Dacity, on the USG ballot as their drag identity, is running for president along with Abitha Nunis. Nunis could be the first Black vice president in three years. As the only candidates without formal USG experience, they hope to challenge the status quo.
Dacity and Nunis said that their lack of USG experience is an advantage.
“It allows us to take a step back and really think about, does the USG serve the students the way the students deserve?” Dacity said.
As an event productions manager, Nunis says they’ve worked to bring a lot of different club events to life.
“I’ve seen what every club is doing and how they operate and how the cultures within each club vary,” Nunis said. “I think it’s such a strength for me, someone who is outside of USG, to come into USG.”
Dacity said they draw inspiration from Maebe A. Girl, a drag queen who was elected to the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council in 2019 and is currently running for Congress.
“The reason I’m running in drag is because it’s about expression. A lot of queer people, no matter what our pronouns are, no matter if we’re going in or out of introductions and asking people to call us by pronouns, at the end of the day, we don’t have control of perception,” Dacity said.
“It’s my method of taking back the way I’m perceived.”
Dacity and Nunis are both involved in several student organizations and cite their experience in clubs such as the Student Coalition Against Labor Exploitation and Delta Kappa Alpha (DKA), a professional cinema society, as integral to their campaign.
Their first priority is ensuring the student body’s basic needs are met. As outsiders, they also prioritize transparency and communication in their platform.
The duo have a staunch anti-Greek Life stance and plan to address student food insecurity, USG funding transparency, divestment and USC’s role in the gentrification of the South Los Angeles community. They are also pushing for the removal of monuments related to antisemitic or otherwise problematic views.
“We’re not a mini government; we’re a student body,” Dacity said. “That’s why if you look at our ticket platform every single thing is about students. It’s not about Fryft or things that are arbitrary. It’s about genuine humans.”
Nunis said that they believe humor offers a way to further understand the student body and its struggles and can encourage truer connection.
“We bring a sense of humor to our campaign that brings out the joy in people,” Nunis said. “Then they’re like, ‘Wait a minute. I feel like I can really talk to you because you’re being real,’...if we’re always being real with you, you have to be with us too. It just comes out. You can’t help it.”
To the students who may disagree with their platform, Nunis has a message:
“What we’re pushing for is not for you guys to like us. It’s for you to trust us,” Nunis said. “We’re here to make a difference, whether you love it or hate it.”
Editor’s Note: Dacity is formally on the USG ballot as “Dacity.” We edited this article to reflect the change.