Lindsay Brown (’16) pointing at the camera. Photo by Kristie-Valerie Hoang.by Kristy Le, Staff Writer
Lindsay Brown (’16), (Associated Student Body) ASB parliamentarian, is changing things up for Senate this year by accepting 83 senators instead of the usual number of around 50.
“There is no limit to how many senators I can have, it’s however many I feel that I can handle and I want more kids to be involved,” said Brown.
Brown wanted to accept more senators this year because there were more applicants this year than in the past. With a total of 120 applicants, Brown saw the value in giving more students an opportunity to be involved with student government.
However, after Bell Week, there will be a second cut to reevaluate students that have made it onto Senate but didn’t put any work into it. Brown wants to use the beginning of the school year until after Bell Week to see who has the potential of being a Senator.
Senate is a group that helps out ASB by helping put on school wide events. They are responsible for completing a necessary amount of posters, attending games, helping out ASB when needed and promoting school spirit.
“After Bell Week, Senate doesn’t help as much, but this year I want to change that,” said Brown. “This year I want to help them get involved more with assemblies, Baron Games [and] other activities involving with school.”
Senate is like a stepping stone to ASB because it allows students to get a taste of what being on ASB will be like, without actually taking on the responsibilities that comes with being an ASB member. One of the biggest things that senate does is they spend hours of their time after school making posters to get ready for bell week, a tradition here at Fountain Valley that is filled with different kinds of dress up days leading up to the bell game.
