The 76th Associated Students Senate formally announced support for the integration of Gaucho Bucks into student meal plans at its Jan. 21 meeting. The Senate also adopted an Artificial Intelligence policy.
CALPIRG is currently in the midst of a pledge drive to fund their “Save the Oceans” and textbook affordability campaigns. Shengyu Zhang / Daily Nexus
Senator and third-year psychological & brain sciences and sociology double major Victoria Ly presented a resolution supporting the integration of “Gaucho Bucks” into meal plans. According to the resolution, the integration of Gaucho Bucks would allow students to use their meal plan at various retail dining establishments on campus “without increasing overall student costs.” The Senate adopted the resolution.
Next, the Senate adopted a resolution regarding the use of Artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLM) in the Associated Students (A.S.). This resolution will act as a guideline for AI and LLM usage throughout the association, which is acceptable as long as “the individual can clearly justify their usage and ethical responsibilities.”
According to the resolution, prohibited use of AI and LLMs includes photo and video manipulations of students, the generation of legislation without citation and use of private information. The resolution outlines that the generation of graphics, writing assistance in “large reports” and analysis of A.S. Legal Code are acceptable uses of AI and LLMs.
Later in the meeting, California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) member and second-year political science major Alex Borgas announced the group is currently in the midst of a pledge drive to fund their “Save the Oceans” and textbook affordability campaigns. According to Borgas, CALPIRG has over 30,000 undergraduate students across the UCs who have pledged $10 a quarter.
First-year electrical engineering and economics double major and Internal Compliance Officer for the office of the Internal Vice President Matthew Nelson said their office has reached out to the different College of Engineering departments to see if any of them would be interested in creating a minor for the college. Nelson said that the Computer Science department is interested in creating a minor and will work to see that out.
A.S. President and fourth-year Spanish, communication and global studies triple major Le Anh Metzger requested $43,300 for her office – $11,300 for honoraria and $32,000 for special projects. The request was not approved as a formal itemized budget request was not presented, with some senators raising concerns about the high request amount.
Senator and fourth-year history and global studies double major Neo Harter presented a resolution condemning antisemitism in response to a recent incident of antisemitic vandalism in I.V. The resolution was referred to the Outreach Committee.
“Everyone at this campus deserves to feel safe and deserves to study in a safe environment regardless of your race [or] ethnicity,” Harter said. “As a body that represents the students on this campus, we have to understand that neutrality can be interpreted in an extremely negative way and in a way that empowers the oppressor.”
The Senate approved all appointments and resignations, including the resignation of now former Senator and fourth-year political science major Caleb Claro.
The meeting concluded by going into a closed session to discuss “staff organization, internal job descriptions and affairs.” The Nexus was not able to confirm the details of the conversation.
A version of this article appeared on p. 3 of the Jan 29, 2026 edition of the Daily Nexus.
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