Roving Reporter: How has the semester started off?
October 7, 2024
Jadyn Jacobs, Editor-in-Chief
Zach Myers, Editor
Sophomore Isabella Cain (Submitted Isabella Cain).
Sophomore Isabella Cain (over email)
Biology (pre-professional) and Psychology major
What are you most excited for this coming year?
“I would say that I am most excited about psychology club this coming year as we are very much trying to make it interesting to everyone not just psychology majors. I think it's so much fun to see people getting involved in things they are interested in especially when they didn't originally think they would enjoy it.”
2. What’s something you’re nervous about this coming year?
“I would say I'm nervous about my case load this coming year. Since I double major, I have a rather large case load which can be difficult to manage. Either way I am just going to do the best I can do.”
3. What are your favorite and least favorite dining hall meals?
“[I like] salad”
Cain doesn’t dislike anything from the dining hall
4. What’s one word that describes your feelings about the upcoming year?
“Excited”
Professor of Early Childhood Melissa Clawson (Submitted Melissa Clawson).
Professor of Early Childhood Melissa Clawson
What are you most excited for this coming year?
“[I’m excited for] working with the students.”
2. What’s something you’re nervous about this coming year?
“[I’m nervous about] staying on top of things.”
3. What are your favorite and least favorite dining hall meals?
“[I like the] catering food.”
Clawson doesn’t dislike anything from the dining hall
4. What’s one word that describes your feelings about the upcoming year?
“Busy”
UMF Upward Bound Student Success Coordinator and occasional professor Noelle Dubay (Submitted Noelle Dubay).
UMF Upward Bound Student Success Coordinator and occasional professor Noelle Dubay,
What are you most excited for this coming year?
“Symposium day and seeing the research projects students work on, performances in the Emery theater [and] gallery shows in Emery.”
2. What’s something you’re nervous about this coming year?
“[I’m nervous about] getting reclusive in the winter time and not going to events.”
3. What are your favorite and least favorite dining hall meals?
“[I like] roasted brussel sprouts.”
“[I don’t like] pasta.”
4. What’s one word that describes your feelings about the upcoming year?
“Ready”
Senior Dani Faltraco (Jadyn Jacobs).
Senior Dani Faltraco
Secondary Education English major
What are you most excited for this coming year?
“I’m excited to finish, not that my experience here has been bad, but I’m ready to go. It’s bittersweet, but I’m ready to try out teaching.”
2. What’s something you’re nervous about this coming year?
“Also graduating, sometimes it sets in, sometimes it doesn’t that you’ll be graduating. I’m so used to being a college student. It’s become a safe space.”
3. What are your favorite and least favorite dining hall meals?
“I love when they do the General Tso’s Chicken. I do love their burgers, and I like making taco bowls. I love when they do chicken tenders too. ”
“At breakfast, I hate when they put out ham and canadian bacon. I don’t like the sautéed veggies when they’re like liquid and wet.”
4. What’s one word that describes your feelings about the upcoming year?
“Becoming”
Freshman Nick Hudson (Submitted Nick Hudson).
Freshman Nick Hudson
Undecided
What are you most excited for this coming year?
“[I’m] excited for clubs [and] activities to do, billiards, [and] going to the game shop.”
2. What’s something you’re nervous about this coming year?
“[The] timing [and] closeness of classes.”
3. What are your favorite and least favorite dining hall meals?
“[I like] burgers and fries. ”
Hudson doesn’t dislike anything from the dining hall.
4. What’s one word that describes your feelings about the upcoming year?
“Chaotic”
Professor of Mathematics and Director of Actuarial Science program Lori Koban (Submitted Lori Koban).
Professor of Mathematics and Director of Actuarial Science program Lori Koban
What are you most excited for this coming year?
“I’m most excited for the data analysis group projects in my classes.”
2. What’s something you’re nervous about this coming year?
“I’m planning on having three different classes work together, and I’m worried about the logistics of that working out.”
3. What are your favorite and least favorite dining hall meals?
“I love that the salad bar has everything all cut up for me.” (over email)
4. What’s one word that describes your feelings about the upcoming year?
“Excited”
Junior Zoe Lawler (Submitted Zoe Lawler).
Junior Zoe Lawler
Secondary Education major with a concentration in Social Studies and a minor in English
What are you most excited for this coming year?
“[I’m excited for]most of the classes, a Shakespeare class that is going well [and] being on the eboard of some clubs.”
2. What’s something you’re nervous about this coming year?
“[I’m nervous about the] FAB [Frances Allen Black hall] fire alarms.”
3. What are your favorite and least favorite dining hall meals?
“[I like] made to order omelets.”
“[I dislike] pasta salad.”
4. What’s one word that describes your feelings about the upcoming year?
“Excited”
Sophomore Rainier Murray (Jadyn Jacobs).
Sophomore Rainier Murray
Creative Writing major
What are you most excited for this coming year?
“I’m happy to be back with my friends and to learn, but mostly excited for the people.”
2. What’s something you’re nervous about this coming year?
“I got really overwhelmed last year, so I’m hoping that won’t happen again.”
3. What are your favorite and least favorite dining hall meals?
“I like the tomato soup, and the pepperoni, cheese and meatball pizza.”
“I hate basically everything they have for breakfast. I don’t like eggs, their waffles aren’t great and the cereal is sugary other than the raisin bran.”
4. What’s one word that describes your feelings about the upcoming year?
“Electric”
Professor of Art and Design Dawn Nye (Jadyn Jacobs).
Professor of Art and Design Dawn Nye
What are you most excited for this coming year?
“[I’m excited for] the new art and design degree program that we’re working for next year.”
2. What’s something you’re nervous about this coming year?
“Having 20 people in my class starting in January. I know I’ll need a lot more help from my TA’s, but I have amazing TA’s.”
3. What are your favorite and least favorite dining hall meals?
“I never eat in the dining hall unless it's an accepted student day. The reason isn't actually the food--it's the noise. I wear hearing aids and it's really hard for me to understand what people are saying in that room because the sound bounces all over the place. It stresses me out. When I do eat there, I always check out the daily special, the salad bar, and the sandwich bar.” (over email)
4. What’s one word that describes your feelings about the upcoming year?
“Optimistic”
Senior Tori Oliveira (Jadyn Jacobs).
Senior Tori Oliveira
Creative Writing and English major
What are you most excited for this coming year?
“[I’m excited] to get back into the groove of things. There’s a lot of academic opportunities and great conversations in the upper level classes, and I’m looking forward to working on my honors thesis.”
2. What’s something you’re nervous about this coming year?
“[I’m nervous about] not being able to get all of my readings done because I have a lot of them.”
3. What are your favorite and least favorite dining hall meals?
“They make a mean veggie lasagna and controversial, but I like the chicken fried tofu.”
“I’m really not that picky, but I hate when they put cilantro in stuff.”
4. What’s one word that describes your feelings about the upcoming year?
“Optimistic”
Junior Megan Rackliff (Submitted Megan Rackliff).
Junior Megan Rackliff
Psychology major
What are you most excited for this coming year?
“[I’m excited about] being the president of psychology club and interesting classes.”
2. What’s something you’re nervous about this coming year?
“[I’m nervous about] keeping up with online classes.”
3. What are your favorite and least favorite dining hall meals?
“[I like] the pasta bar.”
“[I don’t like] fish dishes.”
4. What’s one word that describes your feelings about the upcoming year?
“Hopeful”
