A.S. closed their two-day voting polls Wednesday night, in what turned out to largely be an election of write-ins. While there were 11 Senate seats available to be filled, only three (Lower Division, Upper Division, and Social & Behavioral Sciences) had candidates running for office this term. Raunika Nayyar,  A.S. director of elections, said the scarce number of senate candidates were because students do not want to commit to such a big responsibility. “The Senate is not easy work,” Nayyar… Read more

A.S. will be holding elections Tuesday and Wednesday where students will have an opportunity to vote for senators as well as a referendum that would lower the GPA requirements for A.S. members. The referendum will lower the GPA from 2.5 to 2.0. In last year’s spring elections, students voted to raise the GPA requirement from 2.0 to 2.5. The Senate decided to put it back on the ballot after voting on it, said Dan Monteleone, A.S. assistant director of elections…. Read more

Pot and pollution were the issues that brought a record number of CSUN students to the polls Tuesday. Susan Levin, poll inspector at the Satellite Student Union (SSU), said nearly 600 voters turned out at the SSU polling booth Tuesday.  This was an enormous increase compared with the 13 voters who turned out for the primary election last June, she said. “I think most of the people are here because of Prop 19 and Prop 23,” Levin said. “I was… Read more

As the American public continues to voice their frustration with Washington, there is a temptation to channel that discontent into voting out incumbents, the people perceived to have created the burdens we currently carry as a country. This idea that we can just “clean house” and elect a bunch of people who will walk into Congress and immediately fix everything is a dangerous one, and voting out incumbent Democratic senator Barbara Boxer in order to send a message would be… Read more

With the governor’s race fast approaching, CSUN students cannot wait for politicians to approach us about issues concerning unemployment, healthcare, increased fees and limited seats in classrooms because our issues may fall by the wayside. We have to be proactive and make politicians aware of students’ financial, educational and employment struggles by engaging in political discussions about the candidates and being informed about the voting process. It is our social responsibility and our right to make politicians care about us…. Read more

During my internship at a television network, we were told that in an effort to be more environmentally responsible, the company was no longer going to stock paper coffee cups.  In other words, hang on to your mug because come tomorrow morning, you’re going to need it. Well, I didn’t bring a mug and  I still haven’t brought one in (it’s like remembering to bring my reusable bags to the grocery store – never happens) and I regret it every time I walk… Read more

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

Associated Students (A.S.) Elections Director Dan Monteleone announced that spring elections would take place April 20 and 21 during yesterday’s A.S. Senate meeting. After the success of an online voting system during fall 2009’s senate elections – the first online system to work after three previous attempts – the elections committee is looking forward to turning their energy toward marketing. “There’s going to be more of everything,” Monteleone said, adding that “everything” refers to additional posters, advertisements, classroom visits and… Read more

Aaron Helmbrecht What do the GOP and newspapers have in common? Young people consider them both relics and a waste of natural resources. A recent Gallup poll shows the GOP has been bleeding supporters from almost every demographic group since 2001. But they are taking the biggest hit from college graduates and people 18 to 29 years old. Only 37 percent of college graduates identify themselves as Republican, a 10 point drop from 2001. Just behind them are the 18… Read more