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Susi Martinez

Second-year majoring in International Studies and minoring in Global Public Health and Spanish

What is your biggest fear?

• My biggest fear has always been spiders because they're creepy and can crawl all over you. But recently I found out another fear of mine is falling through ice into freezing water (which I discovered after walking across a frozen Mirror Lake after the National Championship game win!) It's okay though because I didn't fall through!

What's the best meal you've ever had?

• It's hard to pick one meal, but I would say the best food I've had was called a rolex in Uganda last summer. It's basically an omelette rolled up in chapati (a really good fried bread) and you can put other vegetables in it, like tomatoes and avocado. 

What's the best compliment you've ever received?

• One really nice complement I received was from members on my Buck-I-SERV trip this year over spring break. I was one of the trip leaders, and a few members told me that they could tell how passionate I was toward helping others advocate against injustices - which means a lot to me because I try to bring awareness to social issues as much as I can!

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Megan Novotny

Second year majoring in Nursing

What is the craziest thing that you have ever done in your life?

• My friends and I bought a rotisserie chicken at giant eagle and sat outside on the curb and ate it with our hands (Don't ask questions, we're weird)

If you could be reincarnated as a fruit, what would it be and why?

• A mango because its my favorite fruit and its super sweet and juicy and delicious.

If you could have been a child prodigy what would you have wanted to be skilled at and why?

• Something art related like painting or sculpting because I am not artistic at all and wish I was. Plus it would be super relaxing to just paint and sculpt all day instead of learning.

What do you hope to achieve by 50?

• By age 50 I hope to have traveled to Africa once or more as a nurse, feel like I traveled a lot a saw the world, and I hope to not be living alone with a bunch of dogs as my family instead of people (I'd be a crazy dog lady not cat lady, cats are scary).

Pallavi Oruganti

Junior majoring in Anthropological Sciences

What is the craziest thing that you have ever done in your life?

• My crazy threshold is probably not as high as other people, but probably the craziest thing I've done is go on an archaeological dig in Ireland. Completely random and nothing to do with my major but so worth it!

If you could be reincarnated as a fruit, what would it be and why?

• If was reincarnated as a fruit, I would be a pineapple. I think pineapples describe my personality pretty well. Kinda prickly one the outside but sweet (and sometimes sour) on the inside. Added bonus, getting to live in a tropical place!

If you could have been a child prodigy what would you have wanted to be skilled at and why?

• I would love to have been a child singing prodigy. Because I can sing now but it would be awesome to be actually good enough to be famous for it. That or chemistry. Because I've had a tumultuous relationship with chemistry all through college haha

What do you hope to achieve by 50?

• By the time I'm 50, I hope to be a veterinarian working in the field of global public health. I'd love to be working for a governmental branch like the USDA and the CDC to help address issues of animal and human health worldwide. Maybe eradicate a disease or two, we'll see :)

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Ryan Klamet

Fourth-year in biology 

What is your worst fear?

• Sleeping through an exam and then failing the class and having to live in a van down by the river making a living as a motivational speaker. 

What's your favorite article of clothing?

• A nice, pressed oxford. Dress it up with some nice slacks and a tie? Sure. Dress it down with some jeans and maybe a nice pullover? Always. Throw it on with some sweats? No, you animal. 

If you were famous what would you be famous for?

• I'd like to be famous for being just slightly better at everything my friend, Alek, does. Oh you got your girlfriend a dozen roses for Valentine's Day? I got mine 13. Sell the rights as a sitcom. Call it, "Because I'm That Guy." 

What's your favorite movie?

• Top Gun. This movie bleeds Red, White and Blue. Goose's mustache alone can cure Communism. Mav's power move of revving his motorcycle engine and stating, "I'm sorry I can't hear you." Complete savage. If you wanna put 20 pounds on your bench and eat a dead man's boogers for breakfast and then ask for seconds, watch this movie and feel the freedom.