Parsa Soltani is the president of the William & Mary Monroe-Brown-Old Dominion-Tribe Square (MBOT) hall council, an integration of four residence halls under one council.

Wallace: What brought you to William & Mary?

Soltani: The friendly ambience and the architecture.

Wallace: What made you want to run for the MBOT council presidency?

Soltani: I was involved as Vice President of my high school student council and wanted a big promotion.

Wallace: What methods did you use to campaign?

Soltani: I put up flyers in more than one building and made sure to get some promises across to my electorate by speaking one-on-one with individual voters.

Wallace: What are the daily duties of the presidency?

Soltani: I mostly reminisce on what's been accomplished and what remains.

Wallace: You were involved in writing the MBOT constitution. What was the underlying goal of this document?

Soltani: I feel it serves us as a sort of backbone on which to base our functions.

Wallace: Do you think integrating the four buildings of MBOT into one council was a sound administrative decision?

Soltani: Given how freshmen are so heavily overrepresented in our council, no, not at all.

Wallace: Would you say that there is substantive difference between open and board meetings in terms of content?

Soltani: I find little difference between the two.

Wallace: What plans does the Council currently have in store?

Soltani: We have a total of two food-based events for the month of October and we plan to hold our big-ticket event in the spring.