Owen Knight, “Tulane Owen”

 

Name: Owen Knight

 

Year: 2014

 

Major: Marketing/Management

 

Hometown: Bethesda, Maryland 

 

 

I’m an admissions intern in the Admissions Office, a social media intern, I’m 

on the executive board for Green Wave Ambassadors, involved in Fiji, on the 

Interfraternity Council executive board, and I did rowing for a year. I also play 

intramural flag football three times a week.

 

 

Second semester of my sophomore year.

 

 

More so than I expected it to. I thought I would just be writing a blog, tweeting, 

and that it wouldn’t be a big deal. The first time I was approached was when 

I was in Boston for GWA on the road and some kid came up to me and was 

like “you’re Tulane Owen, I read your blog,” and I was just like “What?” Then, 

my presence on the Facebook group made a lot of people recognize me at 

Orientation as “the kid from the Facebook group,” and then when they saw 

me again when the school year started, they were like “oh, you’re Tulane 

Owen!” The Facebook group was the catalyst, which I never expected. 

 

 

 It was not the repetitiveness that got frustrating, it was the fact that people 

used the Facebook group as Google, rather than just typing the question 

into Google, when they would’ve gotten the same answer. That being said, I 

didn’t mind doing it because I like helping people and it is better to get more 

of a personal spin on it, but certain yes or no questions could have been 

found faster for them if they had just gone to a search engine rather than the 

Facebook group. But I was not annoyed.

 

 

You can tell people are still really nervous and unsure when they come 

to orientation. They’re not necessarily scared, but they’re just unsure of 

everything. Then, you see them again when the year starts and you see 

them around and you can tell they’re just loving it. I know I’m not directly 

responsible, but I know a few people have come up and been like “oh you 

were my OTL, it was great” and you can tell you got people excited about 

Tulane, and it’s definitely nice to see that. That’s the most rewarding thing – 

just knowing you helped someone transition and made it easier for them. 

 

 

Going to Tulane. But really, I like how you have ample opportunities to get 

involved as well as get a good education. I’ve probably learned more from 

experiences with student organizations in terms of being a person and being 

a functioning human being than things on a test. I’ve learned a lot through 

experiences and learned by doing rather than being told.

 

 

It was a lot of fun. My girlfriend Alexa was on court last year so I saw her go 

through the whole process and it was really cool to see. Although a year ago 

I would have never guessed that I would have been able to do it, after this 

summer and seeing that the freshmen all knew me I realized it was possible 

so I was really hoping to do it. Anyone could have won, but just being on court 

was what it was all about. Getting your parents to come into town, getting to 

go to Scott Cowen’s house, the pep rally, sitting in the box, going on the field 

– it was just awesome. It was a great group of people.

 

 

I’d like to stay in New Orleans, either in marketing or some business capacity. 

Right now, my dream job is to work in the admissions office, but we’ll see.

 

 

1. Place to eat off campus: Adam’s Street Grocery – it’s close to campus and 

they have really good, really cheap po-boys. But my favorite fancy restaurant is 

definitely Peche.

 

2. Place to study: N/A

 

3. School event: Wave Goodbye. It’s fun because everyone’s parents are there 

and the food is amazing.