President Malik Hart Interview

April 29, 2019 | Mary Grace Woelfel

Hey Sabres!

As you know, Student Government elections are coming up soon, and you may have some questions. I had the opportunity to sit down with our Student Body President Malik Hart and ask him some questions.

Why is student government important?

“Simply, our definition is to represent. Kids don’t get the time to connect with teachers, administration, security, a lot of the adults here. There’s a big separation between children and adults here so in student government, what we do is help to speak on things that we want at the school. An educational atmosphere but also a place where we’re able to be comfortable and have fun and just, enjoy high school.”

What does it do?

“We do a lot of event planning, homecoming, stuff like that. We also communicate with administration on issues that we’ve seen like this year with locking out, the gun on campus…”

What is the class like?

“It’s very alive most of the time. We’re very talkative. We have a lot of discussions, sometimes debates on how student government needs to improve, because there’s always areas of improvement, and then simply just a lot of in depth hard work with event planning, making sure that everything goes certain ways that it needs to go.”

How many members are there?

“This year there is 18 in total.”

What does the president do?

“I facilitate the class. I help structure everything. Try to raise discussions, break people into smaller groups depending on who works well together, what can get done, who does this the best.”

What are the different councils?

“We have our freshman council, so next year when they get in they will hold their election. Sophomore council. Each class has their own different jobs. So the big one that sophomore council has been doing is preparing for next year’s spring formal. We tried to get a homecoming in spring this year but it didn’t happen. Student council has a lot of senior activities that they do. Executive council runs the class.”

How does the election work?

“So for executive council you run for a specific position. If you don’t get that position then you will opt out and you become a general member.”

What’s your favorite thing about it?

“Two things. My favorite thing, most definitely, is being able to speak for people who don’t have a voice. That’s really my biggest thing because I like seeing people happy, and then definitely just people in student government. We’re individuals with our own personalities and we’re so strong in everything that we do. It’s so fun to see everyone’s own perspectives in everything we do.”