Civil engineer aims to always be a gentleman
Utah Statesman: What is the most memorable dream you’ve ever had?
Sam Tyler: This one where I was flying, I could just jump really high and I could fly wherever I wanted to. It was like floating and all I had to do was kick my legs and I would be propelled forward. I think I was like 12 or 13 but I still remember it.
US: If you could be someone else for a day, who would it be and why?
ST: I think I would be Bill Gates. I would transfer a lot of money to my account, and I think I’d help out people in Japan with some money.
US: Have you ever had an experience that you think defined you?
ST: In an Easter egg hunt, I won this bicycle, and I was only like four or five. My dad put me on this bicycle that was way too tall for me, and he gave me a push and I crashed cause I couldn’t really touch the pedals. Then after I crashed, I got back on and kept doing it until I could ride the bike.
US: Who is someone who has changed your life?
ST: I’d have to say my adopted grandma. She’s a lady I adopted as my grandma because my other grandmas died. Her name is Helen McGregor.
US: If your life had a theme song, what would it be and why?
ST: The song, by Weezer, “Can’t Stop Partying.”
US: Why are you here?
ST: It just felt right. I was supposed to go to the University of Wyoming because they offered me a full-ride, but it just didn’t feel right so I came to Utah State.
US: What is your biggest obsession?
ST: My biggest obsession is being a gentleman, and that’s the honest truth.
US: Where did you get your shoes?
ST: I have no idea. They’re so old. Maybe Sports Authority?
US: What is your favorite mode of transportation?
ST: My 1973 Cadillac Sedan Deville. It’s like a big boat car.
US: Do you always match your socks?
ST: I do always match my socks.
US: What color of shirts do you have the most of?
ST: Blue.
US: What’s your favorite dance move?
ST: The party boy.
US: What is your favorite kind of weather and why?
ST: I love it when it snows because it just makes me antsy to go skiing.
US: If you could swim in a pool filled with some kind of food, what would it be?
ST: I think a jello pool would be fun, but then again my skin would be dyed a different color. But the jello has to be set-up. It can’t be a liquid jello.
US: If you could go on a game show, which one would you be on and why?
ST: I think I would do “Deal or No Deal.”
US: Do you prefer glasses or contacts?
ST: I think it depends on the person. Some people look really good in glasses, and some people don’t.
US: What animal can you most relate to and why?
ST: We’ll say monkey even though I hate monkeys. I just like to goof around sometimes.
US: What is the worst prank you’ve ever pulled?
ST: One time, we plastic-wrapped a car shut.
US: Have you ever had a crush on a professor?
ST: I have on a teacher. It was Miss Rainey in seventh grade.
US: What is a name you would never give your child and why?
ST: It’d be Cain. I really like the name, but the history of the name is very negative.
US: Have you ever cut your own hair?
ST: Just the front of it, and it didn’t turn out very good. I was very little.
US: What are three things you’re passionate about?
ST: I’m passionate about school, work and having fun.
US: What’s your favorite scent?
ST: I like the smell of vanilla. I also like the smell of leaving an engineering classroom and smelling a beautiful girl.
US: Is there a sports team you follow and cheer for, regardless of its record?
ST: Yeah, Utah Jazz definitely. From the time I was little, that’s who you’re born to love.
US: If you could go back in time and watch any event, what would it be?
ST: I would like to see the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
US: In dating, what is the biggest turn-off?
ST: Too quiet of a girl.
US: Have you ever been on a date with someone you didn’t know?
ST: Yeah, I have been on multiple blind dates. And they have turned out pretty good. There’s usually a second date, and the girl I’m dating right now is because of a blind date.
US: How many times have you been in the hospital?
ST: I think twice.
US: What is your favorite YouTube video?
ST: Charlie bit my finger – that’s a good one.
US: What is one of your life goals?
ST: One of them is to see at least seven wonders of the world that relate to each other, and I’m on my way. I’ve already been to the Taj Mahal.
– m.noble@aggiemail.usu.edu