 Squelch used to be a satirical party, but in recent years they have become a major election contender. Last year, all three of their candidates got a seat in the Senate. Can Squelch maintain their momentum as a viable alternative party? My name is Ariana Shakipnaya. My name is Sina Rashidi. My name is Zoe Big Balloon Spoons, and I'm running with Squelch. Ariana Shakipnaya first got involved in the ACC by working in Senator Grant Genski's office. As a member of the performing arts in the Greek community, her platforms center around fostering unity. For the Greek community, I hope to start by including more non-Greek organizations in philanthropic events, also within the performing arts community, providing better access and increasing awareness of current funding. Sina Rashidi decided to run when he saw an opportunity to improve representation for both the pre-health and mental health communities. I'm looking to get more resources for pre-health students on campus. It's very difficult for us to get advising, resources, opportunities on campus, and I'm really trying to address that at the ASUC level and bring these options to the university. Zoe Bruns, who currently works as a director in the Squelch party, was inspired to run in order to implement changes such as Greek diversity, sexual assault policy, and representation for student parents. With elevating the voices of student parents, they are a group that kind of gets left out a lot of student life because their lives are so different, because they have different experiences. And so a lot of them live in off-campus housing and the rent is constantly going up. There's no security, there's a ton of theft. And so I just want to be a voice for them while including them in the conversation. Good luck to all the candidates and remember to cast your vote starting Tuesday, April 7 to Thursday, April 9.