Carnegie Mellon University

Ozimok and Taipe

September 09, 2021

Student Government Leaders Seek Unity

By Bill Brink

Amid the chaos of the past eighteen months, Alexis Ozimok and Catherine Taipe saw an opportunity. 

A presidential election, a social justice movement, and the worst pandemic in a century joined forces to grab the world by the lapels. It’s a robust potion, and a college campus is the perfect cauldron for it. Neither Ozimok nor Taipe, both seniors in the Institute for Politics and Strategy, had participated in student government before. This spring, they were elected Student Body President and Vice President, and they are already on the job, attempting to seize upon the political and social climate and grab students’ attention.

Read more about Ozimok and Taipe’s goals