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Letter from the editor A

project founded by SMITH Magazine, an online storytelling magazine, six-word memoirs are a way to tell your personal story. We at The Hawk fell in love with people’s personal stories and wanted to aggregate and share them with our readers.

As you flip through the pages of this week’s issue of The Hawk, you’ll notice that there are no articles about the university budget, a new subject for over/under, an editorial, or a story about Langston Galloway’s single game three point record. These are the hundreds of six word memoirs of your peers, professors, and people you thought you knew.

We’ve selected five of our favorite Hawks’ six word memoirs and brought them in for a Q&A session to find out the stories behind their words. You might be surprised to learn about a professor’s roots in punk rock, a childhood saying that still holds true for a student, and one Hawk’s journey from the west coast to the best coast.

We proudly present to you the first ever Six Word Memoir Issue of The Hawk. We are also confident that this is the first issue of it’s kind in student media.

- Garrett Miley, ’15, Editor in Chief

We asked you for yours ..............

KAREN FUNARO ’16 Features Editor

Be a gentleman; hold the door.

CONNIE LUNANOVA ’16 Features Editor

Forever carrying your heart in mine.

Laugh a lot.

Never give up.

CAOIMHE NAGLE ’15 A&E Editor

Don’t Drop That Thun Thun Thun C.J. DEMILLE ’16 Sports Editor Bordentown, NJ

GIANNA MELENDEZ ’16 Health Editor

Be pretty. Be witty.

Be gracious.

NATE VANCIL ’16 Assistant Sports Editor

My body is ready!

(For bed)

Be a diva, expect the best.

I don’t need long sleeves anymore.

Not all who wander are lost.

JOHANNA LYNCH ’15 Digital Media Team

SHANNON ADAMS ’16 Photo Editor

ANDREW NGUYEN ’17 Layout Editor

DAN REIMOLD, Ph.D. Faculty Advisor

Newport, RI

Willow Grove, PA

St. Louis, MO

Philadelphia, PA

Matawan, NJ

Collingdale, PA

KATIE SMITH ’15 Food Editor

ERIN RAFTERY ’15 News Editor

Ardmore, PA

Brooklyn, NY

Something always remains lost in translation.

GILLIAN MURPHY ’14 Fashion Editor

Chatham, NJ

Should have listened to my mom.

Springfield, PA

JOSEPH CERRONE ’14 Opinions Editor

TEDDY RYAN ’16 Business Director

Flemington, NJ

Lancaster, PA

KATRYNA PERERA ’16 Assistant News Editor

Lansdowne, PA

Rewriting my past with war cries.

Damascus, MD

Always remember.

Get the right boots.

Wishing the future would come sooner.

MOLLY GRAB ’17 Copy Chief

Glenside, PA

CAT COYLE ’16 Managing Editor

Gilbertsville, PA

West Chester, PA

GARRETT MILEY ’15 Editor in Chief

Madison, CT

Here are ours

Time is not on my side.

Losing money and gaining friends. College.

No memory, no thumbs, no problems.

I got dark only to shine.

Dream Big. Learn.

Teach. Repeat.

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Photo by Shannon Adams ’16

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Tim Lockridge, Ph.d.

Assistant professor of punk rock Why is “Found punk rock, then everything changed” your six word memoir?

Tim Lockridge: I thought about it, and if I trace my life back to one moment that was the most influential for me, it was definitely the discovery of punk. I think for me what was so incredible was the way it connected me to a larger world. I grew up in the middle of nowhere, Indiana, and so I didn’t have a lot of connections to a major city like Philadelphia or L.A. or any other big scene. Chicago was the closest thing to where I lived and that was six hours away. When I was 14, I got a copy of Green Day’s “Dookie” that had just come out. I had never heard anything like it. For me, it was just like that opening drum hit and those first lyrics, “I declare I don’t care no more,” there’s this acknowledgement to apathy and restlessness that you feel when you’re that age. I just had never heard music that fast. I had listened to Nirvana.

I started thinking that this was such an important moment…because it was ’94, the web wasn’t an option. I opened the CD and grabbed the liner notes and started reading all of the bands they thanked and started mail ordering CDs from all of those bands. and sort of doing what I see now as research. It’s sort of a works cited day, almost. Like seeing “Who does Green Day thank? Well Green Day thanks Screeching Weasel. I’ve never heard of Screeching Weasel, so I need to go check them out.”

Then going to the record stores and getting things like Maximum Rock and Roll and reading about the punk culture in Berkley. That sort of thing took me to the New Jersey scene and things like Lifetime and Saves the Day. Tracing it all out changed everything for me.

Why do you think punk brought you to St. Joe’s and made you who you are today?

When I started listening to things like Rancid or getting into Bad Religion or bands that were a little bit more than “I’m a teenager and I’m angsty,” that were starting to consider social issues, justice, or corruption, I started thinking that this music can really do something. I remember getting things like The Dead Kennedys and hearing those fierce political critiques; that’s where I realized that music is this social force. Even all of these critiques at the time aimed at Green Day about selling out, or critiques about the honesty of the music and the endeavor of making music. That’s what began to carry me through my education. I became really interested in my education through that punk rock ethos. I was thinking, “Wow, this can do something in the world.”

What was the most influential band you listened to, and what’s your favorite album?

For a long time I really loved The Descendents. They’re not a band I listen to a lot now, but [when I was] trying to move out of that opening phase of Green Day, The Descendents were huge. Probably to me, the most important band in the long run was The Ramones. Because – okay, so I’ve been watching the Olympics and I’m watching all of these people who have trained from such a young age. You see these skaters who are like 16 or 18, and I think about how incredible that is, but also about the privilege you have to have to be in a family that can get you trainers, or get you to an ice rink or a place to snowboard. There’s a lot of privilege there. But to me, The Ramones were the argument against that. They were these four dudes who, if we believe the story, didn’t know how to play their instruments. They were like “We’re going to play this music and roll into CBGB and just go.” These songs are 45 seconds long. I think when I listen to The Ramones still it connects to something in me that is purely American. You have these great bands like the Sex Pistols doing things in the U.K., but The Ramones just show up and they’re these scrappy dudes who play this fast, quick music that’s awesome. I think if I had to say one record that was close to me, it’s probably Rancid’s “...and Out Come The Wolves.” Beginning to end, that album is perfect. I still listen to it probably once a month. It is as good a punk record that has ever been made.

Did you grow up going to shows?

I went to a lot of shows. I lived in this small town in Indiana, so we had two kinds of shows. There were the local shows that were typically in a basement of a shelter house at a park. The shelter houses that they had for birthday parties, somebody would rent that out and have a bunch of bands there and you play until the park ranger or whoever was in charge of the area came through and cited the noise ordinance and kicked everybody out. Then one club in town would pop up and exist for a little bit and make no money and then fold, and another one would come. We would only really get big bands if they were going from Cincinnati to St. Louis, they might hit us between the two stops. Here in Philly there’s an awesome show every night because bands just come here. We just had to sort of catch people coming through.

I saw The Dillinger Escape Plan play one of the craziest shows of my life, where they did the punk thing WE HAVE PASSED THE TEST OF TIME! where they refused to play on the stage and wanted to be on the same level as the crowd. They played in the center of the crowd, and the crowd formed a circle, and they played in the middle and had all of their stuff set up. If you’ve ever seen them, they’re constantly in motion spinning guitars and moving Restaurant/Take-­‐Out Est. (215) around. It looks like a collection of atoms bouncing around, and the people on the periphery of the crowd had to dodge out of the way from a guitar coming at them or something.

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Welcome St. Joe’s Students

Where’s your favorite place to see a show?

In Philadelphia, the best venue that I know of is probably Union Transfer. All of the shows that R5 Productions puts on are just fantastic. The other place that’s awesome is First Unitarian Church. Beside that, I really like Bogart’s in Cincinnati and Headliners Music Hall in Louisville. They’re smaller venues but can still have a decent band.

This interview was conducted by Garrett Miley, ’15, editor in chief

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‘ B eautiful? No, cute.

Bruises were neither.’

Teresa Tellekamp ’16 Smithtown, New York

What was your memoir? Why did you decide to use those words to describe yourself?

Teresa Tellekamp: My memoir was ‘Beautiful? No, cute. Bruises were neither.’ I was seeing somebody in high school who was very mean, and I asked him one day if he thought that I was beautiful and he laughed and told me, ‘You’re not beautiful, you’re cute—maybe.’ After a while, that relationship became toxic and it went from being a verbally abusive relationship to a physically abusive relationship. I wrote that memoir because other people should recognize that if anybody thinks less than what you really are, then they’re not worthy of spending time with you or being with you. Especially when there are physical signs of when that person is bad for you, it’s a relationship that you need to get out of.

When did you first realize that this was not a good relationship for you to be in?

I was in a pool with one of my oldest friends during the summer and I was wearing a bathing suit, and she saw these bruises on my chest and she started asking me about them. When I told her what had happened, she said, ‘Teresa, that’s really bad, you need to get out of this situation.’ It wasn’t even like a relationship, really, it was one of those confusing high school things where you’re sort of with somebody but there’s no title. He was a rebound, I was in a relationship before that, and it was my first boyfriend. When that guy broke up with me, I thought the world was over, so I resorted to this other person and it just ended up being really bad.

I wasn’t with him very long after I had that conversation with my friend though.

Your memoir was very interesting; it was one of the many that struck us as different.

I had done it in one of my English classes, and we had workshopped it in class. I asked [my teacher], ‘Does it have to be deep or personal?’, and she said that it could be whatever you wanted. I was nervous about submitting that because I didn’t know if it was going to be all funny things and all of a sudden there’s this serious one. I mean it’s kind of awkward to have that in a newspaper, but at the same time if people can see that and recognize, ‘That’s where I am right now, and that’s not where I should be,’ maybe it’ll help somebody.

Was this the first thing that came into your mind to write about when you were asked to write a six word memoir?

I was thinking about my grandpa, I was thinking about—I’m in a very happy and healthy relationship now—so I was thinking of romantic things to write about, and this happened five years ago, but it’s still on my mind and it’s something that I’m still working on. It kind of comes out when I least expect it, and in that class we were all asked to write these six word memoirs on the board. I put mine down and we all had to go one by one and read our memoir aloud in class, and I read mine and there was a pause and I knew that people were thinking about it. It was scary to write down, but at the same time looking at it on the board made me come to terms with what had happened.

Photo by Shannon Adams ’16

How did you meet this person?

He lived in my neighborhood, so he was just a familiar face. He was older than me; I was fourteen, he was seventeen, so I thought, ‘Oh wow, this cool guy, he’s on the varsity basketball team, he’s really strong, he’s really popular.’ I kind of got caught up in that, and he was just bad news.

What kind of reaction came from your class after you read yours aloud?

Nothing. I mean we moved on after that; the teacher just wanted to experiment. We were talking about Ernest Hemingway’s six word memoir and she was like, ‘Why don’t you guys try it?’ It’s a real challenge to write with concision, and it was really hard – it took me 15 minutes to write six words.

I chose those six words; he didn’t say it exactly like that, but I know that those were the words he had used … The outcome of the situation was he didn’t think I was beautiful, he thought maybe I could be cute, but I knew that bruises are not cute. They are not beautiful, and nobody should be treated that way. So that’s what that memoir means to me.

Interview conducted by Connie Lunanouva, ’16, features editor

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Photo by Shannon Adams ’16, photo editor

Caroline Fearnley, ’16 Boston, Massachusetts Why is this your memoir?

Caroline Fearnley: My granny used to say that to my mom and her siblings to remind them to be nice to each other, even when everyone was being annoying. It means to be kind.

of it like “warm fuzzies” are showing love and being nice to people and being positive. “Cold pricklies” are being negative, being rude to people, and when you’re not showing your family members the love they deserve.

Are you close with your grandmother?

I was, but she passed away when I was one. It’s kind of like my mom says it a lot to carry it on.

Do you treat others that way? Do you consider yourself a warm kind of person?

Yeah, I mean, I hope! I’m a positive person. I feel like, to go back to the golden rule, I wouldn’t want to treat anyone in a way that makes them, or me, uncomfortable or upset.

Do you have any brothers and sisters?

I do. I have two sisters.

Do you and your sisters get along?

For the most part, [we do.] Everyone goes through rough times in middle school. My middle sister is two years younger than me, so it can be difficult.

Does your mom say it to you guys?

Yeah, because she’s the oldest of seven, and her mom used to say it to her a lot, so that she’d keep her siblings in line.

Was your grandmother the first person to say that?

Yeah, it was her little thing.

When was the first time you heard it?

It was from my mom when I was really young. I’m sure my grandma wouldn’t have said it to me, because I was a baby. I couldn’t really do anything.

How do you live your life that way?

Well, I think of it as kind of following the golden rule. I’m an education major, so we talk a lot about being nice to people and how you treat others the way you want to be treated, and that everything will come back to you.

Do you ever say that phrase to other people?

Not people I don’t know very well, but my sisters and I say it to each other when my sisters are being annoying.

What are the warm fuzzies?

It’s like, be warm towards people. I think she thought

Does your mom talk about your grandmother a lot?

Yeah, she talks about her all the time, and she just got a bunch of our VCR home movies made into DVDs. So literally all she’s been doing is watching old movies of me and my grandma, her and her parents, and all of us as we’re growing up.

Since you heard the phrase so much growing up, is it something you want to pass on to your kids?

Yeah, I think so. It’s a cute way of remembering to be nice to people, because it’s not like your typical “mom rule.” You have to kind of explain it. So, I’d explain it to my kids, and hopefully they wouldn’t laugh at me.

Do you have a story where this saying was used?

Well, we’ve had a lot of fights… When my middle sister was 12, she went through the “I hate you” stage, where she would never have anything nice to say, and my mom would always say it to her, and she would just roll her eyes. But now she says it to her clique. Sometimes you just wanna laugh at [my mom], but most of the time, she makes sense, and you’re like, “Okay, maybe I should stop being a brat.”

Are you close to your mom?

I am. You know, three girls have to stick together.

Interview conducted by Karen Funaro ’16, features editor

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Still waiting for my Hogwarts letter. – Sarah Cooney, ’17, Mifflinburg, PA Success is not paved by mediocrity. – Gabrielle DeMayo, ’16, Mullica Hill, NJ The love is in the details. – Rosanna DeFilippo, ’15, Albany, NY Love for we all are connected. – Kate Worthinton, ’15, Tannersville, PA

Sleep is God’s gift to me. – Allison Gasparino, ’16, Brooklyn, NY Three more sons than God’s mother. – Jenny Spinner, Ph.D., associate professor of English, director of the Writing Center, Drexel Hill, PA

She laughed and cried at once. – Katherine Grygo, ’16, Washington, D.C. I’m broken. I’m healing. I’m strong. – Naja Griffin, ’16, Hinsdale, IL Be the man in the arena. – Joseph Wutkowski, ’16, Carteret, NJ

Now leasing: abandoned space under bed. – Carina Ensminger, ’14, Marlton, NJ Know who you are, stay happy. – Julia Hansen, ’16, San Francisco, CA

I’m only described by interpretive dance. – Natalie Clark, ’16, Staten Island, NY

Pack your bags, start your journey. – Kristen Pilkington, ’14, Lebanon, PA I don’t know, ask someone else. – Dominic Anastasia, ’15, Aston, PA

Alpha Gam glam and workout fan. – Chrissy Bachinsky, ’16, Langhorne, PA Wherever you are, be all there. – Brittany Hanrahan, ’14, Hatfield, PA I’m just waiting on my moment. – Rob Lage, ’16, Manalapan, NJ

Haunted past behind a goofy face. – Leigh Anne Tiffany, ’15, Blue Bell, PA I play until my hands hurt. – Simone Howard, ’17, Wayne, PA

Family, friends, fun, learning for Christ. – Joseph Johnson, ’16, Levittown, NY I’m a fish out of water. – Katherine Murphy, ’16, Harleysville, PA Working my way, day by day. – Christopher Joseph Lyons, ’16, West Chester, PA

My life is a wondrous chaos. – Maria Tucci, ’15, Berwyn, PA

I was once Leah Marie Acosta. – Leah Acosta, ’15, Williamsburg, NY

It’s going down, I’m yelling timber. – Denise Sciasci, ’15, Secane, PA A trustworthy smile, a devious mind. – Alek Sawitsky, ’15, West Chester, PA Righteous Indignation. Punch Up. Protect Down. – David Parry, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of communication studies

Heart goes where service takes me. – Kaitlin Wilhelm, ’14, Elliott City, MD

I live to guide and love. – Jordan, black lab, Seeing Eye dog of Rosemary Martin, ’14, Philadelphia, PA Be present, meditate, welcome unconditional love. – Cat Jones, ’15, Newark, DE I love that glitz and glam. – Julie Heyboer, ’15, Parkridge, NJ Never goodbye, it’s “see you later.” – Allison Tidd, ’15, Atco, NJ

Six is not enough for me. – Katie Muir, ’16, Nashville, TN

Accounting by day, Entourage by night. – Mike Yacabonis, ’16, Matawan, NJ Waiting to take the next step. – Paul Valenti, ’15, King of Prussia, PA Believes in humanity. Disillusioned with individuals. – Brian Radermacher, ’16, Pittsburgh, PA

I thrive in uncomfortable situations. Yeah! – Kenny Rivardo, ’15, Nazareth, PA Relentlessly inspirational. Selectively indifferent. Escapism. Poetry. – Daniel Thorpe, ’14, Centerville, VA

“I can’t. I have dance class.” – Liz Buhager, ’15, Marlton, NJ The joys of a small child. – Ken Krimmel, assistant director of athletics, State College, PA

Amateur to many, authority to few. – Brandon Gergel, ’15, Newtown, PA More than a team; My Family. – Olivia McEachern, ’16, Sicklerville, NJ

Outgoing. Random. Kittylicious. Outrageous. Loud. Friendly. – Catherine Thompson, ’15, Radnor, PA Not waiting around for Prince Charming. – Angela Christaldi, ’17, Vineland, NJ

Joe: Jesuit, priest, warm, teaching, thinking. – Joseph Feeny, S.J., professor of English, Germantown, PA I pretend I’m unpredictable. I’m not. – Elizabeth Kearby, ’14, Churchville, MD

Does anyone know my first name? – Allison Heath, ’14, Radnor, PA

Be nice. It never hurt anyone. – Nicole King, ’14, Cincinnati, OH Forget the ones that forget you. – Meghan Watkin, ’14, West Chester, PA

Worry is misuse of your imagination. – Michele Granger, ’14, Allendale, NJ Sometimes bad things happen on weekends. – Valerie Paolucci, ’14, Springfield, PA Jeep driving, beach hopping, fun-loving man. – Skip Francis, director of food marketing, Rehoboth Beach, DE

Family. SJU Hoops. Philly. Community Involvement. – Phil Martelli, men’s basketball head coach, Media, PA Sleeping: my Olympic sport. Gold medal. – Valerie Mattia, ’14, Chester Springs, PA

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Kristi Goldstein-Taverno Lower Merion, Pennsylvania

What is your six word memoir and what does it mean to you?

Kristi Goldstein-Taverno: “Life is a Renaissance every day,” which for me, through my life so far, has meant that there could be so many changes each and every day; when there are changes, good or bad, you evolve.

You can either celebrate [the changes] or not, like they did during the Renaissance.

Was there a specific change that you were referring to in your memoir?

No, it was all of the changes whether it had to with family, friends, work, personal, but all good.

Is there an example of a day where you witnessed some of these changes?

Well, the main changes that I’ve been evolving through have been through my grad program, where I’m evolvPhoto courtesy of Kristi Goldstein-Taverno ing and learning a lot about myself and with the groups that I’m working with all the time, up until present day. You know, strengthening my leadership qualities, extending my knowledge, [things] that I didn’t have before I started, which was only last spring.

For how long will you be in this graduate program?

My targeted completion date will be the fall of 2016.

Any plans after the program?

Oh, yes, I just don’t know it yet because I’m still going through the Renaissance. Because that entails changes everyday, so something could present itself to me next summer.

When you look at the opportunity for so many changes to happen every day, do you view them in a positive way?

Oh, I think that they are always positive because it’s all in how you deal with it. You know, it’s your mindset, and that goes through constant changes; it’s a choice in how to deal with things, so yeah, it is positive.

Was this the first idea that came to your mind when asked to write a six word memoir?

You know, it was the first real idea that just popped into my mind.

Is there anything more that you would like people to take away from reading your memoir?

Choose to be helpful and compassionate and to change. Always be willing to change in an ever-changing world, and enjoy the Renaissance.

Interview conducted by Connie Lunanuova ’16

Keep calm,

Business world, I’m coming for you.

-Gabrielle Henry, ’14, Springfield, PA

They’ll love me for my ambition

I cheer on Hawks… Hawaii style.

- Grace Lempka, ’14, Farmingdale, NJ

Smiling Son. Happy Husband. Dedicated Doctor. - Greg Ferroni, ’16, Bryn Mawr, PA

‘Life is a Renaissance every day.’

My world: Grace, joy, and community -Tatiana Pulido, ’16, Philadelphia, PA

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I have

a car

- Morgan Allen, ’16, Lancaster, PA

-Brendan Mulligan, ’17, Bronx, NY

Well behaved women rarely make history.

- Maddy Borsari, ’15, Bolton, MA Family, cheese, and wine yes please!- Haley Washington, ’16, Sicklerville, NJ

One of billions of wonderful creatures -David Kays, ’14, Havertown, PA

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Why are you Laugh, smile, and pray through life.

-Mary Madeline de me this?

Regnauld de Belles--Chris Alexander, ’15, cize, ’16, Paris, France Chestnut Hill, PA I always find the silver lining -Cathy Quinn, administrative assistant of food marketing, Havertown, A voice as good as Whitney PA - Sarah Panetta, ’16, Clark,

asking

Zumba makes me go bow wow NJ - Ariana Palma, ’16, Family first. Boston sports.

Pheonixville, PA Wicked awesome.-Ryan Life’s just something to laugh about.- Brandon Kenyon, ’16, Northbridge, Carrado, ’16, Yardley, PA MA

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“Born in West. Belongs to East.”

Joey Giovanisci ’16

Pasadena, California

Why is this your memoir?

Joey Giovanisci: Well, I’m born and raised in California. I was raised in Pasadena. I came out here [for college], and this has always been my home away from home. What I meant in my memoir is that I want to live out here in the future.

I might have lived in the west my whole life, but I’ve always been an east coast kind of person.

What is the difference between a west coast person and an east coast person?

People have this aspect of west coast people being chill, laid back. I do admit that west coast things are a lot slower than the east coast. The east coast is fastpaced, which I like. Some [west coast] people are laid back and chill like that, while others can be a little snobby too. In the east coast, from what I’ve seen so far, the people are a lot more friendly, but they’ll call you out on your stuff too if there’s a problem. I would say I’m in between – a little bit of both. I have that east coast, friendly personality, but if there’s something wrong, I’ll be like, ‘Let’s work things out.’ I’m also kind of laid back too, and that’s where my west coast personality comes back in.

What do you like better about the east coast?

[I like the] people better definitely. I like Philly; it’s one of the best cities in America. I’ve been in L.A. for my whole life, and going to Philly, it’s so much nicer. The culture and the history are so much richer. Plus, I love experiencing the seasons. People love California, because it’s sunny every day, but I love experiencing fall and actually experiencing it – seeing the leaves change color, going from shorts and a t-shirt to a sweatshirt and pants every day. I like the snow, too. I don’t mind it too much. It’s not the worst.

Was the first time you saw snow when you got to school?

I’ve been to the mountains. I ski and stuff, and I’ve seen it many times before.

But I feel like this is the first time I’ve actually seen snow fall. It’s usually man made snow.

What do you feel is the best part of the west coast?

The beaches. San Diego is beautiful. I go to beaches like Laguna, Newport, the mountains, Lake Christine. There’s a lot of great places; Big Bear, Mammoth.

And In-N-Out Burger – I just love In-N-Out Burger. That’s the best place. People talk about Five Guys, but In-N-Out Burger has to be the best burger.

What’s your favorite place on the east coast?

I have family in West Chester, PA, so I’m always around there. I love West Chester. I think it’s a great area. But Philly-wise, that’s hard. I love just the city in general. I go out there as much as I can, and whenever I do, I have a great time.

Are you more of a city person, rather than the suburbs?

Probably right now, being young, I’d rather live in the city. My goal is to live out here once I graduate. I would love to live out in the city, but in the future, I would love to live somewhere like West Chester.

Interview conducted by Karen Funaro, ’16 features editor Photo by Shannon Adams, ’16, photo editor

“It’s always 5’ o’clock somewhere.”

“Born with the attitude of style” Jazzmen Crafton, ’16, Baltimore, MD

Courtney Costanza, ’14, Staten Isalnd, NY

“I do IT for my school” Brian Lafferty, ’15, Morton, PA

“Definitely laugh at my own jokes.”

“Everyone go die in a ditch” Maya, Wilson ’15, Boston, MA

sweatpants”

Sarah Derderian, ’16, Media, PA

“There’s always something worth smiling about” Marissa Nugent, ’15, Milestone Twp, NJ

“The greatest gifts are human relationships.”

Joe Paparo, ’16, Clifton Heights, PA

“I’m not witty enough for this.” “Antonio Banderas was in Spy Kids”

Johnna Terrel, ’15, Philadelphia, PA

“one.two.three.four.five.sixers.”

Alyssa Mlotkiewicz, ’14, Jackson, NJ

Paul Karoly, ’17, Bethlehem, PA

John Gera, ’16, Freeland, PA

Dan Tully, ’16, Holmdel, NJ

“Carefree, spontaneous, fun, clean, hilariously smart”

Tori Popinkio ’15, Oxford NJ

“When the going gets tough, preserve”

“Always remember to eat your protein.”

“Rule #32: Enjoy the little things.”

Bobby Valeno, ’16, Philladelphia, PA

Rose McGovern, assistant director of undergraduate admissions, Philladelphia, PA

“Life, a party just for me.”

Abby Panetta ’17, Clark. NJ

“Man, do I love wearing

“Wish I lived in the 50s.”

“Smiling and laughing keep me sane” Lauren Principato, ’15, Easton PA

“My life should be a sitcom” Stephen Sollami, ’15, Stamford, CT

Lauren Sukovich, ’16, Flemington, NJ

“Would you like fries with that?”

Garret Chu, ’16, Wellesley, MA

February 26, 2014

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12 | Memoirs

The Hawk

February 26, 2014

I collect jars of men’s tears. - Julia Burke. ’15, Bel Air, MD

Embrace bacon, your life will change. Tony Newton, '15, Philadelphia, PA

Perfect love casts out all fear. - Cassie Tomkins, ’14, Denville, NJ

Still learning. Still dancing. Still loving. - Alison Williams Lewin, Ph.D., associate professor of history, Wilmington, DE

Be yourself: everyone else is taken. - Gregory Carroll, ' 16, Cranbury, NJ Earned my MLS. Best decision ever! - Susan Cheyney, ILS administrator, catalogue librarian, Drexel Library, Philadelphia, PA

Is the story of my life - Margie Guinan, librarian technician, Drexel Library, Drexel Hill, PA Ive lived in four time zones. Susan Clayton. circulation manager. Drexel Library. Minneapolis, MN

It's okay, I'm better off alone - Danielle Zabielski, '17, Scranton, PA It’s not profanity if it’s true - Scott Kenkelen, ’16, West Windsor, NJ

Im allergicto the BS . achoo - Jimmy Wyatt, ’17, Mantua, NJ

Hippy parents; I accepted my heritage. - Sequoia Collier-Hezel ’15, Buffalo, NY Enter the Warrior; today's Tom Sawyer - Colin Mallee, ’17, Norwood, PA

This is my 6 word memoir - Molly Ledbetter, '17, Newtown, PA Thanks, I will eat it here - Bill Trombetta, professor of healthcare strategy and marketing, Wildwood Crest, NJ

Camp: Living ten months for two - Lindsay Stamer, ’’16, Tunkhannock, PA It’s okay not to be okay. - Dante Gleason, ’16, Philadelphia, PA

Wait, will there be food there?

- Hannah Bartling, '16, Malvern, PA Don’t ask permission, ask forgiveness later - David Allen, chair and professor of marketing, Washington, D.C. Hot Sun. Birds Chirping. Fresh Air. - Todd Erkis, visiting professor of fiFInance, Villanova, PA College: the art of sporadic naps - Anne McCarthy, ’17, Vestal, NY

Gay bar. Straight boy. Straight girl. - Elyse Hauser, '15, Olympia, WA I like to account for things. - Sarah Frawley, '16, Princeton, NJ

The word, “OVER.” Are you serious?

- Darby Rourick, ’16, Ankeny, IA Happy in th e her e a nd no w - S h a n n o n M e e h a n , ' 1 4, M o o re s t o w n , NJ Present beomes past; present influences future. - Nick Nelson, ’16, Allentown, PA

Save the drama for your momma - Lindsay Schramm, '16, Springfield, PA Forever dreaming of a tropical island. - Mary Kate Viggiano, '16, Havertown, PA

I am God’s greatest gift to Earth - Courtney Marzano, ’16, Clinton, NJ

Finding love and finding your passion - Andrea Groch, '15, naples, fl