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ELECTIONS: ASG decision under fire by ousted officer
'lackamas Print
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Lisa Sellars Clackamas Print
group of students and Dean of Student Services Bill Zuelke listen to comments made by
¡datesRast Wednesday during the “Meet and Greet.” The man second to the right is Adam
who infused comment to The Print.
shocked Jayc Izso sits beneath a tree on the phone after he learned about the appeals
to occur in 30 minutes.
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later by reporters to explain what questions
Jnot being addressed by the candidates, Kidwell said,
dorse The Print ’ and put his hands in front of his face
of the meeting, refusing to be photographed or to even
itify himsell
ast wrong for members of government to support
:e that in public,” Iszo said. “It shows their clear bias
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ding to Iszo’s charge of favoritism by ASG members,
in said in her capacity as the elections committee chair,
, ovej^Bit members can represent who they want
are not iri their office hours.”
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their unethical treatment of him and his campaign.
As this request was made in the Public Comments portion of
the agenda, Lussier declared that no discussions would occur, and
ASG continued with the business of the day.
During the New Business portion of the meeting, Student
Officer Mitch Knudsen brought up accusations against Izso,
claiming repeated violation of the ASG behavior code of conduct
and a failure to complete the duties of his assigned position.
Lussier called for an Executive Session to discuss the charges
being brought forth. All members of the public were required to
leave, and the discussion continued behind closed doors.
Although the media was not in the room while charges were
debated, the final decision was 11 votes to 1 that Izso had in feet
violated the ASG behavior code. He was summarily dismissed
from his position, making him ineligible to continue his presiden­
tial candidacy.
Removal from office
Aftermath
:xt regular ASG meeting. Izso and Ostergren requested
t Adviser Mindy Brown and Hendrickson both recuse
from the Elections Committee for what Izso felt was
An appeals committee has already been formed to look into
the issue of Izso’s dismissal, and attempted to meet this past
Monday to determine the validity of the charges.
Members of the committee included both faculty members
and students.
Claiming it was improper because it had not been previously
announced, nor had he been notified of the review, Izso arrived
at the meeting with a camera crew in tow, demanding that it be
rescheduled to accommodate student availability and that it be
open to the public.
The appeals committee has agreed to Izso’s demands and
has set its next meeting for this Wednesday, with the time to be
announced. It has not yet been determined if it will be open to
the public.
Interested students should contact the ASG office at 503-657-
6958, ext 2636.
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IBS: Student club leaders speak
against actions in officer removal
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or an alternate candi-
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aid, “I felt the clubs
-ave a part in it; this
in elections process.”
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ters’ clubs expressed
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away la choice from
s’ Club President Greg
Stein avidly backed Izso in the
election and was shocked at
the actions of ASG.
“Well, it’s entirely ridicu­
lous,” Stein said. “It’s almost a
power trip to one degree. They
are doing whatever they want
to do and will find any reason
to get what they want.”
In a phone interview, Pike
said that there may still be a
meeting of the clubs’ repre­
sentatives this week to discuss
the matter. However, with the
current situation still in devel­
opment, it is uncertain what
effect the student body will
have on the decision.
“I think that this shows there
is a problem with our leader­
ship program,” Stein said. “It
proves that they are not con­
nected to the people, because
they do everything internally.”
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