Montejano to take office June 1

By Alexandra Norton • Apr 8, 2012

After results were announced just before spring break, Associated Students, Inc. welcomed three new executives and 14 senators on June 1. Arthur Montejano, a master’s student in the Kinesiology Department, was elected president with 620 votes, beating out Daniel Harrison and write-in candidate Jose Nava.

2012 Associated Students, Inc. Presidential Interviews

By Collegian Staff • Mar 22, 2012

The Collegian's Opinion Editor Tony Petersen sits down with the ASI Presidential candidates for 2012.

ASI remembers late political science professor with resolution

By Alexandra Norton • Mar 18, 2012

Today the Fresno State community will gather to remember the late political science professor Dr. Rodney Anderson at the Leon S. Peters Ellipse Gallery on the second floor of the Henry Madden Library at 11 a.m. where a resolution by Associated Students, Inc. will be presented.

Every student should vote

By Selena Farnesi • Mar 18, 2012

Associated Students, Inc. elections are right around the corner.­ Elections will be held online, Tuesday, March 27 through Thursday, March 29. With just a week before ballots end up in your Fresno State email, campaign Facebook pages have been made, posters are tacked up in the halls and candidates can be found passing out business cards in the Free Speech Area.

ASI receives warning from ACLU

By Alexandra Norton • Mar 2, 2012

Associated Students, Inc. has received a cease and desist letter from the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California regarding­ President Selena Farnesi’s enforcement of cellphones during an open Senate meetings.

Want to run for office? Here’s how

By Selena Farnesi • Feb 21, 2012

It’s election season at Fresno State ”” time to start thinking about if you or someone you know would make a great president, vice president or senator to Fresno State’s student government.

ASI senators violate updated policy

By Alexandra Norton • Feb 17, 2012

Associated Students, Inc. senators violated an updated Senator Expectations Policy they had passed just minutes prior at Wednesday’s Senate meeting. Noting several senators with cell phones visible, Executive Vice President Craig Parks had to remind senators that devices that allow outside communication are prohibited during Senate meetings.

Students help revitalize ‘Sin City’

By Stephen Keleher • Feb 15, 2012

While most Fresno State students were on their way back home after a long fall semester, almost 40 students had different plans: helping build new playground for kids in El Dorado Park, also known as the ‘Sin City’ neighborhood just west of campus.

ASI prepares recommendations for Task Force

By Ben Ingersoll • Feb 10, 2012

While the Academic Affairs Budget Advisory Task Force gears up for its final revisions to close the looming budget gap, Associated Students, Inc. is assembling its own recommendation to present in hopes of making a difference.

ASI represents students

By Selena Farnesi • Feb 6, 2012

In any sort of election, be it for student government positions, City Council or Congress, a lot of attention is focused on the political party of the candidate.­ Are they Republican or Democrat? Are they radical or moderate? A lot of the concern regarding an individual’s political party is focused on fiscal issues.

ASI Senate passes bylaw, fills vacant seat

By Alexandra Norton • Feb 2, 2012

Six days following an Associated Students, Inc. Senate meeting, a meeting President Selena Farnesi called an “embarrassment,” an updated bylaw that includes the new position of Vice President of External Affairs passed with a 15-1 vote.

ASI senators should have passed the new code

By Editorial Board • Jan 29, 2012

As The Collegian reported on Friday, Fresno State students passed a referendum creating the position of Vice President of External Affairs by a vote of 268-202.