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Impress your friends, join clubs and gain knowledge
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Committee meets to explore OSA and OCCSA merger
An investigative committee of student government representatives from all over the state met for the first time on Friday to explore the possibility of a merger between the Oregon Student Association and the Oregon Community College Association.
Students weigh in on campus safety
The issues of gun control and public safety on campus have been spotlighted by Portland State’s student government this year, and now PSU students have made their opinions known.
Publications adviser candidates visit campus this week
This week, students will have a chance to meet the candidates for the coordinator of student media position, which oversees Student Publications, with open interviews taking place tomorrow through Friday.
Foster-Hernandez ticket wins, new constitution fails
Harris Foster and Yesenia Silvia-Hernandez were elected as student body president and vice president, respectively. The pair garnered 287 votes, or 50 percent of the votes cast. A new constitution, proposed by former Vice President Ethan Allen Smith, failed, with 47 percent voting against it, 28 percent voting in favor and 25 percent abstaining. The 569 votes cast in the ASPSU election represent a 3 percent voter turnout, down from last year’s 9.3 percent turnout, which one expert called “terrible.”
Work continues for student government
As student government elections were drawing to a close last week, the Associated Students of Portland State University stayed focused on business in recent meetings. They chose new members for the judicial review board, considered student fee committee bylaws and weighed student leadership awards.
Last-minute write-in candidate emerges
With a burgeoning grassroots campaign that garnered almost 170 Facebook likes in three days, a last-minute write-in candidate emerged in the few days before voting closed on Friday in the Associated Students of Portland State University presidential race.
A last look at ballot issues
Portland State students have one more day to vote in the Associated Students of Portland State University elections. The most contentious item on the ballot this year is a proposed new constitution.