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April 26, 2013

Abboud Named A.S. President for 2013-14 as OPP Sweeps Elections

By Marissa Wenzke, Patrick Kulp, Emile Nelson, Carissa Quiambao, Arda Jooharian

COSWB, The Bottom Line Secure New Lock-in Funding;  All Existing A.S. Fees Reaffirmed [[UPDATED]] Emotions were high Thursday night as Associated Students election and fee results were announced in the Hub, with the O...

April 23, 2013

A.S. President Invites UC Board of Regents to Host Meeting at UCSB

By Rilla Peng, Carissa Quiambao

Associated Students President Sophia Armen drafted a letter to the UC Board of Regents on Friday, requesting that the board hold their next meeting at UCSB. In her letter, Armen called on University officials to hold the...

April 19, 2013

A.S. Senate’s Meeting Discusses Library Renovations, Nonprofits, Divestment Resolution

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

During last Wednesday’s six-and-a-half-hour Associated Students Senate meeting, Public Forum speakers addressed renovations to Davidson Library, a nonprofit called Swipes For The Homeless and last week’s divestment r...

April 19, 2013

Candidates Discuss Student Conduct, Compete for Advocate General Position

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

In the last candidate forum before elections next week, Jorge Villela and Kristian Whittaker took part in a debate for the position of Student Advocate General, discussing topics such as the Conduct Board proposed by the...

April 18, 2013

A.S. Commission on Student Well Being Hopes to Expand Services With New Student Lock-In Fee

By Jimmy Chang

Next week’s Associated Students election ballot will include a new lock-in fee initiative of $1.03 per undergraduate per quarter to support the A.S. Commission on Student Well-Being, an organization dedicating to promo...

April 18, 2013

TBL Continues Campaign for Student Lock-In Fee

By Daniel Slovinsky

Next week’s Associated Students elections ballot will include a proposal for a $1.69 per quarter student lock-in fee in support of The Bottom Line, A.S.’s weekly campus newspaper. The organization began campaigning f...

April 17, 2013

A.S. Candidates Debate, Voting Starts Next Week

By Arda Jooharian

The candidates for the position of Associated Students External Vice President of Statewide Affairs debated a number of issues such as lobbying legislators during yesterday’s A.S. elections forums at the Hub. Co-Chair ...

April 12, 2013

Tempers Flare and Tensions Rise as A.S. Rejects Divestment Resolution

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

In a 13-hour debate that lasted past dawn on Thursday morning, students, community members, university staff and faculty members and even police officers attended the Associated Students Senate meeting Wednesday night, w...

April 12, 2013

A.S. Presidential Candidates Present Views on Fees, Student Apathy

By Carissa Quiambao, Tiana Miller-Leonard

Associated Students presidential candidates Jonathan Abboud, Megan Foronda and Patrick “Mac” Kennedy debated issues such as the rising cost of college tuition, combating student apathy, fostering a safe campus climat...

April 11, 2013

UCSB Goes to Clinton Initiative

By Staff Report

Last weekend, UCSB students took part in the annual Clinton Global Initiative, a conference which is hosted by former President Bill Clinton and invites representatives from 300 universities and 75 countries to discuss i...

April 11, 2013

Executive Candidates Debate Party Lines, Local Event Safety

By Arda Jooharian

Yesterday, the Associated Students Elections debate forums for the positions of External Vice President of Local Affairs and Internal Vice President took place at the UCen Hub, with candidates debating issues such as hol...

April 11, 2013

Divestment Resolution Conversation Continues To Dominate Senate Meetings

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Last night’s Associated Students Senate meeting — which was once again held in Corwin Pavilion to accommodate the hundreds of students in attendance — centered around lengthy discussion of the university’s potent...

April 10, 2013

A.S. Candidate Debates Debut With Discussion on Community Issues

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

In the first of several forums leading up to the Associated Students elections this month, candidates for the position of Off-Campus Senator presented themselves to discuss community-related issues yesterday from noon to...

April 5, 2013

Divestment Proposal Sparks Nine-Hour Debate, Tabled as Each Side Stands Firm

By Tiana Miller-Leonard

Hundreds of students attended Wednesday night’s Associated Students Senate meeting to debate a resolution supporting divestment from companies accused of profiting from “the military occupation of Palestine.” Talk ...

April 3, 2013

Associated Students Holds Student-Run Textbook Trade

By Haley Kulik

Haley Kulik Staff Writer   Associated Students Office of the President and Academic Affairs Board will host a Textbook Marketplace this afternoon in Storke Plaza from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., in which students can bu...

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...