The executive vice president and vice president of finance positions went unfilled during the Associated Students Inc. board meeting Wednesday.

However, ASI President Angel Barajas, said he is currently immersed in the interview process to fill the positions. Barajas will submit two candidates to the board of directors by Tuesday and will announce his decisions Wednesday at the working board meeting.

Board members worked this week to pass legislation that was discussed during the Sept. 21 meeting. The board members sat side-by-side for an hour in the Foothill Suite to pass legislation and discuss issues ?” most relating to Sac State’s most recent Hurricane Katrina efforts.

New Legislation

All legislation that was motioned by board members at the meeting passed without much opposition. The legislation included new appointments to the DOC/SEL, Finance and Budget, and Audit Committees, the establishment of an ASI Logo work team, amendments to the Internal Affairs and DOC/SEL operating rules and a new director for the Unity Celebration Committee.

Grant Match

University Enterprises and the Five for Life Campaign have both met ASI’s matching grant challenge of $5,500 for Hurricane Katrina victims. Next, ASI will try to get the University Union, Alumni Center and Capital Public Radio involved in donating funds, Barajas said. After all the donations are collected, a challenge will be made to other CSUs to see if they can match or generate more money, Barajas said

“We want to schedule a possible press conference to officially challenge other CSUs to donate,” Barajas said.

Barajas said that he is glad ASI started the campaign because it shows that students at Sacramento State are really taking the lead.

Students to Help out

In collaboration with California State Student Association and Student Activities, ASI is beginning work on a project that will give Sacramento State students a chance to help out in areas damaged by Hurricane Katrina, Angela Arriola, director of business, said.

The hands-on effort would happen in January and would place student volunteers in hurricane-ravaged areas where help is needed. The volunteers would stay anywhere from a week to a month, depending on their needs and wants, Arriola said.

The idea is that sponsors, such as the Red Cross, would fund the project, but most financial questions are still in the works, Arriola said.

31 Students affected by Katrina Come to Sac State

According to Admissions and Records, 31 students from the Gulf Coast are now admitted at Sac State for fall 2005, Heather Dunn-Carlton, student affairs designee, said. Two of those students took advantage of dorm opportunities, but the majority of them were originally from the Sacramento Region. Dunn-Carlton updated the board of directors of the new student additions at the meeting.

“The entire financial aid process was completed in an hour,” Dunn-Carlton said. In addition, over 100 faculty offered to add the late students, application fees were waived, student were admitted without transcripts, and emergency short time loans were to help expedite the process for the new students.

Everyone has worked hard over at Student Affairs to remove barriers for the new students and get them into classrooms, Dunn-Carlton said.