"Student Government found a campaign guilty of fraud and let it win. That's not a system worth defending — it's one worth replacing."
Fair Elections
Student Government found a campaign guilty of election fraud — and let it win anyway. When the Senate passed legislation to fix the process, the president who benefited from that fraud vetoed it. That’s not accountability. That’s self-preservation. When fraud is discovered, the result should change. Students who already voted deserve the chance to revote with the full picture. I will never veto election reform that holds my own office accountable.
Transparent Budgets
Students pay over $17,000 a year in tuition and fees. Most have no idea where it goes. Not in vague categories buried in a PDF — I want a public, line-item breakdown of every mandatory fee, updated annually, accessible to any student with a phone. If you can’t explain the spending, you shouldn’t be approving it.
Stand Up to the Administration
The university spent $1.5 million on a ChatGPT license worse than the free version, quietly hiked parking fees, and broke ground on a $350 million stadium — all while telling students there’s no money to lower their costs. Student Government is supposed to fight for students at that table. Instead it rubber-stamps whatever the administration puts in front of it. I won’t.
Protect Student Organizations
Only 3% of student organizations are compliant with mandatory workshop requirements that have nothing to do with running a club. Organizations risk losing recognition over missed trainings — not misconduct. No rocketry team should lose its funding because it missed Workshop 3. I’ll push to decouple recognition from these requirements and replace them with practical, skills-based training that actually helps students run their organizations.
Student Voice on the Board of Trustees
Students and families fund 87% of this university’s budget. The state legislature, which provides 13%, controls 80% of the Board of Trustees. I will formally propose a voting student seat on the Board — not an advisory role that gets politely ignored. If we’re paying for this university, we should have a say in how it’s run.