With homecoming officially behind them, the freshmen class council is preparing for one of the major milestones in their freshman year: the election of their class officers. Some people join their student council just to be involved, while others join because their friends do it. But many join in order to run for an officer position, to represent their class and help make their classmates feel heard and seen in decision making.
Many students have been looking forward to elections since float parties started late in the summer, and the time has finally arrived. Audra Caster ’29, who plans to run for class president, is excited and hopeful for the turnout of the election.
“From the second I joined it [student council], I was like, this seems like a really fun thing to do. So I thought, maybe I’ll try running and just see what happens,” Caster said.
Although most students run for class president, it’s not the only position that can make a difference. All four officers, president, vice president, treasurer and secretary, are crucial roles that help the council run smoothly. Lainey Chesterton ’29, who’s running for vice president, is ready to help make a difference and plans to represent her class properly alongside the other elected officers.
“I hope to open it up to a broader range of types of students, like to be able to get input from the people who do a lot of sports, or people who do theater, just to be able to have those different decisions,” Chesterton said.
Kendra Caralis, the class of ’29 advisor, is excited to see how the election goes, and is ready to have the officers take over and be strong leaders in their class.
“I hope that I have four officers that are willing to put in the work that represents their class well,” Caralis said. “A lot of the time they’ll think about what they want, but don’t always talk to classmates that don’t typically show up to class council.”
The freshmen election often has lots of people running for office. Everyone is ready to be even more involved and is hoping to win the election, but only one person can win per position. Even if they don’t win, the hope will always be for them to stay involved, and if they want, run again in the spring.
“I know all the people who are running are really good at what they do, and they’re gonna be really good if they win,” Caster said. “So I don’t want any hard feelings between anyone if you don’t win, or if you do win.”
