by Kristers Šavalgins
Interview with the SA board of 2020 Elections have come and gone, and by the time you are reading this we should have a new SA board. But in trying to continue the tradition, here is an interview with the board of 2020! Last year’s interview was made during the Boat trip; this year’s, was made on Zoom. It might have involved some drinks, but we can neither confirm, nor deny that fact. The interview was quite messy, so I tried replicating the same energy here. Just know, that there were way too many questions and way too little time. (Also, shoutout to the 3 people who responded to my form asking for questions, and a special shoutout to the Y3 who told me not to spam e-mails. <3) (Note: Ed. are my thoughts at the time of writing)
01
Were there any strong impressions when you first met each other?
Kasparas: I was scared of Kaspars. He was like this big, menacing guy; and I have to be a leader to him. Laura: I remember the first board meeting which we had with the previous board. It was so official, and we were all so serious. I feel awkward now thinking about it. Sāra: I was scared of Ksenija, because she radiates strong businesswoman vibes. I was a bit intimidated, but in the best possible way. I thought maybe sometimes it could be hard, because she is so honest and strong, but in the end, it was a good thing, because she gives honest opinions. Veronika: I remember having an impression of Kasparas. First time we talked was on the Boat trip and I was like, whoah, that guy is super nice. Super smart, easy to have a conversation with. Kasparas: To be honest, I do not remember the conversation. (everyone laughs) Ēriks: When I first talked to Kasparas, it was very different from what I expected. Kasparas: What do you mean by different? Ēriks: He looked like this swagger, romantic, fuckboy from Lithuania. Nothing mean, but I just did not think he was very sweet and normal. Kasparas: Do I give off fuck-boy vibes? Ēriks: No, no, no, no. Ksenija: Yes, yes, yes, yes. Ēriks: Sample size was too small. Madara: I did not know Betija very well, but then we started to share an SSE locker and the contents of it taught me a lot about what kind of person Betija is. Me: Wait, SSE has lockers? (everyone laughs) (I am still surprised by this, no one offered me one. :( Ed.)
02
What was written on the whiteboard in the SA room?
Laura: We had an argument, whether we are pineapples on pizza board or no pineapples on pizza board. Sāra: But the pineapples on pizza board stayed. The fun part was that we started to write things that we did not know would turn out to be true. It started when we were studying for exams. We wrote that we are gap-year board, online board… Ksenija: I have a picture from the very beginning. It was disco board, hot board, cute board, skip board, gap-year board, long-distance, video, longboard. Then comedy board, in fact, we are funny (This claim is disputed by official sources Ed.). And then pineapples on pizza board. Ēriks: Where is the ironing board? Ksenija: It was added later. Sāra: Nobody expected video board to come true, but it gives Bitva Extrasensov (Russian TV show, where psychics compete Ed.) vibes.
“I was scared of Kaspars. He was like this big, menacing guy”
