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Volume 63, Number 15
May 5, 2009
ASG election results suspended until May 4 Vanessa Gomez City Times In an Associated Student Government (ASG) meeting April 30 with Denise Whisenhunt, dean of Student Affairs, it was announced that the recent ASG election results would be suspended until May 4. While the reasoning behind the suspension of the results was
not made specific, the participating candidates were given the option to put any “allegations” in print for further n VP-elect review. announces Reaction to resignation. the meeting was Voice, page 5 mixed, leaving some candidates wondering if this suspension could lead to another vote, or possibly another election. President-elect David Camp-
bell was left confused by the meeting. Campbell made an appearance at the Language Day fair in Gorton Quad April 22, and was introduced to the crowd by Alberto “Beto” Vasquez, Inter Club Council vice president, as the winner of the election. “It was told to me that a public appearance as president-elect makes me official, and that an appearance would make the elec-
tion results final,” said Campbell. “I thought that would be the official announcement.” Campbell also felt that the suspension was “nonsense” and that he was “independent of the whole situation,” referring to the pranks previously reported in City Times’ article “All’s fair in love, war and politics?” The president-elect also addressed his concern over
having to run another election campaign. “I gave my two weeks to run what I thought was a strategic campaign,” said Campbell. “I don’t think it would come to a second election, but I really hope it doesn’t.” Campbell also said even though his presidency didn’t
See ELECTION, page 13
4th annual May Day march draws 300 protestors Donna P. Crilly City Times Nearly 300 people rallied on City College’s campus before beginning the 1.4-mile Immigrants Rights March to Chicano Park on May 1. The fourth annual May Day reform march included community members from 25-30 ethnically-blended organizations, a bulk being Mexican. Their goal was legalization and the right to migrate, an end to immigration raids, dignified work for all and an end to wasteful spending on border fences. “Si se puede! Stop the raids now!” was just one of the many chants heard echoing throughout the streets of downtown San Diego during the march. Some passersby honked from their cars while others stood waving from the balcony of their apartment buildings as the peaceful protestors marched on. “The law is fundamentally flawed,” said David Schmidt, one of the march organizers and member of the City College club Si Se Puede. “Working people, women, mothers and children are not criminals. The right to migrate is a human right,” said Schmidt, criticizing the immigration laws and border walls in the U.S. May Day march took place in many major cities around the U.S. in an attempt to remind President Barack Obama about his criticisms on immigration raids and border walls. “We’re not gonna let him forget what he
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said,” said Schmidt. Daniel Armenta, City College student and member of Si Se Puede, passionately performed a spoken-word piece that shared his belief for a “time to change,” one of the verbally accentuated lines in his poem. Among the group of protestors, a City College student and activist, Lucesita Gomez waved her Mexican flag in honor and memory of her mother, who died last year. Gomez’s grandfather, who never got citizenship, didn’t believe he had to become an American to live in America. “Immigrant rights really are human rights and shouldn’t get taken away,” said Gomez. More than 4,000 people have died trying to cross the border since 1994 and the launch of “Operation Gatekeeper” under the Clinton Administration, according to Avery Wear, socialist and member of Si Se Puede. “Gatekeeper is getting heavier, more extreme. Now [immigrants] have to deal with racism, poor working conditions and ‘scapegoating,’” said Wear. “That’s why I think it’s so important to organize this event.” Police escorted the marchers to Chicano park, closing down streets along the way. Organizers wearing green armbands were trained to handle the crowd in case of a counter-strike, which could result in violence. However, the demonstration remained peaceful as marchers met rally speakers and food vendors waiting for them at Chicano Park.
Donna P. Crilly City Times Protestors march from City College to Chicano park on May 1 to raise awareness of immigration rights issues.
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