Melissa Tsang arrived late for the interview. She ran in, wearing a blue top and makeup and a yellow belt and flip-flops, lugging a pile of fliers.
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She quickly explained that she had been out on Library Walk distributing fliers for the afternoon’s Tailgate BBQ before the UCSD versus UC Davis basketball game.
Tsang, the Revelle sophomore senator, has devoted her time as a senator to increasing the spirit at UCSD.
She lists her hobbies as “”singing in the shower and dancing in the street.””
The undeclared major with communications and Chinese studies minors has devoted most of her time to the A.S. Council, the UCSD Student Foundation, the Multicultural Asian Student Association, the Senior Gift Campaign Committee (which she chairs) and the Revelle Spirit Crew (which she co-founded).
Tsang decided to run for senator after spending her freshman year working as a representative at the college level. She wanted to make the jump to the university level.
“”I wanted to help spark change for the improvement of campus life,”” she said.
She co-founded the Revelle Spirit Crew, an organization similar to Triton Tide that rallies Revelle students to go to games. At the games Revelle Spirit Crew attends, around 20 students typically show up, according to Tsang. For the women’s championship soccer match, about 40 students attended with the Revelle Spirit Crew.
Tsang’s pet project was the “”Fireworks Spectacular Spectacular”” after Spirit Night. She worked with other senators to obtain permits and negotiate deals on fireworks for the event, fighting her way through some red tape with the athletics department.
She said she feels the fireworks were a success.
“”I wanted to initiate a new tradition that would get the apathetic students out of their rooms and to Spirit Night,”” she said.
From what she has heard from her constituents, she believes she succeeded at doing that, at least for some students.
Tsang has undertaken many other projects this year, including the Tailgate BBQ. She has attended at least one game or match of each sport.
Another of her priorities is promoting class unity over college unity. She and the other sophomore senators are currently working on the “”Sophomore Spectacular Spectacular,”” to be held March 7.
“”We hope that this event will serve as a forum for shared information and social interaction within the sophomore class,”” she said.
Tsang has enjoyed her term on council thus far.
“”I love the people on the A.S. Council,”” she said. “”Council meetings are my weekly dose of inspiration. Everyone on council motivates me to want to do more and reminds me that students at UCSD do care about their campus and their peers.””
Tsang said that being a member of the A.S. Council has given her the opportunity to start new traditions for the campus.
“”I want to inspire others to want more out of their college educations than just textbook information,”” Tsang said.
