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The Hofstra Chronicle • September 20, 2016 • https://thehofstrachronicle.com/60295/features/the-humans-of-hofstra-september-20-2016/

The Humans of Hofstra – September 20, 2016

Emily Hulbert
“My name is Foster Jacobs and I’m a freshman here at Hofstra. I’m from South Jersey and live in Bill of Rights Hall. My major is mechanical engineering. My dream since I was a little kid has been to build missiles. I spent a couple of hundred dollars on Legos when I was younger. The only thing I really built with them were castles. I chose to come to Hofstra after I visited the first time. It seemed like a good place and it was kind of close to home, but far enough where I am not actually there. My favorite movie is ‘Limitless’ because it gives me a person to compete with. ‘Limitless’ is about a man, played by Bradley Cooper, who takes a pill that gives him a really high IQ and the ability to access 100 percent of his brain. The movie gives me something to both strive for and compete with. I’m in the E-Sports Club and Hofstra versus Zombies. E-Sports club is mainly video games where you play with other people in the group. After a while, competitions start to pop up so you’ll get assigned a specific game. Hofstra versus Zombies is basically where people at Hofstra act like Zombies while the other team gets nerf guns and tries to shoot them. I really like the game even though I’ve never seen ‘The Walking Dead.’”


 

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“My name is John Messina. I am a freshman here at Hofstra and am from Cold Spring Harbor, which is about 20 minutes away. My major is psychology. I have a lot of friends who have issues and I want to help them . It’s one of those things that even if I weren’t getting paid for it, I would still do anyway just because it is something that I am really interested in and enjoy. I definitely want to become a psychologist in the future. Hofstra was so far in contrast with my high school, Chaminade. It was an all-boys Catholic school which is literally the opposite of Hofstra. There was something about Hofstra that was new and I loved it. All the people are also really nice here so it’s been great. I recently just joined the Hofstra Quidditch team. I had nothing to do between the hours of noon and 2 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon and I was like ‘What do I have to lose? I’ll show up to Quidditch practice.’ It is incredibly fun! It is a mixture of rugby, tag and dodgeball, so I love it. I am trying to get into other clubs like Nonsense Humor. I am doing some charity work as well, not just from Hofstra but from other avenues. I joined a group at Hofstra that sponsors education for women in Nepal so I feel like I’m doing something good there.”

 

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