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Bregant  is  not  your  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;commonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  student days,  she  wakes  up  to  work  at  the  Wis- consin  Innovation  Center,  has  class  until  3:30  p.m.,  rushes  to  the  golf  course  to  practice  from  4  to  6  p.m.,  leaves  after  practice  to  go  to  Whitewater  Common  Council  meetings  and  then  goes  home  to  catch  up  on  homework.
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When  Sarah  Bregant  came  to  UW- Whitewater  to  play  golf  and  attend  the  business  school,  she  never  expected  she  would  end  up  serving  as  the  voice  of  the  entire  student  population.  As  a  Whitewater  Common  Council- woman,  Bregant  attends  all  Common  Council  meetings,  sits  on  the  Alcohol  Li- censing  Committee  and  spends  her  time  educating  herself  on  everything  going  on  in  the  city. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  really  like  being  able  to  be  that  voice  for  the  students  and  showing  that  we  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  just  live  here  for  8  or  9  months  out  of  the  year,â&#x20AC;?  Bregant  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  really  have  an  impact.  We  make  the  city  what  it  is.â&#x20AC;? $ORQJ ZLWK EHLQJ D SXEOLF RIÂż FLDO Bregant  has  spent  her  college  career  playing  on  the  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  golf  team,  serving  as  second  vice-Âchair  for  College  Democrats  and  working  for  the  Wisconsin  Innovation  Service  Cen- ter,  all  while  making  the  Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  List  every  semester. On  one  of  Bregantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  busiest Â
Jefferson  County  Board  +HU Âż UVW VWHS LQWR ORFDO JRYHUQPHQW happened  almost  by  accident.  When  Bregant  began  her  freshman  year,  her  district  was  vacant. A  member  from  the  Jefferson  Coun- ty  Board  came  to  a  College  Democrats  meeting,  where  Bregant  was  serving  as  second  vice-Âchair.  She  was  the  only  one  who  lived  in  the  district.  Bregant  said  she  was  hesitant  to  run  for  the  position,  even  though  it  came  down  to  her.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  was  19,  new  to  the  area  and  trying  WR Âż JXUH RXW FROOHJH ´ %UHJDQW said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  ended  up  deciding  to  UXQ , Âż JXUHG LI , MXVW WKUHZ myself  into  that  kind  of  role,  then  I  would  have  to  learn  something  from  it.â&#x20AC;? Jonathan  Fera,  chair  of  the  Col- lege  Democrats,  said  he  enjoyed  working  with  Bregant  on  a  p r o f e s s i o n a l  level  because  she  is  not  only Â
reliable,  but  she  has  the  intelligence  to  make  herself  credible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She  is  always  looking  to  do  more,  while  some  college  students  will  look  to  do  the  bare  minimum,â&#x20AC;?  Fera  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  pay  to  take  18  credits,  so  she  will  take  18  credits  and  make  Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  List  every  se- mester.  She  was  so  pissed  when  she  found  out  she  got  an  A-  [in  a  class].â&#x20AC;? Serving  the  Common  Council  Bregant  was  informed  the  year  after  running  for  Jefferson  County  Board,  that  a  position  on  the  Whitewater  Common  Council  was  available.  She  decided  to  run  for  city  council  be- cause  she  said  she  believed  it  would  be  a  better  experience  that  was  closer  to  home.  Instead  of  dealing  with  farmland  preser- vation,  she  would  be  the  voice  of  student  concerns. On  April  2,  2013,  the  night  of  the  Whitewater  Common  Council  election  results,  that  voice  was  born.    Despite  the  importance  of  the  night,  Bregant  was  not  stressed  out.  She  was  running  unopposed.  Instead,  she  watched  her  favorite  tele- vision  character,  Leslie  Knope,  star  of  the  NBC  show  Parks  and  Recreation,  a  clas- VLÂż HG DV D ÂłPRFNXPHQWDU\´ EDVHG RQ WKH workings  of  small  town  government. Bregant,  in  true  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Knopeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ish  fashion,  celebrated  her  newly  appointed  Common  &RXQFLO SRVLWLRQ ZLWK YLFWRU\ ZDIĂ&#x20AC; HV Knopeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  favorite  food.  UW-ÂWhitewater  alumna  and  fellow Â
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councilwoman  Stephanie  Abbott,  helped  Bregant  with  the  transition  into  her  new  position. Âł:KHQ , Âż UVW PHW KHU DOO , FRXOG WKLQN about  is  how  sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  only  person  in  Whitewater  who  really  understands  what  my  life  is  like,â&#x20AC;?  Abbott  said.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  have  so  much  respect  for  her  as  a  leader,  and  I  know  what  that  takes  out  of  a  person,  to  do  that  at  20  years  old.â&#x20AC;? Abbott  admits  that  even  though  she  and  Sarah  fall  on  opposite  ends  of  the   political  spectrum,  she  would  still  work  on  her  political  campaign.  Under-Âpar,  over-Âachieving During  the  fall  semester,  Bregant  ded- icates  two  hours  a  day  to  golf  practice.  The  team  spends  Friday,  Saturday  and Â
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