Chloe Hamer, Pitzer College

These influential and socially aware individuals are more than capable of running the Oval Office.

Haileigh Galloway, Indian River State College

2017 was a year filled with politics, pop-culture and scientific phenomena, the latter of which had some of history’s biggest scientific discoveries.

Kristian Porter, Northern Kentucky University

Science has become politicized, yes, but finger-pointing and berating have little place in any educational environment.