“The campaign’s concept of [leveraging] alumni donations,” Pandit said, “was very new, was very innovative, and really caught our attention.”

The duo also say they plan to improve the quality of student life by increasing attendance at extracurricular events and providing more meal options.

Nasrollahzadeh said that students are often unaware of the many activities that the UC funds. The ticket plans to address this “information asymmetry” by using a free mobile app called Ventfull. The app, which has already been implemented at Brown University, would display events happening around campus that relate to a student’s personal interests, and student groups would be required to add their events to Ventfull in order to receive UC grant money.

“Students will find it not only user-friendly [but also] pertinent to Harvard and up-to-date,” Nasrollahzadeh said.

The ticket also wants to implement weekend brain breaks, add more vegetarian options to the dining halls, organize a food truck festival for the River Houses, and ban midterms on Housing Day.

Tarik A. Moon ’15, who worked on the campaign, said Nasrollahzadeh and Goyal would bring passion and experience to the positions.

“I think they’re great people, great leaders, and very friendly,” he said. “They’ll listen to you whenever you go to them, they’re very passionate about the student body…and they know how to get things done.”

“THE BIGGEST FOODIE”

Nasrollahzadeh and Goyal have based their platform on their personal experiences in the UC and at Harvard.

For Nasrollahzadeh, one of the primary motivators has been food. She referred to herself as “the biggest foodie,” a passion that has inspired some of the work she has done for the UC. Last year, for example, she spearheaded a food truck festival, and plans on advising the process this year as well.

As Student Relations Committee chair, Nasrollahzadeh said, she also played a key role in the Gus A. Mayopoulos '15 and Sietse K. Goffard '15 administration, which has focused on improving outreach to students and promoting engagement with the UC.

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Nasrollahzadeh recalled that, when she first joined the UC, she thought that the organization's communications were too formal and distant.

“Why,” she asked, “are we just hitting people’s emails? And why are we speaking in such a formal tone that students can’t relate to?”

She said that one of her biggest accomplishments as SRC chair was to make the UC more approachable. As examples, she cited the launch of a new UC website, an increased social presence, and last year’s Ghost Protocol initiative.