Name: Andrea McSweeney
Year: Junior
Age: 22
Hometown: Needham, Massachusetts
Major: Biology B.S.
Life Motto: Everything happens for a reason.
HC: So … how about an easy question to get you warmed up. What is your favorite Carolina memory so far?
A: Being interviewed for “Campus Person” and going to a UNC basketball game.
HC: (Laughs) I’m pretty sure I went to that game with you. What is your favorite place on campus?
A: The union.
HC: I know you’re from Boston but how do you feel about all of this snow?
A: Oh, I love it!
HC: Ok. Time for a favorites speed round. Don’t think about it, just say the first thing that comes to mind. Ready?
A: Yes.
HC: Vanilla or Chocolate?
A: Chocolate.
HC: What is your favorite color?
A: Purple
HC: Food?
A: Spaghetti
HC: Movie?
A: Legally Blonde
HC: Cartoon from you Childhood?
A: Pokémon
HC: Restaurant?
A: Wagamama. Try it! You’ll like it!
HC: Song?
A: Ignition by R. Kelly. The remix version.
HC: (Sighs) That takes me back. (Laughs) Ok… Let’s slow down again now. What would you say is your biggest fear and pet peeve?
A: My biggest fear would be sharks…. Or losing my teeth. And my pet peeve is the existence of garbage and dirty dishes.
HC: Since there has been so much talk about the lottery and powerball lately, what is the first thing you would do if you won the lottery?
A: Pay my tuition.
HC: Wouldn’t we all. (Sighs) If you could meet one person living or dead, who would it be and why?
A: Tina Fey because she’s hilarious
HC: If you had to lose one of your senses, which would you choose?
A: Smell
HC: If you were a Disney Character, who would you be?
A: Timon from the Lion King
HC: I can see it.
A: (Chuckles) Because I’m meerkaty
HC: (Laughs) no… your personality matches him. (Still laughing) Ok… back to the questions. If you wrote an autobiography, what would it be named?
A: “What am I Doing With my Life?”
HC: (Pauses) I feel like every college student’s would be similar. (sighs) Do you have any odd talents or skills?
A: Well… I’m really good at drawing stars, like without making the lines through the center.
HC: (Pauses to draw a star without center lines.) How do you even? (Finishes) We’re just going to throw that away.
A: (Laughs)
HC: What are three words that you think describe you best?
A: Chill, Creative… (pauses) A-Little-Offended-I-Wasn’t-Interviewed-for-this-Back-When-It-Was-Campus-Cutie. That’s all one word.
HC: (laughing) I’m sorry. But at least you are a celebrity. How about one more game? Let’s do a round of would you rather. Would you rather be a part of a real Jurassic park scenario or a real day after tomorrow scenario?
A: A real day after tomorrow scenario
HC: Me too. I would be the first one to be eaten in Jurassic Park. Would you rather watch a 24 hour marathon of jersey shore or sex and the city
A: Sex and the City.
HC: Always have bad hair or always have bad teeth?
A: Always have bad hair
HC: Know when people are lying or always get away with lying?
A: Always know when people are lying.
HC: Ok. How about this one dress only in styles famous 15 years ago or dress the way you did when you were 15?
A: (Laughing) Dress the way I did when I was 15. I dress pretty much the same.
HC: Would you rather eat poison ivy or a handful of bumblebees?
A: Are bumblebees the ones that can’t sting?
HC: I’m not sure. But for arguments sake lets say they do.
A: Ok…Poison ivy.
HC: (cringing) The feeling of that. (Shivers) Final question: Be Beyoncé or meet Beyoncé?
A: Be Beyoncé! I want her bank account.
HC: For tuition?
A: (Smiles and laughs)
HC: (Laughing) Thanks you for letting me interview before we have to go back to our regular schedules of school. (sighs)
A: (Laughing) No problem.