Stickers, social media posts and campaign slogans have made it virtually impossible to miss the fact that fall election season is in full swing at Ole Miss. With the campaign period coming to a close, UM students now have a chance to cast their ballots. Listed below are the nominees for Mr. and Miss Ole Miss, as well as Homecoming King and Queen. Elections are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10 on MyOleMiss.

Mr. Ole Miss Candidates:

Daneel Konnar

Daneel Konnar is a public policy leadership major from Meridian, Miss. His campaign sheds light on students’ individual journeys and how they have shaped us and brought us together, inspired by his parents who immigrated to America. Konnar has partnered with the Thomas Hayes Mayo Lab, a foundation focused on changing the conversation surrounding student mental health and substance abuse. “While everyone’s journey growing up and getting to Ole Miss has been different, it is what makes our campus so special,” Konnar said. 

Jacob Rousseau

Jacob Rousseau is an Oxford native and a senior finance major. Rousseau believes everyone can “make a difference” at this university no matter where they are from, who they are or what they do with their time at Ole Miss.  For his philanthropy, he chose to support Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, where he was a patient for 16 years. Rousseau explained that his friends’ support was one of the reasons he decided to run for Mr. Ole Miss.  “I’m not only running for them, but for the young boy I once was just simply playing football in the grove,” Rousseau said.

Miss Ole Miss Candidates: 

Samantha Sepe

Sam Sepe is an elementary education major from Pittsburgh. Her philanthropy, The William Magee Center and her slogan, “Smile with Sam,” go hand-in-hand in bringing awareness to substance misuse and mental health and wellness. “I am forever in debt to our university, so during this campaign I feel that it is the least that…