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Students ‘Call on Bini’ for ASI president

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).

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.

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…