On Wednesday, March 18, Adams Feild (11) was called to the Upper School Office, where he learned that he would be continuing his time on the MUS Honor Council. This time, however, as next year’s president.
The Honor Council presidency is the first student leadership position voted upon and announced at MUS due to its institutional importance; the campaign trail began on Monday, March 16 with open nominations to the student body. Students who were nominated must be juniors, without a previous offense and a member of the community in high moral and academic standing.
Alongside Feild and Dhilan Madasu (11), the previous year’s grade representatives, Liam Curran (11) accepted a nomination. The three candidates spoke in Chapel on Wednesday, March 18, presenting speeches to the student body.
Feild, who has served on the Honor Council for the past two years, was heavily inspired by previous presidents Bennett Owen ’24 and Tucker Davis ’25, as well as current president Devin Wells (12). He explained that he knew from the start of his two years in the council that he wanted to run for the presidency.
When asked about his plans for reform or growth as president, Feild looks primarily towards increasing knowledge about artificial intelligence.
“Having looked through the U-Book … there is not much about AI in there,” he said. He indicated a concern with the increase in AI cases.
“Since AI is so instant in the answers … there is such a draw towards that, and saving time doing work and helping you out. Instead of struggling through the work, turning to asking Google or asking AI can be really easy,” Feild said.
“More often than not, doing the hard thing is the right thing,” he said.
Feild wants to focus specifically about exploring definite limitations upon AI, whether it be updating syllabi and teachers’ AI policies, while also addressing how to ethically use AI in the classroom.
“The Honor Council [needs to be] as explicit as possible from the get-go next year on the uses [of AI].”
Feild spoke highly of his competitors and the breed of positive competition among them. All three candidates were teammates and classmates, and both Curran and Feild cited anecdotes from the lacrosse field in their speeches.
Prior to his election, Feild elaborated on his competition with grace: “No matter who wins, all three of us will do a great job.”
Feild will take over position as president this spring, following in the footsteps of Devin Wells (12).
