The accomplishments of students working through A.S. are wide ranging. The Points of Interest section of this report gives an overview of some of these accomplishments.
KCSB’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
A year of events culminated with an alumni gathering that included the founder of the station Bill Harrison. Reunion event and other KCSB photos can be found at the A.S. Galleries by clicking here. For Paul Rivas’ interview with Bill Harrison on his show Real Gauchos click here.
KCSB Co-founder William Harrison
Program Board Movies
AS Program Board brought free movies to IV Theater each week!
IV Theater
A.S. Olympics
A.S. Olympics
Recycling
This year Recycling hosted several sustainable gardening workshops. These workshops are free and open to the community.
CAB Care Expo
CAB’s annual CARE Expo was attended by about 400 students and brought a wide spectrum of local and national non-profit organizations and support services to Corwin Pavilion. Nearly 50 organizations provided information about volunteer opportunities, internships, and employment serving the community.
CAB Care Fair
Relay for Life
Several A.S. groups including, participated in the annual Relay for Life to raise awareness and money for cancer research. The event also celebrates the lives of cancer victims and survivors and the family members and friends who support them.
Relay for Life Participants
Port Huron at 50 Conference
A.S. was a sponsor of the Port Huron Statement at 50 conference, which was co-sponsored by Dissent, The Nation, the Dick Flacks Democracy Fund, the Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy, and the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center’s Public Goods series.
The keynote speakers were Michael Kazin (History, Georgetown University) and Tom Hayden (principal author of the Port Huron Statement, political activist and former California State Senator and Assembly member)
A.S. President Harrison Weber also addressed the Corwin Pavilion audience.
The 1962 Port Huron Statement was the most important manifesto of the early New Left. The conference brought together a wide range of scholars and Port Huron veterans and generated a conversation that evaluated what is living, dead, and irrelevant in a document that has become a flashpoint for debates over the legacy of “The Sixties.” The idea of “participatory democracy” first popularized in the statement, was among the key ideas and practices to face a twenty-first century reevaluation. Likewise, the dialectical relationship between liberalism and its presumptively radical antagonists remains a subject of much contestation, then and now.
The conference schedule can be found at: http://www.history.ucsb.edu/projects/labor/porthuron50-schedule.html
Green Chef Competition
Environmental Affairs Board (EAB) hosted a fantastic Green Chef cooking contest. The competition featured a wide variety of dishes, local bands and a guest speaker. The event educated students about sustainable food and provided recipes that they can try at home.
PARDALL CARNIVAL
Sponsored by the Community Affairs Board (CAB) and Isla Vista Community Relations Committee (IVCRC) Pardall Carnival once again bridged the gap between students and the families that make up the IV community. It included carnival rides, games, and other entertainment. Student groups tabled to provide information about their activities.
Pardall Carnival
Legal Resource Center Services
Attorneys at the A.S. Legal Resource Center provide free legal advice to students. Common issues include, landlord and roommate disputes, alcohol related violations, and questions surrounding the newly implemented social host ordinance. The Center does not address university related matters. The A.S. Student Advocate addresses university related cases.
SIRCC GUIDES Program
The Student Initiated Recruitment and Retention Committee (SIRCC) implemented theGUIDES (Guiding Undergraduates In Developing Educational Success) mentorship program. The program provides mentors and tutors for first year undergraduates and high school students at San Marcos High School.
Campus-wide Elections
The A.S. Elections Committee organizes campus elections including the production of all elections materials, candidate orientations, candidate debates, election day monitoring, and announcement of the winners. The result was a turnout of over 40% of students, which is among the highest in the UC system. Sophia Armen was elected A.S. President.
New A.S. President Sophia Armen