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ASG: Petition fails
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“Before it was (changed), anybody
could run, and we would get people
who would run to get president and
vice president and wouldn’t realize
the time commitment that they needed
(or) the knowledge about the organiza
tion they needed to have,” said Fava,
who will be leaving in the fall after
three years at CCC, which includes
two years as ASG president. “It is my
responsibility to care of my team along
with the organization that I served on
for two years. You cannot be the presi
dent or vice president of this organiza
tion without understanding what it
you’re leading.”
ment and what they do. It is too much
for someone who has never had any
ASG experience,” he said.
On May 25, Fava and ASG Vice
President Sean Briare were overheard
soliciting “No” votes with an iPad
while other ASG students were passing
out alcohol awareness T-shirts. When
questioned, Fava responded by saying
“We’re getting students to vote.”
Witnesses saw Fava and Briare spe
cifically getting students to only vote
“No” on the amendment.
support student government,” Fava
said after finding out that Thompson’s
petition failed.
“You’re always told you can’t be on
varsity unless you’re the star player
and that is not necessarily true when it
comes to leadership,” Thompson said.
He said that to some degree he could
have gone out and campaigned with
students to let them know more about
the amendment he was trying to pass.
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Alyssa Fava
President of ASG
Jason Williamson, an ASG senator
at large, explained why he voted the
amendment down. “I have been here
for two years in ASG, and I still can’t
name some of things in each depart-
Fast forward to Friday, May 27 and
the results were in. There were 271
petition votes in total in the three days
the petition was open. The petition
failed with 108 “Yes” votes and 163
“No” votes.
“I think it just goes to show that stu
dents support experience for an orga
nization before leading it and that they
As for ASG next year, Fava will
be replaced by current vice president
Briare. Ceili Smythe, who is cur
rently a senator for ASG, will be the
vice president.
Although it is not widely adver
tised, students are allowed to attend
ASG meeting on Wednesday’s at 3
p.m. in the Fireside Lounge. Students
who are interested in how ASG works
may attend.
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