While most college freshmen are settling into campus life—choosing majors, meeting new friends and finding their footing—one Texas student has his sights on a broader goal: a seat on the Austin City Council.
Dave Thadani, a computer science freshman at the University of Texas at Austin, is in the running for Austin City Council’s District 9 seat, which represents UT and West Campus, as reported by The Daily Texan. To Thadani, his candidacy is the beginning of a movement—one aimed at showing students they shouldn’t be left behind in a city that prides itself on being shaped by its flagship university.
“A lot of people ask me if it’s challenging being a student and running for office at the same time, but I think that’s the point,” Thadani told the Daily Texan. “I’m living an experience that everybody has to live.”…