Student Body President Candidates Announced for 2021-2022 School Year

Screenshot from Phillip’s email to the student body

Brent Buterbaugh, Catherine Blanco and Victoria Fisher have officially announced their campaigns for student body president via a King’s-wide email from current SBP Colin Phillips.

The candidates can begin campaigning and sharing their platforms by email to the student body this weekend. 

“As we enter this important time, let's focus on engaging in productive discourse and treating each other with respect and love,” Phillips said. “Let's bring out the best in each other as we seek to enhance the College.”

The first SBP debate will take place this Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. in the City Room. 

“Let us all dedicate this campaign season to having edifying discourse on our student body’s future by treating everyone with respect and dignity,” Phillips said.

Buterbaugh will center his campaign around ensuring that every individual of the student body feels represented and to do so in a transparent way.

“This community should be a place of fellowship where all feel welcome,” Buterbaugh said in an email to EST. “I will work to directly advocate for and represent the interests of all students in the best way that I can to student leadership, and to the administration.”

Buterbaugh also sent out an email Friday evening to all remote students announcing that he will be hosting a town hall meeting exclusively for students taking online classes to express their concerns. 

“Many of you have expressed concerns of “feeling forgotten” and struggling to find community while many students were returning to campus. Many of you have expressed concerns academically, saying that remote learning has taken a toll on your academics,” said Buterbaugh. “I am here to tell you first and foremost, that you are not alone. You experienced this program first-hand so it is imperative that the school’s executive leaders hear your experiences.” 

Fisher’s campaign will incorporate respect, accountability and unity, with the latter being her biggest focus.

“Many student body president campaigns call for unity, but my unity is different,” Fisher said. “Rather than emphasizing what is similar between us, I want to emphasize what isn't. It's time to facilitate conversations between unlike groups and begin building a love for diversity over sameness. The first step is a vote for an unorthodox leader.”

EST reached out to Blanco on Friday and did not receive a reply before the publishing of this article.