Students will vote on four amendments that may change the A.S. Constitution in the Spring elections this semester. Two of them were discussed in depth during Tuesday’s A.S. meeting. The first would change the GPA requirements for senators from a 2.0 to a 2.5. “”For those who can barely maintain a 2.0 grade point average, adding another responsibility, what’s that going to do to their grade point average?” Senator Alex Samovitz said. One of the senators against the amendment was… Read more

During open forum during Tuesday’s Associated Students (A.S.) meeting was filled with students asking for A.S. support for the Performance West Fringe Festival, is a performance festival for students and faculty as is stated on their Web site. CSUN has been asked to host the festival April 8-11.  They decided to have the event off campus at the x-Repertory Theater in Downtown Los Angeles. The only problem is that all the regular funding has gone to the Mess America event… Read more

The Associated Students (A.S.) internal affairs reported on a new program that was introduced July, 2009 that offered a subsidy on 10-day and monthly public transit passes. This program gives $20 for each student using MTA, AVTA, and Metrolink services. The internal affairs committee sent out a survey of nine questions, which asked about 30 students who use the program how they heard about it and what they found most positive and other related information. The benefits of the transit… Read more

Associated Students (A.S.) approved a resolution Tuesday in support of academic advising awareness posters for undergraduate students. Undergraduate students find it difficult to obtain information as they progress in units, which leaves students taking the wrong classes and spending more time in school to make up for it. According to institutional research from campus, the percentage of undergraduate students currently over 120 units is from 2.22% in Social and Behavioral Sciences up to 9.73% in Engineering and Computer Science. Arts,… Read more

On Tuesday the Associated Students (A.S.) approved a motion to donate $1,000 to the George Clooney Foundation, that will benefit the Hope for Haiti Foundation and the Make It Right Foundation. They also passed a resolution to recognize and commemorate the survivors of Haiti by holding a moment of silence on or before Feb. 23. A.S. also voted to support the benefit concert on Feb. 26 hosted by the Matador Involvement Center and United We Serve. The concert is from… Read more

Miles Nevin, executive director of the California State Student Association (CSSA), made a presentation at this week’s Associated Students (A.S.) Senate meeting. One of his main objectives was to announce that the California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees is currently looking for a student to fill the seat of student trustee. “We are looking for someone who is passionate. We want someone to be proactive,” he said. “We are looking for a partner to advocate on issues.” General qualifications… Read more

Here are the winners for the Associated Students fall election: Senator, At Large for II and IV Ashley Walker Cynthia Medrano Graduate Guyon McCormack Upper Division Nicole Evans Lower Division Mason Mendoza Arts, Media And Communications Alex Samovitz Business and Economics Jessica Abarca Education Christina Turner (write-in) Engineering and Computer Science Shreenivas Ghorpade (Write-in) Health and Human Development Natalie Perez Humanities N/A Science and Math Christina Turner (Write-in) Social and Behavioral Sciences Gisselle Jaen The posts for the fall election… Read more

The second Presidents’ Town hall Meeting took place today. Thankfully, it was not as boring as the first. Students were more energized and combative. I would have liked to be a fly on the wall at the beginning of the event when Dr. Koester and Abel Pacheco (A.S. President) were chitchatting. Wonder if she was giving him a few tips on how to avoid answering some of the tough questions. Like last time, Koester managed to wipe her hands clean from all wrong doing… Read more