Tiana Miller-Leonard

March 7, 2013

Students Address Senate About Racial, Minority Issues at UCSB

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

  During last night’s Associated Students Senate meeting, the Associated Students Student Advocate General Yoel Haile addressed the campus’s senators with a list of demands from the Black Student Union. Haile pr...

March 6, 2013

UC Administration, Students Debate Pros, Cons of Online Courses

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Gov. Jerry Brown recently allocated $10 million in state funding toward a University of California online education program, sparking dissent and discussion among various UC faculty, students and university officials. Th...

February 21, 2013

A.S. Senate Approves Bill To Hold Senators To Their Duties

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Associated Students Senate approved a bill aimed at increasing senators’ accountability during last night’s four-hour meeting. The newly passed bill will require senators to complete a form every quarter confirming t...

February 19, 2013

Campus, Community Groups Run Campaign Against Sexual Assault

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Several community and campus organizations have joined forces to host a Sexual Assault Awareness campaign, posting provocative message boards along campus bike paths in addition to other activities and events aimed at se...

February 15, 2013

A.S. Backs Green Movement, Reforms Elections

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Associated Students Senate voted to overturn a presidential veto of last week’s revisions to the elections code and unanimously approved a resolution supporting divestment from fossil fuel companies during Wednesday’...

February 8, 2013

A.S. Senators Consider Changes To Elections, Campaign Process

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Associated Students Senate considered two separate proposals to amend the elections process during Wednesday’s 10-hour meeting. Elections Committee initially presented their changes at last week’s meeting, which incl...

February 6, 2013

Student Organizations Will Compete for Funds Created by A.S. Senate’s STARK Bill

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

The Associated Students Senate approved a bill last month that will set up a fund for student projects in the realm of science and technology. The bill titled Science, Technology, Aerospace and Research Kapital (STARK) s...

January 31, 2013

A.S. Senate Weighs the Benefits Of Divesting From Companies

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

At last night’s Associated Students Senate meeting, the organization debated the financial and moral implications of drawing divestments from fossil fuel companies to provide a more eco-friendly campus, amongst other i...

January 24, 2013

A.S. Gains New Senator, Looks Into Proposed Amendments

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Associated Students Senate discussed a pro- posal to require mandatory sexual assault train- ing for all Senators along with other updates to the Senate Constitution and swore in a new Senator at last night’s four and ...

January 17, 2013

New Resignations Leave More Seats Empty in the A.S. Senate

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Four student senators announced their resigna- tion during last night’s Associated Students Senate meeting, adding to a total of nine Senate resigna- tions since the beginning of the year. Former senators Patrick Kenne...

January 10, 2013

A.S. Approves Shorter Meetings

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Last night’s weekly Associated Students Senate meeting saw the proposal for a resolution that would effectively limit the duration of meetings, launching student senators and executive officers into a lengthy debate on...

November 29, 2012

Associated Students Senators Debate Allocation of Honoraria

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

During the final Associated Students Senate meeting for fall quarter last night, Public Forum speakers proposed a resolution addressing the Citizens United Supreme Court case while Senators debated the allocation of hono...

November 14, 2012

UCI’s New Israeli Legislation Stirs Up UCSB Senate Meeting

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

In last night’s Associated Students Senate meeting, representatives from American Students for Israel and Students for Justice in Palestine appeared in public forum to discuss the Associated Students of UC Irvine’s r...

November 8, 2012

A.S. Senate Discusses New Investments, Debates Financial Affairs

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

During the Associated Students Senate meeting last night, senators voted against funding for the Chinese Student Association upon recommendation from the Finance Board. They also approved the Investment Advisory Committe...

November 5, 2012

Associated Students Discuss Hurricane Relief, I.V. Lighting

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

In contrast to last week’s lengthy meeting, the Associated Students Senate completed business in under three hours at this week’s meeting, which was rescheduled for Thursday to accommodate Halloween celebrations. Dur...

October 25, 2012

TBL Staff and Finance Board Critical of A.S. Senate’s Decisions

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Last night’s Associated Students Senate meeting witnessed heavy student participation with representatives from the Finance Board, The Bottom Line, several campus queer groups and other organizations all asking for sup...