Just as famous politicians and candidates are working hard to campaign for the upcoming elections, Gibson Southern saw an unusually large wave of competition through its class elections this year. From the end of August and into September, the upper-classmen began posting and printing ads to promote themselves in these class elections. The results of these elections would name that grade’s class treasurer, class secretary, class vice president and class president.
“I campaigned for president of the junior class,” junior Matti Cunningham said. “I made posters and posted them on my Instagram and Snapchat. The posts were just pictures of me saying what I wanted to run for.”
Cunningham was one of six juniors running for president of the junior class, to which the winner received the responsibility of running Prom and helping with other junior activities such as decorating their class’s hallway. Cunningham was not chosen for president in the end.
“I wasn’t mad when I found out I lost,” Cunningham said. “There were a lot of good candidates, so I was happy with it. It wasn’t too big of a deal.”
This wasn’t Gibson Southern’s first round of class elections. These same elections are held annually, except the student body is usually not this involved in numbers and in action.
“I ran for class president because I wanted to be a leader for the senior class,” senior Gabby Spink said.
Spink was one of the six seniors running for president of the senior class, which entails the responsibilities of hosting and running future class reunions. Not only did Spink hang flyers, she also came up with a slogan, dressed in a hotdog costume and handed out gummy hotdogs with her vice president running mate, Macey Wilson. Her effort eventually led her to win the presidency along with Wilson.
“Our slogan was ‘Don’t be a meanie, vote for these weenies’,” Spink said. “I thought the campaigning was a fun experience, and I felt it is something that will help me in my future.”
As students running for president and vice president were very engaged in their campaigns, other positions gave less attention to the campaign process.
“I did not campaign for this election,” senior Alyssa baehl said. “I knew that most candidates were for the president and vice president, so I was not too worried about running for treasurer.”
Baehl was elected for her spot out of two candidates.
“Other candidates had really good campaigns,” Baehl said. “I really appreciate the little gummy hotdogs Macey and Gabby handed out. I’m very grateful that I have really great girls to be officers with me.”
The class officers will continue to work with each other the rest of the year in making Gibson Southern a better place.
“I plan to help continue the Titan legacy and help make this year as fun for the students as it can be,” senior class president Spink said. “I am going to help organize events and fun activities that will hopefully bring our class together for our last year as Titans.”
The junior winners of the class elections were Tali Maurer, president; Carly Potts, vice president; Corrine Stevens, secretary and Molly Spindler, treasurer.
The senior winners of the class elections were Spink, president; Wilson, vice president; Mackenzie Stuckey, secretary and Baehl, treasurer.
