GENERAL REPRESENTATIVES: Carney, Neesby, Le provide substantial experience in campus reform, display outstanding work ethics

Of the six candidates running for general representative, Megan
Carney, Brian Neesby and Dorothy Le offer the most experience and
passion. Carney and Le are both members of the Future Front slate,
and Neesby is a member of Bruins United.

Carney is an exciting candidate who wants to use the office of
general representative to address both local and global concerns
related to sustainability and social justice.

She has worked with representatives of the university police
department to make sure it is using resources effectively and not
ticketing students for trivial offenses like jaywalking.

Carney is a founding member of the California Student
Sustainability Coalition. She wants UCLA to utilize locally grown
and organic foods. She is chairwoman of the UC Foods Campaign at
UCLA and has already begun discussions with Associated Students
UCLA about its food-purchasing policies. Part of her plan is for
students to manage their own community garden.

Carney also hopes to expand campus activities beyond Bruin Walk
and liven up under-utilized areas of campus including parts of
North Campus.

She is a long-range thinker who has a track record of concrete
work.

Neesby is an extremely hard-working individual who is deeply
passionate about reforming the Undergraduate Association Students
Council and making it work for all students. His main campaign
platform is to convert the current council system to a more
representative senate system.

He is well-versed on the student government structure. This
year, he wrote an entire senate-based constitution and gathered
thousands of signatures in its support.

In the past he has also spearheaded efforts to make sure all
student groups are eligible for funding and to challenge the
efforts of councilmembers to move their funding deliberations from
behind closed doors.

Neesby is an obvious choice for anyone who feels USAC does not
reach out to a wide enough range of students and organizations in
its current form.

Neesby also has the goal of lobbying for students to have a vote
on all university academic committees.

Le, like Carney, cares deeply about sustainability. She has
formed an Action Research Team on Sustainable Transportation and
has worked to educate other students about the bridge between
activism and education.

As a general representative, she plans to launch workshops on
leadership and help students create professional and actionable
plans to improve the campus and the wider world. Her vision is
inspiring, and her experience suggests that she will be
successful.

Of the remaining candidates, P.C. Zai of Bruins United offers a
unique platform that centers on the expansion of existing programs
related to campus safety and LGBTQ diversity training. While her
goals are worthy, Zai does not offer a compelling argument for her
election as a general representative.

The remaining two candidates, Marwa Kaisey of Bruins United and
Zoe Loftus-Farren of Future Front, fail to impress. Both lack the
broad experience needed to be effective general representatives.
Loftus-Farren does not adequately explain how her conversation
cafes will bring students together to discuss issues on a campus
where everyone is ultra-busy.

Kaisey has proposed several programs to promote school spirit,
but like Zai, her goals seem better suited for another campus
position ““ such as a director of the Student Alumni
Association.