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Show AggieLife Monday, Sept. 28, 2009 Page 7 Student hates spiders and body odor By APRIL ASHLAND staff writer Utah Statesman: If you could invent any flavor of Aggie Ice Cream what would you make? Erik Wynn: I’d take Aggie blue mint and mix it with bull tracks: Reese’s blue cups. US: What is your favorite spot on campus? EW: The Quad. US: What’s your favorite ’80s song? EW: “I Touch Myself” by the Divinyls. US:: What is your biggest fear? EW: Spiders. I hate spiders. US: Who is your least favorite professor? EW: Haven’t had one honestly. US: What is your least favorite smell? EW: Body odor. US: Are you an Ultimate Aggie? EW: No. Not yet. Caught on Campus Erik Wynn senior Spanish major itsaboutlove.org US: Would you be a nude model for money? EW: I’ve thought about it but haven’t reached a definite conclusion. US: Did you read “Twilight”? EW: No. US: What’s your favorite movie from this year? EW: “500 Days of Summer.” US: If you were president of USU, what policy would you enact or get rid of? EW: Bike lanes on campus. Sometimes bikers get out of control. US: What two colors should you never wear together? EW: Brown and hot pink. US: Would you rather not brush your teeth or go without deodorant? Want a new place to come home to? HOMECOMING SPECIAL! Pay only SENIOR ERIK WYNN said he considers naps his guilty pleasure and enjoys snowboarding during the winter. STEVE SELLERS photo EW: I don’t wear deodorant. EW: The Hub US: Utes or Cougars? US: What is your guilty pleasure? EW: Definitely Utes. US: What is your favorite thing about the Statesman? EW: The police blotter. I sometimes read it on my radio show on Fridays. US:What is your favorite winter sport? EW: Snowboarding $2000* for the rest of the school year! (that’s $250/month!) EW: Naps. US: What is your favorite restaurant in Logan? EW: The Firehouse. /FXMZ MFE 3FNPEF US: PC or Mac? EW: Mac. – april.ashland@aggiemail. usu.edu &WFSZ SFGFSSBM BMTP FBSOT ZPV NPOFZ Pí ZPVS SFOU 1SJDF JODMVEFT VUJMJUJFT DBCMF BOE IJHI TQFFE JOUFSOFU / & FNBJM GPSFTUHBUFNBOBHFST!HNBJM DPN US: Spiders or sharks? EW: Spiders. No. Sharks. US: Quadside Cafe or The Hub? THE DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI SERIES brings USU alumni who have made a name for themselves to the university. The series is scheduled for the second Friday of every month. TYLER LARSON photo Distinguished Alumni series is a way for students to look into their future By KUNIKO POOLE staff writer College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences executive director of development Dave Patel sat at a table in his office on the third floor of the Old Main Building and explained the benefits gained by USU students if they attend the Distinguished Alumni series, which was started last year by college Dean Yolanda Flores Niemann. “The reason we focus on alumni, rather than just great people in general, is that it’s a way for students to say, ‘That guy was me … a former political science major’ or whatever it is,” Patel said. The series brings USU alumni who have made a name for themselves in the outside world back to the university to speak to students. Patel said the university does not pay them to travel or to speak, however. “They come because they went to Utah State and they want to give back,” he said. Patel said last year’s speakers included Jeremy Pugh, editor of Salt Lake magazine and journalism graduate; and Catherine Goodman, English graduate and the current national marketing director for Summit Financial Resources, a company based in Salt Lake City. “We try to get as diverse a group of … alumni as possible to show our current students what’s open once they leave,” Patel said. He said the series last year was scheduled at different times, and it created problems. “Part of the challenge last year was that because it was our first time, it was a little bit haphazard to see when we could connect story and speaker,” Patel said. This year the coordinators solved the problem by scheduling the series on the second Friday of every month, rather than seeing when speakers are available. Nathan Alder spoke on Sept. 8 and was the first speaker for this year. Alder graduated from USU in 1991 with a history major and economics minor and went on to pursue a law degree. He works for Christensen and Jensen, a law firm in Salt Lake City. He served as president of the Utah State Bar from 2008 to 2009. Alder’s credentials can seem intimidating, but Patel said that is not the intent. “It’s not necessarily the most important-sounding person,” he said. “It’s who has something to say, who is an effective communicator.” The speakers are not given a topic. Instead, Patel said, “We ask speakers, ‘Show us by examples, by stories, how you got to wherever you are now – the paths you took, the successes, challenges, risks and rewards so students can look into their future and be able to imagine it,” he said. Grayson Weeks, senior in political science and philosophy, agrees with many of Patel’s opinions. “I thought the event was a great success,” he said. “It is good for students to see what someone has accomplished who was once in our position. The program is helpful because it turns what tends to be an abstract idea about the future into a more tangible vision of what we can expect to spend our time doing after we are done at Utah State, and I am confident any student can benefit from it.” Weeks attended Alder’s speech and said it was well worth his time. “Nate did a good job of describing practical ways for each of us to remain involved in public service regardless of our industry or occupation.” Although the series is coordinated and put on by the College of HASS, and the speakers graduated in one of the college’s programs, Patel said the series is not exclusive to HASS students. He wants students to know they can gain a lot from attending. “It’s an hour out of your day, and … the lessons that are imparted by these alumni apply to everybody,” he said. “It’s really stuff that is not learned in a classroom – that’s really the value of it.” – kuniko.poole@aggiemail.usu.edu UNLIMITEDÊtanning THEÊFIRSTÊ25ÊSTUDENTSÊT RECEIVEÊAÊFR SPORTSÊACADEMYÊMEM sportsacademy.co 1655ÊNÊ200ÊE,ÊNorthÊLogan,ÊUtahÊ|Ê |