Each week, The Cavalier Daily asks a student 25 questions and allows him or her to eliminate five of them. This week's interviewee is Alana Levinson, a third-year Political and Social Thought major from foggy (and far away) San Francisco, Calif.
Q: What was your favorite T.V. show after school when you were little?
A: "The Cosby Show," but we never had cookies and milk.
Q: Favorite kind of precipitation?
A: Snow. I had actually never seen it until I got to college.
Q: What is on your corkboard?
A: I don't have one myself, but I'm helping my friend to collect corks to make an actual cork board. Which kind of makes me look like an alcoholic.
Q: What are your plans for Fall Break (a.k.a. National Lame Day)?
A: My dad is visiting, so I'm staying here, but it is especially lame to have just one day off since I have four-day weekends every week.
Q: How many pairs of pants do you own?
A: I have two pairs of jeans, two linen pants, one corduroy and two dress pants.
Q: When was the last time you edited your facebook profile?
A: Is it a bad sign that I don't even remember?
Q: On a scale from one to 10, how annoying is traffic around Grounds?
A: I think pedestrian traffic is way more annoying than anything else. It's definitely a 10.
Q: What are you most stressed out about right now?
A: A paper I have to write for my major seminar.
Q: Where is your favorite place to road trip?
A: Big Sky Country, although my family and I road trip to Indiana every summer. The horizons in Big Sky Country and the stars at night are beautiful.
Q: If you had a box of kittens, what would you do?
A: I would love them all.
Q: What is the most embarrassing photo taken of you?
A: I used to read in the bathtub when I was little, and I got really mad when my mom tried to take a picture of me reading. So I crossed my arms. That picture is still hanging in my house.
Q: Favorite reptile?
A: Definitely chameleon.
Q: If you were to dye your hair, what color would you die it?
A: Purple -- it's not red but still pretty bright.
Q: Last time you screamed?
A: When I was out seeing "Sin City."
Q: What was the worst discussion section you've ever had?
A: All of them. I hate discussion sections.
Q: When is it okay to wear plaid?
A: When you're an old grandfather with rosy cheeks at Christmas time.
Q: Will Hillary Clinton run for president?
A: I hope not -- not because she wouldn't win, but because she wouldn't be a very good candidate for the Democratic Party.
Q: What T.V. show were you not allowed to watch as a kid?
A: My dad threw out our T.V. when I was seven years old, so I don't have many memories of T.V. "The Cosby Show" is an exception.
Q: What is a habit that you're trying to break?
A: Biting my cheek. It totally disfigures my face when I do it and probably causes cheek cancer.
Q: Would you rather take a trip on a rocket or a submarine?
A: A rocket.
The Verdict: No, it's certainly not a bad thing that Alana can't remember updating her facebook profile. In fact, that's something to be very proud of -- but when she does update it, she probably shouldn't use the picture of her reading in the tub.
-- Compiled by A-J Aronstein
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