The second to last Associated Students, Inc. board meeting of the spring semester was held Wednesday in the Foothill Suite of the University Union at Sacramento State.

The recent controversy over how the Green Army distributed Cinco de Mayo-themed baseball game fliers, in which the school mascot Herky the Hornet is dressed in a sombrero and serape, was the first topic of discussion during public comment. Several students representing the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan came to speak out against the flier and ask that whoever was responsible for it to apologize to the Hispanic community on campus.

Denise Fernandez, a third-year ethnic studies major and part of MEChA, spoke out against the flier from the Green Army that was seen as offensive.

“We are here because we know that as student elected officials it is your job to represent the students,” Fernandez said. “We were told it was a student that posted [the flier], but as you know, as you guys mentioned, the flier looked very professional and looked like a lot of time got put into it, so you know we would strongly encourage an investigation into this.”

Sarah Adan, the director of Graduate Studies, also stated her own displeasure over the flier. She also encouraged all students who want to have a conversation about discrimination to email herself or the board to continue the discussion.

“When I first saw [the flier], I couldn’t believe it– could not believe that this was happening in this day and age at Sacramento State,” Adan said. “We are just becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institute. This is going to be a dialogue. This isn’t the end of it. So if you guys leave and then ten minutes later think of something, feel free to email any of us.”

Brenda Martinez, the director of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies, commented on how seriously the issue is being handled.

“This is definitely something that was very hurtful to many of us, especially to Latinos,” Martinez said. “And it’s something that is not just going to be taken lightly.”

Several other board members weighed in also.

Logan Rivera also wanted to make a clarification about how much of the work he did for the joint council and the engineering expo. He felt that too much credit had been given to him for the expo’s success and wanted to make sure that Tucker Caruso, the president of the engineering council, also got credit for the work that was done.

“I want to thank you all for retaining me, but I did want to clarify, I went back and watched film and I feel that I took and received way too much credit for the engineering expo and I wanted to state publicly that Tucker Caruso, the president of the engineering and computer joint council, along with the clubs and organizations of the college of ECS are the ones who really made it a success,” Rivera said. “Tucker broke his back for months planning the event and really put a lot of effort into it.”

Pat Worley, the executive director of ASI, noted that several employee positions are now open through ASI and encourages all students to apply.

“This is the time of year that we have a number of our ASI student employees that are graduating,” Worley said. “So we do have a number of job opportunities.”

The board also completed the regular business and passed all new business brought to the table.