BREAKING NEWS: After weeks of campaigning and two days of voting, ASI Elections for president and vice president end in a run off election.

Students running for ASI President and Vice President explain their mission, budget plans and why you should vote them into office.

Megan Martinez
Running for ASI Vice President
Age: 21
Residence: Fullerton
Mission: Every year students should expect more from their student leaders! As candidates for ASI President and Vice President, we understand the increasing needs of our students and have the experience and the knowledge to get the job done! My running mate and I strive to empower and unite our campus through advocacy, outreach and sustainability. I believe that student leaders need to reach out to the rest of the student population. Through my various positions in student government as well as other organizations and groups on campus, I have been able to talk to a variety of students.
Budget: I would make our campus more energy efficient and also reevaluate the administrative costs. While these measures would help, we would need more aid from the state budget to correct the financial crisis that we are currently in.  Cuts alone cannot save the budget crisis that CSUF is facing.  We will advocate with administration to secure resources to preserve the quality of the CSUF educational experience.
Interesting Fact:  I was born on Labor Day, Sept 4.  When I was younger, I thought that the three-day weekend was because it was my birthday.

Eric Niu
Running for ASI President
Age: 22
Residence: Irvine
Mission: Our main objective is to mobilize students to promote collective action that brings real change to our academic experience. Being that all students are considered members of ASI, it is our job to ensure that the collective voice of the student population is advanced to its full potential. Our goal is to establish a stronger line of communication by increasing accessibility.  emphasize greater promotion of TSC Governing Board and ASI Board meetings, work closer with campus media resources to increase awareness and hold open forums with ASI leadership concerning the progress and updates on important issues.
Budget: If I were a part of CSUF's administration, education would come as my top priority. I would place an emphasis on maintaining class availability and quality of teaching. A cut in any program will have a significant impact on the student population, and every student is in need of education. With this in mind, it is extremely important to keep investing in higher education.
Interesting Fact: I want to travel more than 50 countries before the age of 40.

Jay Jefferson
Running for ASI Vice President
Age: 22
Residence: Cerritos
Mission: Our main objective is to mobilize students to promote collective action that brings real change to our academic experience. Being that all students are considered members of ASI, it is our job to ensure that the collective voice of the student population is advanced to its full potential. We plan to do this by increasing advocacy, accessibility and transparency. We believe that ASI leadership must not only function as a mediator between the students and a respective issue, but must also take a stand with the students and empower them to be their own advocates.
Budget: When addressing this issue, I firmly believe that any cuts made to colleges and universities are unacceptable and will have a detrimental impact on a students' college experience. If I were an administrator, my goal would be to maintain the amount of resources provided to students, rather than take away from our students. As an administrator, my focus would be to sustain the availability of classes, preserve the quality of teaching and reduce spending on new projects to ensure that current programs have adequate funding.
Interesting Fact: I am willing to try almost anything once.

Brian Martinez
Running for ASI President
Age: 21
Residence: Los Angeles
Mission:  To make CSUF what people would like it to be for them as students. Mainly to lessen the title of being a commuter school and amp up student life. Many students see CSUF as something different; for example some people see it as their school, others a place to socialize, others a place where they work, play, workout, worship, etc. There's so many things to do on campus, and I've spoken with many students on how things could improve and I feel that I can help make that happen.
Budget: Some cost-saving methods I would implement would be to look over how the money is being spent in the Titan Student Union and Student Recreation Center. I work in building engineering, which is a department that does maintenance on both buildings, so I have an idea on what gets spent and what things are just not needed. I obviously won't handle all the money alone, so the other students in office will work with me and we shall decide on the best methods to use the money, whether it be cutting some events or changing to make them more cost efficient, to the way money is spent on marketing and promoting events and seeing if that's really working.
Interesting Fact: I'm quite the dancer.

Taylor Edwards
Running for ASI Vice President
Age: 19
Residence: Fullerton
Mission: As a non-commuter at CSUF, I aim to make campus life more alive and vibrant. Instead of students coming to campus, going to class and going home, I want students to come to campus and participate in on-campus activities. In order to do this I will look for student input so I am able to cater to student wants for on-campus events. Also, I am looking to cut back on unnecessary costs that are negatively affecting the ASI budget. By cutting spending on, more money will be available for costs that require more attention. Every monetary move I make will be made in the best interest of the students.
Budget: First and foremost I would conduct a review and analysis of current services available at CSUF. Doing this would enable me to identify and eliminate any duplication of service that creates an unnecessary additional expense. If the same service is offered in two buildings and two people are doing the exact same job, one of those jobs needs to be eliminated so the budget is able to retain additional money.
Interesting Fact: I make sandwiches…for a living.