Here you can find all my work from the AS Review, starting from April of 2016. Click on the headlines to read the whole article.
Elevator outages trap students
Despite a recent grant to repair and modernize Western’s elevators, breakdowns continue to raise concerns for students.
Since 2015, 161 instances of elevator malfunctions have been reported to University Police or maintenance, according to university police logs.
Blue Group launches book, discussion
UndocuStudents: Our Untold Stories has an upside-down cover.
Jenifer Becerril Pacheco, creator of the cover image and one of the co-chairs of Blue Group, joked about the error before performing her poem, In the wings of hope los sueños viven, in the Wilson Library Presentation Room.
Western Athletics cancels ‘Hawaiian Night’ after pushback from Pacific Islander students
Mele Mataese, president of OSA, made a Facebook post Wednesday night calling out Western Athletics for what she personally believed was an ignorant and culturally appropriative theme.
“Just because our PI [Pacific Islander] community on campus is little doesn’t mean we are nonexistent, and you all truly must have thought this was okay but I’m telling you it’s not. You sincerely disgust me Western,” she wrote.
AS Board looking for student input on potential smoking ban
Following in the footsteps of Washington State University and Seattle Pacific University, Western’s Associated Students Board is considering taking steps towards a smoke-free campus. However, some students have concerns about the plan.
The AS Board has moved to start talking about about making Western’s campus smoke-free. In a meeting in November, the board spoke of implementation by, possibly, the end of spring quarter.
ESC celebrates the art of resistance on MLK Day
The Ethnic Student Center isn’t always a serious, heavy space. Many students of color who visit see it as a place to relax- but that doesn’t make it any less radical.
Senior Maria José Palacios Figueroa said she believes that the act of relaxation, in itself, is revolutionary for people of color. That’s why she found herself at the ESC’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Resistance Through Art event.
Western Alerts leave students in the dark
During the current epidemic of sexually charged crimes, some Western students are wondering why Western Alerts feel inaccessible and sporadic when it comes to assault and voyeurism.
After timely alerts of high winds and an off-campus theft blew up their phones in November, Western students took to Twitter to complain of reporting times they felt did not match the severity of the crimes being committed.