Fun, sustainability, friendship, community engagement. These are the four pillars of my platform, which I will promote ardently if elected to class council.
First, fun. Obviously. Are you an adrenaline junky? Does Ax-throwing sound epic to you? Or maybe a U of R American Ninja Warrior competition? How about learning how to set off a fireworks show? Maybe you would prefer water balloon fights and fried dough, capture the flag and food trucks, and inflatable bouncy castles, water slides, and dunk tanks? Maybe you like roasting marshmallows, live concerts, or book exchanges? I will make any or all of these things happen.
But who says fun can’t also be sustainable? If elected, I will open a U of R thrift store, where you can buy and sell anything and everything: clothes, textbooks, room decorations, records, furniture, etc. Add community to the mix and you get events where you can sign up with friends to plant plants around school, reintroducing native plants to campus to promote healthier soil and important pollinators, and making campus more beautiful! Additionally, I would love to help students turn their community engagement ideas into reality by helping organize, publicize, and fund their initiatives.
And lastly, friendship! I will work closely with alliances to support creative and fun events, and to help facilitate inter-alliance meetings (for example Pride Network x Asian American Alliance) to bring communities together. After all, what’s more important than friendship?