A.S. Senate Week 7 recap: New Senators sworn in, A.S. Bike Shop update
The Senate did not pass any legislation during the meeting.
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A.S. Bill proposes switch to parliamentary system
The bill was introduced during the Senate’s March 1 meeting, and indefinitely tabled after discussion.
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A.S. Resolution advocates for raising the G.O.L.D. unit registration cap
According to the resolution, raising the number of units able to be registered per pass time would help more students graduate on time and raise average enrollment.
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A.S. Senate week six recap: New IVP sworn in, Elections Code amended
The Senate convened on Feb. 15 in the UCen Flying A Room.
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A.S. Senate swears in new internal vice president
The preceding special election concluded on Feb. 4.
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A.S. Senate amends Special Election threshold following election closure
The amendment was passed by the Senate during their Wednesday night meeting.
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Opportunity for All Campaign advocates for UC to hire undocumented students
The campaign is led by the Undocumented Student-Led Network and backed by research from UCLA School of Law’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy.
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Judicial Council lifts injunction; special election results
The Judicial Council’s final ruling validated the original executive order.
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A.S. special election closes voting; results remain under injunction
Results will be released followed the resolution of a Judicial Council case contesting the election's legitimacy.
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Santa Barbara Hillel, UCSB Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi host Holocaust Remembrance walk
The march was organized in light of recent antisemitism within the UCSB community.
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Suspended UCSB Police Lieutenant pleads no contest to hit-and-run DUI charge
The initial accident occurred last August in Solvang.
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Featured Comic
Resisting Game of the Year
Aries
March 21 - April 19
Forgetting to take off the ratty AF1’s at the potluck (most Asian households don’t take kindly to shoes in the house!)
Taurus
April 20 - May 20
Wearing your only red t-shirt to every final (Red is a lucky color in many cultures, especially Chinese cultures)
Gemini
May 21 - June 20
Putting spiders in your friend’s wedding dress for good luck (Has its origins in old english folklore, and represents abundance for the couple)
Cancer
June 21 - July 22
Accidentally summoned a ghost by leaving their chopsticks straight up (A superstition that has Chinese origins because the chopsticks are reminiscent of funeral incense)
Leo
July 23 - August 22
Didn’t like your friends significant other so they gifted them an umbrella (The word for umbrella ‘san’ sounds like the word for divorce in Chinese)
Virgo
August 23 - September 22
Believing in horoscopes (The modern western zodiac actually came from Babylonian astrology)
Libra
September 23 - October 22
Walked backwards in Portugal to live out the Faust fantasy (In Portugal, walking backwards allows the devil to know exactly where you are)
Scorpio
October 23 - November 21
Stole a raven from the tower of london as reparations (According to UK superstition, if there aren’t 6 ravens in the tower, the kingdom will fall)
Sagittarius
November 22 - December 21
Breaks a knuckle knocking on wood for good scores on finals (Knocking on wood may have originated from the Celts and their love for tree spirits)
Capricorn
December 22 - January 19
Drunkenly rearranging their apartment for the feng shui at 3 AM (A Chinese cultural practice that harmonizes a person with the energies of the environment around them)
Aquarius
January 20 - February 18
Left out their middle name on their taxes because the Fae run the IRS (Giving the Fae your full name gives them power over you, and the IRS has too much)
Pisces
February 19 - March 20
Hit by a car but the license plate had an angel number (Beyond just blowing up on TikTok, angel numbers were invented by... Pythagoras)
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