Chris Perez

February 26, 2016

A.S. Senators Explain New Voting System for Spring Senate Elections

By Chris Perez

The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate met Wednesday to discuss the new Single Transferable Vote (STV) system that will be used in this spring’s senate elections in an effort to create more proportionate representation ...

February 18, 2016

A.S. Senate Talks Bike Traffic Laws, Political Transparency

By Chris Perez

The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate met Wednesday in the Flying A room of the UCen to discuss a resolution regarding bicycles stopping at stop signs and a bill on increasing transparency within A.S.

February 4, 2016

A.S. Senate Meets, Discusses Potential Fifth Resignation From Senate Since Last Spring

By Chris Perez

The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate met Wednesday in the Flying A room of the UCen to discuss Senator Dustin Larrazolo’s possible resignation, funding for the Anscombe Society’s debate on marriage and recent protes...

January 28, 2016

Senate Considers Situation of On-Campus Senator in University Apartments, More

By Chris Perez

The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate met Wednesday in the Flying A room to discuss an unprecedented situation regarding the status of an off-campus senator who moved to an on-campus apartment.

January 21, 2016

Students, Senate Discuss Free Speech Issues

By Supriya Yelimeli, Chris Perez

The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate met Wednesday in the Flying A room to accept the resignation of two senators, discuss internal matters and host public forum, which included several students calling for First Amendm...

January 7, 2016

A.S. Welcomes New Senators, Allegedly Violating Legal Code

By Chris Perez, Neil Yanga

The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate appointed two new on-campus senators, first-year students Reilly Hobson and Batsheva Labowe-Stoll, Wednesday night in the Flying A Room of the UCen. Several senators alleged at th...

November 20, 2015

A.S. Senate Concludes Reforms on Elections Code, Reports End of Quarter Progress

By Chris Perez, Neil Yanga

The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate met Wednesday night in the Flying A Room of the UCen to finalize reforms to the Elections Code and wrap up the first quarter of the 2015-2016 school year. Members from several A.S. b...

November 8, 2015

New S.A.G.E. Fee Proposal Discussed by A.S. Senate

By Chris Perez, Neil Yanga

The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate met Wednesday night in the Flying A Room of the UCen to discuss the University of California Student Association’s (UCSA) Student Advocacy, Governance & Engagement (S.A.G.E.) f...

October 30, 2015

A.S. Tables Bill Creating Party Oversight

By Chris Perez, Neil Yanga

Associated Students (A.S.) Senate voted 13 to 8 on Wednesday to table a bill that would require student political parties to register as Office of Student Life (OSL) groups and abide by judicial procedures for claims of ...

October 29, 2015

Students Discuss Bills Vetoed by A.S. President

By Chris Perez, Neil Yanga

Two bills concerning student councils and S.T.A.R.K. funds fail to pass at the A.S. meeting The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate met Wednesday night in the Flying A Room of the UCen to discuss A.S. President Jimmy Vill...

October 22, 2015

A.S. Senate Talks Student Councils, S.T.A.R.K. Funds

By Chris Perez, Neil Yanga

The Associated Students (A.S) Senate met Wednesday evening in the Flying A Room in the UCen to discuss three bills. Senate voted on and passed “A Bill to Establish a Student Council for the College of Creative Studies ...

October 15, 2015

A.S. Senate Meeting Covers Voting System, Chican@ Studies Minor, Bills

By Chris Perez, Neil Yanga

October 8, 2015

A.S. Senate Discusses RHA Representatives in Senate, S.T.A.R.K. Funding

By Chris Perez, Neil Yanga

The Associated Students Senate met Wednesday night in the Flying A Room at the UCen to discuss the possibility of having an RHA representative on A.S. Senate, reforming Science, Technology, Aerospace and Research Kapital...

October 5, 2015

Pizza With Police Focuses on I.V. Halloween Plans

By Chris Perez

UC Santa Barbara Police Department (UCPD) and Associated Students co-hosted Pizza with Police Thursday night at Pizza My Heart.

October 1, 2015

A.S. Discusses Halloween, Party System, Bills

By Chris Perez, Neil Yanga

The Associated Students Senate met Wednesday night at the Flying A room in the UCen to discuss changes to the A.S. Legal Code regarding political party formation and election regulations.