1.) Hometown: A suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio named Walton, Kentucky.

2.) Family/Pets: We've a pretty small family, just me, my dad David, who works for IBM, and my mother Fontane (it's a family name), an oncology nurse. No pets, unfortunately—I always rather wanted a dog, but mom always vetoed that idea.

3.) High School: I went to a very small high school called Covington Latin School. I had 42 in my graduating class, of about 210 or so in grades 8-12, so everyone knows one another; we're all fairly close. Also, since everyone who goes to CLS has to skip one or two grades, we have a lot of students who are young when they graduate—there was a girl in my class who turned 16 a few weeks after graduation.

4.) Extracurricular activities: I was involved in rather a lot in high school. The yearbook, newspaper, and Lit Guild (a group that read and discussed different books and plays), academic team, and I was on Student Council all four years, and was vice-president of the student body. I also fenced for a while, and play the piano.

5.) High school career highlight: I was lucky enough to play the lead in our senior play, The Beauty Part. Almost the entire senior class participated, and we all had a great time (to this day, occasionally we'll throw out play lines).

6.) Favorite past "My CENTRE Lifer": I liked Sam. He was easy and enjoyable to read; it sounded as if we had some things in common and he attended Centre for much the same reasons as I did—a small, academically challenging school that prepared its student well for graduation.

7.) The thing you are most looking forward to about Centre: I'm really looking forward to joining the Centre "family". One of the reasons I chose Centre was that it's a small school where the students get to know each other, and their professors very well (an experience that echoes my own high school experience). Thesmall classes, the intense discussions and motivated teachers, not to mention the many opportunities Centre offers all sound fantastic.

8.) Your greatest apprehension about college: My first instinct here was to say "communal bathrooms," but I suppose I'd say getting adjusted to college: meeting new people and making new friends, not to mention the harder classes and being away from home.

9.) The way your parents feel about you moving out: My parents are sad to see me go (particularly my mother), but all in all I think they are also excited that I'm taking this next big step into the brave new world of college.

10.) Intended major(s) and minor(s): Right now, history or political science—I love both subjects and am also thinking of going into law, so these seem like the right choices (everyone says that you go into college thinking one thing and wind up choosing another, so I'm trying to keep an open mind).

11.) If you could bring one performer/group to the College's Norton Center for the Arts, it would be: This sounds incredibly nerdy, but I've always loved Frank Sinatra and the songs of that era, so it'd be great to have Michael Bublé come to Norton. He sings a lot of the same, or same types of songs, as the classic Rat Pack and Sinatra standards, not to mention he has a fantastic voice.

12.) Worst movie ever: Battlefield Earth. The Washington Post review of this movie said, "A million monkeys with a million crayons would be hard-pressed in a million years to create anything as cretinous as Battlefield Earth." Amen.

13.) If given a million dollars to donate to an organization of your choosing, to what organization (for profit or not-for-profit) would you donate it: The M.S. Society. Members of my family have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a degenerative nerve disease that as yet has no cure. MS is one of the most terrible diseases and anything that can be done to help find a cure, should be.

14.) Favorite smell: This answer is a little unusual for me, as I only drink coffee that's been heavily adulterated with cream and sugar (and usually costs far too much), but I love the smell of a coffee can, when you first open it and the smell of the coffee grinds fills the air.

15.) If you could have any one question answered before you die, it would be: One of the Big Ones, I suppose: What kind, if any, of after-life is there?

16.) Person (living or dead) with whom you'd most like to have dinner. In addition, where would you go to eat or what would you cook for them? I've always been an admirer of FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt), so it'd be great to have a chance to pick his brain. Obviously the things he did while president—guiding us through the Great Depression, and leading us through the second World War—make him one of the greatest presidents in our history, but I find his personal struggle with polio to be equally inspiring. In a time when the handicapped were social pariahs, FDR managed to overcome his disability and go from the political wasteland to the longest serving president in our history. As for dinner, I've heard he was fond of lamb, so I guess that.

17.) If stranded on a deserted island, what would be the one non-survival item you'd want with you? One of those solar-powered radios. I love to listen to the radio, and I wouldn't need to replace the battery.

18.) If you had thought of it first, with what invention do you wish you could have been credited? Penicillin. I'd love to have invented something that's saved so many lives.

19.) Describe yourself in a haiku (5-7-5) or other poetic form:
I am many things
But most definitely not
A decent poet.  

20.) Why did you choose Centre? I applied to about 13 different schools, so I think it says something that out of all of them I decided to go to Centre. From the first visit, I liked the fact that it was a small school where students really got to know their professors, their subjects, and ultimately themselves well. The campus was of course beautiful, but one of the things that impressed me the most was the students, who were unfailingly polite and helpful. That, combined with my scholarship, made the decision easy.