Last week, students crowded into Lower Right to watch the Blue Key Head tryouts, a high-energy combination of blue paint, passionate love songs and pushups. Thirty-one students screamed and serenaded, each vying for one of the 10 coveted positions.

But they were not the only ones on campus who have been trying for leadership positions lately. Eighteen Uppers campaigned for Student Council President, plastering their posters and videos all over campus and the internet; Eleven...