Jae Jin
Class of 2007, let me take a quick few seconds to introduce myself. My name is Jae Jin and I am running to be your class President. A little about myself -- I was a part of student council all throughout high school and was caught up in enough scandals to fit this position well. I believe that God, family and friends are a vital part of my life so I hope to make you all a part of my family. I also aspire to be a doctor like Patch Adams -- except an Asian Pat-ching Adams who will wear some sort of rice hat and give out rice and seaweed. I'm also one of the newest members of the Octopodes. My favorite audience is God and of course Hopkins students. If I am elected to be President, I will push to have Freshman-organized winter and spring Prom-like dances that will be for all the undergraduates and I will name them the Blue Balls. I hope to be the best Presidential Blue Jae ever and I'm up for the task of President -- so take a shot of this Jin and I promise we'll have a great time.
Sarika Talve-Goodman
There is no better time than now to find a safe place to have unsafe ideas. In high school we learned how to think, cooperate, listen, dream, thrown at us are the hows but now we're faced with the whats, the challenges to which we will give ourselves. When we think, do we think up? Imagine up? Dream up? We are living in a privileged situation where knowledge seeps out from the walls, waiting for us to sink down into it, but the complicated world we are entering demands that we do more than that. Now it's the time for applied knowledge, the walk, to make it real, the works of our hands. We are not yet removed from the moments in high school when we dreamt about everything we wanted college to be -- diverse, culturally and intellectually and creatively alive, filled with interesting students and faculty to get to know, etc. Hopkins has all the ingredients for such a place. We are part of an exciting effort from the university to create a more student friendly environment. I want to offer my energy to addressing the gaps in student life. Here is my platform: A commitment to the cultural life at Hopkins by creating a student space for the arts (performing, conversation, small gallery space, etc.). This salon would be part of a greater effort to create a life of intellectual and creative discourse on campus. There should be several designated places for this; we have lots of flexible space. Also, to connect with faculty more, professors could act as advisors in various fields and disciplines. Anyone doing something interesting, engaged in some sort of research or project, could come and present at the salon. This would be a wonderful new force for Hopkins: a real place, open all the time, to share ideas and creativity. What is college if not the place to exploit the cultural and intellectual diversity of the student body? This is the time, let's make room for the place.
Natasha Ukarni
So, you've heard about "The Natashas," maybe even seen us around campus. And knowing our ebullient personalities, how could you not expect that we'd run for office?! That said, we're ready to put our ENTHUSIASM and ENERGY towards working for the Class of 2007 as your PRESIDENT and VICE PRESIDENT. Both of us have EXPERIENCE with LEADERSHIP and look forward to SERVING YOU.
You might think that freshmen class officers don't really matter because they have no clout in helping to run the school. We WILL definitely disprove this misconception and MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD. We will work for things that really matter. How many times have you been at RoFo late at night doubling over with hunger pains, and then realized that you left your cash in the dorm? (We all know the feeling.) The J-Card -- universal? NO, BUT IT SHOULD BE. Our efforts will not only go towards important issues such as making the J-Card more widely accepted near and around campus, but we also feel very strongly about expanding social activities and MAKING OUR FRESHMAN YEAR UNFORGETTABLE!!! Let us make Hopkins a better place for you. VOTE FOR THE NATASHAS.
