The ASI special elections, being held the last week of classes, will have many new names on the ballot after the candidate scandal that declared the original election results invalid.
Recent surveys suggest that the hiring rate for graduating seniors will be up this year compared to last, but CSUSM seniors are still hesitant and weary about the prospects in the job market.
Mayor of San Marcos, Jim Desmond, visited CSUSM on April 25 as a part of Dr. Staci Beavers State Politics (PSCI) course. During his visit, he informed students about the inner-workings of local politics in the City of San Marcos and discussed city involvement in current and upcoming developments.
Students may see much needed aid money from the Middle Class Scholarship bills circulating in the Assembly, but corporations oppose the source, closing a tax loophole.
The university has confirmed that the FBI is now investigating junior Matt Weaver, who was arrested on March 15 on suspicion of committing election fraud by stealing more than 700 student passwords in his campaign for president of Associated Students Inc.
The Quad university housing will be completed this summer, ready for students to move in fall 2012. While the university is in the thick of promoting The Quad, some students feel it is an overpriced housing option.
Since March 15, Cal State San Marcos has been swept up in controversy over the arrest of junior Matt Weaver, who is suspected of stealing more than 700 student identities to vote himself into office during the Associated Students Inc. spring elections.
California’s Faculty Association (CFA) will be voting April 16 – 27 on whether to hold a rolling strike in fall 2012 if their contracts are not negotiated fairly.
Cal State San Marcos will be opening the Markstein doors to Dr. Sharon Lightner starting July 1, who will take the seat as the new Dean of Business Administration. Lightner beat out two other highly qualified candidates with her strong commitment to students and impressive achievements.
Student Matt Weaver, who was arrested last month on suspicion of tampering with computer ballots in campus elections, is also under investigation for about 700 possible cases of identity theft from students, a Cal State San Marcos spokeswoman said last week.
The subject of re-election was a hot topic at the March 27 meeting of the Associated Student Body (ASI) Board of Directors. Due to alleged illegal activity on a campus computer constituting election fraud, the elections that took place March 12 - 15 were deemed invalid.
In the wake of the theft of more than 700 student passwords this month, a university official said the campus is in the midst of a reconsideration of the student Internet usage policy.
