Students Needed to Vote for a Better CSUMB

Patrick Makenen, Staff Reporter

Patrick_Makenen@csumb.edu

April 17, 2008

A hot topic among potential Associated

Students (AS) candidates was the lack

of activity on campus at the annual

Candidate’s Forum held in the Student

Center. Candidates had a chance to

prove to students their competency and

explain their reasons for running for a

position before the AS elections took

place April 14 -17.

Sophomore Business major Lewis Hall

and Senior Business major Kevan Mah

are the two hopefuls for President, each of

which have drafted out plans about how to

change CSU Monterey Bay (CSUMB) for

the better. Mah wishes to develop a sense

of social atmosphere on campus, while

Hall wants to get more students involved

in activities. Hall proposed the support of

bonfire pits in North Quad.

As for things to do on campus, the

three running Public Relations directors,

pre- med Sophomore Jessica Nario,

Human Communication Sophomore

Randy Rigali, and Teledramatic Arts

and Technology Sophomore De’Lante

Johnson each wanted to help our current

clubs and organizations on campus. When

asked about the lack of communication on

campus Johnson stated, “I think sidewalk

chalk is definitely effective since people

tend to look down and see it.” Nario vowed

to better publicize all organizations on

campus while Rigali focused on getting

more people to sporting events.

Another change discussed was from

undeclared Freshman Joshua Reed-Doyle,

who is running for Technology Senator

and wants to replace the First Class email

system with a new version he developed.

“First Class is really hard to use in general,

and my system would be much better” he

said. Dole is running unopposed.

Math major and freshman Margret

Tom, a candidate for Residential Housing

Senator believes the alcohol policy should

be enforced in the dorms. She went on to

say, “I don’t want you all to hate me for

my decision.”

There have been talks of boycotting the

election. In an email sent to the Otter Realm

Conference on First Class, Justin Stie said,

“some students are concerned about the

election process as well as the lack of

student knowledge about the elections.”

However, further investigation did not

reveal any evidence that boycotts were

likely to occur during election week.