Meet your new SGA representatives President elect vows to bring students together Hannah Marley Staff Writer
Will Freeman, an agricultural communication major and the new SGA president who was sworn in Tuesday night, likes farms. And not only farms, but the people who work on them — people like his family. Freeman said growing up on a
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“There are two types of vice presidents: Door mats and matadors.” These words, spoken by the fictional politician Frank Underwood in “House of Cards” could be applied to the situation SGA Vice President Elect Madison Kahl now faces as she decides what kind of leader she will be in the coming year. SGA’s new VP elect knows exactly which one she will be. Kahl, junior in biochemistry and cel-
lular and molecular biology, has been involved with SGA since her freshman year at UT, when she elected to freshman council. “That was really where I found my niche and home at UT,” Kahl said. Kahl continued to invest in the council by serving as the Freshman Council adviser during her sophomore year and as the Executive Treasurer in her junior year. See KAHL on Page 3
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“Tell me how I taste in this white washed world.”
farm has inspired his love not only of agriculture, but of representing groups who might otherwise be overlooked in order to make their voices heard. “I think a lot of people aren’t entirely educated on what goes into putting food on people’s plates, so I want to use my knowledge of the background work that goes into it along with my communications skills to advocate for the people who aren’t always represented,” Freeman said.
Mariah Beane is “kind of a nerd,” so she says. A junior double majoring in business analytics and economics, Beane said she hopes to bring positive changes to UT’s student life with her new job as the director of Student Services. Student Services is the branch of SGA that is responsible for programming and policy-making. Students who are involved in one of the committees
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organize events that are designed to bring awareness to issues students on campus face. Beane, who has been a part of Student Services since her freshman year, said she ran for the position because Student Services is where she feels comfortable. “I’ve always really felt at home within student services and kind of its mission of outreach,” Beane said. “And benefiting the student body through initiatives that aren’t just clearly stated necessarily in the bill, but really how do we want to enhance people’s experiences here.”
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