Volume 127, No. 17 Thursday, August 31, 2017
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Former CSU student inspires millions on ‘America’s Got Talent’ By Nate Day @NateMDay
ASCSU moves to impeach student body president Associated Students of Colorado State University Senator Cerridwyn Nordstrom hands a petition to the Speaker of the Senate Isabel Brown. The petition starts the impeachment process against President Josh Silva. PHOTO BY JENNA VAN LONE COLLEGIAN
By Gabriel Go @rgabrielgo
In its first session of the year, the student government’s senate brought a motion to impeach its president. A petition to impeach President Josh Silva was raised by Senator Cerridwyn Nordstrom on Wednesday night during the Associated Students of Colorado State University’s weekly meeting. The impeachment motion comes after senators and others in ASCSU claimed Silva had violated the ASCSU Constitution when he began negotiating with the Wall Street Journal over a contract that would bring more of the company’s materials on campus. The charges stem from a proposal called “The Wall Street Journal Academic Proposal.” Under the contract, ASCSU
would pay $19,067 -- 39.3 percent -- of a $48,445 contract that would provide students with access to digital and print copies of the Wall Street Journal, along with affiliated academic platforms, like Canvas. Silva presented the proposal to the ASCSU senate, but did not present a bill to acquire funding. Reading from the petition, Senator Nordstrom specifically said Silva was in violation of Section 801 of the ASCSU Constitution and Article I, Section D, Part 6 of the ASCSU Code of Ethics. Section 801 of the Constitution states “funds may be transferred between ASCSU departments by the President, only with the approval of Senate in the form of a Supplemental Funding Bill that shall be written and presented by the President.” Nordstrom would not comment after bringing forward
the petition. Article I, Section D, Part 6 of the ASCSU Code of Ethics states ASCSU officials may not make any unauthorized commitments that would bind the student body. The proposal was drafted during the summer while senate was not in session. The proposal was already negotiated, but not signed, and funds had not yet been allocated. Earlier during Wednesday’s session, Silva and ASCSU Vice President Michael Wells spoke about the proposal to the legislature. They apologized to the senate for not communicating their intentions thoroughly and during the presentation, Silva said he was not in violation of the Constitution. see IMPEACH on page 3 >>
The Associated Students of Colorado State University Senate filed a petition to impeach the student body president Josh Silva Wednesday night. Silva was elected ASCSU president in April. PHOTO BY BROOKE BUCHAN COLLEGIAN
Millions watch her perform on “America’s Got Talent,” and last weekend, thousands gathered to see her perform the “National Anthem” at the opening day of the new on-campus stadium. Despite having no hearing ability, Mandy Harvey is currently a semi-finalist on “America’s Got Talent,” inspiring millions with her resilience. Harvey began studying music education at Colorado State University in 2006. She left that same year after her partial hearing loss became complete. “It had been my dream to be a choir director for college level music,” Harvey said. “I never in a million years saw myself performing.” Harvey began singing at four years old. Her childhood-voicecoach and former Assistant Professor of Music and Voice at CSU, Cynthia Vaughn remembers a time when a high school-aged Harvey would dedicate her time to helping others. “As a teen, Mandy worked at church as a janitor, and she would save up money to help other kids go to church camp,” Vaughn said. “She did it anonymously.” Vaughn said Harvey was always a hard worker. “She was very musical and learned music ... quicker than any other student I have had ... she had an uncanny memory for songs and lyrics,” Vaughn said.
see AGT on page 19 >>