Tag: ASPSU

Since announcing their candidacies last week, Harris Foster and James Au, the candidates for Portland State student body president, have run campaigns that appear to be devoid of the enmity of past election seasons.

The Associated Students of Portland State University’s Judicial Review Board met Thursday night and gave the green light to put former ASPSU Vice President Ethan Allen Smith’s new constitution on the ballot next week.

Calling the current PSU student government’s constitution “the kindergarten constitution,” Ethan Allen Smith and the Associated Students of Portland State University senate clashed Wednesday night over requirements to put a new constitution on the ballot at next week’s election.

Candidates running for office in the upcoming Associated Students of Portland State University election gathered Tuesday for an informal meet and greet, where the mood was friendly as candidates mingled with the opposition and engaged in friendly conversation.

Election season for the Associated Students of Portland State University, the official student government body of PSU, kicked off last week with the passing of the deadline for candidate applications. The presidential election, which will take place from April 22 to May 3, looks to be a two-person race (barring write-in candidates) between the ticket of Harris Foster and Yesenia Silva Hernandez and the ticket of James Au and Jay Phung.

Six possible amendments to the Associated Students of Portland State University constitution—ranging from using student building fee funds for a new student union to changing how students choose elected officers—were discussed by the ASPSU senate at a Friday meeting.

Portland State’s Student Activities and Leadership Programs began a reorganization of leadership positions between winter and spring quarters, beginning a process which will take until summer term to complete.

The Associated Students of Portland State University student elections are just around the corner, but a continuing disagreement about whether orientations for prospective candidates should be mandatory may halt the elections process.

The pantry in Smith Memorial Student Union stocks donated non-perishable food and personal items such as deodorant and toothpaste. The shelves are often nearly empty, because the food goes out as fast as it comes in.

The budget for Portland State’s student groups came down to the wire Wednesday night as the student government senate voted to pass an updated budget to fund groups and programs next fiscal year, just five days before it was due to the university president for approval.

A potential budget disaster was averted Tuesday night as the Associated Student of Portland State University’s judicial board decided not to invalidate meetings of the student fee committee, even though it found that the SFC had not complied with the public notice requirements of Oregon’s Public Meetings Law.