Amy Inkrott / News Editor / The USD Vista Associated Students With three swift strikes of the gavel, the March 28 Associated Students Senate meeting was called to order. Throughout the semester, the senate has witnessed a shift in power as elected senators resign or were removed. AS President Natasha […]
Read moreThe USD Vista faces misplaced disdain in the form of orchestrated silence and threats from community Luke Garrett / Editor in Chief / The USD Vista It has become abundantly clear to me that the majority of our generation, specifically our USD undergraduate community, does not know what a newspaper […]
Read moreAssociated Students Amy Inkrott / News Editor / The USD Vista At the March 21 AS Senate meeting, voting members confirmed three individuals to leadership positions within the body. These appointments come after resignations and removals throughout the past semester. Speaker of the Senate Alexander Plummer nominated Kylee Rios as […]
Read moreThe debate surrounding Charles Young and the ANSWER Coalition highlighted a shift of power within AS Amy Inkrott / News Editor / The USD Vista According to Article VI, Section 2 of the Associated Students (AS) Constitution, AS President Natasha Salgado has the authority to appoint individuals to vacancies within […]
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Members of the AS Senate and Executive Board disagree over constitutional interpretations Amy Inkrott / News Editor / The USD Vista In the days following the Feb. 21 Associated Students (AS) Senate meeting, a debate began over the position of Student Organizations Chair, Charles Young. Referencing his actions regarding the Act […]
Read moreAmy Inkrott / News Editor / The USD Vista Associated Students Solomon Hall buzzed on Thursday, Feb. 21, as students poured into the Associated Students (AS) Senate meeting. Every available seat was filled, and still more were added as this meeting showed the largest student attendance in recent memory. With […]
Read moreAmy Inkrott / News Editor / The USD Vista Associated Students On Thursday, Feb. 14, voices echoed through Solomon Hall as the Associated Students Senate prepared for their weekly meeting. Six newly-appointed senators — Maya De La Torre, Tatiana Zamora, Patrick Murphy, Deja Butler, and Alexa Withrow — sat among […]
Read moreDebate over representation versus process continues within Associated Students Luke Garrett / Editor in Chief / The USD Vista Four newly-appointed senators – Wendy Martinez, Alanah Winston, MarGhece Barns, and Janelle Seguin – sat in the back row of AS Senate on Thursday, Nov. 8 with the expectation of being […]
Read moreLuke Garrett / Editor in Chief / The USD Vista In the aftermath of a contentious executive veto, senate override, and eventual formal warning issued to the president, the senate and president sat at odds in regard to the College Readership Program (CRP), but also more fundamentally to their respective uses […]
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Internal discord sparked within Associated Students by College Readership Program Kaia Hubbard / Associate Editor / The USD Vista October 10: The First Meeting Three consecutive gavel sounds reverberated through Solomon Hall Thursday as the weekly Associated Students (AS) meeting was called to order. What began as a conversation about […]
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