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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, Robert E. Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Title: The Associated Students, Inc. (ASI)
Identifier/Call Number: UA0033
Physical Description:
46 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1919-2018
Date (bulk): 1948-1980
Abstract: Records created by Cal Poly's student government and clubs and organizations recognized by ASI. Records include meeting agendas
and minutes and club reports on annual activities.
Language of Material:
English
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred, multiple accessions
Series I. ASI organizational records
Series II. Club and Organization records. Contains annual reports, correspondence, and printed materials created by ASI-approved
clubs and organizations.
Records of the Associated Students, Inc., Special Collections and Archives, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis
Obispo.
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Cal Poly students have been active in campus life from the time the first student clubs for athletics and debating were formed
in 1903 (the same year the school opened). As early as the 1905-06 academic year, students elected student body presidents.
From 1905-1921 the presidents alternately identified either with the Senior Class or with the Student Body.
The Student Affairs Committee (SAC) was formed by 1921, and from 1921 to 1930 the Senior Class President was also the head
of the SAC.
In 1930, the Student Affairs Committee became the Student Affairs Council and consisted of 20 students and six faculty members,
including the president and vice president of the student body, the cheerleader, football team manager, presidents of each
of the six classes, and one representative from each of the major clubs. From 1933 to 1939 SAC was responsible for the administration
of the student body affairs.
In 1939, the student government was organized as the Associated Student Body (ASB) and SAC was retained as the board of directors
for ASB, acting as liaison with the university administration as well as the legislative body of student government. In 1964
ASB incorporated and renamed the Associated Students, Incorporated (ASI).
Associated Students, Inc. is a student run, non-profit auxiliary organization at Cal Poly. They are a corporate, legal entity
responsible for the administration and oversight of all ASI-managed facilities, programs, and services funded with University
Union and ASI student mandatory fees. ASI represents the collective student voice through student governance. Every student
is a part of ASI.
ASI managed facilities include the Children's Center (opened in 1973), the Recreation Center, and the Julian A. McPhee College
Union (opened in 1971, renamed the University Union in 1973). The University Union houses ASI student officers and members
of their staff, as well as the ASI Business Office, which provides support and service to ASI programs and student shareholders.
ASI Club Services provides assistance, expertise, and club funding for currently chartered Cal Poly Recognized Student Organizations
(RSOs). Club services staff provide administrative support tracking documents such as charters, bylaws, and club funding.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Student government