Freshman wants to help foster kids with degree
US: The world is ending and you have a bunker. Let’s assume that your family is safe. You can fit yourself and three people. Who do you pick?
AG: I would pick Katie Jacobs, because she’s hilarious and Kylie Boam and, um…
US: I guess you don’t have to save three people.
AG: I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings if they read it. All right, we’ll say Keeley Eldredge because she’s my roommate.
US: So, do you have friends whose names don’t start with the letter K?
AG: Yeah, but I have a lot that do.
US: How did you end up at Utah State?
AG: I was looking into schools. They came to my school a few times just with their little stand. I came up for a campus tour and I loved it. It was even cold and I still loved it. Then I went to BYU and I didn’t like it so I came here.
US: As you were here looking around, taking their tour, is there any place you remember thinking, “That’s cool”?
AG: The A rock, thing, you know. The True Aggie “A.”
US: Are you a True Aggie?
AG: Yes, we don’t need to talk about that.
US: I think we do. Did you know the guy?
AG: Yeah, so it wasn’t one of those. We went and stood in line for an hour and I was wearing heels and it wasn’t fun and then it was … not fun.
US: You’re major is Social Work, what is it you want to do with that?
AG: I want to help kids, like foster kids.
US: You’re living on campus?
AG: Yes, I live in Valley View Tower. It has it’s literal ups and downs. There’s been some drama living with all girls. You know how that goes. Maybe you don’t.
US: I can imagine.
AG: Yeah, and then there’s been a lot of fun too. There’s more fun than drama. But I would definitely recommend it because you meet a ton of people.
US: You’re on death row, what’s your last meal?
AG: Can I eat as much as I want?
US: As much as you want.
AG: I want my mom’s mashed potatoes and her beef, I don’t know she just cooks it in a pot, roast kind of thing, whatever. And I want her cookies, her chocolate chip cookies. Crab legs from the coast. I don’t want any Utah crab, even thought that’s all I’ve ever had. And homemade pizza, that chicken alfredo kind. So good.
US: You’re on death row. What did you do?
AG: I murdered somebody. With a stick. I beat them to death.
US: Aggie Ice Cream, how do you feel about it?
AG: Oh, it’s great.
US: Favorite flavor?
AG: Aggie Blue Mint.
US: Classic …
AG: … but delicious. It’s my favorite for a reason.
US: Favorite season?
AG: I love all of them for different reasons.
US: You gotta give me one.
AG: I like the ending of winter.
US: When everything’s muddy and dead and gross?
AG: No, when it still snows in the mountains but there’s green grass down here. That is the best because then you can go skiing and it’s great. And it’s warm enough you don’t have to wear your coat.
US: We need to dive more into your brain. Do you do politics at all?
AG: Nope.
US: Are you artistic in any way?
AG: I like to draw. People, mostly just girls because that’s all I can draw.
US: Do you play any instruments?
AG: Nope.
US: Have you ever wanted to play any instruments?
AG: I tried before. I played the viola in fifth grade and then I quit. I played the clarinet in seventh grade and then I quit for art. Then I tried the guitar in ninth grade and it just ended somehow.
US: What is it you look for in a man?
AG: It’s going to sound like a total girl answer but I really like it when a guy will help me do chores. No joke, I was doing the dishes one time and this guy just decided to help me and I fell in love.
US: What happened with that?
AG: Oh it’s, progressing, hopefully.
US: What do you like to read?
AG: I like LDS books.
US: Like “Work and the Glory”?
AG: No, yuck. “My Not So Fairy Tale Life.” That one’s so good, that’s a crier. Or, “A Modest Proposal.”
US: Oh dear … maybe we should just leave this conversation behind. Do you know what the original “Modest Proposal” was?
AG: Yeah, but that one’s “The” modest proposal. I thought that’s what my teacher was talking about but it wasn’t. It was the real one. It’s not about that, it’s not about eating babies, it’s about modest clothes.
– b.c.wood@aggiemail.usu.edu