Academy Chatter: If you could elect anyone to be President, who would it be and why?

Staff Writers, Staff Writers, Journalism

Simon Neta, junior:  “Chuck Norris because he’s Chuck Norris.”

Noah Frigo, junior: “ Adam Dietzo.  He’s a legend.”

Ben Lelinski, junior: “George W. Bush.  Fool me once, shame on you; he can’t be fooled.”

Isaac Sidon, junior: “J Cole because he’s the realist.”

Fernando Yanez, junior: “Kendrick Lamar because he’s more real.”

Aldo Gonzales,junior: “ Ben Shapiro because he’s always right.”

Emily Martin, senior: “Rachel Sladky because she’s awesome.”

Sarah Zarvan, senior: “No one–because I haven’t heard of a good candidate yet.”

Lexi FitzGerald, senior: “Ben Vancamp because I would trust him running this country.”

Anya Carlson, senior: “Trump because he is a successful, conservative business man and we need all the help we can get in our economy.

Ella Hunt, senior: “Alex Wasilkoff because he’s a leader.”

Isabel Canadeo, senior: “My dad because he is very personal and professional! Plus, I want to live in the White House.”

Carly Noble, senior: “Probably Stephen Lovell because he’s the best student body president.”

Kassandra Baeten, senior: “Sam Conard because he’s so sweet and a cutie.”

Ryan Ehlinger, senior: “Melissa Gorzelanczyk, a good author.”

Mike DeLeers, senior: “Kassie Baeten, obvious reasons.”

Carolyn Brown, staff: “Mitt Romney.  He seems honest.”

Chris May, senior: “Donald Trump, greatest candidate we’ve ever had as a country”

Sam Conard, senior: “Hillary Duff, never seen a prettier woman.”

Claire Rotherham, senior: “Myself, I’d be a really good president.”

Kelly Lamas, senior: “Ally Groher because she is a good leader.”

Ally Groher, senior: “Kassie Baeten because of her beautiful blonde hair.”

Collin Clark, senior: “Aaron Rodgers because he is a good leader and very likeable.”

Jacob Biese, sophomore: “Harambe.  He is better than Hillary and Trump combined because Harambe was being a better mother than the mother that let the child drop into the enclosure.

Whitney Walczyk, senior: “The Pope because he would rule justly.”

Iris Li, senior: “Mrs. Hall because she is very internationally minded.”

Marina Frechette, senior: “Mrs. Gilson because she never gave me a referral for being late to her class.”

Nick Messerschmidt, senior: “Sam Conard because of his work ethic.”

Maddie Reitz, junior: “Myself… because I’m cool.”

Ismaiil Nur, junior: “Me, I am the most qualified.”

Grant Noble, junior: “Cory McCracken because he would worry about the process to become a successful country, not the outcome.”

Logan Braun, junior: “Mrs. Gilson. She leads our class to success and could definitely lead this country to success. “

Jadon Motquin, senior: “Brady Bjork because he’s just that good looking.”

Max Pallini, junior: “Danny Stewart because he knows how to have fun but get down, dirty and sassy when it’s time.”

Grace Campbell, junior: “Julie Campbell because she is the wisest woman I know.”

Michael DeLeers, senior: “Probably someone with nice hair, obvious reasons.”

Max Liegel, senior: “Myself probably because I would end world hunger.”

Ryan OConnell, senior: “Brennan Gestrich because he is Brennen Gestrich.”

Lachlan Johnson, senior: “Mike DeLeers because he has nice hair.”

Stephen Lovell, senior: “Patrick Darling because he is really funny.”

Clayton Lisowski, senior: “Kid President.”

Ben Richards, senior: “Clayton Lisowski because he is smart.”

Mitch Chosa, sophomore: “My father because he is very wise.”

Anna Tristani, senior: “Madalyn Foscato because she wins every argument.”

Madalyn Foscato, senior: “George Clooney, he’d be a good-looking president.”

Madeline Darling, sophomore: “Myself because I’d run a great country.”

Meghan Yakel, junior: “Claire Rotherham because I like her shoes.”

Ryan O’Connell, senior: “I’d elect Max Liegel because he claims he can end world hunger.”

Jackson Strohmeier, junior: “Ben Carson because he is fully qualified, and he is level headed and will make good deductions because he thinks. He is also not a lifetime politician. He knows how life is with a real job in the real world being a brain surgeon.

Izzy Kellner, sophomore: “My dog Buddy because he knows what he stands for.”

Abby Anderson, junior: “Waka Flocka because he knows what’s up and is real.”

Jay Stadtmueller, junior:  “Coach Sydney because he gets his point across.”

Ethan Wheeler, junior: “Coach Champeau because he is chill.”

Chandler Zak, junior: “Reese Johnson because he is a role model.”

Avery Lyons, junior: “Avery because he is cool.”

Chase Mura, junior: “Alex Trigueros because he is my friend.”

Izzy Kellner, sophomore: “My dog Buddy because he knows what he stands for.”

Abby Anderson, junior: “Waka Flocka because he knows what’s up and is real.”

Jay Stadtmueller, junior:  “Coach Sydney because he gets his point across.”

Ethan Wheeler, junior: “Coach Champeau because he is chill.”

Chandler Zak, junior: “Reese Johnson because he is a role model.”

Avery Lyons, junior: “Avery because he is cool.”

Chase Mura, junior: “Alex Trigueros because he is my friend.”

Cole Cullen, junior: “ Myself.”

Alex McKean, junior: “ God, because He is all-knowing.”

Simon Neta, junior: “ Trump.”

Mitchell Grzybowski, senior: “ Myself.”

Christopher Kapic, junior: “ Mr. Kriegl.”

Avery Lyons, junior: “ Ramon Robles.”

Danielle Lippert, junior: “ Claire Sievert because she said she would give everyone egg rolls.”

Claire Sievert, junior: “Danielle Lippert because she would create a bring-your-dog-to-school mandatory day.”

Eliza Stackhouse, junior: “ Maddie Glosny.”

Dahyana Flores, junior: “ Claire Sievert because of the egg rolls.”

Olivia Escalante, junior: “ Claire Sievert because of the egg rolls.”

Denice Aispuro, junior: “ Claire Sievert because she’s going to give everyone egg rolls.”

Caragan Olles, freshman: “My cousin Payton Van Den Heuvel in 11th grade because he has a presidential face and would probably do a better job than Hillary would.”

Julia Slusarek, sophomore: “Donald Trump because I could write a book about how amazing he is.”

Madeline Darling, sophomore: “Myself because I am a great decision-maker.”

Colleen Lois, junior: “Rand Paul because the dude is a hardcore libertarian.”

Emma Del Frate, junior: “Peyton Manning because he apparently has nothing better to do.”

Max Sonnenburg, sophomore: “Donald Trump because he’s healthy.”

Olivia Vandenelzen, sophomore: “Julia Slusarek because I feel she could make the biggest impact on our country.”

Katie Kulick, sophomore: “Mitt Romney because he would be a good president, or myself because I know what to do.”

Grace O’Malley, sophomore: “Bernie Sanders because he loves everyone, even Republicans, or the little boy who got Harambe killed–he seems to get a lot done.”

Mr. Greisen, staff: “Harry Geiser, conservative, brilliant and a farmer.”

Eliza Stackhouse, junior: “Ava Vande Corput, the potato,  because she has unlimited potatoes.”

Olivia Vanden Elzen, sophomore: “Kim Kardashian because she can really make an impact on the world.”

James Kanning, sophomore: “Harambe. Do I need to explain it, it’s Harambe.”

Abby Comar, sophomore: “Kanye West because if he can handle living with the Kardashians, he can handle our country.”

Lee Ni, senior: “Michael Jordan. Spread the basketball culture.”

Frank Sun, senior: “Myself. Build friendship between USA and China.”

Heather Ruby, senior: “St.Mother Teresa because she would lead us to love and help the poor.”

Christin Roskos, senior: “JFK because he rocks and has experience.”

Michael Schumacher, senior: “ Willie Nelson. He is a kind person and cares about the earth.”

Callie Adamczak, senior: “Trump, because he sends a good message.”

Jon Sollberger, senior: “Donald Trump because he is not a communist.”

Zhangchi Tian, senior: “I prefer Federer who is a tennis player because he can spread the culture of tennis.”

Ben Cao, senior: “I’d like myself because I can do it.”

Nicholas Haske, senior: “I would choose Disney because he is a good guy who created Disney World.”

Max Polack, junior:  “I would choose Obama because he’s better than Trump.”

Haoyu Sun, senior:  “I would choose Michael Jordan.  He can teach us to play basketball.”

Jinqiu Fan, senior:  “I would choose no one because if the world is in peace, why do we need a president?”

Kaifeng Tan, senior:  “I would choose the Anime creator because it is good we live in anime.”