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JENKINS TWP. &mdash; Assuming the U.S. Senate has a session in the summer of the Covid-19 pandemic, Wyoming Seminary Sophomore Emily Aikens will get a close-up look at the legislative process. She has been chosen as one of 30 high school students nationwide to join the U.S. Senate Page Program.
				&ldquo;I&rsquo;m excited,&rdquo; the 16-year-old from Jenkins Township said, &ldquo;politics is something I&rsquo;ve always been interested, I do a lot of work in the field of women&rsquo;s rights advocacy and poverty advocacy.&rdquo;
				Aikens has been a regular on the Seminary Upper School Honor&rsquo;s list, is president of the Mock Trial team, and has made the Dean&rsquo;s List. She gained some local fame last year when she successfully lobbied the school to make feminine hygiene products available at the upper campus.
				The Mock Trial Team work &ldquo;is something that I love,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It can be a lot of work at times, but I hope to go to law school and it aligns with that.&rdquo;
				She looks forward to melding her activist instincts with a legal career by getting into either medical malpractice work or civil rights advocacy, but there&rsquo;s an extra step she&rsquo;s considering once she forges a resume as an attorney: Politics.Which, of course, made applying for the Page Program so appealing.
				&ldquo;My main duties will be preparing the Senate Chamber, assisting with roll call, collecting remarks to be entered into the Congressional Record and delivering materials around the Legislative area.&rdquo;
				While Aikens has been to Washington, D.C. before, the living arrangements during her stint in the Nation&rsquo;s Capital &mdash; quarters at the Daniel Webster Page Residence &mdash; will be a new experience. She believes she will have at least one roommate, but is awaiting details.
				&ldquo;I&rsquo;m more excited than I am nervous,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;This program does have a lot of responsibility, but it is something I&rsquo;ve been looking forward to for a number of years. The application process is extremely competitive.&rdquo;
				While she acknowledges serving in such a public setting during the pandemic is a concern, she voiced confidence the government would take all necessary precautions to protect pages.
				Mom Michelle Quinn seemed a tad less certain.
				&ldquo;Her mother is looking up Hazmat suits,&rdquo; Quinn chimed in with a laugh during a phone conversation.

Sem sophomore chosen for U.S. Senate page program