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Mark Waitkus, ’12

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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SAU chapter.


Full Name: Mark Gregory Waitkus
 
Relationship Status: Single
 
Age: 22
 
Year in school: Senior
 
Hometown: North Aurora, IL
 
Job: I work for Residence Life as an RA and student government as Student Body President.
 
Major and Career Goals:
Secondary education—English and theology
I would ultimately like to start off my career as a teacher and see where I go from there.
 

Dream Vacation Destination:
It was Italy, but I managed to go there last winter. Though I would love to return to Italy, I would love to go on a Caribbean cruise next.
 
Favorite Book:
I am pretty cliché with this, but I was a big Harry Potter fan when I was younger, and I love C.S. Lewis—particularly the Narnia series.   (Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe is my favorite).
 
Favorite Movie:
I am a pretty big movie buff, so this is tough for me. I love Christopher Nolan’s work, and my favorite of his is probably The Prestige.
 
Favorite Food:
I’m Italian, so I think I just naturally love all pastas and pizzas, but I will never turn down a good steak either!
 
Perfect First Date:
It would probably depend on the season; a baseball game in the summer and ice-skating in the winter.
 
Traits you look for in a girl:
I look for a girl with a strong personality and a good sense of humor.  Looks are important too because there needs to be some sort of attraction, but that comes second.
 
Blondes or Brunettes:
This week? Brunettes.
 
What is your guilty pleasure song?
“I Want it That Way” – Backstreet Boys
 
What is the sexiest thing a girl can wear?
A good sundress.
 
What is the first thing you notice in a girl?
Eyes, hair, or smile—any order.
 
Do you like when the girl makes the first move?
I like when a girl is assertive and doesn’t expect the guy to make every move first.

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Mary is a senior at St. Ambrose University majoring in English and journalism. She is originally from Naperville, IL and hopes to one day be back in Chicago. In the past Mary has interned for Sourcebooks, a publishing company in Naperville, and this past year she studied abroad in London and interned at Parliament. She hopes to one day be an editor in publishing at a magazine or at a publishing group like Penguin. Besides being the founding editor of Her Campus St. Ambrose, Mary is also a writing tutor at St. Ambrose. In her free time, she loves to travel, hang out with family and friends, and shop a little bit too much at Gap and J. Crew!