Name: Ryan Lizanecz

Email: rlizanec@bates.edu

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Name: Julia Panepinto

Email: jpanepin@bates.edu

Hometown: Buffalo, NY

Why I ran: I believe BCSG has the potential to make improvements on campus. As a two sport athlete, my position as the Athletic Committee Chair ensures that I know the issues students like me face and want to see fixed. I know there are practical solutions to student frustrations on campus and I have the experience and relationships with administrators to make that happen.

Committee Position: Athletics Committee Chair

Fun fact: I am the President of the Bates Weightlifting Team.

Name: Perla Figuereo

Email: pfiguere@bates.edu

Hometown: Bronx, NY and Santiago de Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

Why I ran: I ran for BCSG my first year at Bates and have continued to be part of it because I want to see change on this campus. I am interested in making the lives of students here better by listening to the things that they think would better the Bates experience.

Committee Positions: Chair of Student Affairs

Fun Fact: I love introducing myself in different languages and I want to make horror films in the future. 

Name: William Alastair Hibbitts

Email: whibbitt@bates.edu

Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA

Why I ran: I ran for student government to return Bates to its original progressive and egalitarian values. I’ve been a left-wing activist since I was 16 years old, and I want to bring the determined spirit that I developed back then to student government. I hope to work together with my colleagues and the student body to make sure that Bates puts its students first!

Committee Positions: Academics Chair

Fun fact: I have a one kilogram brick of pu-erh tea in my drawer.

Name: Lebanos Mengistu

Email: lmengist@bates.edu

Hometown: Somerville, MA and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Why I ran: To bring about positive change in this amazing community of hardworking, passionate, and creative people.

Committee Positions: Vice President, Executive Board, Chair of the Security Council.

Fun Fact: I was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and moved to the States when I was just four-years-old.

Name: Alya Yousuf

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Name: Losseni Barry

Email: lbarry@bates.edu

Hometown: New York, NY

Why I ran: I ran because I want Bates to be an equitable community. Furthermore, I want to learn from others and their stories.

Committee Positions: Campus/Facility Development Chair 

Fun fact: I put the milk before the cereal. 

Name: Sobie Sobolewski

Email: rsobolew@bates.edu

Hometown: Oakton, VA

Why I ran: I ran because I wanted to be more involved on campus.  Bates has been a second home to me, and I want to give back to the community that has been exceptionally kind and generous to me.

Committee Positions: Athletics

Fun fact: My favorite show is Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting.

Name: Mark Su

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Name: Imti Hassan

Email: ihassan2@bates.edu

Hometown: Portland, Maine

Why I ran: I ran so I can promote inclusivity and diversity within the Bates Community. I hope to be a piece of the bridge between the student government and the students of Bates. I ran so I can be a messenger for the class of 2023 and to create needed change within our community.

Committee Positions: Student Affairs

Fun fact: I play the Ukulele and love to jam out! If you ever want to play or learn the Uke, feel free to email me or meet in my person

Name: Rishi Madnani

Email: rmadnani@bates.edu

Hometown: Langhorne, PA

Why I ran: I want to spread love.

Committee Positions: Student Affairs

Fun fact: I can’t think of one but come talk to me and we’ll find one together.

Name: Kush Sharma

Email: ksharma@bates.edu

Hometown: New Delhi, India

Why I ran: Being a college student is difficult but being an international college student is twice as difficult. As an international student here at Bates, I felt the need to represent the diverse international student body of Bates and do everything I can, to the best of my ability, for the international student body.

Committee Positions: Academics

Fun fact: I was named after the son of a Hindu god but in 3rd Grade, I found out Kush’s meaning in the pop culture when I stumbled across Dr. Dre’s song “Kush”. But that is not what my name means.