![]() Martinez Sandoval said that her campaign “wants to focus on work and increase access.” Anderson echoed those promises, saying that she and Chandra hope to “partner with those groups and uplift them.”īlum proposed centralizing the OIE into a more accessible building, as it is currently located at 96 Campus Avenue. The first question asked to the candidates was about the issue of inclusivity at the college. ![]() De Magistris, Blum said, is a rhetoric teaching assistant, a member of the football team, on the board of the Bates film festival and is a tour guide. She is on the field hockey team, volunteers in the Lewiston community, serves as a junior class representative on BCSG and works for the Athletics department. Anderson stated that they planned on “advocating for thesis opportunities for all students and credit for lab time.”īlum concluded the opening statements, speaking on her friendship with De Magistris, who unlike other candidates, has not spent any time working with BCSG previously. She and Chandra have both served as representatives on BCSG, and said they uniquely understand how the governing body functions. “We care about our school and its students,” she said.Īnderson spoke next, pointing to her experience in many different student groups on campus, like the women’s cross country and track and field teams. She also stated that as underclassmen, they would not be distracted by thesis and other senior year requirements and could instead focus on policy making. In her opening statement, Martinez Sandoval thanked her supporters and cited her and Ahmed’s work on the facilities committee this past year as first year class representatives as proof of their experience. Questions were composed from Bates community members, Imti Hassan ‘23 told the audience as she began moderating the debate. The debate took place in an upstairs meeting room in Commons and was well attended, with around 40 students in the audience. Blum, Anderson and Martinez Sandoval were debating on behalf of their ticket on Monday night, with Anderson appearing via Zoom, as she is currently studying abroad in London. Rising seniors Ella Blum and Cole De Magistris are running together, rising senior Rebecca Anderson and rising junior Dhruv Chandra are running as a pair and rising sophomores Aleisha Martinez Sandoval and Zara Ahmed are running as a team. ![]() ![]() There are three pairs running for co-president this year. The Bates College Student Government (BCSG) Presidential Debate took place on Monday night, with a representative from each co-presidential ticket discussing their platforms, the role of student government and changes they hope to implement this coming school year. ![]()
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