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Continued from Page 1 to working with the charities that will be assigned to her, especially working with children in the coming holiday season. “I love kids,” Hatfield said. “I love going to the fire stations and helping during Christmas time … but just being able to go anywhere and even talk at schools to inspire young children or to do pageants, because I wouldn’t be where I am today without them.” This weekend, Hatfield will spend some time in her hometown for the Norco Valley Fair, where her new role will be announced. The 2014 Miss California USA and Miss California Teen USA pageants will be held in Long Beach at the Terrace Theatre from Jan. 2 to Jan. 4. Contestants will be accepted for the competition until Nov. 1. For more information, visit misscausa.com.
Miss California Mabelynn Capeluj places the Miss California Teen USA sash on Chloe Hatfield while Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf presents the crown during the ceremony Tuesday at the Maya Hotel in Long Beach. Photos by Sara Berkson Daily 49er
2013-14 ASI Senate fills with new faces
ASI Vice President Jonathon Bolin says despite the new senators’ inexperience, this year’s Senate has been more productive than last year’s. By Daniel Serrano City Editor
New faces filled the seats of the Associated Students Inc. Senate this summer, which returns today for its first meeting of the fall semester. ASI Executive Director Richard Haller said via email that in his 30 years on campus, he couldn’t remember the last time the ASI Senate did not have at least one or two returning members. But this year, all 19 senators are new to ASI. Despite the abundance of new faces, Haller said that this year’s Senate seems excited to learn the ins and outs of ASI. “I am very impressed with what I’ve seen so far,” Haller said. “The lack of experience hasn’t really been an issue because each senator has demonstrated an eagerness to learn all there is to know about ASI and the University.” ASI Vice President Jonathon Bolin said that although overall inexperience leaves ground to be made up, he thinks this year’s Senate is far more active than last year’s. “By this time, this year, we already have seven resolutions passed, and that’s more than we’ve ever had,” Bolin said. In addition to passing multiple resolutions over the summer, the Senate also lobbied the 120-member Legislature in Sacramento, Calif. Senator for the College of Engineering Andrew Siwabessy said it has been a positive experience in the Senate so far. “The atmosphere is very enthusi-
astic,” he said. “Everybody has new, novel ideas that are bubbling up. I have a very optimistic outlook on how this year is going to be.” Siwabessy also said that although the senators are new, there are other people to help them learn the ropes. “Not everybody [in ASI] is new,” he said. “There are a lot of experienced people who are here to assist us.” Bolin said he thinks the situation has its pros and cons — though he believes the positives outweigh the negatives. “The pro of that is everybody comes in on the same playing field,” Bolin said. He said that last year, younger members seemed intimidated by the older ones, and wouldn’t become active until the end of the year, but with no senior members, that intimidation seems to be gone. “No one can say I’ve been a senator longer than anyone else,” he said. ASI Chief of Staff Joseph Phillips served as the senator for the College of Liberal Arts last year, and he said that during his time in the Senate, “cliques” stifled communication among senators, and aspirations for higher office distracted members from focusing on student concerns. Phillips said that he’s seeing a lot more collaboration in Senate this time around. “This is, in my mind, a much better Senate this year,” Phillips said. “We have a clean slate, people aren’t starting out of the gate with plans to become president or vice president.” The Senate meets every Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in the Stuart L. Farber Senate Chambers located in University Student Union room 217.
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