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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Volume 41, Issue 20
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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
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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...”
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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