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ASI Notebook: May 7

Ashley Downton
May 8, 2008

ASI scholarship winners announced Tim Snyder, vice president of Finance, announced the 15 winners of the Associated Students Inc. $1,000 scholarships. Snyder said the winners exhibited membership in the...

ASI voter turnout reflected

Ashley Downton
May 8, 2008

With a six percent voter turnout, the Associated Students Inc. directors for the 2008-09 school year were announced April 30 following a month of campaigning. ASI President Christina Romero declared Executive...

ASI Notebook: May 5

Ashley Downton
May 7, 2008

Presentation on online student evaluations Jude Antonyappan, associate professor in the division of social work, gave a presentation to Associated Students Inc. regarding the transition of professor evaluations...

ASI election results announced

Ashley Downton
May 2, 2008

Current Associated Students Inc. President Christina Romero announced the executive and college directors for the 2008-09 school year tonight in the University Union. Miguel Cervantes, executive vice president,...

ASI Candidates: Director of Health and Human Services

Ashley Downton
May 1, 2008

Click here to return to the ASI election page. Juan Carlos Jauregui (Action) Criminal justice major. Projects coordinator for the ASI Office of Governmental Affairs. Main goals: Focus on the criminal justice...

ASI Candidates: Vice President of University Affairs

Ashley Downton
May 1, 2008

Click here to return to the ASI election page. Felix Barba (Action) Government major. Current ASI director of Arts and Letters. Board member for the University Union. President/founder of Salsa Loca Club...

ASI Candidates: Executive Vice President

Ashley Downton
May 1, 2008

Click here to return to the ASI election page. Roberto Torres (Action) Government and communication studies major. Current ASI secretary of State Affairs. Board member for California State Student Association...

Campaigns focus on importance of voting

Ashley Downton
May 1, 2008

Members of the campus community reflected on the importance of voting in the approaching elections for the Associated Students Inc. executive and college directors. Twenty-one candidates have been actively...

ASI Debate Recap: April 23

Ashley Downton
April 30, 2008

About 30 students came to watch as Associated Students Inc. candidates for executive vice president and vice president of Finance debated on Wednesday. Robert Linch and Roberto Torres, candidates for executive...

ASI Notebook: April 23

Ashley Downton
April 30, 2008

Preliminary ASI 2008-09 budget discussed Tim Snyder, vice president of Finance, presented a second draft of the preliminary 2008-09 budget for Associated Students Inc. at today's board meeting. Snyder...

Some ASI candidates say ‘nay’ to debates

Ashley Downton
April 29, 2008

Twenty-one students fighting for a place on the Associated Students Inc. board of directors have been battling and debating for the student vote since last week. Candidates had the chance to voice their...

ASI Candidates: Vice President of Academic Affairs

Ashley Downton
April 25, 2008

Click here to return to the ASI election page. Jennifer Alvelais (Imagine Revolution) Government major. Involved in the alternative break program. Decided to run to provide an alternative to the other...

ASI Candidates: Director of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Ashley Downton
April 24, 2008

Click here to return to the ASI election page. Fely Sita-Makaba (Action) Sophomore chemistry major. Current director of college. Dance coordinator. Main goals: To address the $10 increase in lab fees that...

ASI Candidates: Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies

Ashley Downton
April 24, 2008

Click here to return to the ASI election page. Lauren Haley (Action) Freshman government major. Special projects coordinator for the ASI Office of the President. Main goals: Work as a team with ASI board...

ASI Candidates: Graduate Director

Ashley Downton
April 24, 2008

Click here to return to the ASI election page. Shawn Smith (N/A) Second semester graduate student in the Business Administration masters program. Decided to run after the position was vacant last year,...

ASI candidate to file complaint against Team Action

Ashley Downton
April 23, 2008

Alexander Huttleston, candidate for vice president of University Affairs, said he will be filing a formal complaint against Team Action for beginning campaigning early. Huttleston said Team Action placed...

ASI Notebook: April 16

Ashley Downton
April 17, 2008

ASI event to promote environment Associated Students Inc. will be holding an event for Earth Day on Tuesday in the Library Quad from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to promote the environment and sustainability on campus....

ASI Notebook: April 9

Ashley Downton
April 16, 2008

Women Mentoring Women Conference A Women Mentoring Women Conference will be held April 18 and allow Sacramento State female students to meet with professional working women. ASI President Christina Romero...

ASI candidates kick off campaigns

Ashley Downton
April 11, 2008

IMPORTANT ELECTION DATES Tuesday - Director debate, Graduate, Education and Undeclared. Summit Room, University Union, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Wednesday - Director debate, Arts and Letters, Health and Human Services...

ASI accepts applications for 15 scholarships

Ashley Downton
April 10, 2008

Sacramento State student Lina Li applied for all four scholarships offered by Associated Students Inc. this semester to help pay for her semester tuition. Li said she is ineligible to hold a job, apply...

Students engage in political discussions

Ashley Downton
April 10, 2008

Associated Students Inc. brought clubs and organizations together to inform students about national political issues, including foreign and fiscal policies, and allowed them to voice their opinions on...

Political Day spurs discussion and debates

Ashley Downton
March 27, 2008

Political Day in the Quad brought about 100 students out today for debates and information from political clubs and organizations from on and off campus. The event, the second of two events held today...

ASI appointments include 3 fresh faces

Ashley Downton
March 20, 2008

Associated Students Inc. President Christina Romero has had trouble filling five director positions vacated when Student Affairs declared the directors ineligible at the beginning of the semester. Romero...

March from sexism

Ashley Downton
March 14, 2008

Women's Herstory Month has started at Sacramento State by offering events throughout March to emphasize the history of and issues facing women in the past and present. The Women's Resource Center is sponsoring...

New bill to halt campus hunts

Ashley Downton
March 13, 2008

California Assemblyman Cameron Smyth, R-Santa Clarita, introduced legislation in response to Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez's endorsement of a hunting expedition for educational purposes...

ASI Notebook: March 12

Ashley Downton
March 13, 2008

Appointment of directors Sacramento State students Justine Yang and Robert Linch were appointed director of undeclared and director of social sciences and interdisciplinary studies. ASI President Christina...

ASI Notebook: March 5

Ashley Downton
March 6, 2008

New director of business appointed ASI appointed Kiran Tariq as director of business in a special meeting this afternoon. The position was vacated when the prior director failed to meet eligibility requirements....

ASI Notebook: Feb. 27

Ashley Downton
March 3, 2008

Laptop Loan Program Internet accessible laptops will be available to all registered Sacramento State undergraduate and graduate students in good academic standing for check out beginning Monday. Students...

Student made Miss Sacramento County

Ashley Downton
February 28, 2008

After growing up in a family on welfare, Sacramento State junior Brittney Henry hopes to promote education among low-income families as Miss Sacramento County 2008.Henry, 20, competed against 14 other...

$1,000 prize for ASI logo

Ashley Downton
February 27, 2008

To encourage students to run for office and vote in the spring 2008 Associated Students Inc. election, three Sacramento State students put their creativity to work. Karlos Santos-Coy, Tiffany Dreyer and...

Women’s Resource Center men’s program discontinued

Ashley Downton
February 21, 2008

Budgets cuts and poor planning led to the discontinuation of the Men's Program and the move of Jessica Heskin, advocate and educator of Violence and Sexual Assault Support Services, to a new office location...

Sexual assault educator relocates to health center

Ashley Downton
February 13, 2008

Jessica Heskin, an advocate and educator with the Violence and Sexual Assault Support Services, moved office locations from the Women's Resource Center to the Student Health Center this week. Heskin's...

Woman dies after collapse in Union

Ashley Downton
February 13, 2008

A 76-year-old woman who collapsed in the University Union on Friday died, said University Police Lt. Dan Davis. The Sacramento County Coroner's Office had no information on the time of death or the cause....

ASI Notebook: Feb. 6

Ashley Downton
February 10, 2008

Two bylaw referendums proposed Associated Students Inc. discussed two proposed bylaw referendums at its first semester working board meeting this afternoon. One proposed referendum stated that students...

Fall 2008 applications rise for CSUS

Ashley Downton
February 10, 2008

Despite early enrollment deadlines designated by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as part of his proposed 2008-09 budget cuts to the California State University system, Sacramento State received a 6.7 percent...

Pack your way to a smile

Ashley Downton
February 8, 2008

Adela Moreno said she is blessed that her son Nicolas, 13, and daughter Tina, 11, were accepted into the Smiles for Kids program coordinated by the Sacramento District Dental Society. The Smiles for Kids...

Event promotes education and dental care

Ashley Downton
February 6, 2008

Members of the Sacramento State Pre-Dental Association provided backpacks filled with school and dental supplies to about 300 underprivileged children today for the annual Smiles for Kids event. The Sacramento...

CFA president holds phone conference

Ashley Downton
January 31, 2008

Lillian Taiz, president of the California Faculty Association, called 2008 the "year to gut education" today in a telephone conference addressing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed $312.9 million budget...

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