Class of 2003

President

Ravi Kavasery

First, I'd like to thank you for allowing me to serve as your class president this past year. I've had an incredible time working with the current Class '03 officers - they rock.

The class officers you elect to serve you next year will be entrusted with several important responsibilities. The most pressing of these is securing a graduation speaker and planning the graduation ceremony. Also, they will be in charge of organizing our class gift. When you came to Hopkins as a freshman, you participated in Orientation, an opportunity to meet your fellow classmates and adjust to college. As seniors, your class officers will plan Disorientation, a yearlong series of social events that "prepare you for the real world" - The Booze Cruise, Pub Crawl, and the Senior Formal.

If elected, I'll work my hardest to make sure all these events are successful. Like you, I want my senior year to be an unforgettable experience. I've spent the past three years working with the administration, student body, and the community. Vote for me, and I'll put out for you, as will [SEE SARAH CUMMINGS]

Vice President

Sarah Cummings

THE ENTIRE CLASS OF '03:

NEED RECOMMENDATIONS?

WANT GOOD GRADES?

DIG FREE FOOD?

DESPERATE FOR BROWNIE POINTS?

ALL STUDENTS GRAB TWO FRIENDS AND APPROACH ANY PROFESSOR TO ASK THEM OUT TO LUNCH OR DINNER. EAT UP TO $80 WORTH OF FOOD TOTAL. LET THE SCHOOL PAY FOR IT.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY SARAH CUMMINGS

Oh! and PS: next year( all kinds of crazy social events with $11,000. VOTE. It'll be fun, I promise. OH! and you KNOW Princeton BLOWS. [SEE TARA FEEHAN]

Secretary/Treasurer

Tara Feehan

Goats! have GOT to be my favorite animals. Class of '03 - It's been a great year. Baja, Princeton STILL Sucks, Halloween, and the 13th Floor, all great events put together by the officers of the Class of 2003. These events were successful because of your involvement.

For the previous year I have had the privilege to serve as your Class Secretary/Treasurer. I have been in charge of sending those class e-mails you've grown to love, and managing the Class of '03 budget. Next year, the Senior Class will have a budget of over $11,000. That's YOUR $11,000 - for social events, class t-shirts, whatever YOU want!

Of all the positions on Council, the Secretary/Treasurer demands the most reliability. I have shown you I can do it well, and I want to do it for you again. So come out and vote Tara Feehan for Secretary/Treasurer. Class of '03, you kick . [SEE CHRIS CUNICO]

Class Representatives

Chris Cunico

... ASSpirations for senior year*: Pub crawl, booze cruises, ridiculous senior formal, new academic policies, totally sweet graduation speaker, more Baja, big shows, more Snoop less Puffy and a rockin' good time for all.

*note: aspirations based on indicators from past experience of Student Council. They include but are not limited to Baja Lax rally, Baja Part Duex, buses to Fells on Halloween, coffee breaks, 13th floor, Student-faculty meal plan, removal of Mattin Center practice room charges, subsidized MARC tickets.

Vote CHRIS CUNICO for Class of '03 Representative, because he's cool and by that I mean totally sweet just like - [SEE OMER TAVILOGLU]

Nima Naghshineh

Instead of boring you with a long verbose paragraph, here is a list of why I am running for class representative and why you should vote Nima.

Experience - such as Social Chair of Tau Beta Pi, Vice-President of Psi Chi

Familiarity - I know many of the officers and I am familiar with the system

Genuine Interest - I very much want to make our last year at Hopkins fun and relaxed.

Goals - I have many goals for next year such as:

Assisting current efforts in developing a database of old exams and lecture notes, so that you won't be the one saying "If I only had that old exam"

Represent the student body's interests, concerns, and questions to the faculty and deans, and to the rest of the student government

Plan a series of large picnics during the spring of next year as a way for the Senior Class to wind down and reminisce.

Help bring a prominent and well liked speaker to the graduation ceremony

Make student-faculty dinners a more relaxed and common occurrence

Make our last homecoming the best we ever had

Finally, I want to be the person people come to, to complain about anything "Hopkins". Sound strange? Perhaps, but it's the only way to get things done.

Trang Nguyen

Can you believe it's going to be our senior year soon? Let's make it an exceptionally memorable one. As your Senior Class Representative, I will work hard and put a great deal of my effort and time to ensure that our last year here will be exciting and unforgettable. Some of my main goals if I am elected are to make sure we have an awesome graduation ceremony to celebrate our time here. I would especially like to see that we have an amazing speaker that we would all enjoy listening to and a senior class gift that we will all be proud to give. During the whole year leading up to graduation, I will focus on making senior year as fun as it can be. For most of us, the bulk of our work is over and it's time to party like we never could before. If you vote for me as your representative, I will try my best to see that we have Disorientation events that everyone will have a terrific time at. Everything from senior class trips, barbecues, parties, and club nights. Vote for Trang and you'll have the best senior year you could ever imagine!

Catie Pittaway (Mary)

What's senior year really about? It's about your last year to have fun at college (at Hopkins?? . Yes.) It's about events like the Pub Crawl, the Booze Cruz, Disorientation, and then graduation. It's about having people to represent your class on student council who are going to stick it out until the bitter end; the people behind organizing events for you, the class of 2003. We've talked about bringing back the beach and E-Level at Hopkins for years, but what I've seen happen on this campus is using what we have to create a new student culture on campus. Our class has been instrumental in making these changes and I would really like to be part of that movement forward. I am involved in APTT and Greek Life at Hopkins, which I truly believe helps support the students on campus. I believe that what I have learned in these other organizations can positively contribute to what we have begun. In addition, I was very involved in the planning and organization of our senior year activities in high school and so have experience to know what is needed to plan especially graduation and disorientation, the two biggest final events of our senior year at Hopkins.

Omer Taviloglu

The Turkish Delight. That's me. Fellow rising seniors, although it's only been a year I feel like we've accomplished a lot 'together'. I'm saying 'together' because without your support (primarily attendance to events) we couldn't have done it. After a year as representative, I decided to run again knowing that there is still a lot to accomplish, and limitless room for improvement on campus, be it in academics, student life, or social events.

This year, as the Class of 03, some of our most recent and successful accomplishments have been the Student-Faculty meal program (props go to Cunico and Cummings for the initiative), the "Princeton Still Sucks!" rally, and Spring Break Part Deux party (Baja!). I'm glad to have organized these events. Next year we'll have further opportunities to get together on different occasions and end our college years on a high note. With the experience I have gained, I know I will be successful as a representative this upcoming year. So I hope you take the time to vote, and I thank you for your time. Vote Ravi, Sarah, Tara, Chris, and Omer. And chill, to the next episode .

Thomas Wang

Many of us will probably find senior year to be just as crazily hectic as freshman year was. We'll be moving from two years of steady work at a relaxed pace to a transitional year where life beyond college is just ahead. Some people already know where they'll be interviewing for jobs or graduate schools, but there are still a lot who don't know what they want to do in the future.

Needless to say, there's a lot of work to be done next year in terms of getting ready for the next step. As representative for the senior class I'll be involved in maintaining the current programs such as Disorientation as well as with starting new ones that bring seniors in line with school resources to help network them with potential employers. I've had good experience serving on the exec boards for cultural groups such as TASA and FSA, but next year I'd like to work for the senior class as a whole. Next year's officer candidates are all motivated people, and I look forward to serving with them. Of course, I'll make sure that there's also room to let the class have fun. So come out and vote!