Yoav Gillath, a sophomore majoring in political economy, and Monica Rodriguez, president and vice president candidates a sophomore majoring in quantitative bio respectively, are running on a campaign that they say is about “getting things done.”
Their three main areas of focus include community outreach, mental health and restructuring USG funding and programming. Gillath and Rodriguez hope to utilize their diverse backgrounds and experiences to increase community engagement between USC students and South L.A. – a campaign promise close to the hopeful VP’s heart.
Candidates Miko Mariscal and Andrew Taw's campaign is all about keeping USG transparent and increasing accessibility for students from underprivileged backgrounds to get involved with services around campus.
The pair includes short-term, mid-term, and long-term goals in their campaigning, such as the creation of a Project Tracker, Club and Career Resource guides and a more inclusive Trojan Family Weekend.
Presidential candidate Divya Jakatdar and vice presidential candidate Michelle Lu have built their platform on promises of greater inclusivity and diversity for the student body. Despite that, the candidates have proposed tacking on an additional fee of $200 per semester per student as one possible solution to the shared rides controversy on campus.
Presidential candidate Devin Ayala and vice presidential candidate Navya Singh are looking to “change USG foundationally.”
Setting their campaign off the principles of ‘equity, transparency, advocacy,’ a few topics they want to focus on include mental health resources, improving dining options on campus, and budgeting within USG and the university.
One of the main policies for candidate Aidan Feighery for president, and running mate, Ashley Ka for vice president is improving USC’s approach to sexual assault prevention and teaching affirmative consent.
Amid student protests of greek life and sexual assault in 2021, Feighery and Ka said they were inspired by their fellow students holding its administration accountable and they hope to be a voice for the silenced on campus. They plan to do this by working with USC to create an in-person freshman orientation module/health class that targets this subject and also promotes training for related issues for all organizations holding large parties near campus.
