Akshay Badlani, Cultural Union president

Why did you want to become Cultural Union president?

“Cultural Union has been a thing that I’ve been doing since I was a freshman, and I really love it. And I don’t know, I really like planning events. And Lab has done so much for me. I just want to do something for Lab, and I thought event planning and bringing everyone together would be a good way to do that.”

Could you elaborate on some of the experience that you bring to this post?

“I’ve been on Cultural Union since I was a freshman. […] I’m one of the only people on Student Council to have planned events before COVID, which is very helpful for next year once we’re hopefully out of COVID.”

Could you tell me about your idea for a third or fourth or all-school event and where the funds for that might come from? 

“So before I was a freshman, Lab used to have three dances and then Labstock, but because Lab wanted to focus more on Labstock, they invested a lot more into Labstock. But I know speaking to a lot of freshmen, they want a third dance instead of having a lot more funds go towards Labstock. So that is an idea that I plan on proposing to Student Council: to reorganize the funds for all-school events to have three dances and Labstock.”