez who is working to increase awareness and appreciation of diversity on campus. He also sponsored legislation which passed at the board’s first meeting this semester to host a Unity Celebration in the spring.

A resolution to declare a Hispanic Heritage Month at Sac State also passed.Four board members, including Ucovich and Director of Education Nicole Croly, expressed concern about ASI appearing discriminatory.

Croly suggested that rather than recognizing individual ethnicities on separate days, that ASI recognize all ethnicities at the Unity Celebration. Despite this concern, the legislation passed 8-4.

Another piece of legislation which passed was a resolution for the University to reconsider tobacco sponsorship.

Before the meeting, Deana Molian, a representative of Students Taking Action Against Nicotine Dependency, spoke in support of the legislation. Molina presented the board with statistics about student smokers at Sac State and nationwide.

According to the statistics, two-thirds of those surveyed on campus think that there should be no tobacco sponsorship at Sac State.

In addition to banning tobacco sponsorship on campus, board members also hoped to prohibit tobacco companies from attending future job fairs on campus, including Philip Morris who was present at a job fair held earlier this month.

Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Lorie E. Verlotta said that this exclusion would not be possible.

It would be a legal violation if ASI prohibited a company from attending the job fair based on the product it sells.

According to the campus Career Center, any company may attend the job fair as long they are in good standing with the University.

This means that the company must have no history of providing false information to students about job availability.

The next ASI board meeting will be at 1:30 p.m. today in the Foothill Suite of the Union.