Shark Surge party wins student government presidential election

PHOTO BY BRYCE JOHNSON The Undergraduate Student Government Association announces the winners of the election on March 29 in the Flight Deck.

The Undergraduate Student Government Association announced on March 29 the election winners for its upcoming 37th administration.

Daniyal Baig, junior business major, was elected president.

“We put a lot of hours and a lot of time into this and it was very stressful in the beginning because it’s always a journey,” Baig said.

Arun Jagarlamudi, junior public health major, was elected executive vice president.

“In my position, I’m looking forward to working with my president and my e-board. Just get legislations done next year and have fun as well as, as EVP, make changes to the constitution and the amendment,” Jagarlamudi said.

Jagarlamudi and Baig ran as the Shark Surge party. They campaigned against the DRIVE party (Diversity, Resilience, Innovation, Vision, Excellence), of which Anne Sylvie Jean Louis, junior psychology major, ran for president.

In Shark Surge, Ava Crosson won veteran senator, Mitchell Thenor won international senator, Morgan Trinh and Aleena Jabi won law senator, Amurtha Venkat won academic senator of Osteopathic Medicine, Ziv Nachmani and Sreejani Jonnolagada won computing and engineering, Lassaya Vemparala and Ilan Nedjar won Halmos senator, Divya Komorpora and Preetham Gopu for psychology senator, Ria Verma and Jonah Varghese won business senator, Khushu Faldu for residential senator, Sammara Siddiqui for commuter senator, Alina Andrews and Anthony Marzouk for upperclassmen senator, Emily Gurguis for non-traditional senator, Harris Siddiqui for diversity senator, and Kristy Basily for athletic senator. In DRIVE, Ann-Chloe Daniel won education senator.

Manas Peddiboyina, senior public health major and current USGA president, encourages students to make the changes they want to see on campus, regardless of whether they are involved with USGA.

“At the end of day, USGA’s primary goal is to make change on campus,” Peddiboyina said. “If you win, you lose, it doesn’t matter.”