‘Colgate' controversy not over yet
By Kirsten Lucas
Emerald Reporter
Mike Colson, who became in
famous in last year's "Col
gato"scandal that ultimately led
to his ouster front student gov
ernment, says he was the vic -
tim of an unjust ASUO investi
gation and wants to see blame
directed whore he believes it
belongs.
"This entire thing has been a
big sham,"Colson said "They
owe me an apology "
Colson, who was found re
sponsible by the ASIJO last
year of altering the minutes of a
January Incidental Fee Commit
tee meeting, was voted out of
the 1FC and subsequently lost
his bid for the ASIJO presiden
cy.
Colson maintains his inno
cence and has presented the
ASUO with a complaint alleg
ing that former IFC secretary
Lydia Lerma altered not only
the Jan .tlminutes but also the
minutes of other meetings.
Lerma filed the original com
plaint with the ASIJO, asking
that the problem of the altered
minutes be looked into She
was elected to an IFC seat last
spring and is now the chair
woman. Lerma changed the al
tered minutes in May by delet
ing a line that had been added
She said she made the change
only after she was given per
mission by 1090-9 1 ASUO
president Kirk Hailey.
Ironic ally, the information
Colson has presented to the
ASUO comes directly from the
ASUO investigation docu
ments, which were released in
compliance with an order from
the Attorney General
Colson's complaint relies pri
marily on what he says are dis
crepancies In the dates of com
puter entries and inconsistent
interviewing procedures all
of which Lerma considers in
substantial technicalities
"We never followed any set
procedure on public rec unis."
Lerma said. "It wasn't a formal
situation. He can go on about
the technicalities of it ii he
wants, but that's just the way
things wore done."
Lerma believes that Colson is
simply trying to drag her down
While Lerma believes the
ASUO's original investigation
was sound, she said she empu
thi/.os with Colson's situation.
"With what he had at stake.
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fus behavior is thoroughly un
derstandable," Lorma said
"I'm sore this isn't going to be
the last wo hear from him." she
said
Colson, who is frustrated
with the AM.'O s inaction on
Ins 3-month-old complaint, af
firmed that expix tation
"I am close on the verge of
taking this thing into a real
court of law,'' Colson said “1
have no qualms about doing
that because 1 know that the iiv
idenee is on mv side
A St JO Affirmative Action
Coordinator Bobby [.or. who
vs,is involved in llir original in
vestigiltlon. said the ASIA) lias
born strolling to initiate an in
vestigation into Colson's coin
plaint over since it was re
coivnd
"I told Bobby Loo tiiat if
you're going to another Investi
gation like this you should
bring in outside authorities.’
Colson said "And they better
get some guidelines
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