ASWSU presidential and vice-presidential candidates Sydney Finch and Kjelt Visser addressed controversies and plans for improving multicultural engagement in the ASWSU multicultural debate Monday evening. Experience feeling underrepresented Finch shared her experience growing up as a biracial person in Lewiston, Idaho which is a predominantly white area. “I’ve learned so much about being a minority and.
ASWSU President Brian Patrick addressed the Senate during public testimony about the accusations made by All-Campus senator Nikolai Sublett last Wednesday. Patrick said he took this position because he wanted to advocate for students, and it hurt to see others feel that was not what he had done. After taking some time off, Patrick said he.
All-Campus Senator Nikolai Sublett addressed the ASWSU Senate Wednesday evening to discuss representation, corruption and presentation. Sublett said after he was approached by students from Myanmar struggling to afford housing and nearing homelessness, ASWSU President Brian Patrick told him there was nothing he could do. “I went to the ASWSU president to talk about these.
Refa Al-Amri, Middle Eastern Student Association president, updated ASWSU senators on the group’s Middle Eastern Night, which is at 5:30 p.m. on March 4 in the Compton Union Building Senior Ballroom. The event will include international cuisine, cultural dancing, Arabic calligraphy, henna tattoos and an informational exhibition, she said. Last spring, the club organized a grab-and-go.
ASWSU Senators discussed passing the torch to future leaders, a peer-led drug and alcohol committee and mental health resources during their meeting on Wednesday. ASWSU President Brian Patrick is working on a framework to help newly-elected ASWSU members assimilate. Patrick said there were not many documents passed down from his predecessors about how to run.