Bringing the Academic Decathlon to CSULA

This year, one of my main projects will be to bring the LAUSD Academic Decathlon to CSULA. For information as to what the Academic Decathlon is, please visit http://www.academicdecathlon.org/news.htm Historically, the decathlon has been split into two portions, the first being hosted at Bravo Medical Magnet and the second at UCLA. However, my plan is to bring the decathlon from UCLA to our very own campus here at CSULA.

By changing the venue from UCLA to CSULA, I aim to accomplish the following:

I am hoping to show these inner city students that there is an option outside of the military and the community college system... that is the California State University. As a student leader here at CSULA, of course, I would love to host the decathlon for a myriad of personal reasons, but it does not take away from the benefits that would be brought forth by having the decathlon at a state school. And seeing that over 71% of our students are able to receive some form of financial aid, CSULA is rapidly becoming an increasingly attractive choice as a University, as is evident by a historic high number of applications this year alone.

I also wish to follow my mission statement of bringing media attention and making the name CSULA a recognized and, indeed, bringing the academic decathlon can do that for any campus at which the competition is to take place.

As to the question of whether or not CSULA can host an event of this magnitude, take into consideration the fact that CSULA was also a venue for the 1984 Summer Olympics. This, added to the fact that the new University-Student Union has been built on our campus has the potential of making CSULA an extremely competitive bidder in the search for a new venue for this competition. 

Give me your thoughts, questions, and concerns!!!!