New student council members announced

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Ashley Jiang

Stephanie Huang (11), Ankur Karwal (11), and Edward Sheu (11) pose for a picture. All three will be members of the Class of 2016 student council.

Student council released its election results on April 27, revealing that only two people new to student council have been elected, both in the upcoming sophomore class.

The results for the rising sophomore class chose Jimmy Lin as president, Darren Gu as vice president,  Derek Kuo as secretary, as well as spirit coordinator Makenzie Tomihiro and treasurer Megan Huynh, both of whom are new to student council.

Rising juniors elected Sandip Nirmel as president, Eddie Shiang as vice president, Alexander Lam as secretary, Haley Tran as spirit coordinator and David Zhu as treasurer.

Sophomores Alexander Lam, David Zhu, Haley Tran, and Eddie Shiang are the new student council members for the Class of 2017.
Trisha Dwivedi
Sophomores Alexander Lam, David Zhu, Haley Tran, and Eddie Shiang are the new student council members for the Class of 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The rising seniors chose Ankur Karwal as president, Prithvi Gudapati as vice president, Edward Sheu as spirit coordinator and Stephanie Huang as secretary, while the position of treasurer has yet to be announced.

Despite a lack of experience, the new freshman student council members hope to offer new ideas and points of view.

“I think [being new to student council] is an advantage because there’s new ideas that we bring, so that student council isn’t just the same forever,” spirit coordinator and new student council member Makenzie Tomihiro (9) said.

“I think it’s also a disadvantage because you don’t have the experience. I think it’s more of an advantage than a disadvantage though,” she said.

Traditionally, students serving on a class council are usually elected to the same position for the following year, with few slots taken by students running for the first time. Compared to last year, there are fewer new members in positions this year.

Whenever you have a year of experience under your belt, that’s helpful[…]it makes it easier to kind of plan out their year, and when they’re going to be under crunch time with activities for the class and what kind of things they want to do for the class to have fun. Being a year older is a year better.

— Victor Adler

The student councils for next year have already met and begun working on ideas proposed during their speeches.

“We already had plans to have a class bonding event sometime during the year and also to make class meetings shorter and more efficient,” rising junior spirit coordinator Haley Tran (10) said. “We also want to have some sort of a fundraiser.”

Rising sophomores have also begun working on fundraising ideas for next year and proposed ideas for more events, like a class-wide dance.

“Some of my plans include partnering with big companies that have established fundraising programs like Krispy Kreme or Jamba Juice,” secretary Megan Huynh (9) said. “I also want to take advantage of the allotted time for the sophomore bake sale to have a Waffle Wednesday, where we can sell fresh waffles, hopefully every week.”

This piece was originally published in the pages of The Winged Post on May 13, 2015.