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Show AggieLife Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 Page 7 Otter Pops and deep-sea fishing top student's list Utah Statesman: What is your favorite color? James Merrill: Yellow. US: What is the oldest thing in your refrigerator right now? JM: Two eggs in the drawer on the bottom shelf. US: What is the strangest name of a person in your family, and how are they related to you? JM: Gunther, he was my pet katydid. Caught on Campus James Merrill Idaho Falls, Idaho freshman political science US: What kind of people do you dislike? JM: People who try to top your stories. US: What is the last movie you saw in a theater? JM: I think it was "2012". US: Did you go home for Thanksgiving? JM: No, I went to Las Vegas to see extended family. US: What was the funniest thing you did over the break? JM: I burnt hair off of my brother's legs while he was sleeping. US: Who is the one person you would miss most if they moved away? JM: I don't like anyone here. US: What is you least favorite genre of music? JM: Country. US: How many gas stations do you think there are in the United States? JM: That's so crazy, over a billion for sure. US: Do you believe in aliens? JM: Totally. US: If you had three months left to live, what would you do with your time? JM: I don't feel like I am creative enough to answer this. Go to New Zealand and climb mountains? US: If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money? JM: Buy Otter Pops, deep-sea fishing gear and a big yacht in the Caribbean. US: If you were a car, what kind would you be? JM: An old black Nissan Pathfinder with a broken muffler and a ski rack on it. US: What is your best childhood memory? JM: Letting a dog into my elementary school on a Saturday. US: In your opinion, what is the most important part of a sandwich? JM: The bread. It can't be Wonder Bread because the sandwich is too soft. FRESHMAN JAMES MERRILL SAID the most important part of a sandwich is the bread. DANIELLE ADAMS photo US: What is your idea of a perfect date? JM: Riding the chairlift with a girl. MUSIC rEPARIIMPIT OWE SCHOOL OF 'MARTI 1 US: How many close friends do you have? JM: A few. I went to high school with most of them. 1.1 141 oRcH EMMA Feffilly Sergio Bernal" Director US: If you were in a small room and left a refrigerator door open, would the temperature of the room fall or would the temperature of the refrigerator rise? JM: I think the fridge would get warmer. Presents Music and the Wind US: What makes you angry? JM: People asking me questions. Erca.tusing faculty Nokia la US: Did you go to your high school prom and, if yes, how was it? JM: Yes, it was a last minute thing and it wasn't the best dance I've been to. .And egccial prcscrita.iion lay riblaureen Reams Diribrica. c Mimic Tharapy U r h State Lin/vanity US: If you could be invisible for one day, where would you go and what would you do? JM: I would go into classes and write spooky and offensive things on the white boards. Nirlicolas Mmxision. mozA CIA Whair =MOW; US: What is your favorite meal of the day, and what would you have to eat? JM: Breakfast and I'd have an omelet with hot sauce. US: Would you rather go on a cruise to the Bahamas, skiing in Colorado or treasure hunting in Utah? JM: A cruise in Colorado, looking for treasure. Tuesdax December 1, 7:30 PM ifint Conceit Hal at the Chase Rae Arts Center Anne Pi emnis scnumArea claw CONCERTO OylimallmeN from — danny.lynn.a@aggiemail.usu.edu More shoppers hit stores, but spend less shoppers went online for their By MARKETWATCH potential purchases. MarketWatch More shoppers also started their expeditions early, with 31 More Americans hit the percent in the doors by 5 a.m., stores during Black Friday and as opposed to 23 percent who the rest of the holiday-shopdid the same last year. "High ping weekend, but they spent unemployment and a focus on less than they did last year, a price caused shoppers to visit retail-trade group said Sunday. stores early in anticipation of The National Retail the best deals," said Phil Rist, Federation's survey, conducted executive vice president at over the weekend, found that BlGresearch, which conducted 195 million shoppers visited the survey. stores and Web sites, up from The most popular buys 172 million last year, but the were of clothing and books, at average spent levels similar was about to last year's, $343, down "While retailers the survey from about said. Almost a are encouraged $373 a year third of shopby the number ago. For the pers bought of Americans weekend, the toys, up 13 total spendwho shopped percent from ing figure is a year ago, over Black Friday an estimated and more peoweekend, they $41.2 billion. ple picked up know they have "While personal care retailers their work cut and beauty are encouritems, as well out for them ••• " aged by the as gift cards — Tracy Mullin, number of and sporting NRF president and goods. Americans who shopped The chief executive over Black retail-trade Friday group also weekend, announced they know they have their Sunday that more Americans work cut out for them to keep will go online to do holiday people coming back through shopping on the Monday after Christmas," said Tracy Mullin, the Black Friday weekend than NRF president and chief execu- they did last year. tive. 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