Humans of USU: Freshman eggs Justin Bieber and travels around the world
The Utah Statesman interviewed Carly Antonetti, a freshman studying art history and biology from Sicily, Italy.
Utah Statesman: At what age did you come to the United States?
Carly Antonetti: I was six. My dad is from Italy, but my mom’s Hungarian.
US: How was it growing up in a diverse background like that?
CA: I went to a boarding school, so I don’t know. When I was home, it was strict.
US: Coming to the U.S., did you experience some culture shock?
CA: It’s interesting because none of us spoke English, but my dad was contracted out to the U.S. government, so it was an experience.
US: What brought you to Utah State University?
CA: My mom lives in Sandy, and I actually had some family members die recently and so I decided to come back to the country and spend some time with family.
US: What are you studying?
CA: I’ve got a major in art history and I’m doing a double-major in biology. I’m in my freshman year, but I’ll actually be graduating next semester.
US: Did you plan to go to the Festival of Colors in Spanish Fork?
CA: No, I’ve got really bad lungs so all of the chalk really messes with me. I actually went to one in Mumbai a couple years ago. It was fun and busy. It’s the most populated country in the world. It’s a lot of people.
US: Why were you in Mumbai?
CA: I was backpacking with my brothers.
US: What’s the weirdest food you’ve ever eaten?
CA: In Sicily there’s this cheese that you can eat that’s full of maggots that they give to you in restaurants, and you’re just kind of expected to eat it. In Rome a delicacy that’s considered there is a door mouse. I didn’t try the cheese, just didn’t want to because it was literally moving, but I’ve tried door mouse and it’s not terrible. It’s a lot like frog legs.
US: So it doesn’t taste like chicken even though everyone says it probably does?
CA: It’s kind of similar. It’s just that you can tell there are lots of little bones and it makes you not want to eat it again. It’s a similar texture, but its taste is a lot saltier. So when they say it tastes like chicken, they probably mean the texture is a lot similar. Like frog legs are very similar texture and density, but they don’t taste like chicken.
US: Would you rather go to a Miley Cyrus concert or a Justin Bieber concert?
CA: Well I’ve actually been to a Justin Bieber concert with my friend because her little sister won some tickets, and we threw eggs at him. So probably that again, that was fun. I brought ear plugs. I came prepared, but we dressed up in the scariest clothing we could find, and we both go to Warped Tour every year so we listen to interesting music. I was in like black leather and she had her Mohawk. Her sister was in a sundress in the front row, 12 years old, screaming, and we were like “Yeah, we’re just going to throw things at him.”
US: Who’s your favorite musical group?
CA: Right now it’s probably Bring Me the Horizon. They do metal-core.
US: If you could describe Logan’s weather in one word, what would it be?
CA: Cold. I was born in a tropical area. I went to school in the south of France for a long time. I just got back from a trip in Africa. It’s cold.
US: What were you doing in Africa?
CA: I went with an aid relief program to help people in Uganda. We took little first aid kits to people. There were a bunch of girls that were kidnapped, so they kind of put us on lockdown for a while, which was really sad, but we went and talked to families and we gave shots to people and stuff like that.