The Undergraduate Student Government concerts committee will allocate the funds normally used for the canceled Conquest concert to the Springfest performance, chief programming officer Ali Edmonds said in an interview with the Daily Trojan on Tuesday night. 

The concerts committee and Trojan Pride, a USG committee focused on USC spirit, normally produce the Conquest concert and pep rally during rivalry week. This year’s Conquest concert was canceled to focus more on the yearly Springfest, a concert hosted by the concerts committee at the beginning of the spring semester, Edmonds said.

“[We] just want to maintain the momentum from that kind of scale of production,” Edmonds said. “Trojan Pride wanted to focus more of their allocated budget to Conquest.” 

Edmonds also said USC Athletics will help fund Conquest, which will feature a carnival theme, for the first time. On Nov. 11, USG allocated an additional $16,000 to Trojan Pride and $30,000 to the concerts committee as part of a larger budget adjustment. 

Later in the meeting, the USG senate confirmed the appointment of two new assistant directors:, Beverly Martinez-Castillo, a junior majoring in legal studies, for the Undocumented Trojan Success Assembly, and, Nikita Hu, a junior majoring in public policy, for the Student Assembly for Gender Empowerment.

The senate also heard presentations from several cabinet members and senators on the progress of their initiatives. 

President Mikaela Bautista said USG transferred $8,000 from its executive account to accommodate demand in the Trojan Food Pantry in response to frozen SNAP funding due to the government shutdown earlier this month. 

Looking toward the future, Bautista said she and her staff are planning to develop new pickleball or tennis courts at USC Village after a conversation with Student Life staff and interim President Beong-Soo Kim. University Park Campus’s previous tennis and pickleball courts closed on Sept. 16 to make way for new athletics facilities.

Bautista said she is currently discussing the potential for creating more collaboration experiences during the Spring Trojan Welcome Experience with Residential Education. 

In her report, Edmonds said that committees and programming assemblies that received funds under senate bill 145-12, which amended USG’s 2025-26 fiscal budget, should have access to those funds after the bill passed on Nov. 11. 

In her presentation, committee on wellness affairs chair Diane Kim recapped past events. She also said the wellness committee is planning to collaborate with the Thornton School of Music for a music meditation session and USG’s accessibility committee to create an accessible route of campus for tours.

Accessibility affairs chair Angelina Del Gaudio said she worked to display the Disability Awareness Month graphic at Allyson Felix Field and create a monthly tabling session for accessibility committee members to share resources and projects. 

USG designated October as Disability Awareness Month last year, though the initiative drew criticism from leaders of the Student Assembly for Accessibility, who said USG did not consult them in the bill’s drafting process. October is also nationally recognized as Disability Employment Awareness Month, although Izzy Del Gaudio, then-chair of the accessibility committee and a co-author of the bill, said she didn’t intend to align the months.

Angelina Del Gaudio said she plans to create sleeping and lounging spaces for students in Leavey Library, implement adaptive accommodations for gym equipment at Lyon Recreation Center and improve the “over a year” wait time for learning accommodations through the Office of Student Accessibility Services. USG previously partnered with the Library for International and Public Affairs and the University Religious Center to establish sleeping spaces as part of its RestSC program.

In their reports, academic affairs chair Darena Nguyen discussed a future event to provide free blue books and free school supplies for exams through tabling events near Tommy Trojan, and senator Zach Garcia said he’s working to keep the Jefferson Boulevard parking lot open 24/7 for students who hold parking permits.