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X'Zashea Lawson-Mayes
Class of 2018

98 votes left me shocked in the law school court room.

98 votes made me feel truly betrayed by friends.

98 votes left me feeling empty.

98 votes prevented me from achieving a dream.

98 votes challenged my perspective of my campus presence.

98 votes made me question whether the deep anxiety, stress, borderline depression, for the sake of the campus was worth it.

98 votes challenged me to change my perspective on myself…

So, I did.

98 votes left me inspired in the law school court room.

98 votes helped me redefine friendship.

98 votes made me feel genuinely loved by my family.

98 votes created space for me to fill myself with the important things…my important things.

98 votes told me that dream with my heart, not the hearts of others.

98 votes challenged my perspective of my campus presence.

98 votes liberated me.

98 votes inspired my future PhD.

98 votes showed me I was not helpless.

98 votes charged me to be selfish.

98 votes forced me to seek MY passions.

98 votes forced me to love MY passions.

98 votes stood between me and the run-off for SGA president.

98 votes set me free of the shackles of status-quo involvement.

98 votes inspired me to design a master plan to lead.

98 voters wanted X’Zashea to truly succeed.

98 voters set me free.

to you 98 voters, I’m grateful eternally.

If you’re having life problems I feel bad for you son. I’ve got 98 problems but my freedom ain’t one.

X'Zashea Lawson-Mayes, of Cadiz, Ky., is a junior McConnell Scholar studying industrial engineering, Pan-African studies, and political science.