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The Vanguard annually endorses candidates in the ASPSU election that we as an editorial board find to be best suited for the job. This year, however, the pool of candidates is lacking not only in size but also in diversity.

Imagine a soft-spoken pacifistic huddled in a tiny closet, a guitar vertically smashed against his body, recording the definitive beginnings of Portland’s mimic electronic group Botanist.

The student government vice president was forced to serve as president for three days in mid-March, due to the president’s noncompliance with academic standards set forth in its constitution. The issue has since been resolved through a technicality, but other members of ASPSU may have been in the same situation.

Since the new bike path opened on Southwest Broadway in the summer of 2009, safety issues have emerged for students, bikers and community members because of its interference with TriMet’s LIFT Paratransit stop at Portland State.

Though the new rec center has been in use since early January, grand opening ceremonies for the Academic and Student Recreation Center took place on April 1 and 2. The event was celebrated with speeches, concerts and games.

Portland State’s athletics department has recently run into a problem—their budget is $300,000 short. This kind of budgeting problem could, and should, have been foreseen.

In the wake of a Multnomah County court decision declaring Portland’s “sit-lie” law unconstitutional last year, the city is attempting to come up with new ideas to handle sidewalk management. Their latest step looks to be as inept as its sit-lie cousin.

The Oregonian‘s former education and politics editor, Christopher Broderick, was recently hired as the assistant communications and marketing vice president for Portland State. He will officially begin his new role on May 3.

Student government is not an entity separate from the student body—it’s comprised of members of the Portland State community who are willing to represent the interests of us all. But this time around, no one seems willing to step up to the job, including those who are running for office.

A season of change is ready to begin for Vikings football. After a dismal 2–9 season, Jerry Glanville and company are out and new head coach Nigel Burton and his clean-up crew are in.