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The Republican National Convention ended on Sunday and the Democratic National Convention ends Thursday. As conventions go, these have been pretty mediocre –– save for an old man talking to a chair, there just hasn’t been anything that memorable about them. So here’s some things we’d like to see as the DNC comes to a close. DYLAN LANGILLE | COLLEGIAN
E.J. Levy, author and professor, will be reading her anthology “Taking Life Twice” this evening at the University Center for the Arts.
The long road from econ, to author, to CSU By MARCUS MORITZ The Rocky Mountain Collegian New CSU assistant professor E.J. Levy’s story, “Theory of Dramatic Action,” begins with some bad luck. The reader’s cat has died, car has died and marriage has ended. Told in second person, the narrator tells the reader, “Now as you drive a U-haul across the vast stretchmarked belly of the continent, on your way from Colorado to start film school in Ohio, you try to locate a feeling to go with these events.” The story is part of Levy’s fiction book, “Love, In Theory.” Levy is holding a reading of “Love, In Theory” Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the University Center for the Arts to showcase the new book and as an introduction to the Creative Writing
Department at CSU. It is also the first reading for the program’s Fall 2012 Reading Series. “The story collection is pretty funny,” Levy said. “It is contemporary love stories reflected through the lens of a variety of intellectual theories.” For instance, “Theory of Dramatic Action” is based on the idea of dramatic structure (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action) and in the story those actions are mirrored by events. “I love E.J.’s writing,” said Maureen Stanton, a writer, colleague and friend of Levy’s. “Her writing has everything that I want in great literature — an intellectual sensibility, lyrical, eloquent and original prose, and also heart — her stories are affecting.” Another of Levy’s books, “My
“Senate needs to, at this point, have confidence in the bodies they delegate to.” Taylor Jackson | Student Services Director ASCSU
Student fee reforms pass first Senate vote By CARRIE MOBLEY The Rocky Mountain Collegian The new student fee process legislation –– introduced to the floor last week by Associated Students of CSU Vice President Joe Eden –– passed the first required vote of two-thirds approval Wednesday night with a vote of 19-1-4. The bill passed without a proposed amendment that would have granted more power to student senators. It awaits one more round of voting for final approval on Sept. 12. Bill 4202 could change the process of collaboration between the Student Fee Review Board and the ASCSU Senate by having the SFRB report to Senate on a regular basis throughout the academic year. This process would entail Senate giving recommendations to the SFRB at every meeting. After the SFRB compiled all the fee proposals into one “Long Bill,” the Senate would then hold a vote of confidence at the end of the year to approve all the fee areas. After its introduction, the bill was sent to all three Senate committees: internal, external and university affairs where the bill was reviewed. It was amended by the external affairs committee –– a move met with harsh criticism by the larger Senate body. The proposed amendment
would bring some power back to the Senate. Whereas in Eden’s proposed legislation the Senate would have one vote of confidence at the end of the year, the amendment offered changed this to a process similar to auditing. It would give Senate the power to re-review one fee proposed by SFRB per month. If the Senate voted against the fee during its review and proposed a new one, SFRB would then be mandated to follow the Senate’s recommendations. “We had some reservations about only having recommendations that carry no weight and have no teeth,” said Sen. Halden Schnal, an external affairs committee member who coauthored the proposed change. “With this amendment, if we have a serious concern, (Senate) can change it and carry some weight … If something were to happen, we want Senate to be the body with the final say.” This, however, is exactly what other senators didn’t like about the proposed amendment to the bill. “Senate needs to, at this point, have confidence in the bodies they delegate to,” Student Services Director Taylor Jackson said. “You don’t approve every decision I make in Student Services. You have to have confidence in their See CORPS on Page 6
Life in Action,” won the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction last year. “Becoming a writer was a very slow journey for me,” Levy said. “So I spent a lot of time wanting to make art and wanting to write, but I felt that people like me had to go to law school instead.” Her other book, titled “Amazons,” is a memoir about a trip to Brazil while she was studying economics — her first choice before becoming a writer. “For me, ‘Amazons’ was really a reckoning about what happens if we put all of our faith in a cost benefit analysis,” Levy said. “We really treat free market capitalism as a religion, and where does that take us? It takes us to some pretty interesting places. So I came back
READING SERIES What: 2012 Fall Reading Series Who: CSU professor E.J. Levy reading from her novel, “Love, In Theory” Where: UCA Art museum When: 7:30 p.m. Cost: Free, but with limited seating
and quit economics.” A book reading can be drastically different at each location. “On a book tour, you typically read excerpts of your book to various audiences,” Stanton said. “My favorite part of that experience is the question and answer period that follows the reading. This is when you get to have a real See LEVY on Page 6
CSU students offer to mentor local at-risk youth By AUSTIN BRIGGS The Rocky Mountain Collegian
For Campus Corps mentor coach Katyi Frost, one of the more rewarding experiences in working with at-risk youth in the community is seeing the expression on the kids’ faces when they meet with their CSU student mentor each week. “Their faces just light up,” said Frost, a junior human development and family studies (HDFS) major. “A lot of these youth, they don’t have people that are stable in their lives. And for them to show up and have that mentor be here and their face, I just don’t even know how to describe it.” Campus Corps pairs atrisk youth with a CSU mentor, who meets once a week for four hours on campus in a group setting with other mentors and youth. The kids are often referred into the program from the juvenile justice system but can also be at risk from bullying at school or because of potential stresses that come with a low-income environment. In the five semesters since the program officially started, Campus Corps Director Jennifer Krafchick said 550 youth and 700 CSU students have participated in the program. Although most students are in the HDFS program, any CSU student is eligible to participate. They must fill out an application, passing an FBI background check and being
Things we want to see at the DNC
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Jordan Arellanes and Kayti Frost discuss upcoming events at the Campus Corps office. Campus Corps is a youth program where students can serve as mentors to at-risk youth.
selected into the program. Students receive three upper division credits for participating. Once selected, participants go through about 20 hours of training that covers how to interact with youth, what to do if a mentee discloses potentially harmful information and how to redirect a youth if they’re discussing inappropriate topics. “It’s really intense,” Frost said of the three-day training. “It’s really important that the mentors know how to address an issue when it comes up.” This semester’s training is almost over and the youth will be on campus for the first time next week meeting their mentors. Breaking up into home
groups, the students and youth explore campus, get help with homework, participate in group activities like soccer and crafts, and sit down for a family-style meal. Krafchick said research studies indicate the benefits of mentoring. “Research shows that having consistent and caring adults in their lives can truly change the trajectory of an adolescent’s life,” Krafchick said. “It means so much to have someone who is reliable and available to them and all about them for four hours each week. It makes such a huge difference for the kids we see.” Frost remembered one See CORPS on Page 6
Joe Biden talking to an empty stadium The incident where Clint Eastwood talked to a chair for 15 minutes was the highlight of the RNC. Everyone knows that Joe Biden loves to one-up people, so he should show up early to the convention and angrily rant to all of the empty chairs at the DNC. Nobody should be out-crazying you, Joe!
Paul Ryan photobombing everything The Wisconsin representative is well known for being a proponent of the P90X workout routine. But we haven’t seen any concrete proof of this –– yet. So to fix this error on Ryan’s part, he should photobomb every picture at the DNC –– shirtless. “50 Shades of Ryan!” The Strip Club is written by the Collegian staff. Illustrations curtesy of The McClatchy Tribune.
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School of Social Work director named Drug and alcohol abuse researcher Audrey Shillington has been named the director of CSU’s School of Social Work. “ … She has an exceptional record of funded research projects and scholarly productivity,” said Jeff McCubbin, dean of the College of Applied Human Sciences in a statement. “With a new doctoral program in Social Work just launched, she brings excellent leadership skills and experience to help grow the program … ” Shillington is currently analyzing the stability of
self reports of alcohol and drug use among adolescents with funding from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, according to her biography at San Diego State University. Shillington was an associate director for a drug and alcohol center at SDSU before assuming her new role at CSU on Sept. 1. She replaces Deborah Valentine, who was the school’s director since 2002. The institution’s graduate program was ranked 60th in the nation in 2012 by “U.S. News and World Report.”
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Clarification In the Sept. 5 article, “Eye to Eye gives new perspective,” the Collegian incorrectly identified the students served by the program as students with ADD and ADHD. Mentors and mentees for Eye to Eye have learning disabilities and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (LD/ADHD). erin mross | COLLEGIAN
Journalism major Elisabet Llavador reaches down to sign a poster as a pledge of acknowledgement of the children with cancer of St. Jude Hospital during an event sponsored by Up ‘til Dawn Wednesday. Up ‘til Dawn organizes many events to promote awareness of St. Jude culminating in an all night team challenge, where groups are supported by fundraisers to participate in fun and informative events all night.
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By ALEX STEINMETZ The Rocky Mountain Collegian Dedication. For Ashley Plaven, junior fundraising chair for the figure skating team, this is everything one needs to be a successful figure skater –– that and the ability to see past the bruises. “I’ve been skating for 14 years,” she said. “You fall down every time you are on the ice, but you have to get back up. I love telling people that I am a figure skater because I feel like it defines me.” Starting as a student organization and moving it’s way up to a club sport, the figure skating team is five years old. The team held a booth at the involvement fair and spread the word to anyone interested in joining the figure skaters on the ice. The team then hosted
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We haven’t been number one for a while, America
By Res Stecker
As a citizen of this great nation, it has always been a personal belief that I lived in the greatest country in the world. We value freedom, knowledge and we are tops on the world stage. Everybody knows who America is. Sadly though, I find that we as a nation are not just slipping behind other countries –– we are doing an about-face and running from the spotlight in terms of educating our populace. While it is true that we still build the best bombs and know how to throw our citizens in federal prison better than any other country on Earth, we educate our populace like a second tier nation. Don’t believe me? Look at the facts. According to studies and tests conducted by PISA — which measures math, reading and science competency levels from 60 nations — America ranks 25th, 14th and 17th, respectively. Those numbers will hopefully pull the veil off of everyone’s eyes so they can see that we are not nearly the best in the world. In fact, we are –– by the looks of things –– just incredibly average. One of the worst things about this is that most Americans are ignorant of these facts and are simply unwilling to do much to change them. The land of the run-of-the-mill and ordinary just has a nice ring to it. In large part, it seems that the reason we are so far down the list of the smartest countries is really due in some way to our attitude. We as a people are really focused on what is best for “me” and how we can benefit ourselves best. Also, because our culture is extremely opposed to change, we like things the way they are even if they are not best. These simple observations of life make it easy for one to see why we might lag behind other countries nowadays. It seems America has become comfy and complacent as the lone superpower of the world and we have begun to lose our spirit that got us there in the first place. No longer does our country take pride in its standing among the world. We no longer like to innovate and invest like we used to in the decades
of the past. We no longer care for space exploration or creating great public works like the national highway system. Another thing about the average individual is his or her attitude toward learning. Nearly everyone I have met that is my age absolutely despises reading. Literally hating to read and to get educated on a subject is an absolutely pitiful behavior. On the other side of that spectrum, on ABC. com they have stories from their reporters in China about how kids there began eight hour schooling days at the age of three, and they go to school 41 percent longer per year than we do here in the USA. Shanghai, China ranks first in the world in the math, science and reading tests that were aforementioned. Another proud case is Finland, as they rank in the top 10 in all three categories. According to the reports from ABC.com the Finns require all teachers hold master’s degrees –– which leads to smarter people educating their populace. About half of the teachers in America do, according to the reports. In Finland, by the 7th grade, children will speak three different languages and begin studying chemistry and physics. An extremely small number of our populace can say the same. This is in large part due to our spirit and values. I remember in my middle school some kids were trying to find the next joint to smoke, and could not even muster a guess as to what E=MC^2 stood for. These countries are beating us because the people there consistently reinvest in the education of their fellow citizens, and they beat the drum of life enrichment through education until children become adults. Nations like China and Finland are invigorated and rich with people that desire to learn. America is no longer the number one nation in terms of education; we have been ignorant of this for too long and have literally become dumber than the other top 15. We must reinvest both personally and federally in our educational system, and change the way our kids feel about getting educated. Like our president said, this is our nation’s Sputnik moment –– we can and must become first again. Res Stecker is a junior international studies major. His columns appear Thursdays in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to letters@collegian.com.
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Obama can’t approve this The “Harvard Crimson” is fighting back against the practice of “quote review” on their campus, a longstanding policy where the university’s teachers and administrators have required reporters to submit all of their quotations for prior review and editing before publication. Harvard’s leadership has been manipulating the quotes and content created by the “Harvard Crimson” for years and this pushback is a major step in restoring journalistic integrity to the paper. Now if only the mainstream media would be as courageous and stand by their ethics as firmly. “The New York Times” re-
ported a similar problem that journalists in major media outlets run into. The White House’s press office has the power to
“Quotations come back to journalists from the review process throughly edited, with anything even slightly provocative removed.” veto statements and quotes before they are printed — quote review for the Obama campaign is standard practice. The Romney campaign also insists that any journalist inter-
viewing Mitt’s sons must agree to have all quotations first approved by his press office. Quotations come back to journalists from the review process thoroughly edited, with anything even slightly provocative removed. Many journalists agree to these terms because it is the only way to get any interaction with high-profile individuals. How can the media fulfill its role as government watchdog when every quote must receive a stamp of approval? As George Orwell once famously said, “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed; everything else is public relations.”
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New, politically incorrect rules for the road get away from your music because it’s giving them a headache. This also applies to loud Harley Davidson motorcycles.
Rule 2: Tape signs on exterior of car, old or young.
By Sarah Romer I’m assuming you drive. And since you drive, I will also assume that you know a bad driver. Maybe it’s you. Maybe it’s your friend. Maybe you just pretend like you don’t know any (hint — it’s you). The point here is, we have all had to deal with awful drivers, and people on the roads. So despite no one being really interested in my opinion — except of course the people who pay me to write it — I will proclaim new rules for the road that I believe will help everyone be happier as they go about their day.
Rule 1: Stop being ‘that guy.’ You know when you are stopped at a red light and you can feel that car approaching from behind because of the bad bass music vibrating up your sternum? How you can’t hear your own music with your windows shut, because someone thinks that their music (and by proxy, themselves, while listening to it) is infinitely more important than you? Yeah, ‘that guy’ with the music. I’m talking to you now. Stop it. No one thinks you are cool. You are annoying and everyone is trying to speed up to
I can’t be the only person who has problems turning left. I see a car coming in the distance –– do I have time to turn? For me, this is very difficult in Fort Collins. See, turning left is based on where the oncoming car is and how fast they’re going. The first is obvious, but the second? Is it a college kid going 60 mph or is it an old sweet grandma who is going 30 mph? It’s a big difference and I have been known to guess incorrectly in the past. A sign on the outside of the car would make that guess a lot easier.
Rule 3: Make it legal to hit a cyclist. I don’t mean that it should be legal to hit every biker you see, tallying points and seeing who can hit the most –– though that is fun. I mean that when bicyclists break the law (which they do probably 90 percent of the time) and they are inconveniencing me, I should be able to inconvenience them right back. Colorado Vehicle Code says, “Persons operating bicycles on roadways shall ride single file” and “Bicycles shall not taunt cars to hit them. When dark, stealth biker = dead biker.” I might have made up that last one, but it seems legit.
Rule 4: Learn to drive –– seriously! This comes back to the bad drivers thing earlier. Some people need to learn to drive. “This is a two lane street! You don’t get to drive in both at the
same time!” “Thank you for cutting me off and slamming on your brakes in front of me, that’s just great!” “Does anyone in the whole freaking town know what a yellow light means?!” “#$%&!” I’m sure you’ve thought some of these things for yourself; I probably don’t have to explain any more.
Rule 5: Awareness encouragements.
People are not aware of what is going on around them. For example, I bet you didn’t notice that gorilla over there stealing that kid’s lunch before now, did you? No, the far corner. The other far corner. You missed him — you just weren’t aware enough. I propose we install a device into cars that can tell if the person is aware of the surroundings as a good driver should, or if they are a terrible person. Because there are only those two options. This device will encourage the driver to pay attention with a loud, horrifying noise or maybe a tiny shock. In the long run, it will probably save lives.
Rule 6: Revenge should be legal.
Make it legal to follow people who cut you off multiple times, almost side swipe you, give you the finger and have stupid hippie CU stickers on the back of their car so you can key their car when they get out. Maybe scratch something along the lines of, “GUESS WHO WON THE FOOTBALL GAME, LOSERS?!”
Sarah Romer is a senior electrical engineering major. Her column appears Thursdays in the Collegian. Letters and feedback can be sent to letters@collegian.com.
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The Rocky Mountain Collegian | Thursday, September 6, 2012
Working with water Chinese students study water sustainability at CSU By Corrie Sahling The Rocky Mountain Collegian
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Zhu Xinnan, a junior foreign exchange student from East China Normal University, sat in the plaza at CSU taking in the sunlight and the climate difference from her home in Shanghai. “I like it here because the people are very nice,” she said about people at CSU. “I like the teaching style here. In China, we often learn something from our teachers, but here you often too can learn something by reading on your own and you have communication with teachers after reading something.” Xinnan and Fang Lei –– a junior foreign exchange student from Anhui Agricultural University in Hefei, China –– are studying at CSU through the university’s new water scholars program. Universities in China send participants with financial support from Coca-Cola to study and address one of the top global problems: water sustainability. The company is donating $1 million in scholarships for the next 10 years for the program’s participants. The program will be bringing in two more students from China in 2013. One student will be chosen from China Agricultural University and one from Guizhou University. Xinnan is studying water sustainability to help bring knowledge to the public about the issue’s magnitude. “I think it is very important for us to notice that whether our behavior here is having an effect on our water resources and how we can to make a change about our bad behaviors,” she said.
Two students from China studying at CSU through the university’s new water scholars program. Coca-Cola is donating $1 million for the next 10 years to scholarships for the program’s participants. The program will bring two more students from China in 2013. One student will be chosen from China Agricultural University and one from Guizhou University.
Lei agreed that water sustainability is important. “I think sustainability is important because water pollution is very serious these days and I think we can do something for ourselves and for our life here,” he said. The World Health Organization reports that nearly 1 billion people in the world don’t have access to clean, safe water. The dirty water they have access to makes them sick. Lei and Xinnan are here studying in CSU’s science departments to broaden their knowledge about water issues and sustainability. The students will be here for two or more years, finishing their degrees at CSU. Lei said he is “learning systematically and will work with water next year,” so he may be at CSU for three years. Chad Hoseth, director of International Initiatives at CSU’s Office of International Programs, speaks highly of the water scholar program and all that it is trying to accomplish. “Will we solve the problem? Maybe, maybe not. But I am excited we are trying,” he said. Collegian Writer Corrie Sahling can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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“They’re a team that can make you look silly because of how hard they play and how disciplined they play.” Jim McElwain | head coach
Rams not overlooking FCS champion North Dakota State By Andrew Schaller The Rocky Mountain Collegian
For the second time in as many years, the CSU football team will take the field against a Division-I Football Championship Subdivision school after a season-opening victory the week before. This year, however, the Rams will face the defending FCS National Champion North Dakota State, a team that has defeated five FBS teams over the since moving into the FCS in 2006. “Our players are excited about going up there and facing a challenge,” North Dakota State coach Craig Bohl said. “Any time you play an FBS school that has more scholarships, bigger budgets, more coaches and everything else, you’re up against an uphill fight, but our guys are looking forward to that challenge.” CSU coach Jim McElwain has preached to his team all week that even though North Dakota State plays at a lower level than the Rams, it doesn’t mean that they will not have a tough task on their hands Saturday afternoon. “They’re a team that can make you look silly because of how hard they play and how disciplined they play,” McElwain said. “Their track record proves it. They’ve done a fantastic job (and) their city has really embraced that team.” Solid play on both sides of the ball no matter who it plays has been a trade-
North Dakota State
Record vs. FBS teams since 2006: 5-3 2011 record: 14-1 Last week vs. Robert Morris University: W 52-0
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Running back Sam Ojuri: 12 rushes, 82 yards, 1 TD Quarterback Brock Jensen: 16-for-23, 217 yards, 3 TD, 0 Int.
mark of North Dakota State during Craig Bohl’s tenure as coach and the blueprint has not changed so far this season. While the Rams were celebrating their first victory in the Rocky Mountain Showdown in three years on Saturday, North Dakota State was shutting down Robert Morris University’s offense en route to a 52-0 victory. “They’re a damn good football team, we can’t overlook these guys,” CSU quarterback Garrett Grayson said. “They play hard, they play fast team defense, everybody’s rallying around the ball ... They’re just a well coached team, you can see that on film.” CSU will be faced with a team that excelled on both sides of the ball on Saturday as North Dakota State rushed for 246 total yards and four touchdowns last week. The Rams did a good job in stopping the rush last week, holding CU-Boulder to only 58 yards rushing last week –– a trend the team
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Quarterback Garrett Grayson warms up before practice on Wednesday. CSU begins preparation for their game against North Dakota State on Saturday.
knows they will need to continue if they hope to avoid an upset this weekend. “I think it’s gonna be a similar game plan stopping it,” defensive tackle John Froland said of North Dakota State’s rushing attack. “But it’s gonna take a lot more effort from us and we’ve gotta
play a better game. “They’re a better team and we really gotta work hard this week to make sure we’re on top of all our stuff so we can’t afford any mistakes this week.” Football Beat Reporter Andrew Schaller can be reached at sports@collegian.com.
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conversation with people.” English professor Leslee Becker, who helps decide who to bring to CSU and to put the readings together, said, “This year, everyone wanted to hear E.J. Levy, and so we’re leading off with her. We’re lucky to have her on our faculty.” But as to why a CSU student would want to attend
this book reading, Becker answers, “Here’s my roundabout answer. Armenian folklore says that three apples fell from heaven; one for the storyteller, one for the listener and the third for the person who took the story to heart. Here, CSU students can get all three.” Collegian Writer Marcus Moritz can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.
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time in particular when one of the youth mentioned a school play she was participating in. When she asked the young girl about it the next week, “her jaw just dropped. She was like ‘how did you remember that?’ Those kids don’t get that kind of thing. Remembering even the tiniest details just makes the biggest difference.” Campus Corps got its start in spring 2009 when HDFS received a call from
paid for with grant money
the Fort Collins assistant district attorney and juvenile court magistrate asking for help to provide additional services to youth in the community. HDFS staff spent a year writing grants, conducting research and training student mentors, and the program was up and running in spring 2010. The program is paid for with some help from the university with the majority of the money coming from outside grants. Juvenile court Magistrate
Kent Spangler said Campus Corps provides a great opportunity for at risk youth to see what life on a college campus is like and to give them a sense of belonging. “From my perspective as magistrate, it’s an amazing program on a bunch of different levels,” Spangler said. “It gives these kids a chance to rub elbows with students who have done really well and are in college. “It’s a huge source of help for at risk kids. It really helps their behavior and to
Second vote will determine fate ASCSU |
Continued from Page 1 abilities … I think this amendment is going a little bit too far.” Eden echoed Jackson’s concerns, criticizing the amendment’s priorities. “The reason we wrote this bill was to protect the voice of the students and to have one unified voice to send to Tony Frank’s desk,” Eden said. “I see this amendment as being a catastrophe. I wanted to protect the student voice with this bill, not the Senate’s voice. All you are doing is bringing it back to yourselves, not the students.” Although some senators agreed with the ideas behind the proposed amendment, everyone –– including its authors –– eventually agreed that it was not the appropriate solu-
tion and voted it down. “I understand the concept of wanting a vote on the fee package. However, we’ve tried that; it doesn’t work,” said Wendy Bowling, ASCSU director of finance. “This is the best solution that three very committed individuals came up with to provide a united front in the student fee process.” Because Bill 4202 changes the ASCSU Constitution, a two-thirds Senate majority must approve it in two separate sessions. With one vote in its favor, the bill will be sent back to committees and be back on the floor next week for one final vote before it can be implemented. ASCSU Beat Reporter Carrie Mobley can be reached at news@collegian.com. Tha n for k you sup your port !
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