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Volume 46, Issue 28
the student walkout www.advoCate-online.net
may 13, 2011
Strike averted; focus turns to other issues
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for the story Photo by devin courtright/the advocate
Full time faculty association president Sara Williams addresses the crowd who gathered to celebrate the ratification of a new contract after a year of negotiations and working without a contract for 9 months.
Polls close on the ASG elections By Mike Mata The Advocate
As the polls closed on Thursday at 11:59 p.m., candidates look forward to announcement of the winners of the Associated Student Government presidential election at Saturday’s Spring Dinner Dance, held at Vista from 7-11 p.m. Candidates Jackie Altamirano, Erika Molina, Katherine Lindquist and Nikki Jauron all participated in Wednesday’s Rock The Vote in the Main Mall from noon to 2 p.m. Lindquist’s presidential running mate, Jennifer Gruelle, was absent due to feeling ill, said Lindquist. The event had a prize wheel and free food and drinks for students who voted as well as poll table with three iPads for students to vote on. “They’ve got to vote to spin the wheel and get food,” said Director of Diversity Brandi Freeman. There was also a table selling tickets for the Spring Dinner Dance, selling $5 MHCC student tickets as buy-one-get-one-free. In other campaign news, Jauron, as a write-in candidate, has been in the Main Mall for every day this last week advocating for her campaign and, according to Jauron, educating people about ASG’s role besides
just “folks sitting around in a room and talking” such as advocating for students in Salem. Besides that, Jauron could only be at Rock The Vote if she stayed 50 feet away from the main event tables as part of the restrictions placed on write-in candidates. “I’ve had to think outside the box to get support. I’ve had amazing support from students and the community,” said Jauron. Laura Pinto, chairwoman of the Election Committee, said, “They’re (write-in candidates) not deemed the same rights as regular candidates. We weren’t trying to make it more difficult, we’re trying to make it more simple.” The other candidates did their part in getting students interested and voting, especially with athletics, as the candidates themselves as well as supporters went to each team to promote not just themselves, but also the campaign in general. “We (Altamirano and Molina) went to baseball and talked to them, as students and as athletes about their concerns, what they liked about this year, and what they’d like to see next year,” said Altamirano. Lindquist also added that she and Gruelle have
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Photo by Devin Courtright/The Advocate
At Rock the Vote Tuesday, students lined up to vote for the 2011-12 Associated Student Government president and vice president via iPads.
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