1997_09 The Daily Collegian September 1997

              THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN
Tuesday, September 2,1997
News
ASI
Continued from page 1.
President Rocio Magana, Adminis¬
trative Vice President Sophie
Vuong-Vang and Legislative Vice
President David Splivalo - created
the budget.
"I do not approve of the way the
budget was made out and I want no
part of it," said Leticia Garcia, sena¬
tor at large for Post No. 7. "Any
third grader could read this budget
and know that it is biased."
With SEA controlling a vast
majority of the ASI Board, it was
surprising to see such conflict early
in the year.
"The problem is that there are
really two groups - SEA and
M.E.C.H.A.." said an. SEA mem¬
ber who wished to remain anony¬
mous. "We only aligned for one
purpose - to beat (the]- Reality
[party]. Now that we won. you are
seeing the conflict"
While she never cited a specific
reason, Magana also hinted at pos¬
sible problems in the days leading
up to the first ASI meeting.
"I think people are going to be
surprised at the different views
within the SEA party that are go¬
ing to come out," said Magana, who
was formally associated with the
M.E.C.H.A organization but had
never been a member of the SEA.
Should Welty decline to sign the
budget, which was developed un¬
der an executive order by ASI Presi-
dent Magana. it would be for¬
warded to the newly created ASI
Finance Committee.
The passage of the budget, how¬
ever, is only one of many key is¬
sues that developed in the wake of
the semster's first ASI meeting
Tuesday.
. One of the first controversies of
the new semester surrounded the
meeting agendas. At the outset of
the meeting there were motions
passed to add four items to the
agenda. One was the approval of an
ASI representative to the Bulldog
Foundation and the other three were
executive reports from Magana,
Splivalo and Vuong-Vang.
The executive reports were
given at the beginning of the meet¬
ing, but the approval was placed at
the bottom of the new business sec¬
tion of the agenda. Moore was im¬
mediately questioned as to whether
it was within by-laws and Robert's
Rules of Order to add items to the
agenda.
Moore did eventually inform the
ASI that it was contradictory to
Robert's Rules of Order to add
items to. the agenda without them
first being posted for a period of one
week. Moore said that it was only
legal to delete items from the
agenda.
Moore did mention the possibil¬
ity of "suspending the rules" for the
meeting, but strongly advised
against it. Still, some members, in¬
cluding Magana. were in favor of
doing that so the representative to
the Bulldog Foundation could be
appointed in time for a meeting the
next morning.
The idea was scrapped, though,
and apparently tabled until today's
meeting. The three executive re¬
ports were ordered to be stricken
from the official record of the meet¬
ing and the meeting proceeded.
More discrepancies surfaced
during new business, when Splivalo
prepared to present the names of
committee members and commit¬
tee chairs for approval. A recess had
to be taken to clarify whether or not
Splivalo had the power to appoint
the committee chairs. Once again
it was determined that there* was a
problem with parliamentary proce-
durcs. and Splivalo was told that he
could appoint the committee mem¬
bers but the individual committees
had the power to choose a chair.
And just before the budget de¬
bate erupted and threw the meeting
into disarray. Senator" Sarah
Johnson of post No. 3 informed the
ASI board that she would be seek¬
ing a partial exemption from the
annual ASI retreat. Johnson cited a
conflict with her sorority rush as the
reasoning for the partial exemption,
but because it was not on the agenda
it was not eligible to be voted upon
The retreat is mandatory for ill
ASI Board members and executives
according to the ASI by-laws, and
any member not excused by a 2/3
majority vote of the ASI Board is
removed immediately from their
post.
STAR iOipKFSINTS
THE WALLFLOWERS
Allen
Continued from page 2.
that way. Let us use it as a chance
to break out of the clans and/cliches
that we seek for security. Let us use
this not as a reminder that we must
find some means to accommodate
others, let us use this as an impetus
to seek to understand others. This
attack on Malcolm is a reflection
of the general mood of this cam¬
pus It is the collective energy of.
the entire CSU Fresno campus that
has allowed this hatred to manifest
itself. Which means that the gen¬
eral mood of this campus must
change. Unless conscious efforts
are made to embrace what one sees
as being different, we will continue
to see the occurrence and reoccur¬
rence of these hale crimes. Not one
particular culture or one particular
person on this campus is completely
safe within this environment.
Perhaps what beckons mc Ur
write this column is the realization
that as an African American male 1
very easily could have been there
in Malcolm's shoes. However it
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would be blind ignorance for any
one person, black, white, Mexican
or Asian not to realize that there is
plenty of hate to go around. The
onus is on us who make up (his
campus to create an environment
where such actions will not be tol¬
erated. Our challenge is lo create
an environment, al the least, with
mutual respect and, at best, one thai
could blossom into a social har-
mony.
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