After being part of so many clubs, groups and sports on campus, Colby Lynch decided to run for student body president. Being involved in so much on campus, Colby decided he might be a good fit for the position: “I know a lot of different people, and got a lot of different perspectives just from the track team, frisbee, the Abbey players, the choir, and just anyone else I knew.” When it comes to campus issues like parking on campus, Colby’s experience as a commuter for the majority of his time at Saint Anselm gives him more insight. He shares, “I was a commuter for the first three years. I moved to campus in the spring semester of junior year. I kind of was happy that I had perspective on the parking issues. I dealt with them firsthand like any commuter.” Everyone has questions and concerns about parking on campus. Given Colby’s background and the current parking situation, the administration has been working to resolve the problem. “There have been a lot of talks with administration and campus security directly. The parking passes have been handed out, and there are less than were given out last year, actually, to freshmen and people all together.” Furthermore, he shares, “I think it’s more of the issue that one person parks where they’re not supposed to, and parks in someone else’s spot, and that causes a trickle effect. Then that takes someone else’s spot.” Despite the lower number of passes given out this year, campus is still working on a solution to the problem with the help of the Student Government Association. Big changes are happening across campus this year. Not only did the college just accept the largest freshman class in its history, but there will also be a new president of the college for next year. During the presidential search, the school has been collecting student feedback. “There was a survey sent out to all students, faculty, family members of people who work here, administration, alumni, everything,” Colby explained. “They asked a bunch of questions about what they want to see in the new president, and what things they’re looking for. There were a lot of responses on it. Actually, a lot of them were from students, which was nice to see. Honestly, we want to hear what the community has to say about it.” With regards to smaller scale issues, the classes of 2026 and 2027 have had concerns about their ability to raise funds for senior class events. He shared how,“the senior and junior class didn’t have full class councils at the end last year. The 2026 class had a president and nothing else. Since then, we have filled out the entire senior class council this year. Internal procedures are working on filling out the class of 2027 right now. And so we have a lot of plans for fundraising, for both.” There is so much that goes into being student body president. Considering all of the things that he is part of on campus, Colby took time to reflect on his busy schedule. “I made a schedule to fit as much as I could in the day… but then there are times where I can’t hang out with my friends as much.” He continues, “it definitely has taken a little bit of time out of things I want to do, but honestly, I don’t mind it at all because I enjoy all the stuff I do here anyway.” Colby Lynch, on top of all the activities he does, effort he puts in, and amount of time he spends, wanted to add that he has office hours every Monday and Wednesday from 1-3pm. Stop by his office anytime to voice any concerns you have, improvements you wish to see, or just to talk! A last note from our student body president: “Literally anything that you think could be done on campus to make a better place– come talk to me about it!