For this week’s Member Monday I interviewed Her Campus member Kiana Hodge. You can find out more about her by following her Instagram: @k.hodgee
- Introduce yourself a little, tell us what you do for her campus.
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My name is Kiana Hodge, but everyone calls me Kiki! I am majoring in Legal Studies with a journalism certificate. I am currently the Secretary for Her Campus and a writer!
- How did you get involved with her campus and how do you feel it has affected you?
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My friend who currently goes to Adelphi told me about Her Campus and told me to check to see if there was a chapter at UB. I checked and reached out to the girls on Instagram and asked if I could join. The rest was history!
- If you were to pick a musical artist(s) that most embodies your self-image, who would it be and why?
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I would say Tyler, the Creator because I see myself as someone who is very open-minded and can take on interests in many things. Tyler is unapologetically himself, and I definitely see and feel the same way about myself.
- What do you study at school and why?
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I am basically on a pre-law track, and I wanted to pursue this because black lawyers only make up 5% of all lawyers, and if we want some change in this world, we need more people who look like us to work for us.
- What do you hope your impact will be? on the people in your life, the career you have, or the world in general.
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I hope that I am successful in making the world a better place somehow. I want to contribute to the educated, situated, and motivated people of the world and continue to have good people in my circle.
- What do you think the best and worst parts of our generation are?
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The best part of my generation is that we aren’t taking any BS anymore. Call us sensitive – but we are finally questioning and calling out toxic generational issues, understanding and helping ourselves with our trauma, and understanding each other. I don’t really see anything wrong with our generation that’s so different from any other generation.
- What is your favorite class that you have taken at ub so far? Why?
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My favorite class would have to be the writing internship class here at UB. I got to write for The Spectrum, which is The University at Buffalo’s newspaper. I learned so many things about writing, and I eventually had one of my pieces featured in the newspaper!
(Read here: https://www.ubspectrum.com/article/2021/03/how-effective-is-cancel-culture)
- What is your comfort t.v. show?
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My favorite comfort T.V. show will have to be Family Guy. I turn it on when: I’m bored, tired, need something to watch, I’m eating, and more. It’s so funny and I can never get tired of it.
- What was the most impactful movie you ever watched?
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It was a limited series – but When They See Us was very impactful. I never knew about the case before this series, and although I know of the unfortunate history of the criminal justice system (that is still thriving today), this series really put things into perspective and pulled at my heart. I never wanted to graduate, go to law school, then become an attorney so bad after watching this. It really opened my eyes to a field where I would love to work in, and possibly help innocent people with getting out of the criminal system and getting their justice.
- Finally, give me your hottest take.
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Cartoon Network was more elite than Disney and Nickelodeon.