Associated Student Senators will volunteer their time to meet with students one on one to encourage a strong student voice and to bring more attention to campus-based activities.

The Senate is modeling this after the success of the Modesto Junior College Academic Senate in northern California.

“A lot of students on campus don’t know much about what we do. It’s disappointing, and we want to change that,” said the Vice President of External Affairs, Mayra Carvajal. “We want more students to become active in the processes of the senate.”

The Associated Student Senate represents close to 20,000 City College students, but only a small few attend regular meetings.

Every Friday the senate meets, they find their room empty of spectators. Senators generally choose to discreetly exit their meetings for other activities, and can’t help but notice that the room has been unusually empty this semester.

The office hours will be held in an open setting, with at least one senator available to discuss key issues challenging the campus now.

“My priority is to just to get to class,” said Morgan Dawson, a 21-year-old undeclared major. “I don’t hear much about the [student] senate here [on campus], but if they want students to get involved, they should try reaching out more.”

Justin Perocco, a new student senator, agreed that remaining silent to campus students is no longer going to work and new approach needs to be taken in order to make decisions on campus smoother.

“When we have active involvement at the meetings, we get a better idea of who we are representing,” said Perocco. “In order to make the right decisions for people on campus, we have to bridge the gap between our senators and the students were working with.”

The location and time of the office hours are still being decided. A final decision will be made in the coming weeks.