Editor’s Note, 4/11/2017: In light of new information regarding former Presidential candidate Tara Vahdani, the Editorial Board rescinds our former endorsement and endorses Lesly Figueroa. An inappropriate photo of Vahdani surfaced on Apr. 10. We were not aware of the photo when we made our initial endorsement. Our former endorsement is available here and an […]
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AS Endorsements: Matthew Arrollado for Vice President Campus Affairs
The only executive running unopposed, Matthew Arrollado convinced this Editorial Board that he has a thorough understanding of the position of Vice President of Campus Affairs. Arrollado’s current position as the Senator of Eleanor Roosevelt College has given him a solid base of knowledge about working in student government, and his experience communicating with students […]
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AS Endorsements: Refilwe Gqajela for Vice President External Affairs
Throughout the course of the election season and her time here at UCSD, Refilwe Gqajela has repeatedly demonstrated that she is both intentional in spaces she works in and always approaches them with a much-needed critical lens. Although Gqajela does not have a background in student government, her experience working throughout the campus, combined with […]
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AS Endorsements: Tara Vahdani for President
Editor’s Note: In light of a published inappropriate photo former Presidential Candidate Tara Vahdani sent to friends, we are pulling our endorsement. You can read Vahdani’s statement in full below. I am withdrawing my candidacy for AS President. After having spoken with the rest of THRIVE last night, we have collectively decided that it is no […]
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AS Elections 2016-17: Tara Vahdani, President
When she’s not helping her residents, leading campus tours during Triton Day, volunteering at the Triton Food Pantry, or fulfilling any number of responsibilities, junior Tara Vahdani is campaigning for THRIVE, a slate she founded this year for Associated Students of UCSD (AS). THRIVE is a self-described “equity-minded, progressive” slate, and Vahdani is its Presidential […]
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AS Elections 2016-17: Dennis Yeh, President
Junior Dennis Yeh calls himself “the anti-slate candidate.” Running as an independent, Yeh’s platform for AS President focuses on reforming the AS budget, increasing funding for some student organizations, and representing students who he feels have been excluded by AS in previous years. He’s an international studies major with a focus in political science. Yeh […]
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AS Elections 2016-17: Gus Guerrero, President
“If I ask you to make a PB&J sandwich, everyone here will have a different way of making a PB&J sandwich, right?” This is how Gus Guerrero jokingly explained student government. He believes that although different student leaders will have different approaches to student government, they will all end up with the same sandwich. Although […]
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AS Elections 2016-17: Lesly Figueroa, President
“How is it possible that at a renowned institution like UCSD, students are finding themselves both food and housing insecure?” Lesly Figueroa, the Student Manager at the Triton Food Pantry, has been asking this same question for more than two years. The Pantry was created in 2015 to serve food insecure UCSD students and Figueroa […]
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AS Elections 2016-17: Refilwe Gqajela, VP of External Affairs
Refilwe Gqajela has a second home in the Oakland Public Library System. For Gqajela, the impact of libraries and the resources they provided her hometown of Oakland are crucial to her understanding of what it means to be rooted in community. It was in the Oakland Public Library System that Gqajela got her introduction to […]
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AS Elections 2016-17: Adán Chávez, VP of External Affairs
Adán Chávez got his start in student activism as a freshman. Rallying against tuition hikes eventually became protesting against anti-immigrant chalkings on campus, and that became working on a committee to ensure funding for undocumented students. “I think for me, I’ve been really able to see how it’s important to have [activist voices and legislative […]