Just as he hoped they would, students “called on Bini” this week and elected agribusiness junior Jason Colombini into office as the next president of Associated Students, Inc. (ASI).
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Colombini wins ASI presidency
Just as he hoped they would, students “called on Bini” this week and elected agribusiness junior Jason Colombini as the next Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) president.
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Houle hopeful presidency will complete Cal Poly legacy
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net For Haley Houle, campaigning for Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) president is just one more hat. The sociology senior said Tuesday she hasn’t asked for any special exemptions from her regularly frantic schedule to allow more time for campaigning. She’s still leading the ASI University Union Advisory Board, searching for a new ASI […]
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Honeycutt campaign wants to capture average students
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Looking back on his campaign for the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) presidency, psychology junior Nate Honeycutt says it’s been a time for learning and growth. Honeycutt describes himself as a mild introvert — he’s never owned a cell phone, and he recognizes that his first few encounters with students were slightly awkward. But […]
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Colombini in familiar territory as polls open
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Approaching voters Tuesday, agribusiness junior Jason Colombini worked the line like a career politician. Never mind it was a hot dog line that drew his attention, or that fraternity brothers — not Secret Service — flanked him. He kept himself busy, offering to get lunch with one of the students in line, […]
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Newcomer Wasta busy trying to crack ASI leadership
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net As students walked through campus Tuesday wearing “Keep Calm, Wasta On” shirts, political science junior Daniel Wasta sat inside the Walter F. Dexter Building and told the story of how he came to Cal Poly from Iowa less than two years ago. Then, he didn’t know a single person on campus. Clearly, […]
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Three takeaways from President Armstrong’s student forum
Editor’s note: Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong has since clarified some of the statements he made in the article below. Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong spoke with students this past Friday in the second of three Campus Community Chats. Below are several of the key topics discussed. 1. The semester debate isn’t […]
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Armstrong to address Cal Poly in ‘community talks’
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net University President Jeffrey Armstrong will open himself up to students today in an open forum — an opportunity he expects students will take to discuss semesters at Cal Poly and long-term goals for the university. The forum, which will be moderated by Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) President Katie Morrow, comes barely one […]
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And they’re off: ASI presidential campaigns begin
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net A Sequoia Hall resident adviser, the Interfraternity Council president, an Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Board of Directors representative and the University Union Advisory Board chair all have one goal on their minds this month — and it comes with a reserved parking space. The four ASI presidential candidates have been making their […]
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Memo fuels uncertainty in semester’s future
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly’s road to semesters met with another obstacle this past week, as an email saying there was no official system mandate to convert made the rounds through faculty, but California State University (CSU) officials say the email does not contradict President Jeffrey Armstrong’s announcement of an impending switch. In the email, […]
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Semester opposition prepares to protest
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net As Cal Poly’s campus collectively checked its email to learn of the California State University semester conversion, University President Jeffrey Armstrong was ending a media interview with a message to students: “My point to the people who have a disagreement with this is to take a deep breath … If you have […]