The once and future Presidents
Nastari plans
for next year
Crosby reflects
on 81-82 ASG
By J. Dana Haynes
By Rick Obritschkewitsch
Of The Print
Of The Print
“I’ve really been happy with this year: The
knowledge gained, the friendships gained, and
the chance to represent this school.” This is how
Sam Crosby looks back at the school year.
Crosby has been the Associated Student
Government President, a job he has just handed
over to the President-elect, Paul Nastari.
However, not all of Crosby’s memories are
positive.
“I was disillusioned with a couple of my
choices in the executive cabinet, and I was
disillusioned with some of the people who
became .senators,” Crosby said. “Mostly, I was
bothered by the lack of interest and motivation in
some of the people.”
The 40-year-old business administration
major also remembers some good that came
from the year. “Over all, what we did ac
complish was probably two-thirds of the goals
and objectives that we’d planned on at the begin
ning of the year.”
Crosby is not, by nature, a politician; he
held no office prior to that of ASG President,
and plans to continue in the business world.
However, he has been elected President of the
State Chapter of Phi Beta Lambda, a business-
oriented organization similar to a fraternity. “I’m
really not a politician, though,” Crosby said,
“PBL is more of a business than a club.”
Next year, besides presiding over the
Oregon Chapter of PBL, Crosby plans to attend
Portland State University, and eventually enter
Willamette Law School. “I’ve always been in
terested in law, even though a law school dean
once told me I’d never meike it,” Crosby said jok
ingly.
When asked what were the highlights of the
1981-82 year, Crosby pointed to the College’s
involvement in the Community Colleges of
Oregon Student Associations and Commissions
(CCOSAC). Four students from the College
held office in CCOSAC this year.
Another high point in the year was the stu
dent rally on the steps of the state capital on Jan.
4. “I think that was the highlight of the year. We
portrayed community college students as very
serious people. It was highly successful,” Crosby
said. The rally was held to protest proposed
budget cuts.
The other side of the coin is the low points
of the year. Here, Crosby points to the lack of
participation in student activities, and the
students’ apparent disregard of Oregon’s political
situation. Last month, the ASG hosted a Can
didates’ Fair for everyone running for the Fifth
Congressional District. “I was very disappointed
in the student turnout for the Fair,” Crosby said.
“We expected lots of people there., and it just
didn’t happen.”
Another sore spot was the resignation of 10
senators throughout the year. The ASG ideally
has 20 senators.
When asked what, if given the chance, he
would do differently as President, Crosby said,
“I’d be more conservative bn monetary expen
ditures. Also, I would delegate a lot more than I
did, and I wouldn’t always try to be the ‘good
guy.’ I let a lot of people talk me into things that I
shouldn’t have,” he said.
One positive note in the year was Crosby’s
relationship with the administration and Board of
Directors. “I can’t remember anything that I ever
requested that was denied. The administration
was very interested in the ASG, and tried to
help.”
But perhaps the thing that most stands out
in Crosby’s memory is the faculty members with
whom he dealt most closely. “One of the
greatest honors I’ve had this year was working
along with Debbie Baker and her staff, Dave
Buckley and Kelly Sullivan,” he said. “I per
Wednesday, May 19, 1982
Paul Nastari, a 21-year-old Business major,
was handed the gavel by his predecessor, Sam
Crosby, at the May 6 ASG meeting. This has
shifted the duties of ASG president onto Nastari,
who will continue his term until spring of next
year.
In the brief time Nastari has been in office he
has already started his executive cabinet on
achieving goals. Administrative Assistant Emma
Nelson has begun working on the goal of being
able to post signs anywhere on campus, lifting
the restrictions that are on sign posting now.
Nastari has changed the goal setting pro
cedure for the ASG. Instead of making goals for
the entire year, his administration will be setting
goals month by month. “I looked at last year’s
cabinet,, and they never accomplished many of
the goals that were set,” Nastari said, posing the
question, “Why set goals, and never carry them
out? I was riever even aware of most of last
year’s goals.”
The new ASG president is fairly pleased
with the selection of his executive cabinet. .“I feel
all of them are extremely qualified-they’re all
SAM CROSBY, top, has been this year’s ASG President, experienced,” Nastari said.
Paul Nastari is next year’s. Both men are Business majors.
Commenting on the fact that all his cabinet
members were unopposed in gaining their of
fices, Nastari said, “I would have liked to have
seen others apply. There were some people who
might have been better, but I doubt it.”
Nastari also commented on his running
unopposed for the presidency. “I feel pretty
'good about being able to beat such a national
celebrity as Mickey Mouse,” Nastari said. Mouse
received two write-in votes for the presidency.
More seriously, Nastari was rather disap
pointed that he ran unopposed. There were two
other.presidential candidates, but both dropped
out of the race before the elections. “I was really
discouraged when they both dropped,” Nastari
said.
Originally Nastari was in the running for the
position of vice-president before, eventually
deciding to run for the top position, Nastari said
there were people telling him that he should run
for president. “Finally I decided that I could han
dle the presidency,” Nastari said. A problem that
ASG has had in the past few years has been stu
dent involvement. As for getting people to
become members of the ASG, Nastari said,
“Recruitment will be a big part of next year’s
ASG. I don’t feel I needed to promise this in my
campaigning because it is something a president
should do automatically—it’s part of his job.”
But Nastari will not worry about voter turn
out in elections. “You can’t force students if they
don’t care,” Nastari said. “We’ll put on great pro
grams instead of pushing ASG. Once they
(students) know that (the events are fun) they’ll
want to find out who’s doing it.” 7
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sonally feel that they do a tremendous job for all
file students, and a lot of that work is unknown
by most of us. I wish I had half of Debbie’s pa
tience and energy, and a third of her concern.
That’d jnake me a great guy.”
When asked if he felt that community col
lege’s are a viable source of education, Crosby
said, “Yes! I feel that the community college
educational system is the only way to go in star
ting your post-graduate education. It’s cheaper,
it gives a person an opportunity to determine
what career that person wishes to pursue, and
it’s a good education as well.”
Finally, Crosby said, “I’m glad I’ve been
president. I’ve learned a lot from the younger
students and from the administration. I’ve learn
ed how things work, I’ve traveled, met many
nice people, and had good experiences. I
wouldn’t trade the last year for anything in the
world.”
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