Volume 58 Issue 3
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FEATURE
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The USD Vista
WHO’S YOUR SENATOR Breaking down representation in the ASG Senate
Constituents need to know their representatives. Beyond voting, knowing who their representatives are and how to reach them is integral in keeping a democratically-elected body working for the people who elected them. While the Associated Student Government (ASG) has been gaining students’ attention over the past semesters, namely through the conflict over the College Readership Program, many students are still unaware of the specifics of the ASG Senate structure and which senators have been elected to represent their interests.
Residenti Senators
Each student residence granted a senate seat, w exception of the Alcalá V Apartments who get two to be elected senator of hall, the student needs t in a dorm in the respecti However, amid the parti spring 2020 semester, t decided any student who initially assigned to a res may be elected senator o by other students who w initially assigned to the a
Candidate
Maher: -Tiana Fee Manchester: N/A Point Loma Palisades/P San Buenaventura: -Jessica Lefford, UTAs/PTA: -Chidi Okaru Valley A : -Meg McWilliam Valley B: N/A Valley C/SAPS: N/A Vista Apartments: -Harrison Tarbo
Commuter Senators (Photo courtesy of Tanner Claudio/The USD Vista)
Overall Senate Structure
FEATURE
The ASG Senate is made up of 30 senators. These 30 senators are elected by varied and overlapping constituencies that include residence halls (10), academic disciplines (6), commuter students (7), and the university atlarge (7).
There are seven Senate for students who do not campus, typically referre “commuter students.”
Candidate
-Alana De La Torre, Ala Brooke Powell, Maya D Soto, Fanisee Bias
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