Name: Daniel (Dan) Mendelson
Year: 2016
School: GS/JTS
Major: History
Hometown: Demarest, New Jersey
Relationship Status: Single
Dream job: I want two restaurants with two vibes. Like those of the Vanderpumps.
Favorite thing about NYC: The architecture
Pet Peeve: When I am on the phone and can’t hear the other person.
On-Campus Activities: French Cultural Society
Off-Campus Activities: Appletree Market…
Something you want to do before you graduate: Read an entire book during the semester that is not assigned.
Celebrity Crush: Kim Kardashian. Don’t judge, I’ve heard it all and my answer remains.
Favorite Class and Professor: British History, Susan Pedersen
Summer Plans: I’m waiting to hear back from a bunch of places. I can’t tell, because it’s bad luck.
Perfect Date: Good conversation and a kiss
If you could invite anyone to dinner, who would it be? Oscar Wilde or the Vilna Gaon
Favorite off-campus location: Riverside Park! Specifically with what begins as a jog, then becomes a walk, and then turns into a pensive stroll along the Hudson.
Favorite restaurants in NYC: Mamoun’s Falafel, and every 24-hour diner in the city
If you could have a super power what would it be? To fly, or invisibly
If you were stuck on a desert island, you would need… Happiness
Where you’d like to live in the future: New Jersey, with little bits of Tel Aviv
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