ASI Executives Officers 2007-08

Mark Andrews - President and CEO
Mark Andrews is a Political Science Major and Philosophy Minor at California State University, Long Beach. Andrews first got involved with ASI when he volunteered at an event called Beach Pride Poolside where he cooked burgers for students. He went on that year to run for senate, but was instead appointed Secretary for City Affairs; a job made for him, where he represented the school at the City Council at Chamber of Commerce meetings. After taking a year away from ASI, he decided to run for president. Andrews ended up winning by less than 20 votes.

Lucy Montano - Vice President and Chair of Board of Directors
Lucy Montano is the ASI Vice President/Chair of Board of Directors at California State University, Long Beach. This is Montano’s second year participating in ASI. Last year, she was the senator for the College of Education. Montano will be beginning her fourth year at CSULB as a liberal study major in order to become an elementary school teacher.
Shelena McClinton - Treasurer
Shelena McClinton is the AS Treasurer for the 2007-2008 school years. Previously, she served as the 2004-2005 Conservation Commissioner and senator for the College of Liberal Arts from 2005-2007. She is currently a grad student studying public policy and administration. In 2006, McClinton graduated with her B.A. in Political Science and Communication from CSULB.
Brandy Bandaruk
Brandy Bandaruk is the AS Administrator for the 2007-2008 school year. Previously, she served as the 2006-2007 Awards & Recognition Commissioner. She is currently an undergraduate student studying Recreation & Leisure Studies and minoring in French as well as History. In 2009, Bandaruk will graduate with her B.A. in Recreation & Leisure Studies from CSULB.
James B. Davis
James B. Davis is the ASI Chief of Staff for the 2007-2008 school year. Previously, he served as Senator for the College of Engineering from 2006-2007 and Academic Senator from 2005-2006. In 2009, Davis will graduate with his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering with a minor in Computer Science from CSULB.


To find out more about current or past ASI executives, visit the link below.
http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/students2/asi/student_government/executives/

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

ASI will be awarding 10 $500 scholarships to working students and fourteen $300 scholarships to graduate students.
According to the ASI web site, these scholarships are to help students with the costs of education for fall 2008 and spring 2009.
"ASI is student run, so it only makes sense that we emphasize helping our students,”
said ASI Treasurer Shelena McClinton. “We provide so many diverse programs and services and it’s great to have scholarships also available.”
Applications are available online at
http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/students2/asi/general_information/scholarships/scholarshipinformation.htm and can be turned in to the USU Room 238 by Friday November 16, 2007 at 4:00 p.m.

Light Up Our Nights

ASI held a "Light Up Our Nights" rally October 4th to voice campus concerns about the city council voting against contributing to the cost of new lighting on Bellflower Boulevard, Atherton Street and Palo Verde Avenue streets.
The city council re-allocated the $133,000 that was needed to help with the lighting project on the streets surrounding CSULB. The money is going to be spent on after school programs, halloween parties and a snow day for the city. City Councilman Gary DeLong, University President F. King Alexander and Campus Police Chief Jack Pearson were all present at the gathering.
"Councilman Patrick O'Donnell made a motion to reallocate the lighting money toward other programs," said Mark Andrews "There was an 8-1 vote, with Councilman Gary DeLong being the person that voted for us."
Students that attended the event expressed their worries about campus safety. But the rally itself did not have a very big turnout. There were maybe 50-60 people there and that includes the ASI staff that had to attend .
The rally was held from 12pm to 2 pm in front of the University Bookstore. ASI had a banner that said on it "Light Up Our Nights" and asked all who attended the rally to sign it. With the banner held up the students marched around campus.

VACANCIES

For a campus that has over 30,000 students there are many vacancies in student government. During in class discussions I have heard many students complain about our campus, whether it be parking, campus buildings or the decision to put a new tanning salon in. Students need to start getting involved and take action. The following is a link to help you get started.
http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/students2/asi/general_information/forms/documents/VolunteerApplication.pdf