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February 25, 2013

Associated Students Hold Symposium About Violence, Effects on Underrepresented Students

By Carly Bates

Associated Students’ Student Commission on Racial Equality (SCORE) hosted a conference called “Against the Gun: Deconstructing Narratives of Violence in Communities of Color” on Saturday in the SRB. The eight-hour ...

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 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

EAB Petitions A.S. To Divest Fossil Fuel Holdings

By Adam Courtin

The Environmental Affairs Board is currently lobbying the Associate Students Senate to endorse a campaign requesting that the campus make divestments from fossil fuel-based companies. Similar campaigns have been organize...

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 16, 2013

A.S. To Look Into Lack of Proper Lighting in I.V.

By Patrick Kulp, Carissa Quiambao

Due to the abundance of nonfunctioning lights and poorly lit areas on Isla Vista streets, safety concerns have arisen within the campus community and Associated Students senators are now organizing new efforts to tackle ...

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...

January 9, 2013

A.S. To Hold Student-Run Textbook Marketplace

By Carissa Quiambao

Today at the Annex Lawn, students can directly buy and sell books with other students from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. as part of an innovative Textbook Marketplace hosted by UCSB Associated Students Office of the President and th...

November 19, 2012

UC Student Regent Jonathan Stein Discusses University Funding, Proposition 30 with UCSB

By Jennifer Chang

Last Friday, UCSB Associated Students hosted a “meet and greet” event with Student Regent Jonathan Stein in the Loma Pelona Center to give students the opportunity to ask ques- tions and discuss the university’s bu...

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...

February 28, 2012

A.S. Funds Aid Humanitarian Efforts

By Christine Cha

During last night’s Associated Students Finance Board meeting, the campus chapter of the Global Medical Brigades requested $4625.02 from the board’s unallocated funds for medication to be distributed during the group...

February 16, 2012

Election Bill Veto Sparks Controversy in A.S. Session

By Christine Cha

The Associated Students Legislative Council spent the majority of last night’s meeting debating A.S. President Harrison Weber’s veto of the organization’s amended Elections Code. Weber struck the bill down after th...