With his diplomatic qualities and academic drive, senior Kyle Berdy has gained Souderton’s vote for the Most Likely to Be President award for this year’s senior superlatives.
According to Berdy, his social and scholastic skills make him a good candidate for president.
“I’m friends with a lot of people and respectful to a lot of people, so [I’d] be very diplomatic,” Berdy said. “Also I can critically think about certain subjects. I think it’s vital.”
As president, Berdy said he would be a “big proponent” of nuclear energy.
“I would focus heavily on nuclear energy. I think that’s our solution from fossil fuel,” Berdy said. “People don’t actually understand that it’s safe and effective and cost-friendly over the long-term.”
Along with policy on moving away from dependence on fossil fuels, Berdy said that he would also downsize the government.
“And then my other major [policy] would just be cutting the size of the government, cutting stuff that I feel is useless,” Berdy said. “I feel like our country’s spending is just ridiculous and we just keep pushing the debt ceiling. That’s not sustainable.”
As his running mate and therefore vice president, Berdy said he would go with someone “crazy” for “some balance.”
“I’ll probably go with Elon Musk. I feel like he would just be fun,” Berdy said. “I don’t want a boring politician.”
Although Souderton believes Berdy would be the best senior for a spot at the Oval Office, Berdy said that being president is “certainly not” his first choice.
“I feel especially at that level, it’s a lot of behind closed door deals and nasty politics. That would just get very tiring [and] stressful,” Berdy said. “There’s so many secrets and stuff like that; I don’t think that’d be very fulfilling for my life.”
Berdy’s post-graduation plans are to attend Penn State to study biomedical engineering before attending medical school and becoming a surgeon.
“So [being] president is not in there,” Berdy said. “Maybe if I’m really old and bored.”