Nandini Fonseca fits the bill for the Billikens
- Sanjott Singh
- Mar 22, 2021
- 2 min read
Saint Louis University's student body voted on Thursday to elect next year's Student Government Association Representatives. Among them, the most notable wins include Nandini Fonseca as President and Sophia Izhar as Vice President of Academic Affairs.
by Sanjott Singh
March 23, 2021
ST. LOUIS - Nandini Fonseca, a junior international business student, won the role of SLU's Student Government Association President on her 'leading with love' campaign. Other notable candidates in this year's presidential election included Justice Hill and Helena Cooper. Junior Sophia Izhar was also reelected as Vice President of Academic Affairs.
President-elect Fonseca wasn't new to student government, having previous experience serving in the Diversity Leadership Cabinet, the Finance Committee and the Assembly for Sexual Assault Prevention. In reaction to the election results, Fonseca said "it was very much surreal, I actually asked them 'are you pranking me right now?' and they said 'no, that would be a bad prank.' ...The first thing I did was FaceTime my mom, my dad and my brother."
In terms of Fonseca's future plans as President, she "would love to first, learn. ...I want to see how we can get the best form of transparency to our students. ...Going from there, I think the biggest intention I will have is with mental and emotional wellness for our students."
Justice Hill, a junior political science major ran on his "Justice for all" campaign, both a play on his name and a symbol for his intentions as president. Hill gained experience as a representative on both the SGA Outreach and Academic Affairs Committees and as senator for the Black Student Alliance. Although he didn't win, following the election Hill said, "whatever happens, happens and I'm just going to have to live with the result and realize that I put in a lot of hard work and I put my best foot forward, so whatever the results are I know that I gave my best efforts, I tried hard. I can definitely deal with failure, but I cannot deal with not trying."
Junior social work major Helena Cooper previously served in SGA as Committee Representative, Committee Chair and Vice President of Communications and Internal Affairs.
Another notable SGA election win includes the re-election of junior biology student Sophia Izhar as Vice President of Academic Affairs. Izhar had previously served as VP, in addition to Senator for the College of Arts and Sciences and First Year Senator. All other candidates ran unchallenged, including junior Elizabeth Potterf as Vice President for Student Organizations and sophomore Aric W. Hamilton as Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion.
Additionally, a ballot measure proposing a modification to the 'readership fee' definition to broaden the types of resources available in the Billiken Readership Program was included.
Students could vote through SLU Groups on Thursday, March 11th from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Results were released to students at 9:40 a.m. the following day. A total of 1,535 students voted in this year's SGA elections.
Sanjot,
Amazing story! The content was well written and engaged me the entire time while reading. Your headline and photo is perfect for it too. The subheading is strong as well. The quotes you incooperated were great as well. I think one improvement you could do is format the story better with your name and headline etc. at the top and then after the photo and headline, then begin your story. Otherwise, amazing job.
This was a really well written story. Your use of pictures and the graph were very helpful as a reader and you could tell that a lot of effort was put into this article. I hadn't seen those numbers of who voted from each school at SLU, so that was very eye-opening!
This was really well-written and informative. It was easy to understand and interesting to read. The photos and graphics were used purposefully and helped contribute to the article.
The way this story was written was incredible! The mix of pictures and graphs made it easy to follow through and it kind of kept the readers attention throughout the story. What I found really interesting about your story was that this was a big deal throughout campus at the time it was taking place, yet I never really knew too much about the people up for election and this story made it more personal. It was also definitely important to learn more about the person that was elected as president! - Colette
Sanjott, your content is well organized and your picture placement helps the reader connect with the different subjects. You have a strong subheading that gives the reader just enough information to want to know the rest of the story. I also enjoyed your humorous photo captions. You also do a good job of incorporating comprehensive information about the election, outcome, and analytics. Great story!