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Presidential candidates in the ASG election that begins Monday include, from left: Luis Delgado, Mike DiNapoli, Eric Cansler, Jeremy Likens, William Miller and Tobin Shields at the presidential debates on Wednesday in the College Center. Cansler is a write-in candidate, while the rest are regular candidates.
ASG elections start on Monday; winner to be announced Friday by Dorothy Ocacio The Advocate
Voting in the Associated Student Government presidential election begins Monday at 12:01 a.m. and will close Thursday at 11:59 p.m. Online voting can be done at www.mhcc.edu/ vote. To vote, enter your student ID and birthday. You must be a registered student to vote. Throughout the week, there will be ASG members around campus with iPads from which students can vote. The library, gym and Main Mall are a few places they will be found. Chair of Elections Committee Luke Harrison said the Elections Committee is looking to get more involve-
ment from students this year. A vice presidential debates took place Tuesday and a presidential debate was Wednesday in the College Center. Harrison said there were 12 people at the campaign information meeting, up from two in attendance last year. Kathrine Lindquist, ASG chief of staff, moderated the debates. Asked why she ran for president last year, Jackie Altamirano, the current ASG president, said, “I could see there was a lot of potential for change.” She also said there seems to be more people involved this year. Altamirano is a second-year student majoring in political science. “I’ve learned a lot about myself, my leadership style
and how to work with 27 other people,” Altamirano said. “I am very proud of the work we’ve done.” Upcoming events for the elections: On Tuesday ASG will host Rock the Vote from noon to 2 p.m. in the Main Mall. There will be food, music and voting. Candidates will be available to answer voters’ questions. This event is free to students. The newly elected ASG president and vice president will be announced at the Neon Disco Dinner Dance on May 11 at the Persimmon Country Club. This free event is being hosted by the SAB. Dancing, casino games, dinner and a shuttle bus from MHCC campus are all included. Portland Spirit River Cruise for two, two iPads and two spa packages will be given as prizes during the event.
MHCC budget committee to finalize 2012-13 proposal Wednesday by John Tkebuchava The Advocate
A proposed tuition increase and other student fees, as well as the proposed implementation of two furlough days for classified employees, were among the most heavily debated topics at Wednesday’s public hearing session for the proposed 2012-13 budget held before the district budget committee. As a part of the public input segment, Associated Student Government (ASG) representatives expressed con-
cern that the budget focused too much on using students to generate revenue to balance the budget. Some of the details of the budget include getting rid of the parking permit system and replacing it with a universal student access fee of $35. The budget also proposes raising tuition by $5 per credit hour and a proposal to implement two furlough days for Classified Association employees in an effort to reduce employee costs. “We know that the students cannot bear the burden of the budget,” said ASG President Jackie Altamirano.
Cat Parish spoke on behalf of the Classified Association, voicing her group’s discontent with the proposed furlough days. “It is unfortunate that the administration chose to propose two furlough days without consulting with us prior to the release of the 2012-13 budget,” said Parish. “This is an attempt to balance the budget on the backs of MHCC most affordable employees,” said Parish.
See Budget on page 3
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Failed electrical line leads to anticipated campus closure by John Tkebuchava The Advocate
An electrical line leading to the Aquatic Center failed Wednesday night, college officials said, causing an emergency generator to activate and leading to cancelled classes Thursday. Some classes were cancelled in anticipation of a power outage and evacuation of the campus for emergency repairs. The
school was on alert Thursday awaiting information from Portland General Electric on when repairs could begin, according to an all-campus email sent at 12:11 p.m. No outage had occurred as of 3:30 p.m. The threat of a campus-wide closure caused this issue of The Advocate to be condensed to four pages. Full stories are available at advocate-online.net
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