The New Triumverate

Democracy was in action last week as we completed elections for new officers and this year's Student Council. Candidates treated us to a great evening of speeches last Wednesday, and votes were cast on Thursday and Friday. Voter turnout topped 90%. I was excited to learn on Sunday that three students in the race for President had all earned within one vote of each other. After caucusing with the Student Council Faculty Adviser (Mr. Williams) and the candidates, we decided to head in a new direction. This year we will have Co-Presidents. They are Roxanne Pouliot-Naud, Hao Lu and Junjie Hu. This is especially exciting to me as these are great students who have been involved in our community in many different ways and therefore represent a broad cross-section of students and interests. I know that they have a number of agenda items to push already and look forward to the start of our weekly lunches this coming Monday.

There were also good races for a number of the Student Council spots, and we came away with an impressive team to lead us through the 2009-2010 year. I am looking forward to an exciting year under their leadership. More to come...!