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What is your hometown?
Oregon, Illinois
What is your favorite thing about being a tutor?
Learning from the tutees about their subject and their interests, and working with them to develop their work, their thinking, and their writing, watching and helping them grow and growing with them.
What is your favorite color?
Indigo.
Where is your favorite place to study?
The third floor of Seymour Library, in the nook by the Romantics
Where is your favorite place on campus?
The Common Room in Old Main
Are you involved in any campus organizations?
Fiction editor for Catch and Cellar Door
What are your hobbies?
Reading, writing, time-wasting, chewing the ends of BIC pens
Where is your favorite place to eat in Galesburg?
Baked
Do you have any pets?
I have a dog, Poe, and a cat, Thor, and I'm rather fond of them.
What do you do to relax?
I flip a coin while watching a movie or something.
Tell us about your favorite Knox memory.
A raccoon crossed the sidewalk in front of me to climb a tree. Very polite, though not a chatty guy.
Share something that makes you unique.
I pressure-washed four tillages, five tractors, and a few other pieces of equipment this summer. I got muddy, but I only fell once, it was great.
What is your hometown?
Pendleton, IN
What is your favorite thing about being a tutor?
My favorite thing about being a tutor is being able to concretely help someone, whether that's guiding them to the right Latin translations or helping them solidify a thesis statement. It is rewarding to know that I have alleviated someone else's stress.
What is your favorite color?
Yellow.
Where is your favorite place to study?
The single desks by the windows on the third floor of the library
Where is your favorite place on campus?
Ferris Lounge
Are you involved in any campus organizations?
I am the outgoing treasurer/incoming secretary of Book Club. I play the flute in flute choir and am part of the Piano Chamber Ensemble. I also go to String Arts Club whenever I can.
What are your hobbies?
Reading, cross-stitching, watching hockey games
Where is your favorite place to eat in Galesburg?
Culver's
Do you have any pets?
I have one cat. His name is Dmitri and he has very fluffy gray and white fur and a tail like a feather duster. He meows at me all the time and his favorite hobby is shedding on every single object in the house.
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