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This week in ASCSU: LSAB, public relations officer

Sam Hutton, News Editor

September 16, 2024

Collegian | Cait Mckinzie

Speaker of the Senate Hayden Taylor listens to speakers at the second session of the 54th senate Aug. 22.

The Associated Students of Colorado State University convened Sept. 11 for the fifth session of the 54th senate.

After a hearing from a guest speaker from the West Elizabeth Corridor Project along with legislative, executive and judicial reports, during which members of each branch provided updates on their respective duties, Parliamentarian Madeleine Kamberg addressed the university’s ongoing investigation concerning the Colorado State University chapter of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.

The fraternity was accused Sept. 5 of displaying a racially insensitive banner, which was observed and reported to the university by another student. Kamberg denounced all acts of racism and encouraged action on behalf of ASCSU to discourage future incidents.

Senate then considered Lex #5414, “LSAB Lex.” The legislation makes several edits to the Legislative Strategic Advisory Board’s responsibilities through constitutional edits, including changes to membership numbers and appointment authority.

The lex will move to the legislative committees for further review.

Lex #5401, “Creation of a Senate Public Relations Officer,” was also considered.

The lex provides over $3,500 from the Senate Discretionary Fund and makes constitutional edits to provide for the hiring of a public relations officer exclusively for the legislative branch. The legislative author, Speaker of the Senate Hayden Taylor, said he believes the involvement of a media relations specialist will allow the legislative body to bolster membership and boost senate’s campus image.

The legislation will move to the remaining legislative committees for further review.

Senate also considered lexes #5402, #5403, #5405, #5406, #5411, #5412 and #5413. The lexes make various clerical edits to the ASCSU Constitution. Among the edits are changes to the vote of confidence process, typo corrections and clarified position start and end dates for ASCSU officials.

Each piece of legislation will remain in committee for additional review.

ASCSU senate will resume Sept. 18.

Reach Sam Hutton at news@collegian.com or on Twitter @Sam_Hut14.

About the Contributors

Sam Hutton, News Editor

Entering his third year at The Collegian, Sam Hutton is currently a news editor, a role he couldn't be more proud to step into. Hutton has over two years of news reporting experience under his belt, largely comprised of student government coverage. Opinionated to no end, Hutton is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in political science with a concentration in U.S. politics, and he plans to work as a public administrator after his time at Colorado State University. He's honored to be acting in his position as news editor and hopes to continue improving as a writer, colleague and student every day. Hutton is from Colorado Springs, Colorado, and is thrilled to be a part of the Fort Collins and CSU communities, although a part of him will always miss the backdrop of Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak. Mindful of The Collegian's long-established tradition of high-quality and fact-based news reporting, Hutton is especially excited to be acting as news editor during a national presidential election. He plans to apply what he's learned during his time at CSU and The Collegian to ensure readers are properly and fairly informed. He's reassured by the incredible team of journalists around him and is eager to see what The Collegian can accomplish next.

Cait Mckinzie, Photo Director

Cait Mckinzie is a second-year student double majoring in art and journalism and media communication. She is one of two photo directors for the 2024-25 school year. Despite growing up in Renton, Washington, Mckinzie knew she wanted to go to Colorado State University since middle school. She had only ever been to Colorado twice, but she visited campus once, and that was all it took. At first, there wasn’t much in Fort Collins that Mckinzie was familiar with. But in high school, she was the co-head of visuals for her school newspaper, so she applied to The Collegian as a photographer to get back into a similar environment. Mckinzie was first introduced to photography by her grandfather, who has been a photographer most of his life. After he gifted Mckinzie her first camera in her junior year of high school, she began to take any assignment she could for her high school paper to improve her skills. Of all the memories made in her first year at CSU, most of the interesting ones came from The Collegian. One Halloween drag show assignment, a lot of mentorship and a few months of practice later, Mckinzie found herself being offered the position of photo director for the next academic school year. Mckinzie is excited for another year at The Collegian and aims to continue learning and growing during her time as one of the photo directors.

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