The Engineering Student Council announced the SEAS Class of 2012 election results Thursday evening. It declared Derrick Fu, SEAS ’12, president; Jessica Wu, SEAS ’12, vice president; and Judy Kim and Eric Harms, both SEAS ’12, the two class representatives. Fu clinched the election with 44 percent of the vote.
“Cliché as it sounds, I was actually in disbelief,” Fu said. “I was more giddy than anything else. I felt extremely lucky.”
Fu, along with Wu and Harms, ran on the SuperFu party ticket, which advocated cross-majoring and cross-minoring between SEAS and CC, the abolishment of a fixed dining plan, a comprehensive wireless system, air conditioning in John Jay Dining Hall, and microwaves on every floor of Carman.
“Implementing cross-majoring and minoring will not only lessen the barrier between CC and SEAS, but it will also make certain decisions much easier for first-years, many of whom still don’t know what they’re going to major in,” Wu said.
Kim ran on the FuReal party ticket, which she said endorsed similar initiatives. “Although I did not run on the same ticket as they did, I don’t believe it will cause any conflicts of interest,” Kim said. “I’m really looking forward to working with all of them.”
While myriad flyers draped the walls of the first-year residence halls, candidates said the key to success was their personal interactions with their classmates. “When I met with them, I thought about their concerns and tried to apply it to my platform,” Fu said.
The candidates acknowledged the importance of adhering to their promises, while remaining realistic about the prospects. “We’re definitely going to push for new things, particularly what we declared in our platform, although I cannot promise that we will be able to implement everything, given the lack of resources we have,” Wu said.
Reflecting on the elections process, ESC secretary Whitney Green, SEAS ’10, said it was a very smooth process.
“It went very well, no bumps at all,” she said. “In comparison to other elections, one big difference was the sheer number of students that came out for this election, which was very exciting.”
