We are
currently renovating the site for the new year. Expect continual
updates and additions.
In the meantime, get more acquainted
with
some of the staff for 08-09 (in their own words):
Ryan
Fitzpatrick is a senior majoring in
English and
Biology.
- He
likes making and listening to music while watching movies.
- He is a
Discordian Pope, as is whoever reads this.
- He doesn't know what
to make of the inevitable end of globalized corporatism and dominating
social
structures.
- He will one day own a horse.
Ryan's
Recommendations:
The
Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut
Lolita - Vladimir
Nabokov
The Self-Aware Universe -
Amit
Goswami
Hopscotch - Julio
Cortazar
The Story of
Ferdinand -
Munro Leaf
Thomas
Walker is a junior
majoring
in English.
- He has a love of sarcasm and zombies, and a hatred of
text acronyms and the Matrix: Reloaded.
- He is an expert Kirby
player in Super Smash Brothers, and an all-around gigantic geek.
- Loves Donnie Darko, Six Feet Under, Joss Whedon, and Thomas
Newman.
- Can't get enough Final Fantasy VIII, Fallout 2, or The
Faint.
Thomas'
Recommendations:
Dry - Ausgustan Burroughs
Ordinary
People - Judith Guest
The
Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
Zombie
Survival
Guide - Max Brooks
Fallen
Dragon - Robert
Hamilton
Kaitlin
Williams
is a junior
majoring in English and Spanish.
- She likes empty playgrounds,
old-school video games, Shakespeare, and the days when her fridge isn't
completely empty.
- Sometimes she sings in the shower.
- Kaitlin thinks every written word has worth. Even the
backs of
cereal boxes. Even the part of the candy bar wrapper that says "2
servings" even though it is clearly only one.
- Her favorite
cookies have a serving size of "about 1 cookie", but she eats them
anyway.
- Kaitlin also enjoys making "that's what she said" jokes,
doing difficult tongue twisters, and writing poetry.
Kaitlin's
Recommendations:
Alice's Adventures
in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carrol
Nine
Stories - J.D. Salinger
Wuthering
Heights - Emily Brontë
Confederacy
of Dunces - John Kennedy
Toole
Pale
Horse, Pale
Rider - Katherine Anne
Porter
Eavesdrop
Soup - Matt Cook
Sam
Gurnick is a sophomore majoring in English and
Telecommunications.
- Sam
thinks lounging outside on a hammock with some coffee and good
literature is the epitome of paradise.
- She holds a fierce love
for
music: Radiohead and Of Montreal may very well be her (two)
favorite
loves.
- She is fascinated by the works of John Donne and Sylvia
Plath.
- She believes Christmas lights should be a requirement in
every
building.
- Sam also has a gripping fear of toasters.
Sam's
Recommendations:
The
Realm of
Possibility - David
Leviathan
The
Namesake and Interpreter of
Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
White
Oleander - Janet Fitch
Michael
Squeri is a sophomore
and
an English major.
- His favorite authors are Douglas Copland, Don
DeLillo, and Tom Wolfe.
- He loves climbing trees. Pine trees
are his
favorite, though he will settle for oaks.
- He also loves
music. He can
play guitar and fake several other instruments.
- He is the
co-owner of
In the Fridge Records, which is located in Bloomington.
Michael's
Recommendations:
Sick
Puppy - Carl Hiaasen