STUDENT ACTIVITIES OFFICE
Purpose: The Student Activities Office provides opportunities for students and staff for educational and social activities in and outside the classroom.

Services such as Dean's Honor List, student accident insurance, club activities, discounts to social events, publicity through the student bulletin, bulletin boards, and student I.D. cards are offered.

Other activities handled by this office include: ASO student government meetings and activities, ethnic/cultural programs, dances, club fairs, blood drives, ASO awards and banquet, and student loans.

Location: Room K-008 (lower level of K building), (213) 763-7205. The office is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Student members of ASO (those who purchase I.D. card) receive the benefit of an accident insurance, emergency loan applications, I.D. card and eligibility to participate in Student government.

ASSOCIATED STUDENT ORGANIZATION (ASO)
Membership: ASO programs are supported by a $7.00 membership fee, available at the Business Office, for day and evening students. These fees are necessary to utilize A.S.O. services. Any student, upon enrolling, is eligible to become a paid member of the Associated Student Organization. Associated Student Organization members are entitled to all rights and privileges, including accident insurance, loan application, Picture I.D. card, dances, athletic contests, and all activities of the Associated Students.
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Organization: The governing body of the Associated Students, the Student Council, is composed of the president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, parliamentarian, historian, 13 commissioners and one student elected from each department.

At Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, student government strives to reach all students and attempts to meet the many diverse needs represented in our student body.

At the beginning of each semester, each class elects a class representative. The class reps along with the department chairman elect two council representatives, one to act as an alternate. The council reps along with the six executive council officers (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Parliamentarian, and Historian) and 13 commissioners constitute the student governing body.

The purpose of student government is best expressed in the preamble to the constitution: "We the students of Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, in order to guide and encourage cultural, social, athletic, and scholastic activities, to promote the welfare of the students, and to provide a representative student government, do hereby establish this constitution, and assume the powers of self-government delegated to us by the President of the College."

All students are encouraged to become involved in the governance of their affairs by becoming class and/or council reps and in running for an elected office. Governance flow is from individual student to class representative to council representative to student council or in reverse. Elections are held every spring for the general campus election. Officers are elected for a one year-term.

Trade-Tech College is a member of the California Community College Student Affairs Association (CCCSAA) and the California Student Association of Community Colleges (CAL-SACC).

The two organizations meet separately each semester to discuss topics in Student Government and activities of importance to the member schools. The groups were organized to help promote better relations among the community colleges of the state and to help solve problems relative to each. Trade-Tech regularly sends delegates to these state-wide and regional meetings.
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Qualifications for ASO Officers (Administrative Regulation E-22) Administrative Regulation E-22 pertains to elected Associated Student Organization (ASO) officers, officers appointed to elected positions and heads of ASO Standing Committees.

Administrative Regulation E-22 does not apply to clubs, club representatives, ASO special committees and all-college committees.
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Administrative Regulation E-22: A student cannot be a candidate for ASO office if he or she has served more than four semesters in a student government elected and/or appointed office, or in any office or position where he or she voted on the expenditure of ASO funds in any college.

1. An officer may serve a fifth semester if he or she is eligible at the time of assuming office (e.g., has served three semesters and is a candidate for an office with a one-year term).
2. Ten weeks or more of student service in office or service anytime after the tenth week, will be counted as a full semester.

All students running for office must be paid members in good standing in the Associated Students Organization at the college where the election is being held.

A student officer or a candidate for office must be actively and continuously enrolled, attending and successfully completing classes in a minimum of 12 units (Day Students), or six units taken solely in the evening and/or on Saturday (Evening Students), with a cumulative and current GPA of 2.0 at the College during the semester in which the student government office is applied for or held. All units must be taken at the college where the office is sought or held. Student officers reducing units below the required number will be required to forfeit their student offices. Unit checks will be made to assure that students maintain eligibility at least every five (5) weeks.

A candidate for student office must have a cumulative grade- point-average of 2.0 or better for all college work completed within the past two years and the number of "W" units must not exceed the number of units completed during that two-year period.

NOTE: Individual colleges, in their ASO constitutions may set forth standards for office which are higher than those listed above.
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Campus Standards: The L.A. Trade-Technical College ASO Constitution has set higher standards for candidates for three Executive Board offices, President, Vice President and Treasurer: (1) They must have a cumulative G.P.A. of 2.5 or better, and (2) they must have served on Student Council for one semester prior to election. Also the ASO Constitution sets a minimum requirement of 12 units for day students.

Student Trustee Election Procedure: The Los Angeles Community College District conducts an election annually whereby each student in the District has an opportunity to be involved in the process of selecting a student representative to the Los Angeles Community College district Board of Trustees.

The process contained in Regulation E-78 provides for a thorough evaluation of the candidates' qualifications and insures an equal opportunity for any individual from any District college campus to seek the position of student representative to the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees.

In accordance with existing law, candidates for Student Trustee must:

1. Be residents of the District.
2. Be currently enrolled at a District college.
3. Be enrolled in at least 6 units.
4. Plan to continue as a District resident and enrolled as a District student through the one-year term of office.
5. Have completed a minimum of 12 units.

For further information, contact the Student Services Office, A-129, (213) 763-7078.
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CAMPUS CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Inter-Club Council The Inter-Club Council is composed of the A.S.O. Vice- President, who serves as chairman, and the Vice-Presidents of all campus clubs.

It is the purpose of the Inter-Club Council to serve as a coordinating and planning body for club activities, for an improved program of student activities and, as a liaison between the college clubs.

Active Clubs

• Alternative Lifestyle
• Asian Club
• Baking Club
• Black Student Union
• Chi Eta Phi Sorority Inc.
• Cosmetology Club
• Culinary Arts
• Latinos Unidos/Mecha
• Fashion Guild
• Muslim Student Association
• Parent Club
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STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ORGANIZE NEW SPECIAL INTEREST CLUBS ON CAMPUS. Before a group is recognized officially, a constitution must be submitted and approved by the College President, Inter-Club Council, and Student Council.

Each semester trophies are awarded by Inter-Club Council to the Clubs or organizations that are members of Inter-Club Council and achieve the most recognition for services rendered to the college.

COLLEGE COLORS AND MASCOT

The college colors are violet and gold. The college mascot is the Beaver, and Trade-Tech students are known as Beavers.

STUDENT INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS INFORMATION
Athletic Program: Trade-Tech College is a member of the South Coast Conference of which there are 10 colleges. The other colleges are: East Los Angeles College, Los Angeles City College, El Camino College, Cerritos College, Long Beach City College, Mt. SAC College, Pasadena City College, Los Angeles Southwest College, and Compton College.

In the Fall, sports offered are Men's and Women's Cross Country, Men's and Women's Water Polo, Men's and Women's Basketball. In the Spring, sports offered are Men's and Women's Track and Field and Men's and Women's Swimming.

Eligibility: To be eligible, students must be enrolled and attending 12 units or more. Between seasons of competition in a sport, students must complete 24 units and maintain a 2.0 G.P.A. The Athletic Office is located in J-200 or call (213) 763-3726.
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Student Services

Graduation/Transfer Requirements