Alyssa Schmidt

May 28, 2015

A.S. Senate Discusses Library

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum, Alyssa Schmidt

The Associated Students Senate met in the Flying “A” room in the UCen last night for their final meeting of the year to discuss transportation services for disabled students, library developments and a new UC Santa B...

May 14, 2015

EVPSA Office Congregates in Support of ‘We’re fUCked’

By Alyssa Schmidt

The UCSB External Vice President for Statewide Affairs (EVPSA) office held a panel discussion and question and answer session in the MultiCultural Center on Thursday as part of the week-long “We’re fUCked” campaign...

May 14, 2015

A.S. Senate Talks COSWB Funds, Monday Night

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum, Alyssa Schmidt

A.S. Senate discussed budget reallocations, A.S. Commission on Student Well-Being (COSWB) funding, Monday’s domestic disturbance and the search for a new Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs.

May 7, 2015

Senate Talks Calculators, Bikes, Library Expansion

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum, Alyssa Schmidt

The Associated Students Senate met to review funding options for several campus projects Wednesday night in the Flying A room of the UCen.

April 30, 2015

Senate Covers Funding Requests, 2015-2016 Budget

By Alyssa Schmidt, Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

On Wednesday, the Associated Student Senate discussed proposals to fund student groups, stirring up controversy

April 23, 2015

Senate Covers Deltopia Stats, Food Bank, UCen

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum, Alyssa Schmidt

Associated Students Senate met last night in the UCen’s Flying “A” Room to discuss Deltopia crime statistics, A.S. Food Bank funding and events to commemorate the anniversary of the May 23rd tragedy.

April 17, 2015

Take Back the Night Event Advocates For Women’s Safety

By Alyssa Schmidt

The Associated Students organization Take Back the Night hosted their annual rally and march on Thursday night at Anisq’Oyo’ Park to address sexual assault in Isla Vista and to protest the climate of fear and violenc...

April 16, 2015

A.S. Candidates Discuss Community Issues

By Alyssa Schmidt, Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

Candidates for the offices of Associated Students (A.S.) President, Internal Vice President, on-campus senator and university owned off-campus senator discussed key issues in an open forum Thursday afternoon at the Hub.

April 9, 2015

Senate Talks C.A.P.S., More

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum, Alyssa Schmidt

The Associated Students Senate met Wednesday night at the UCen in the Flying “A” room to discuss the expansion of Counseling and Psychological Services (C.A.P.S), the present campaign to condemn UC budget cuts, the f...

April 6, 2015

Deltopia Calmer Than Last Year’s

By Alyssa Schmidt

This past weekend’s Deltopia street party did not repeat last year’s violent riots and drew only half the crowd, with approximately 10,000 people on the streets of Isla Vista by midday and only roughly 500 people by ...

April 6, 2015

Former Navy SEAL Speaks On New Book

By Alyssa Schmidt

Former Navy Sea, Air, Land Teams (SEAL) soldier and best-selling author Eric Greitens spoke at Campbell Hall on Thursday night on his recently released book Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life, a compila...

April 2, 2015

A.S. Senate Meeting Discusses UC Divestment, Anti-Semitism

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum, Alyssa Schmidt

The Associated Students Senate met Wednesday night in Corwin Pavilion where it discussed bills calling for University of California (UC) divestment from companies allegedly committing human rights violations in the West ...

March 5, 2015

A.S. Senate Discusses Deltopia, Passes Resolution

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum, Alyssa Schmidt

Last night’s A.S. Senate meeting in the UCen passed several bills, discussed Spring Quarter programs and future endeavors

March 2, 2015

Dancers Boogie for 12 Hours, Raise Funds for Children’s Hospital

By Addie Burk, Alyssa Schmidt

The second annual Dance Marathon took place on campus on Saturday night at Pavilion Gym to raise money for the Santa Barbara Cottage Children’s Hospital.

February 26, 2015

Senate Talks i>Clicker Rental Updates, GE Modifications

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum, Alyssa Schmidt

The Associated Students Senate met Wednesday night at the Flying A room of the UCen to discuss resolutions regarding the support of curricular changes in general education, senators’ workload, developments in the i>Cli...

February 24, 2015

Researcher Presents Lecture on Mexico’s Kidnapped Students

By Alyssa Schmidt

Principal Researcher of the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico City Alicia Civera Cerecedo presented a lecture in HSSB on Monday night about the 2014 mass kidnapping of Ayotzinapa students in Iguala, Mexico, and gi...