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16 March 2018
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Issue 13.10
Meet the New Sabbs Oceanic Dieoff Stormzy vs. the in Kent Daily Mail Page 16
Culture Page 15
Opinion Page 7
Thompson Elected Kent Union President
By Bill Bowkett Website News Editor
A
aron Thompson is the new President-elect of Kent Union, following the results of the leadership elections in The Venue on Monday 12 March. Thompson, incumbent VicePresident (Activities), defeated challenger Rowena Bicknell to become President for 201819 term; he will take over
from current President, Ruth Wilkinson. In an interview for KTV, Mr Thompson said that he was “overwhelmed” by the amount of support he received throughout his election campaign, and that next year “will be a great year for Kent Union.” He added: “I believe in students. I believe that we as a leadership don’t do enough to
represent students; we should give [representatives] the skills and the toolkit to do just that. I believe our current leadership roles are broken or not currently supported enough, like our part time officer who I want to support more and have their voices heard.” The other full-time officer positions were won by: Stuart Lidbetter, Vice-President of Education; Sasha Langeveldt,
Vice-President of activities; Omolade Elizebeth Adedapo, Vice-President of Welfare; and Emily Window, Vice-President of Sport. Elected as part-time officers: Davino Beckford, Black Space BME Officer; Kg Banjoko Open Space BME Officer;
Charlie Hindley, LGBT Officer Trans Place; Aarish Hyder, International Student Officer and Darwin Student Committee President; Christine Bishop, Mature Students Officer; Continued on page 2...
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