Return to Main Page1. Why are you running to be a senator with the 76th senate?2. What have you been involved with on campus or in Isla Vista that has prepared you to run for senate?3. Detail at least three resolutions or bills you’d like to introduce during your term. 4. Describe your platform and specifically how you will work to achieve your goals during your term.5. What specific organizations or entities do you hope to work with in order to achieve your platforms?6. How will you make yourself available to your constituents during your term — in both a remote and in-person capacity — during the 2025-2026 school year?7. What makes you the best candidate for this position?8. What would you say best describes your voting interests in politics at all levels? Please mark all that apply. (Transparency note: We are asking this question because we believe many in the UCSB community would like to know the political leanings of prospective A.S. candidates, since so many Senate decisions reflect opinions on real-world political issues).9. How would you assess the work of the 75th A.S. Senate in addressing the needs of the student body?10. What are you looking for in the new chancellor of UCSB? How do you plan on working with them, and what do you hope they will accomplish?11. Do you believe that UCSB should be tuition-free?11a. Please briefly explain your answer to Question 11 (fewer than 100 words).12. Do you believe that mental health services at UCSB are adequate? If not, what should be done to address the problem?13. Are you familiar with the university’s Title IX office and its functions? What do you believe the university can do more to support survivors of sexual assault?14. Do you believe UCSB is effectively serving historically underrepresented groups, including members of the Black, Latine, Indigenous, LGBTQ+ community and others?15. A.S. is typically seen as inaccessible to the average student. As a senator, how would you work to involve the student body more and keep them informed about what the Senate is doing? Please detail specific steps you would take.16. The Trump administration is currently threatening the livelihoods of international students on college campuses and withholding funding from universities for a variety of reasons. What, if anything, do you plan to do in regards to student rights/safety on campus in the wake of these policies?17. Explain how you plan to work with others in A.S. and how you plan to improve campus climate in and out of A.S.

1. Why are you running to be a senator with the 76th senate?

2. What have you been involved with on campus or in Isla Vista that has prepared you to run for senate?

3. Detail at least three resolutions or bills you’d like to introduce during your term.

4. Describe your platform and specifically how you will work to achieve your goals during your term.

5. What specific organizations or entities do you hope to work with in order to achieve your platforms?

6. How will you make yourself available to your constituents during your term — in both a remote and in-person capacity — during the 2025-2026 school year?

7. What makes you the best candidate for this position?

8. What would you say best describes your voting interests in politics at all levels? Please mark all that apply. (Transparency note: We are asking this question because we believe many in the UCSB community would like to know the political leanings of prospective A.S. candidates, since so many Senate decisions reflect opinions on real-world political issues).

9. How would you assess the work of the 75th A.S. Senate in addressing the needs of the student body?

10. What are you looking for in the new chancellor of UCSB? How do you plan on working with them, and what do you hope they will accomplish?

11. Do you believe that UCSB should be tuition-free?

11a. Please briefly explain your answer to Question 11 (fewer than 100 words).

12. Do you believe that mental health services at UCSB are adequate? If not, what should be done to address the problem?

13. Are you familiar with the university’s Title IX office and its functions? What do you believe the university can do more to support survivors of sexual assault?

14. Do you believe UCSB is effectively serving historically underrepresented groups, including members of the Black, Latine, Indigenous, LGBTQ+ community and others?

15. A.S. is typically seen as inaccessible to the average student. As a senator, how would you work to involve the student body more and keep them informed about what the Senate is doing? Please detail specific steps you would take.

16. The Trump administration is currently threatening the livelihoods of international students on college campuses and withholding funding from universities for a variety of reasons. What, if anything, do you plan to do in regards to student rights/safety on campus in the wake of these policies?

17. Explain how you plan to work with others in A.S. and how you plan to improve campus climate in and out of A.S.