Katya Quezada | Staff Writer
quezadk@imail.losrios.edu
Representative groups play a large role in the governance and day-to-day operations of City College. However, not many students are aware of the multitude representative groups on campus and what they actually do.
Associated Student Government and the Classified Senate are among the many representative groups at City College. Both groups take time off their already packed schedules to help shape administrative policy and represent the faculty and student body.
ASG was established in 1922. Its main goal is to give the students a voice in the important decisions made on campus.
“I get to shout for those that whisper,” said ASG President La Toya Daniels. “Why? I am a quiet student, as I am sure lots of students are, and I know that often students are and feel overlooked.”
Daniels also spoke about the decision-making process of ASG. She said she makes sure that before she makes a decision she has a conversation with ASG first. When a decision has to be made on an important issue, it will be put on the agenda 72 hours before their meeting.
According to ASG Secretary Steve Macias, ASG members are self nominated and must meet certain academic criteria.
Staff who are not faculty are well-represented on campus with many committees and other groups. Prominent among these groups is the Classified Senate. The Classified Senate was formed in 1991.
According to its Web site, the group’s formation was inspired by the accreditation study the campus had just undertaken. Since then, their goals have been to advocate, represent and be the voice of City College’s classified
staff.
“The Classified Senate gives input about serious issues that come to the executive council” said Amanda Hamilton, City College public information officer and former vice president of the Classified Senate. “It’s called participatory decision making, which the college engages in, and the classified staff is involved via the Classified Senate in all of those discussions.”
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