COM’s Jordan has big plans for BU 学生会

最初是什么让你对学生会感兴趣的？

I have been a part of 学生会 since I was in seventh grade, so at this point in college, I feel like it’s something that’s ingrained in me. From high school I’ve seen how it can force people to grow as a leader, as a public speaker, and it also forces you to speak up for yourself and for other people. So coming to college and being able to play that out on a larger scale has always been really exciting to me, because I did have trouble speaking up in my teenage years, even though I’m only 20 now. And I think it’s also really important for me as a Black woman to be there for representation. 我认为我带来了多样性，也带来了思想的多样性。 And 学生会 has directly helped me with building that confidence in myself to know that I am enough to lead, I’m enough to be in this or that position, and now here I am as president.

你在COM的教育如何配合和补充你在学生会的角色？

As a journalism major I think it very much coincides because I’m learning a lot about how media affects people and how polarization extremely affects people. 我们如何解决这个问题，并创造一个环境，让人们感到足够受欢迎来和你交谈？ 同时也创造了一个足够的民主过程，在一天结束的时候，你会提出一个倡议或决定。

So I’m bringing what I’m learning about hard news and non-partisan journalism and applying that to conversations and 学生会, especially when we have tense situations or when students come with a lot of different opinions. COM在处理学生政治方面给了我很大的帮助。

你来年在COM和作为总裁的首要任务和目标是什么？

对于COM，我绝对想要更多地利用我的资源，因为有这么多了不起的教授，而且总的来说只是BU的关系。 I don’t think a lot of students realize half the things that we have access to, and whether that’s a subscription to the 纽约时报, or just talking with a professor about their journalism career.

Touching on BUnited平台, we have Uniting Health, Uniting Justice, Uniting Community. 所以为学生创造健康的空间，大的公共空间。 Because after COVID, after students have been home for over a year, or freshman who haven’t even seen a lively campus, I think creating community, and creating spaces and events for that is going to be extremely important. But at the same time it’s also supporting students and initiatives that are already happening. 我会优先倾听学生们想看到我们做什么。

毕业后你有什么打算？

我确实想在毕业后从事新闻工作，或者至少是传播学领域。 That’s always been important to me. I’m still deciding whether I want to do some type of graduate program.

但我知道，在以后的生活中，我想从事更多的非营利工作，从事倡导工作。 我觉得学生会现在在教我如何倡导，如何成为学生的代表。 我想为有色人种创造更多的教育项目，尤其是在南方。 I’m from Mississippi and I think there’s a lot to work on in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana. 我想回馈给我这么多的社区。 我想用我的新闻能力来讲述不同的故事，把女性、其他性别少数群体、有色人种和不同宗教的人放在最前沿。 我想把这些观点放在头版。 但我也想讲述一个极其公平的故事，并在政治方面推广无党派新闻，因为我们的国家现在是多么两极化。

I think there’s a lot to be done through media, through communication, through journalism. 我记得当我12-13岁的时候，我在新闻里看到了特雷沃恩·马丁的遭遇。 他是如何出现在媒体上的，对我来说，这么年轻就认识到这一点，对我来说几乎是一个警钟。 这导致了我的专业，我对政治学的兴趣，以及我们的政府是如何运作的以及媒体是如何运作的。 所以我一定要尽我所能地利用这种激情。 我想创办自己的公司，促进交流和教育。 I think the sky’s the limit as to what I can do, but we’ll see, I guess, is all I can say right now.

最喜欢的食物?

这不是在学校里，但我很喜欢杰夫家，我去那里只吃墨西哥卷饼。 大厨之吻太棒了。 There’s just something heartwarming about it.

东校区vs西校区？

西方是最好的，毫无疑问。 我有偏见。 我大一的时候住在西校区。