Mackenzie Weinger

February 8, 2007

Leg Council Votes To Support Anti-War Strike

By Mackenzie Weinger

At a lengthy four-hour meeting, Associated Students Legislative Council passed one bill and approved three resolutions, including two concerning the war in Iraq.

February 6, 2007

Finance Board Funds Earth Day, Debates Outreach

By Mackenzie Weinger

Associated Students Finance Board allocated $15,424.25 among 11 groups and began budgetary hearings for the next academic year at its weekly meeting yesterday afternoon.

February 1, 2007

Leg Council Reports on New Projects, Radio Show

By Mackenzie Weinger

Associated Students Legislative Council held a working meeting last night to discuss future projects, including its new KCSB radio show and the return of Campus Point, the currently inactive A.S. periodical.

January 30, 2007

A.S. Funds More Groups, Redistributes Honoraria

By Mackenzie Weinger

The Associated Students Finance Board allocated $19,635.50 among nine student organizations yesterday in addition to recollecting $17,000 from the A.S. Committee on Honoraria fund.

January 25, 2007

A.S. Ends Efforts to Disrupt Nexus Fees After Legal Setback

By Mackenzie Weinger

Despite a promise made earlier in the week, the Associated Students Legislative Council opted last night not to override A.S. President Jared Goldschen's veto of a resolution to freeze Daily Nexus funds.

January 23, 2007

A.S. Votes to Fund Member Salaries

By Mackenzie Weinger

Associated Students Finance Board brought back honoraria yesterday to members of student government for the first time in several years and distributed $137,111.35 to various entities.

January 22, 2007

Goldschen Vetoes Nexus Sanctions, Cites Lawfulness

By Mackenzie Weinger

Invoking a power rarely used in Associated Students' history, A.S. President Jared Goldschen vetoed on Friday the Legislative Council resolution to freeze the Daily Nexus' lock-in fee.

January 18, 2007

A.S. Votes To Restrict Nexus’ Assets

By Mackenzie Weinger

The Associated Students Legislative Council approved freezing the Daily Nexus' lock-in fee funds for Winter Quarter -- a move of questionable legality -- at their meeting last night in response to the publication's print...

January 11, 2007

A.S. Mulls Sanctioning Nexus for Housing Ad

By Mackenzie Weinger

A.S. Legislative Council called for the possibility of boycotting the Daily Nexus, freezing its funds, auditing its finances and asking for the resignation of its lead editors at its meeting last night in response to an ...

January 9, 2007

A.S. Approves Funding for KCSB, NORML

By Mackenzie Weinger

Associated Students Finance Board members distributed $15,338 among four student groups at their meeting yesterday and created two subcommittees to facilitate the allocation of funds for diversity programs.

January 8, 2007

Leg Council Begins Quarter With Loss of Two Executives

By Mackenzie Weinger

Associated Students Executive Director Don Daves-Rougeaux has been courted away from his post at UCSB by Santa Barbara real estate investment firm the SIMA Corporation to serve as its chief operations officer.

December 1, 2006

Students To Remember AIDS Victims

By Mackenzie Weinger

In observance of World AIDS Day today, students dressed in black are laying in the Arbor in silence in hopes of reminding passersby of the millions of people affected by the disease.

November 30, 2006

Leggies Support Measure P, Change Quorum

By Mackenzie Weinger

At their final meeting of the quarter, the Associated Students Legislative Council maintained a busy schedule passing three bills and one resolution, and tabling another two bills.

November 9, 2006

Anonymous Donor’s $1.25 Million Helps Theater Department

By Mackenzie Weinger

Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, the UCSB Department of Theater and Dance is well on its way to obtaining all of the money it needs to fund the construction of the new building that will become its future ...

November 7, 2006

Albright Speaks on Past Failures, Future Optimism

By Mackenzie Weinger

Former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright stood before an eager and packed audience at the Arlington Theatre last night to discuss her new book, her political views, her career as a policy maker in the Clinton admi...

November 6, 2006

Albright To Lecture on Book, Political Career

By Mackenzie Weinger

Madeleine K. Albright, the first woman to serve as Secretary of State, will speak tonight at the Arlington Theatre providing a wealth of political - if not candid - insight.