A.S. election results announced Group of five running mates dominate exec. board elections
MONDAY March 19, 2012 Volume 97, Issue 92 W W W.T H E D A I LYA Z T E C . C O M
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Hutton Marshall news editor The voting period for the San Diego State Associated Students General Elections closed Thursday and the winners have been announced. Current A.S. Vice President of Finance Rob O’Keefe won the office of president against candidate Sarah Malone by a large margin. Channelle McNutt defeated Joe “None of the Above” Stewart, receiving 96 percent of the vote for A.S. executive vice president. By narrower margins, vice president of external affairs went to Tom Rivera, vice president of finance to Eric Anderberg and vice president of university affairs to Matt Cecil, who received only 289 more votes than opponent Josh Morse. The college representative races were also very competitive.
A.S. executive board winners (shown from left to right): Rivera, Anderberg, O’Keefe, McNutt and Cecil. |
Kevin Hancock, Javier Gomez and Shannon Clark were elected as the new Arts & Letters representatives. Dara Majdi, Mor Frankle and Brandon Pereira won the College of Business Administration representative seats. Jackie Felix ran unopposed for the College of Education seat.
Randy Beltran and Kyle Anderberg ran unopposed for the two College of Engineering seats. Bridget Mulrooney, Erica Johnson and Paul Contreras were elected for the three Health & Human Services seats. Sean Guardian, Brandon Williams and Marc Marconi, a write-in candi-
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date, won the three Professional Studies and Fine Arts seats. Paulina King, Alex Arena and Dajanae Palmer were elected for the three positions as College of Science representatives. In the election, 3,377 votes were cast, which accounts for 12.1 percent of the student population.
Event showcases student research Student Research Symposium rewards tireless student effort Ilgin Karlidag contributor San Diego State’s fifth annual Student Research Symposium showed why SDSU is one of the nation’s best urban research universities, as graduate and undergraduate students were awarded for their oral and poster presentations on Friday and Saturday. The Research Symposium is an annual university-wide event held to demonstrate and celebrate the research of undergraduate and graduate students who represent their university at the annual California State University Student Research Competition. SDSU students were given the following awards: President’s Award, Dean’s Award of $250 for oral presentations, Provost’s Award of $150, Undergraduate Research Excellence Awards, Library Awards and a
Philosophy Award of $500 for best oral presentation in philosophy. “I think research is a pathway to feeling value. It’s a pathway to being part of something larger than ourselves,” Dr. Stephen Welter, Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate Division at San Diego State, said during the ceremony speech. SDSU philosophy professor, Steven Barbone, who served as a judge at the SRS, said students this year improved their presentations in comparison to previous years. “During the first few years people didn’t know what to expect, but now they’re nailing it in their presentation,” Barbone said. In terms of receiving an award, it doesn’t matter whether a student is studying health sciences, engineering or physical science, according to Barbone. “They should be very clear about what their purpose is. The student’s purpose is what matters, not the field,” he said. DaKandryia Peters, a biology student, won first place in Undergraduate Excellence Poster Awards with co-
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Students display their research projects for faculty and staff. | COURTESY OF FRANK VILLALPANDO
presenters John Waynelovich and Krystsina Kezikava for their research poster titled “Using microfluidics chambers (Mother Machines) to observe individual cell physiology.” “I feel proud. It’s been a lot of competition and hard work but it pays off in the end,” DaKandryia said. The President’s Award was given to the most outstanding presentation in
each of the five categories: Physical Sciences, Health Studies and Life Sciences, Engineering, Information and Business, Humanities, Creativity and the Arts and Social Behavioral and Educational Studies. Those who received the President’s Award will represent SDSU at the CSU Long Beach Student Research Competition on May 4 and 5.
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Sisterhood’s strong roots displayed Edward Henderson senior staff writer Last Friday, the Student African American Sisterhood held its fifth annual Founders Banquet in the Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center. The theme of the event was “Our History is our Strength.” The event recognized African-American women who have made a positive impact on San Diego State’s campus and the surrounding community. SAAS was created to establish unity among women of African descent on SDSU’s campus and its community by focusing on educational success, leadership, social well-being as well as
economic and health disparities. SDSU senior Kayla Thompson serves as SAAS’s president. “Tonight was about showing how important our past is to us and how it has influenced us in pursuing our future careers,” Thompson said. Five awards were given out during the event. The Mary McLeod Bethune Award, which honors women who demonstrate vision, innovation, action and transformation in education went to Beverly Warren, the program coordinator for the Equal Opportunity Program and Ethnic Affairs Department at SDSU. The Mae Jamison Award, which recognizes women who have made exemplary contributions to the fields of science, math and engineering went to LaToria
Williams, the administrative coordinator in Student Health Services at SDSU. The Maggie Lena Walker Award, which recognizes women who have efficiently promoted economic empowerment, entrepreneurship and community-building went to Novell Riley, a successful real estate agent in San Diego and its surrounding counties. The Allen Sisters Award, which recognizes outstanding leadership and promotion of arts in education went to Azizi James, an accomplished dancer and admissions counselor at SDSU. Lastly, the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Award, which recognizes coaches, administrators, teachers or community leaders for their outstanding contributions to the San Diego community and the world of sports, went to Dr. Sabrina
White, assistant director of student-athlete academic support services at SDSU. Entertainment during the event included a spokenword poem performance, interpretive dance and a live band. Dr. Shirley Weber, chair of the Department of Africana Studies, served as the keynote speaker for the event. Weber’s message was centered on the importance of understanding cultural history because it creates personality and builds an individual’s character. “When you have a small population of African-American women on campus it’s easy to get lost,” Weber said. “It really strengthens our students when they can come together around positive things and develop themselves.”
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