
Okay, it’s time to come clean. My brother put this random-ass pitch in the Thrill Google Doc, and now I don’t know what to write about.
Continue readingOkay, it’s time to come clean. My brother put this random-ass pitch in the Thrill Google Doc, and now I don’t know what to write about.
Continue readingAfter a genius suggestion from our staff writer, Nate, (already famous for his insights into the adult mind with his unforgettable Mom Texts), The Thrill realized there was something many of us had in common: we all knew adults who had, or who had once had, Facebook profile pictures which were not of them. This was clearly a pattern. It seems the cool new thing for grown-ups with Facebooks to do is not feature their faces or even themselves in profile pictures. We decided to blow the roof off this whole trend so viewers like you could get in on a little Zeitgeist of your own. Who says adults should have all the fun? Continue reading
Class: 2014 Team: Ladies volleyball and track & field Hometown: Largo, Maryland Major: Sociology Extracurriculars: Wiggin Street Elementary Volunteer, Black Student Union, REACH mentor
Q: How did you decide to play sports here?
Well, I knew that I wanted to play sports in college. If not varsity, then club. I kind of threw out an email to the Kenyon coaches saying, “By the way, if I come I might want to play. Look up my times.” As for volleyball, I sent an email but didn’t end up sending a video so technically I was a walk-on.
I actually started track my junior year of high school. At first, I was really defiant, like “It doesn’t look fun!” I think my dad secretly wanted me to run, though. I played softball and the ball would rarely make it to the outfield so I got bored with it, and I’m pretty lacrosse-inept, so track it was.
I started volleyball in seventh grade and got really close with my coach. She makes fun of me now because I actually started on the B-team; she always uses me as an underdog story: “Yeah, you don’t want to be on the B-team, but look what happened to Sierra!” I was even mad that my parents wouldn’t let me play club, but if I did then track wouldn’t have happened. At first, volleyball looked like such a girly sport to me with the bows and the hair, but my school made it look so legit.
Full interview after the jump. Continue reading
Class: 2013 Team: Club Ultimate Frisbee Hometown: Columbus, Ohio Major: Sociology Extracurriculars: Ultimate Frisbee captain (2 years) and president, Last Call Food Cart co-founder (according to Rhyne, the Food Cart will hopefully be making its triumphant return sometime after spring break)
Q: What position do you play?
A: The two main positions are “handler” and “cutter”; I cut more, which in football terms is kind of like being a wide receiver.
*Full disclosure: I had to follow up this question with “Wait, is that question even relevant to Ultimate Frisbee? Oh God, I’m so sorry. I’m the worst.” Luckily, Rhyne was gracious enough to overlook my utter lack of sports savvy and gave me a quick rundown — for anyone out there who’s similarly uninformed, Ultimate is played seven on seven, similar to football in that it’s played between end zones, and the team is split into “handlers” (who throw the disc) and “cutters” (who cut downfield to catch it).