Junior Vikas Jayadeva told the Hatchet Tuesday night that he will be seeking the office the Student Association President. He will be running with executive vice president candidate junior Elliot Rozenberg, also a junior.

Jayadeva, who is commonly referred to as Vik, is a former SA Senator and member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Jayadeva spent last semester studying abroad in Rome but decided upon his return he would seek the SA’s highest office.

“I’m definitely excited about this,” Jayadeva said in an interview Tuesday night. “I’m looking forward to the entire process and the election. I’m not going to stress myself out on it, but it is exciting.”

If elected Jayadeva said a major initiative would be to change the University’s Health and Safety inspections. The inspections are performed at random times throughout the year in which University or building management staff enter students rooms to inspect the life safety equipment and to ensure no forbidden items are in the room. Upon finding a prohibited item, such as candles or a halogen lamp, they are confiscated. Jayadeva said he would work to give students are opportunity to claim their items back.

Jayadeva said he has a necessary mix of SA experience and outsider perspective to be SA President.

“I’m a student first, a college student,” Jayadeva said. “I don’t plan my life around being SA President, but I have been involved in the SA as well as other things on campus, so that’s my draw.”

Jayadeva will be running with Rozenberg, an SA Presidential candidate from last year, and a team of 7-10 other SA senator hopefuls. He said his “team” does not yet have a name.