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Actually what I would say I was most proud of is not any individual program but is the energizing of students about getting involved with what's going on,

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on campus in student government in general, not saying that they weren't-. You always had student senators, but what I really wanted to be about was hey;

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student government's a cool thing. Here I am, a guy who walked into this campus who knew nothing about the student senate and the treasury,

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and I said, but you know what, there are issues that impact all of our lives and if we can get everybody's input

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we can actually have influence over what's going on and have the opportunity for everybody to interact with student leaders,

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to interact with faculty, to do programs like handicap accessibility that's going to help everybody, programs that say we care about our environment, Project Re-leaf,

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we care about our humanity abroad with Project Togo, we care about those who are disenfranchised like our Make a Wish. That's what we're about,

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and if we can get anybody to now get interested in student government then that's the win, because now they're not impacted to the point

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where I don't have a say-so about what happens in my life, right now. So hopefully you take that dedication as a responsible citizen out into the real world.

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When you leave the confines of NC State, now you're a card carrying whatever you are, Republican, Democrat, Independent, but you are now going to have a voice,

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and if we've sparked your interest or exercised your muscle of being an advocate that's what I'm most happy with.