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First copy FREE; additional copies lv Backamas Print i n e pendent, student - run newspaper unity College, Oregon City, OR ------- Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Volume 41, Issue 20 a heatled conversation. Javc Izso and Mitch Knudsen discuss the aDDeals meeting Mondav. Mav 5. ! or’s Ifcmoval from stu- 'ovemmeiit throws fair- f presidential election oubt ondo Borboa wkamasPrinf : Clackamas Associated Student tent removed one of its own members ASG last week amid accusations of p and impropnei v by student leaders. Ise of his removal from government »¡me ineligible to run for the position ent and has since been removed from ting me But of government is just a way le up and make sure (ASG President) tsier’s land-picked choice gets in. ie (Michael Vu) doesn’t make waves,” d senator and student presidential can- re Izso. Iter filed Ian appeal, and is currently » a petition to withhold elections until candidate can be offered to student ition, campus club leaders are express- 1 unhappin after a request for an 'ry meeting was rebuffed by ASG (see ugh both sides are attempting to adhere es outlined in the Associated Students amas Community College (ASCCC) Constitution. a lack of precedent in the t is causing the groups to each respond jasina^Bmony. Committee meeting as part of his assigned duties for ASG and was not able to help settle on a more convenient schedule. Izso’s problems began last week when he The second day of the Meet and Greet did was unable to attend a scheduled ‘Meet and not turn out better for Iszo. Supporters for Vu Greet” with students Tuesday. This eventually in attendance outnumbered his own, many of cumulated in his ouster. them fellow members of ASG wearing Support The two-day event was created to introduce Michael Vu buttons or T-shirts. the candidates and allow The event, moderated by Hendrickson, for the most students to ask questions, express concerns and present part was orderly and civilized, with students submitting their any ideas they wished ASG to consider. questions and Hendrickson Although the times were giving the two candidates to be determined, all dead equal time. lines and event days were However, things spun out known by both candidates, of control when students from because they were printed on various campus chibs were the presidential applications insistent in pressing their par Jayc Izso each received. ticular questions and seeking Ousted ASG Senator answers. Citing financial obli gations, Izso could not be Openly displaying a present at the event but did Support Vu button in his send another student, Matt hands, Student Senator Adam Ostergren, in his stead to represent him Kidwell got into a shouting match with Iszo ova* However, Jessica Hendrickson, student his own questions not being addressed because vice president and member of the Elections of the focus on student questions being taken Committee, did not permit any non-candidates out of order. Kidwell rose up out of his seat, pointing to answer questions, as the Meet and Greet was an opportunity for only presidential candidates to an accusatory finger at Iszo, and demanded that someone moderate the meeting, although speak, not their managers or supporters. Hendrickson had been doing so until that point. “If he had let me know ahead of time he couldn’t make it, we could have made other arrangements that were fair to both candidates.” Please see ASG ELECTIONS, Page 3 Hendrickson said. “Allowing him (Izso) to bring up students wouldn’t have been feir to Michael (Vu).” Izso countered by pointing out that when the Elections Committee met to decide times for the event, he was attending a Campus Development Clubs’ cry silenced in elections dispute Initial confrontation “Kicking me out of govern ment is just a way of shut ting me up...” LEFT: tes Jayc Michael Latisha listen [to is from ience he sitation d.l dGHT:Af meeting, > wait to Jayc Izso ig college Photos by Lisa Sellars Clackamas Print Lydia I. Bashaw , I News Editor______ One day after the Associated Student Government voted to remove member Jayc Izso, making him unqualified to run for ASG president, Democrat Club President Catherine Pike requested an emer gency Interclub Council Meeting to address the election issue. “I told him that it was a corona tion, not an election,” Pike said. “I don’t agree with it The clubs should have met to discuss what was hap pening.” Initially, ASG Clubs Senator Javierh Montero said he would allow the meeting, but that he needed to confirm the proper procedure. ‘1 volunteered to call all the clubs myself,” Pike said, “but he said he would do it instead.” Montero asked the clubs to wait temporarily, while he checked the student constitution. He then quoted Section 5, which states that in order for a person to run for ASG president, he or she must first serve at least two terms on Student Leadership. Please see CLUBS, Page 3
