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Freshman Class President part 2

News-Letter article · 91st session · dated October 2, 2003

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Freshman Class President part 2

The Johns Hopkins News-Letter · October 2, 2003

Atin Agarwal

As President, I plan to make Student Council have one primary purpose: to serve as a liaison between the students and the Administration. I think the Student Council should exist as a voice of the freshmen to get their requests through to the Administration. One of the issues I would like to begin work on immediately is the cafeteria food. This seems to be one of the primary concerns of the freshman. I understand there are several levels of authority, but I believe there are still many options that the Student Council can explore to make the menu more appealing to freshmen. Another thing I would like to get working on is an activity for freshman only. Although many new acquaintances were made during Orientation, there haven't been many freshman-only events since then. Using either Student Council funds or perhaps through a fundraiser, I would like to work with other Student Council members to organize a formal dance or other such event for the freshman class.

If elected, I will truly listen to all freshmen regarding what they want, and moreover I will work to get results. I've always been dedicated to and enjoyed making my own and others ideas and opinions heard, regardless of the group I'm representing. Along with my fellow officers, I will do everything in my ability to make freshman year a thoroughly enjoyable and enriching experience for all freshmen.

Michael Dorr

This candidate did not submit a personal statement to the News-Letter.

Please see the Board of Elections Web site for more information and a complete listing of the freshman candidates' statements.

Bo Gu

The truth is what you make of it. Yet the image of an educational institution may not be a truthful representation of its potential. Since striding onto the front steps of Hopkins's campus, I have witnessed many proud symbols yet also discouraging stigmas fixating themselves on the school's reputation. As a freshman myself, I am as vulnerable, eager and open-minded as anyone else who first laid eyes on this campus of enormous opportunities. What I hope to achieve as a collective class is to attract students back into campus activities during the weekend, diversify the variety of cafeteria food and encourage students to participate in at least one extracurricular activity. These activities reminiscent of the fun we had during orientation will broaden the ordinary frat party experience on weekends. We are as innocent, wholesome and pure as the truth. We are the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth. "Veritas vos liberabit." The truth shall make us free.