Neuqua grad now head of U of I student body.(Neighbor)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April, 2007 | by Hooker, Sara

Byline: Sara Hooker Daily Herald Staff Writer Justin Randall knows public service. As a Neuqua Valley High School student he served as the student representative on the Naperville plan commission and as a liaison to the Indian Prairie Unit District 204 school board. Now a junior at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, Randall recently was elected president of the student body.

He presides over 50 members of the Illinois Student Senate and the accompanying 300 student staff members. It's a position that has its hand in nearly everything that happens on campus, he said. "I enjoy being able to represent the student body to the administration," Randall said. "(Issues) can be addressed quickly and effectively. Having an open relationship with the...