Ethan's Political Journey

As the year has been coming to a close, all the second years are moving on to jobs which means it is time for the first years to run for MBAA officers. Ethan wants to help the program progress as much as the next guy, but running for office is just not his thing. I guess though his sense of duty pushes him more than he would like to admit.
On Thursday evening at 11:00 PM (candidate submissions closed at midnight) he got the following email from the current MBAA president:

Just a heads up that there is less than one hour left to run for MBAA General Council.

Several spots have only one person running and a few are currently vacant (Director of Fine Arts, Historian, Director of Alumni Relations). These are great positions that contribute immensely to the program.

Looking to beef up your resume? Looking to make a difference? Looking to give back? Please strongly consider this.

We have never had Executive or General Council spots gone empty in elections. Please don't let the Class of '15 be the first. You guys are too awesome.

Sign up here: https://byu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_4T12PPqyHT38gW9

Okay so Ethan read this email and was like, well I can't let our class be the class to not have officers so I guess I'll run for Alumni Relations. That way I can say I am helping my class AND I can network with the Alumni. Win Win
He submitted his form, midnight rolled around and by the next morning he had this email in his in box:

Attached is the official ballot for the 2014-2015 MBAA General Council. Please take time to review the candidates running for each position and read their carefully crafted campaign statements. 

Reminder that campaigning begins Monday at 6am. Elections will be held on Tuesday and runoffs will be Wednesday. Winners will be announced at Tanner Thursday on Feb 27th.

Happy Campaigning!

Ethan was curious to see who else decided to run last minute for the other vacant spots and pulled up the ballots.

 Here are two examples of his classmates:

And then here is Ethan's!!!!:

He did not win.




(in his defense,  how did 7 people in 1 hour decide that this was their life dream!!)

We are  proud of your courage and thank you for making me laugh harder and longer than I ever have laughed in my whole life.