Student Government holds elections

Associated Student Government (ASG) will be holding elections this Spring, getting back to the normal schedule after holding the previous elections in the Fall of 2020.

“The reason why the election got pushed to the Fall last year, is because a lot of students who may not have a role internally, wanted to have a position and a chance to really campaign to students in person,” ASG President Angel Bautista said.

The belief was that virtual campaigning might hold advantages to certain students, versus in-person campaigning has a more even field.
Despite holding elections in back-to-back semesters, those who were elected served the same amount of time as they would have if elections had been held once per school year.

“It really doesn’t impact the way that they serve because what we’re really doing is discounting that three month span in the summer where nothing happens. So in essence, it’s not going to impact the amount of time that a student can serve.”

The difference is that those who were elected in the Fall didn’t have the three-month summer as a part of their term, where little happens and doesn’t affect ASG.

The intent to run and code of conduct forms are available on March 22, and close on April 1, while campaigning for election takes place from April 3 through the 17.

The election itself is from April 19, and ends April 22 at 5p.m.

ASG Safety Week aims to educate

Safety Week, put on by ASG, starts on March 22, with different days of the week dedicated to a different kind of safety.

“We start off with March 22 [Monday], which is going to be environmental safety, we’re working with the Outdoor Program and Sustainability Council on those days,” Director of External for ASG George Van Dorpe said.

From there, Tuesday the 23 will feature mental safety and health. Director of Diversity, Advocacy and Health Bob Lang will have a part in this day, to help students with mental health.

Wednesday’s is campus safety, and will feature the Safe Walk Program, MavRides, and the Grand Junction Police Department, who’ll bring drunk goggles and challenge students to do a golf cart course.

“Thursday, we actually move into sexual safety,” Van Dorpe said. That day will feature education on practicing safe sex, free cupcakes and condoms.
Friday will be all about physical safety, and St. Mary’s will bring their ambulances for students to check out.

CMU to hold vigil for Remembrance Week

CMU will be holding a vigil for Holocaust Remembrance Week on April 8.
“We’re looking at lighting 11 different candles. Each candle will represent 1 million people who died during the Holocaust,” Van Dorpe said. “And that 11 million is inclusive of everybody, not just about specific nationalities.

And so we’re also going to leave it open for students to kind of just hang around a little bit and if they want to do remembrance for someone that’s special to them they can do that during that day too.”

The vigil will take place at 8 p.m at the Center for Reflection.

Vote in the MavAwards

Nominations for MavAwards recently ended and now the voting process has begun.

Anybody was allowed to nominate someone for an award, which was a departure from previous years that saw only senators being able to nominate.

“We felt that was a better representation of who gets nominated, because we get that our senators represent the student body, but sometimes a lot of those students don’t get heard, just because they might be a little shy to talk to senators or you know they might just be a little timid on their own,” Van Dorpe said. “So we want to give them a chance to kind of just anonymously nominate people who they think have done really well this year.”

Students can vote on the MavZone app Presence, after candidates have been pared down to the top three to select from.

The awards themselves will be handed out on April 24.
“It’s kind of like the Oscars for CMU,” Van Dorpe said. “We’re also combining that with the ASG election so students will also get to know who their new vice president and president is during that day.”

Over 115 total nominations were received. 18 different awards are up for grabs.

Student life orgs are now hiring staff

Applications are now open to apply for student organization positions, for students that wish to get more involved in student life, clubs and various activities.

General manager positions and org leader positions have closed, but all sorts of staff are available to apply for.

Org staff positions available include spots among MavRides, Sustainability Council, KMSA, Campus Design Studio, the Programming Activities Council, The Criterion and Cultural Inclusion Council among others.

Applications for staff positions are due March 28, with interviews starting the 29.

Staff positions are usually paid stipends that vary in amount depending on position. Many applications require either a resume or portfolio to apply.