ASG president works to be a student voice

By Amber Soulé

Associated Student Government President Jay Sabin graduated from Sandy High School in 1997. He is majoring in liberal arts, and hopes to transfer to NYU to become a lawyer. Not only is he the ASG president, but he has also been on the Gamer’s Club and Forensics Team while maintaining above a 3.2 GPA and taking 16 credits per term.

His strengths include being a people person and a great public speaker. “Being in [Forensics] has made me a much better speaker,” Sabin admits.

For fun Sabin likes to play Halo 2 and ultimate Frisbee, watch movies, read and hang out with his friends. He likes music, social events and politics. He dislikes negative people and teachers, as well as “lying politicians like George Bush.”

Asked what he is passionate about, he replies, “I’m passionate about everything. I’m passionate about student issues and I’m passionate about students knowing that they have the power.”

Sabin said he is dedicated to being our ASG president and, as a result, doesn’t have a job outside of school.

“Being ASG president takes up all of my time. It’s a full time job. I don’t get paid enough for all that I do,” he said laughing. As ASG president, Sabin is the middleman between MHCC students and the administration. He is “the voice of MHCC students,” he said.

Asked why he wanted to become ASG president he laughed and told an in-class story. In Sabin’s Writing 121 class, the students had an assignment to write a thesis statement and the instructor used his thesis as an example, but later accused Sabin of not turning one in, even when the whole class vouched for him and knew that the example was Sabin’s.

From then on, Sabin said he was tired of instructors only having the power. “I did it for the power, and to influence more and more students to vote.”

Sabin’s vision as ASG student president is to start up a student newsletter with everything that The Advocate misses, set up a day called “Days in the Hood,” a school spirit day where students will wear all of their Mt. Hood Community College club/sport/school attire and, lastly, to pass the school bond measure in November.

He said, “We need this, our school needs this. It is so important for students to vote and be heard. If you’re not registered to vote, register and make sure you vote!”