USG announces two new religious and spiritual liaisons
A resolution passed by the senate calling for the Office of Sustainability on all syllabi.
By BANI CHAUHAN
The Undergraduate Student Government senate met Tuesday night to introduce the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life community liaisons. Senators also passed a resolution to list the Office of Sustainability as a support system on all academic syllabi.
The meeting began with vice president Emma Fallon presenting Max Rubenstein, a senior majoring in international relations, as the Jewish community advocacy liaison and Zainab Malik, a senior majoring in journalism, as the Muslim community advocacy liaison.
The USG senate approved the creation of Jewish and Muslim advocacy liaisons in April 2025.
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The Environmental Student Assembly then introduced its resolution to encourage USC to include the Office of Sustainability in all academic syllabi as a listed support system as early as this semester.
Mohammed Ali Al-Sabeh, a freshman majoring in biochemistry and advocate for ESA, said sustainability is important in higher education as it creates a more equitable world. He said there are currently gaps in students’ sustainability education.
“A current 2023 study shows that 48% of USC students usually reduce energy use, which is not really where we want to be,” Al-Sabeh said. “Incorporating all sustainability would reduce this educational gap and really strengthen USC’s commitment to sustainability.”
The resolution passed with no opposition.
In his January report, speaker of the senate Jeremiah Boisrond announced Noa Foruzanfar, a freshman majoring in Middle East studies, as the senator-elect, who will fill former senator Andrew Cardenas’s seat, at the next meeting. Foruzanfar was a candidate in USG’s special election in September 2025.
Boisrond said that he and senator Sabeeh Mirza are continuing to work on implementing fresh food vending machines on campus stationed at Leavey Library or at Everybody’s Kitchen patio.
He also said that USG is continuing to work with the Gould School of Law Housing Law and Policy Clinic to educate and expand resources to students as they navigate off-campus housing, as well as a legal aid resource guide.
Disclaimer: Andrew Cardenas currently serves as the DEIA director and Talkin’ Troy editor at the Daily Trojan. Cardenas is not involved in coverage of the Undergraduate Student Government.
Max Rubenstein served as an assistant news editor in Spring 2024. Rubenstein is no longer affiliated with the paper.
