 Hi, my name is Ayub Bashir. I'm a final year student of chemical and pharmaceutical science. This is my fifth year in DCU. I'm originally from Eretria. It's a little country in North East Africa, but I am an Irish citizen. My name is Sean Cassidy. I'm a second year economics politics and a large student. I'm an access student and I am running to be the next DCU student-union president. My name is Ivan Hines. I am 21 years old. I'm a final year chemistry student from Mayo. My name is Dylan Kehoe. I'm currently a final year communications student. I come from Carlo and I've been at DCU for four years. My name is Qua McHilty. I'm in a third year multimedia. I live in Glanagiri and I'm 21 years of age. I'm running for the position because I believe I'm a people's person and I have great experience of working with the access students. I mentor a lot of students coming into first year, so I get good feedback from that and they always encourage me to run for president. I think over the last number of years we've seen very, very slow progress on a number of issues. I think I have the right understanding, ideas and passion to make sure that every student is represented actively and inclusively. I'm running for the position because as science and health faculty rep, I have had the most rewarding and amazing experience of my life this year and I feel like a lot more to give and that's why I'm running for president. From throughout all my time at DCU I've been heavily involved and I'm running because it's time for me to give back to what DCU and the Students Union has given me in all aspects, be it educationally, in terms of welfare and social aspects. The Students Union has really shaped me to be the person I am and has made such a huge and profound impact on me going forward in life. I'm running for the position because when I came to this college I didn't know anyone and I didn't really get involved straight away with things. I was a bit slow and then in the second half of my time here I was like, whoa, there's so much stuff this place has to offer and then I started like, I changed my whole outlook on college life just changed and I was like, I want to inspire people who are kind of in a similar situation to actually go ahead and see what college has to offer because it can change you as a person in a good way so I think I can show people that. So my experience ranges from being an access student and helping out in Access Orientation Week, also working as a helper in the Orientation Week. I'm also involved in loads of societies such as football, volleyball, African soccer and many more such as music. I would argue I have a bit, whether it's my contributions to Class Rep Council, my contributions at a national level, whether it's my engagement with clubs and societies, my experience, I've been a Class Rep, I've been on the exec, I've been on the SLC, the CLC, the OSL, there's a number of acronyms I've been on but I think it's not just about that, I think it's about the issues I put forward, whether that's focusing on bringing forward motions that try to get the union to work on areas where students traditionally aren't represented. I've been highly involved in student life since I started in DCU, I've been involved in societies, namely music stock, I've sat on committees like SLC, I've served on the SU this year, science and health faculty rep, I've achieved quite a number of my goals and I hope to give back more to the student body next year. So ever since I got into DCU, during orientation week, I put my hands up and got involved, be it in a society level, I chaired DCU's biggest society, it was ESOC two years ago, I haven't been as involved in, since then I've just been running and set up the DCU Big Bar Steal Charity Event, which is DCU's biggest event and one best event last year. I was also lucky enough to win best individual for the Society Awards and represent the DCU at the Bigs last year, which was definitely the highlight for me. I want to single-handedly my proudest achievement to date and recently then I've been a campus rep for companies like Red Bull, Dominoes and I've worked with class reps to engage their classes and work with them on their class parties and nights out. That's the thing, I'm not going to lie, I'm not a politics guy but I've read everything, I've done the homework. I think anyone who runs for this position can do it. I think anyone in college can be a president after college but it's more what you do when you're there and I think it's a kind of pressure bubble that I'll do well under. I have a lot to bring, I think, but I believe in myself and I believe in the team, so be good.