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Mikey

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Staff Position: Program Facilitator
Year in School: Junior
Major: Spanish
Hometown Bonduel, WI

  • Favorite hang-out spot in Madison?

    My favorite spot to hang out in Madison is probably Plan B. I also honestly like to chill in the Sex Out Loud office!

  • What do you want to be when you grow up?

    I honestly have no idea. I am a Spanish major so the options are pretty limitless. I am thinking that I want to be some sort of a translator, whether it is in Hospitals, in law settings or in large global businesses.

  • What do you do to relax at the end of a long day?

    Have a glass of wine.

  • Best book/movie/song you've ever read/seen/heard?

    Best book- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows... for real. Best movie- I love, Love, LOVE Bridesmaids and Mean Girls the most. Best song- too many to name. One of the best songs though is Already Gone by Kelly Clarkson.

  • Favorite method of expression?

    Hugging, basically any way that you can physically express yourself is my favorite. I don't have a personal bubble so I like touching all of the time.

  • Favorite professor or class on campus?

    Favorite class that I have taken on campus is probably Music 264. A.k.a. the WISCONSIN SINGERS!!! I love being in a Broadway caliber entertainment company and traveling and being on stage dancing and singing my heart out!

  • Best home-cooked meal?

    BBQ Baby back ribs... fricking ridiculously amazing. Like sex in your mouth good.

  • What do you miss most about your hometown?

    Seeing all of the stars. Being from a small town you can see SOO many more than in the city. I like how peaceful, simple, and quaint my hometown is as well as my family and my beautiful puppy.

  • Pick one global/local issue that means the most to you.

    I would have to say littering and lack of recycling. Come on people! It's so easy. Just do it.

DeMarco

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Staff Position: Program Facilitator
Year in School: Senior
Major: Biology, Philosophy
Hometown Milwaukee, WI

  • Favorite method of expression?

    I'm an ever growin', never knowin', lyric flowin', no plateauin', cup o' joein, can't stand snowin, person named DeMarco Bowen.

  • Favorite professor on campus?

    Ieva Reich. She makes O-chem sexy.

  • Have you ever been or lived abroad? Where?

    Oh yeah. Uganda! Can't wait to go back.

  • Favorite thing to do on a Sunday?

    Watch the Packers own everyone in the NFL. Super Bowl Repeat!

Alec

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Staff Position: Program Facilitator
Year in School: Junior
Major: Sociology
Hometown Racine

  • Best home-cooked meal?

    My mom makes an awesome home made pizza with the works.

  • What do you miss most about your hometown?

    Well, seeing as how there's not much to miss about Racine itself, I'd definitely have to say that I miss my friends from back home the most.

  • Favorite hobby?

    I like riding my motorcycle and reading...not at the same time of course!

  • Have you ever been or lived abroad? Where?

    I've been to the UK, some different spots in the Caribbean, France, and Australia...Australia was one of my favorites because the people are friendlier there than any other place I've ever been.

Sophia

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Staff Position: Outreach Coordinator
Year in School: Junior
Major: Journalism and Certificate in Gender and Women's Studies
Hometown Milwaukee—the real one.

  • What do you want to want to be when you grow up?

    When I grow up I want to be the person in charge of the way women of color are represented in the media...I'll be the Blaxican Devil Wears Prada.

  • What do you do to relax at the end of a long day?

    I drink hot tea and read blogs and tweet. Lots of blogs and tweets.

  • Best book/movie/song you've ever read/seen/heard?

    The best book I've ever read was Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God. Hands down it was phenomenal to my development in life and love.

Taylor

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Staff Position: Program Facilitator
Year in School: Senior
Major: Human Development & Family Studies with certificates in Gender & Women's Studies and LGBTQ Studies
Hometown Kenosha, WI.

  • What do you want to want to be when you grow up?

    A Sex Therapist- a majorly famous one with my own books and talk show! I also want to own my own sex-positive sex toy/supply/health shop with a pole-dance club attached to it. It will be called “Tantric Treasures”. Not a strip club! And eventually, I want to get my pilot's license, just for kicks and giggles!

  • Favorite method of expression?

    My style for sure. I'm a full blown rock star! I love studs, rhinestones, leather, boots, lace, animal print, 8 inch stilettos, piercings, tattoos, tons of makeup, skinny jeans, wild hair, Harley-Davidson, and tons and tons of GLITTER!

  • What do you do to relax at the end of a long day?

    If it's a particularly stressful day, I definitely have a unique coping mechanism. I go buy a package of Tollhouse chocolate chip cookie dough and a rockstar energy drink. Then I sit on the floor of my apartment and either listen to music or pop in a Disney movie while I have my goodies, and then I color. Otherwise, I'm a huge movie buff, so you'll almost always find me curled up on my futon watching one of my hundreds of movies.

  • If you could live in any other era, what/where would it be and why?

    Oh. The 80's for sure!! I love everything about the 80's! I love the music, the movies, the clothes, the big hair, the crazy bright-colored makeup, and of course neon colors and spandex! Plus, you can't beat Michael Jackson in his prime, Flashdance, and Molly Ringwald in 16 Candles, Pretty In Pink and The Breakfast Club. (:

Michael

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Staff Position: Program Facilitator
Year in School: Sophomore
Major: Art History (or possibly History) and German
Hometown Chicago!

  • What do you want to want to be when you grow up?

    I want to be an urban planner. I love cities and would love to work with them in the future. Or I'd like to go into fashion as another possibility.

  • Best book/movie/song you've ever read/seen/heard?

    The best movie I've ever seen is a French movie called “A Very Long Engagement”. It takes place before, during and just after WWI and chronicles the journey of a French woman looking for her fiancé who went missing during the war. It is beautiful and romantic, exciting and compelling. Every time you watch it you discover something new. Highly recommended. C'est encroyable!

  • Favorite method of expression?

    I really enjoy to draw, sketch and paint. It is really my best creative outlet and gives me the chance to explore different things whether I'm painting a landscape, drawing figures or clothing ideas, doodling city plans or what have you...it all works well into my different interests.

  • What do you miss most about your hometown?

    I really miss living in such a large, complex, and exciting city like Chicago. There is always so much energy going around and the endless list of things to explore means that you can live there your whole life and always have something new to do.

  • If you could live in any other era, what/where would it be and why?

    I would live in Berlin during the 1920s. The city was incredibly exciting and energized at the time. In addition to that, it was a major center of art, music, and culture during the 20s and nurtured some of the 20th century's great singers, writers and film-makers.

Rachael

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Staff Position: Project Coordinator
Year in School: Junior
Major: Genetics or Biology (don't know yet!) and Spanish
Hometown Green Bay, WI

  • What are your favorite hang-out spots around Madison?

    Even though I can't get out there a lot, I love the Arboretum and the lakeshore area, so beautiful! A lot of my other hang-out spots usually are "study spots", but the places I like to haunt are as follows: that one random room in Van Hise on the 4th floor, it has comfy chairs and it is very warm; the Physics library—even though it's not my favorite class the library has this cool yellow balcony; also, Memorial because it seems to change every time I'm there and I find new nooks and crannies. Oh, and I love hanging out at coffee shops, probably because I am a java junkie.

  • What is in the trunk of your car?

    I think right now...a volleyball and my rollerblades, because I like to do both at the same time. Just kidding.

  • What do you like to do to relax at the end of a long day?

    Depends on how long long is. If it's really long, I'm probably asleep in my bed the instant I can be. If it's just pretty long, I don't like watching t.v., but I do like video games. Preferably playing on the old school N64 or messing with the lives of some Sims.

Helen

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Staff Position: Volunteer Coordinator/Program Facilitator
Year in School: Sophomore
Major: BSW Social Work, BS Zoology, Certificate Global Health
Hometown Milwaukee, WI

  • Favorite hang-out spot in Madison?

    It's a tie between the Humanities building and Mother Fool's coffee shop. I have orchestra and choir rehearsals in the Humanities building, which are the most fun part of my day and keep me sane during midterms. However, Mother Fool's has an awesome study atmosphere and a mean vegan pecan sandy. Tough choice.

  • Have you ever been or lived abroad? Where?

    I've been to over 20 countries on four continents. I've traveled a lot both with my mom and on my own during my gap year before starting college. I also lived on a commune in Ecuador (insert crunchy hippie jokes here). Traveling before I went to school really provided me with a lot of perspective, focus, and street smarts (and fluency in Spanish!); I wouldn't trade those experiences for anything. This summer I'm hoping to do a study abroad program in Kenya focused on maternal and child health in rural areas and I could not be more excited!

  • What do you want to want to be when you grow up?

    I've wanted to be a doctor since I can remember. The ideal plan is to go to D.O. school and practice medicine with women and children in disadvantaged, Spanish-speaking urban areas both in the US and abroad. If that doesn't work out, this kid is opening up a bakery and having babies.

  • Favorite thing to do on a Sunday?

    Pants-off dance-off.

Sam

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Staff Position: Program Facilitator
Year in School: Junior
Major: Social Work, Sociology, and Gender Studies
Hometown Toronto, Canada

  • Favorite hang-out spot in Madison?

    Bascom Hill or Barriques

  • What do you want to want to be when you grow up?

    A mermaid! But seriously, a social worker or lawyer.

  • What do you do to relax at the end of a long day?

    Cuddle up with my snuggie, red wine, candles, and incense.

  • What do you like most about Sex Out Loud?

    The awesome sex stories I get to hear all day, every day!

  • Favorite professor or class on campus?

    Pathology 210: Sex, Science, & Society

Kim

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Staff Position: Event Coordinator
Year in School: Senior
Major:Journalism and Mass Communications
Hometown Kenosha, WI

  • What do you do to relax at the end of a long day?

    I love everything from working out, listening to music, singing or just curling up with a good book.

  • Favorite method of expression?

    Spoken Word! I love going to events like Just Bust! because it's such a release from my everyday issues or personal problems. I'm always awed and inspired by the talent that is shown at events like that.

  • What do you like most about Sex Out Loud?

    I think peer-to-peer education resources like Sex Out Loud are so important on a college campus because they help students transition from whatever backgrounds they come from to the "new" college experience. SOL educates and informs in a fun manner that truly reaches out to the student body and makes a difference.

  • Best home-cooked meal?

    I love cooking and really enjoyed this past summer when my husband and I would experiment making meals on a newly married budget. It was a lot of fun!

  • Favorite hobby?

    I always dive into any opportunity that allows me to be creative. I love scrapbooking, reading, writing and being artsy. Exploring a library, bookstore or even Hobby Lobby will keep me occupied for hours.

Matt

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Staff Position: Webmaster
Year in School: Senior
Major: Computer Science and Math
Hometown Eau Claire, WI

  • What do you do to relax at the end of a long day?

    Play video games, like a nerd. Duh.

  • Favorite method of expression?

    I write some haikus.
    They're really bad, but oh well...
    They make me feel nice.

  • Best home-cooked meal?

    My mom's chicken stir-fry. Killer.

  • Best book you've ever read?

    David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. If you can stomach reading well over 1,000 pages, it's easily one of the most amazing works of post-modern literature around.