Every week, the Cavalier Daily asks a student 25 questions and allows him or her to eliminate five of them.
This week's interviewee is Nrupa Jani, a fourth-year Spanish and Psychology double major who just returned from a semester in Valencia, Spain.
Q: When was the last time you went to the zoo?
A: I guess it was in India, where I have a lot of family. Probably two years ago.
Q: What is your earliest class?
A: It's Abnormal Psych at 9:30 a.m., which is just wrong because I'm a fourth year.
Q: How would you describe your political views?
A: They waffle. If I had to say, I think I would say moderate, leaning toward liberal.
Q: What is the most exciting thing about the new dining hall opening?
A: That I'm never going to get a chance to use it! Seriously, I waited all last year, and now that I'm leaving, it's opening.
Q: Favorite thing about being home?
A: Family, food and not getting work done.
Q: What's your favorite time of day to do work?
A: Midday, before dinner. There's a difference between "favorite" and "most productive."
Q: Who is your favorite poet?
A: Rubén Darío.
Q: What kind of soap do you use?
A: Body wash. I'm high class, but not really, because it's Suave -- Mango Pearl Passion.
Q: What's the best and worst thing about U.Va.?
A: The worst thing was cliques based on the Greek system and race, and the best is that the school is handicapped-friendly.
[Jani just had knee surgery and is walking around with a crutch.]
Q: Favorite song to sing in the shower?
A: "It's a Beautiful Morning."
Q: Do you know how to drive stick?
A: Negative.
Q: When do your parents embarrass you most?
A: Whenever they're talking about people in Gujarati, the dialect of Hindi we speak in India.
Q: What do you do when you get the hiccups?
A: Drink a lot of water.
Q: On a scale from one to 10, how annoyed to you get by people who are overly-attached to Apple computers?
A: Nine. Mainly because I don't know how to use them.
Q: Favorite kind of dog?
A: I don't like dogs. Scared of them.
Q: Favorite subject in elementary school?
A: Science.
Q: Would you rather be a flying elephant or a newt?
A: Good question. Flying elephant.
Q: What's the farthest you've ever been from home?
A: Spain. Actually, Morocco.
Q: Favorite movie to watch on a rainy day?
A: "A Walk in the Clouds" with Keanu Reeves.
Q: Are we in the same Spanish class?
A: Yes. Yes we are. Good luck writing the paper due tomorrow.
Q: Paper due tomorrow?
The Verdict: Nrupa will, without a doubt, be missed at the University. We need more people here who can sit down with an almost complete stranger in the dining hall and talk about flying elephants and poetry.
Compiled by A-J Aronstein, Cavalier Daily associate editor.
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