Amid a stifled social atmosphere on Stanford’s Campus, a new group of executives is taking charge of the Stanford student government — the Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU) — after running on a “Fun Strikes Back” platform and winning the election handily. Sophia Danielpour and Kyle Haslett, neither of whom had prior student government experience, campaigned with a focus on reviving campus social life. They won by a margin of 674 votes, or nearly 20 percent of the electorate.

ASSU distributes funding to student organizations, which in turn host the majority of campus events. Its leaders also communicate directly with campus administration in order to advocate for students with respect to the cost of living on campus, the diversity of the student body, and the quality of student social life.

In the runup to the election, Danielpour and Haslett put together an online petition — which amassed 490 signatures — spelling out their case: