ASWSU passed 12 bills during Wednesday’s meeting in preparation for the 54th Senate transition. Denver Mickali, a senior on the pre-law track who was barred from attending Coug Lobbying Day earlier in the semester, gave public testimony to speak against bill 53-46, which suggested changes to the ASWSU bylaws that would allow the Department of...
ASWSU unanimously approved a 5% student transit fee increase proposal at this week’s senate meeting. The transit advisory group, which is part of the University Parking and Transportation Task Force enacted by ASWSU, presented the fee increase proposal to senators during Wednesday’s meeting. ASWSU senator Isaac Velazquez and Transportation Services Director Chris Boyan were present...
Denver Micklai, WSU senior who was banned by the ASWSU executive staff from attending Coug Lobbying Day at the capitol following an incident at one of last year’s Coug lobbying meetings, spoke to ASWSU senators at this week’s meeting. Coug Day is an event held annually in Olympia, attended by members of ASWSU from various...
ASWSU approved a referendum to increase the student Chinook fee at Wednesday’s meeting as a result of efforts to combat reduced student enrollment in recent years. Referendum 53-01, penned by senator Isaac Velazquez, said the existing mandatory Chinook student fee is no longer sufficient to sustain existing service levels, due to decreased student enrollment and...
A WSU student is challenging ASWSU’s executive staff’s decision to bar him from attending Coug Lobbying Day. ASWSU decided to bar him due to a confrontation between Denver Mickali and Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee during the governor’s visit to campus last April. Denver Mickali is a fourth-year political science pre-law major who is protesting ASWSU’s...
The Graduate and Professional Student Alliance hopes to focus mainly on food insecurity, transportation and childcare this coming semester. Sam Edgerton, PhD candidate in the department of history, said GPSA’s mission as to provide the most supportive environment possible for graduate and professional students. “GPSA is essentially an administrative body for the entire graduate student community....
The ASWSU Department of University Affairs is revisiting the idea of implementing a resource page to Canvas and creating a committee for the Title 9 Office. The Department for Legislative Affairs discussed efforts from Coug Day at the Capitol. According to Nikolai Sublett director of university affairs, last year a resolution was passed to implement an...
WSU students, faculty and administrators focused on anti-hazing, access to broadband internet, faculty pay and more during the 2022 legislative session, which started Jan. 10 and ended March 10. WSU students are represented every year by a group of fellow students that choose to go to the Washington State Capitol in Olympia to advocate for certain...
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...
Coug Day at the Capitol, an event giving students the opportunity to advocate for needs on campus, will happen virtually on Jan. 24. Estela Navarro and Diego Lopez, ASWSU deputy directors of legislative affairs, said during a Wednesday night ASWSU Senate meeting that they are still actively recruiting students for the event. They will post...