Jackson has no prior experience on the UC, which she and her campaign teammates see as a strength in the race, rather than a weakness.
Moriya Blumenfeld ’16, a core leader of the campaign and Jackson’s blockmate, said, “[Faith is] coming in with a fresh look on what are the things that could be done better, and she’s really acting on executing.”
KEEPING FAITH IN THE UC
Yang said that what sets the ticket apart from the rest of the candidates is their advocacy for change to the way the Council works for students.
The two have said that they plan to reform a body that they think currently does not serve as an appropriate intermediary between the student body and the administration. Specifically, Yang and Jackson plan to create specialized task forces for larger issues so that students have specific points of access to introduce their ideas and opinions.
“[The] UC has great access and organizing power, and that’s what I really want to uncover,” Jackson said.
Tapping into that potential, Yang said, would make the UC more useful to students.
“There are so many students out there on our campus who want to make a difference, but a lot of times they don’t see the UC as a channel for change,” she said.
Campaign manager Irfan Mahmud ’16 echoed this sentiment.
“You don’t have to work around the UC. You can work with the UC, leverage the UC’s voice with the administration, and then also have student input, student guidance, on issues that are important to the student body,” he said.
And while Yang and Jackson aim to forge a stronger connection between students and the Council, they have said that it is also important that the administration sees the UC as a legitimate institution.
If that were to be achieved, Yang and Jackson said they would leverage the UC leadership’s access to administrators to effect the changes that the student body desires. This, they said, is crucial to reestablishing the UC as a channel for student-administration relations.
BUILDING A HAPPY CAMPUS
While goals for reforming the UC dominate their campaign, Yang and Jackson have also indicated that they also plan to address more fundamental issues of student life. Namely, they have pointed to their hope of increasing student happiness by improving mental health and campus culture.
Noting that campus social life seems divided along racial and socioeconomic lines, Yang and Jackson said they want to provide inclusive social spaces for students.
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