2008 Woodie Awards
Hope for a resolution
ivan Moore
Issue date: 3/17/06 Section: News
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It has been more than two weeks since the ASBG overturned the sanctions against the clubs Caudillos, LULAC, and Puente. Is this the end of the controversy, and have the clubs reached a lasting settlement?
Anthony Canela, advisor of Puente, said that he hopes the issue has been resolved.
"We're open to discuss how we can resolve this,' he said Friday. "I think there has been unprofessional behavior on all sides from the advisors… including myself."
Canela, along with LULAC advisor Eloisa Millan and Caudillos advisor Joel Reyna, faced accusations of breaking policy by holding meetings with Delta administration concerning the club issue.
"I tried to organize that meeting with (Vice President) John Williams," Canela admitted. "But we invited (Lillian Rich,) the MEChA advisor, to come. She said she couldn't attend."
Canela says he felt that any ill will and disagreements with the clubs could be sorted out amongst the advisors, rather than the students.
"We needed a mediator," Canela explains.
Leroy Hill, of Delta Psi and the ICC, has said that by going to the administration, the club advisors broke procedure. According to the ICC constitution, it is the body that should be used to resolve conflicts between clubs.
Canela says that Hill wasn't speaking on behalf of everyone in Delta Psi. A letter obtained by The Impact, dated Jan 27, confirms this view. Written to the ICC by members of Delta Psi, it calls for the ICC to reconsider the sanctions, and states, "this episode has…presented an opportunity to improve our existing process of communications."
Canela agrees. "We need some kind of open forum, first among the advisors, then the students of the clubs, to meet." He suggested that such a meeting could be held with a professional mediator without ties to the college, so to be fair and unbiased.
"It is well within the resources of the ASBG to provide such a forum," Canela said. He added he's open to discussions with MEChA. "I am absolutely willing to sit down and work this out," he said.
Eloisa Millan, LULAC advisor, said that she would be willing to attend such a forum. "How can we, as advisors, expect to guide students toward leadership, if we can't even collaborate amongst ourselves?" She said.
Millan said that she is encouraged by the ASBG's decision, and by the recent behaviors of the students of the clubs.
"MEChA has attended LULAC events, and LULAC has attended MEChA events," she said, "and there has been no ill-will or insensitivity."
Anthony Canela, advisor of Puente, said that he hopes the issue has been resolved.
"We're open to discuss how we can resolve this,' he said Friday. "I think there has been unprofessional behavior on all sides from the advisors… including myself."
Canela, along with LULAC advisor Eloisa Millan and Caudillos advisor Joel Reyna, faced accusations of breaking policy by holding meetings with Delta administration concerning the club issue.
"I tried to organize that meeting with (Vice President) John Williams," Canela admitted. "But we invited (Lillian Rich,) the MEChA advisor, to come. She said she couldn't attend."
Canela says he felt that any ill will and disagreements with the clubs could be sorted out amongst the advisors, rather than the students.
"We needed a mediator," Canela explains.
Leroy Hill, of Delta Psi and the ICC, has said that by going to the administration, the club advisors broke procedure. According to the ICC constitution, it is the body that should be used to resolve conflicts between clubs.
Canela says that Hill wasn't speaking on behalf of everyone in Delta Psi. A letter obtained by The Impact, dated Jan 27, confirms this view. Written to the ICC by members of Delta Psi, it calls for the ICC to reconsider the sanctions, and states, "this episode has…presented an opportunity to improve our existing process of communications."
Canela agrees. "We need some kind of open forum, first among the advisors, then the students of the clubs, to meet." He suggested that such a meeting could be held with a professional mediator without ties to the college, so to be fair and unbiased.
"It is well within the resources of the ASBG to provide such a forum," Canela said. He added he's open to discussions with MEChA. "I am absolutely willing to sit down and work this out," he said.
Eloisa Millan, LULAC advisor, said that she would be willing to attend such a forum. "How can we, as advisors, expect to guide students toward leadership, if we can't even collaborate amongst ourselves?" She said.
Millan said that she is encouraged by the ASBG's decision, and by the recent behaviors of the students of the clubs.
"MEChA has attended LULAC events, and LULAC has attended MEChA events," she said, "and there has been no ill-will or insensitivity."