Caught on Campus: Emily Voutaz
Name: Emily Voutaz
Year: Freshman
Major: Pre-elementary Education
From: Payson, Utah
Utah Statesman: What do you like about USU?
Emily Voutaz: I just love it here! I love how the leaves are changing. I love that everyone is open here and wants to be friends.
US: What don’t you like about USU?
EV: I don’t like how the box elder bugs get into my room. And I don’t like tests. But other than that, I love it here!
US: What’s your favorite food?
EV: Meatloaf. I haven’t had meatloaf forever, and you can’t find it here. Food in general is just wonderful.
US: Have you ever been on a blind date? How did it go?
EV: No, I have had some pretty bad dates though. I had one date who said I went “parking” as a hobby, and it is not true.
US: If you could do anything you wanted for one day, and money wasn’t an issue, what would you do?
EV: I would love to go to Africa and build wells for people. I once thought about joining the Peace Corps. It would be neat to help in an orphanage in Russia.
US: If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
EV: To make people happy.
US: What is one thing you have never told your parents?
EV: I can’t tell you because they would read it and they I would get in trouble.
US: What are you afraid of?
EV: Failure and commitment and spiders. Some days I am very brave and can kill them, and some days I can’t.
US: Do you have any pet peeves?
EV: When my dad grunts, and I absolutely hate it when other people complain.
US: What is your most embarrassing moment?
EV: My former boyfriend bought a book called “1,001 Ways to be Romantic” in front of my mother and grandmother.
US: What is the worst date you have ever been on?
EV: There is no such thing as a worst date. Each person is unique, and each date let’s me know more about each person.
US: If you could be famous for one thing, what would it be?
EV: Helping other people. Service is the unselfish selfishness. You get this amazing, elating feeling that you have done good at the world. And you get stuff when you help people.
US: Describe yourself in five words.
EV: I don’t like this question because we do not see things as they are; we see things as we are.
US: What was your most memorable car and why?
EV: It was the best car in the whole wide world. It’s a black Nissan Altima. The water pump went out and burned the engine, and the engine block cracked, and the noise would get progressively louder. For a whole year, I thought my car would blow up at any minute.
US: Have you ever met a famous person?
EV: Everybody is famous; they just don’t know it yet.
US: If you had to die in an extraordinary way, what would it be?
EV: It is more important that you live in an extraordinary way. Nobody cares how you die if you don’t live in a magnificent way.
US: If you could have a date with any person on Earth, who would you choose?
EV: I am just happy to have a date. You can learn something from every person you date.
Word Association
Zebra–God has a sense of humor
Peanut–Airplanes
Textbook–Ugh.
Pokemon–My little brothers
Cell Phone–I love my cell phone!
Emily–Emilita Chiquita Piquita Banana
Cool–When you put an ice cube down your shirt.
Utah State–Best place ever!
US: What is the weirdest thing you have ever eaten?
EV: My dad has a fetish for really strange food. Don’t eat kimchi, which is pickled cabbage.
US: What is the most boring, average, normal thing you do on a regular basis?
EV: It is a very scary thing when I am bored. Like run-and-find-a-bomb-shelter scary.
US: What is something you have always wanted to do but never could?
EV: I wanted to find the bomb shelter at my school, but I couldn’t find it.
US: What is the best smell in the world?
EV: Cookies, I love cookies!
US: What is one thing you want to know about guys?
EV: Why wrestling? I just don’t get it. Why do I like them? And why do they go so fast?
US: What should the world know about Emily Voutaz?
EV: I want to challenge everyone to go out there and make friends with someone who is shy. A simple “hello” in the highway can make someone’s day. You can say “hello” and save someone’s life.