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INSIDE: Pg. 4• Faculty awards pay out Pg. 5 • ASI elections silence Pg. 7 • Baseball wins weekend series March 21, 2018 California State University, Bakersfield Vol. 43, No. 13 therunneronline.com ASI ELECTIONS ISSUE Christopher Smith Jose Garcia V.P. of Finance, Aaron Wan Alejandra Lopez V.P. of University Affairs, Ashley Schmidt unopposed V.P. of Campus Life, Executive V.P., unopposed unopposed President, unopposed unopposed ELECTIONS President, EVP unopposed second straight year By Peter Castillo and running.” currently serves a student manager Executive vice president of univer- After 24 percent of students voted Directors also must serve four Dylan Bryant Alejandra Lopez is the lone candi- on duty at the Student Recreation sity affairs also ran unopposed last in 2014, only 7.5 percent of students office hours per week. Runner Staff date for executive vice president. Center, is running for vice president year. voted in last year’s elections. Jalise Steger, a senior human She is a double major in public of finance. He has no prior experi- There are also 10 director positions Daniel Auyon, a senior in account- biology major, thinks more students CSU Bakersfield students have administration and Spanish. She is ence of serving on ASI. that are also being run for. However, ing, says apathy is the cause of the would run if they were aware of the little choice as voting for Associated currently studying aboard in Spain Jose Garcia, a senior majoring in there are only two positions that are uncontested elections. benefits that come with ASI. Students, Inc. opens today and all and plans to return to CSUB fol- public policy and administration, is not unopposed, director of clubs and “No one cares. They come here “I think they would definitely run,” five executive positions are running lowing this semester. She has also the candidate for vice president of organizations outreach, and director and they go,” Auyon said. “There’s said Steger. “No one knows, if they unopposed. previously served on ASI. university affairs. of marketing. not really like a student life here… knew about it, I feel like a lot of Ashley Schmidt, a public adminis- “One issue I would like to ad- Garcia currently serves as the Ten of the director seats are left the information is there, if you’re people would run for it.” tration senior, is running for presi- dress while in office is the lack of director of sustainability on ASI. vacant. However, they may be filled really interested in it i think you Steger also added that she thinks dent of ASI. She is currently serving communication that some schools He is also a member of the Alpha by an appointed student. should go out for it. They’ll give ASI should do a better job promot- on ASI as the chair of the board and or campus communities have with Sigma Phi fraternity. Jaidyn Conner, who is currently you the information.” ing the filing period for the elec- has been on ASI for three years. She our ASI,” said Lopez in an email “I plan to start a Lobby Corps at the director of clubs and organi- Students in executive positions on tions. also is a member of the Gamma Phi questionnaire. CSUB that has students advocating zations outreach is running for ASI have their tuition paid for the Voting opened today at 8 a.m. Beta sorority and other honor and The candidate for Vice President and lobbying for CSUB on issues re-election. She is opposing George duration of their term, priority regis- and concludes tomorrow at 11:59 pre-law societies. of Campus Life is Aaron Wan. that affect students and higher edu- Corral. tration and receive a parking pass. p.m. The results are expected to be “I want to know why,” said He is a sophomore currently serv- cation,” said Garcia in an email. Joselito Flores and Morayo Oluju- Executives are also required to announced on Friday, March 23. Schmidt on running unopposed. “I ing as the director of the L.E.A.D. This is the second consecutive mu are the candidates for director of serve 10 office hours per week. Students are able to vote through would love for students to come Program on ASI. He is also a mem- year in which the president and marketing. Students in director positions will RunnerSync, which is available to ASI and tell us what we can do ber of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. executive vice president are running Voter turnout has spiraled in recent also receive priority registration and through the CSUB website. to get students interested in the Christopher Smith, a senior who unopposed. years. a parking pass as well. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CSUB women have bright future ahead of them By Vincent Perez “It was great for us to be able the Roadrunners reeled off eight ment each of the last three seasons. Sports Editor to play in a couple championship consecutive wins from Jan. 20 to CSUB defeated the University games,” said McCall on this season. Feb. 22. of Texas Rio Grande Valley in the A new tradition is hard to start “We’ll take that, bottle it up, carry The Roadrunners relied on a quarterfinals and Grand Canyon from scratch. it over and take it smothering defense University in the semis to advance Greg McCall, head coach of the into next year.” that allowed only to their first-ever championship women’s basketball team at CSU Despite the first “It was great for us 56.5 points per game in Las Vegas. Bakersfield, has done just that this round loss in the to be able to play in game, best in the The Roadrunners fell 57-54 to Se- season. McCall just finished his WBI, the Roadrun- conference. attle University in the final, despite seventh season at CSUB and has ners finished this a couple They were within holding a four-point lead during the jump-started a program that has season 18-14 over- championship striking distance of fourth quarter. not seen much success before his all, after struggling games. We’ll take the WAC regu- Not bad for a program that only tenure. the first half of the lar-season title began in 2000 and has had only “I’ve been so excited about this season. that, bottle it up, before dropping the three head coaches in its history. team all season long,” said Mc- CSUB was 6-8 carry it over and take last two games of McCall, a former CSUB player, Call. “This has been a fun bunch to entering Western the regular season, and men’s team assistant, took over coach.” Athletic Conference it into next year.” including a 77-76 prior to the 2011-12 season. The Roadrunners accepted at play on Jan. 6. double-overtime Following consecutive Women’s at-large bid from the Women’s Bas- “We came a long Greg McCall, CSUB loss to Grand Can- National Invitational Tournament ketball Invitational. way, from not being yon University in appearances in 2014 and 2015, the This was the first time CSUB had able to score and women’s basketball the regular season Roadrunners struggled in the 2015- reached a postseason tournament not being in-sync head coach finale. 2016 season, finishing just 12-19. since 2015. to playing as a Senior guard Aja Last season, the third-seeded It was also the first time that the family,” said red- Williams posted Roadrunners, who also went 10-4 in Icardo Center hosted a postseason shirt-junior guard Jazmine Johnson. 22 points in the loss that dropped WAC play, were upset in overtime game since the move to Division I “This is one of the greatest teams CSUB from the conference’s top in the WAC tournament quarterfi- in 2013. I’ve ever been on.” spot. nals by Utah Valley University and The Roadrunners hosted Fresno CSUB bounced back in conference The Roadrunners entered the 2018 finished 15-14. Ana Canales/The Runner State, but lost 77-66 to on Wednes- play. The Roadrunners finished 10-4 WAC tournament as the No. 2 seed See BASKETBALL, Page 7 Redshirt-junior guard Jazmine Johnson cuts through the Fresno State day, March 14 in the first round of in the WAC. behind New Mexico State Universi- defense during CSUB’s loss in the opening round of the Women’s the tournament. Displaying their dominance, ty, who had won the WAC tourna- Basketball Invitational on Wednesday, March 14 at the Icardo Center. FREE One copy per person of each edition is free. @csub_runner facebook.com/runnercsub @therunner_csub @csubrunnernews Additional copies are 50 cents each. News 2 March 21, 2018 CANDIDATE FORUM ASI exec candidates talk plans during forum By Veronica Morley of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority, many campuses,” said Lopez. Managing Editor multiple honor societies, and the Lopez wants to address the low pre-law society here on campus. voter turnout by following the ex- Associated Students, Inc. held a “We encourage everyone to apply ample of other CSUs and begin the candidate forum in the Stockdale for these positions. We have a lot of promoting process a month before Room at noon on March 19. people who want to get involved in the deadline to file for election. She As the forum began, the room the application process but not the said that the application window for was mostly vacant, with only six running process,” said Schmidt in this year’s election could have been students in the audience. By the end regards to the lack of opposition for a barrier for more people to apply.