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Adnan and Esterline Vie for Student Body Presidency B R Y CE BRI DGEWATER ’ 19 | EDIT O R- IN- CHI EF • The 2020
Student Body Presidential Candidates started campaigning weeks ago, and The Bachelor talked with each of the prominent candidates about their platforms. As such, the two main candidates for the 103rd Student Body President are Mohammad Dayem Adnan ’20, with running mate Corbin Landrum ’21, and Charles Esterline ’21, with running mate Christopher McNally ’21. Adnan and Landrum are running to bring greater transparency to the student body through a number of different initiatives. “We’ll be working on hosting public forums every once in a while, where a representative of the senior staff, along with student representatives, will answer questions regarding campus issues,” Adnan said in an email. “We will have a transparency board that will devolve powers to students when it comes to events such as National Act and keep the on campus publications informed regarding matters the cabinet is working on.” Other initiatives Adnan and Landrum
want to establish are focused on enhancing social life and creating more opportunities for students on campus. “We will create more events such as a festival on the mall with food trucks and dancing/singing organizations from other campuses to participate,” Adnan said. “We will coordinate with organizations such as IMA and IFC to create all-campus events that enhance night life for both fraternities and independents.” One additional part of the campaign includes a scholarship provided to students who attended a professional development program. Finally, Adnan and Landrum aim to address the campus housing crisis through structural reforms. The campaign also has ideas for improving the functioning of the Audit and Finance Committee. Esterline and McNally are running to lead every conversation of campus culture at Wabash. Both Esterline and McNally have extensive experience in various Student Senate committees. Esterline has worked on the Crawfordsville to Campus Committee since 2017, and McNally worked on the
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Mohammad Dayem Adnan ’20 is running for Student Body President with the slogan “Your Voice Represented.”
National Act and Students Events committee. Their campaign is running on three main pillars: increasing communication, connecting independent and greek students, and creating a vibrant atmosphere at Wabash. “Instead of using email as the main form of communication, we want to make a visual social calendar for students to have,” McNally said. “We are thinking about a social media student or Snapchat to make a video for what’s going on campus.” Still, solving the greek and independent student divide is vastly important for the running duo. Esterline and McNally’s main goal is to build a better brotherhood at Wabash in order to keep guys on campus on the weekends. “There’s always been some stigma, creating this division,” Esterline said about the need to imrove campus unity. “Once we graduate, we are one Wabash community. [Alumni] don’t just associate with Lambdas, Fijis, or Betas; we associate with all Wabash men. We want to increase the idea that we are one brotherhood with our presidency.”
Next, Esterline and McNally want to reform Student Senate positions. Mainly, the campaign believes a Press Secretary position should be created, where a non-voting committee takes on a Public Relationship role, as well as a Digital Media role. The goal of this initiative to increase communication about what is happening on campus for students to prepare for “Our PR role is in charge of writing articles for The Bachelor so students have an understanding of what’s going on,” Esterline said of his PR plans. “The Digital Media director is in charge of creating files and handouts for events on campus itself. Right now, the secretary’s role is mainly in chamber, and that doesn’t help students here on the weekends if they want it.” Both candidates will continue to campaign as the election rolls around. Ballots are released on Tuesday with results being announced at 7:30 p.m. on the Chapel steps on Thursday. Along with Student Body President elections, the ballot will contain representatives for individual classes.
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Charlie Esterline ’21 is Adnan’s opponent in the campaign, running with the slogan, “It’s a Movement.”
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