Introducing this Fall's Blog Babies!
They’ve finally arrived!! After combing through tons of awesome apps, these are the shining gems we’ve chosen! Keep reading to meet this semester’s new writers.(Missed the boat? Keep an eye out for next year’s application or email us at info@blognonian.com)
Jillian Hojsak '19 is a senior from Tenafly, New Jersey. And NO she’s actually never seen an episode of Jersey Shore. She claims her hometown has the best bagels and beaches. Jillian is a biology major and aspiring veterinarian. Her favorite animal is a polar bear. She has a tattoo of a polar bear, is on the Poler Bears dance team, and ever since she was a kid she and family have just been obsessed with polar bears. Now if that's not passion, then I don’t know what is. If she could be any cereal she would be lucky charms (which is apparently the food she ate every single day at the ratty freshman year). When asked, she said her dream Spring Weekend performer would be Grimes. She admires Grimes not only as an artist but also as a producer and graphic designer of her own album covers, and because of her ability to snatch up current boyfriend & billionaire Elon Musk.-Nnemka Agbafe
Nnem (or Nnemka), or also Naomi...but actually sometimes Nina Agbafe, is a sophomore transfer. Her name depends on her environment because she adapts and occasionally assumes an alter ego in case she does something ~wild. Her favorite personas are Naomi and Nina. Naomi is a public health concentrator, comes from UNC Chapel Hill, and hails from recently-wrecked North Carolina. Nnem’s dream Spring Weekend performer would be the rapper 21 Savage, and she could definitely give us all tips on how to meet celebrities. If Nina was a cereal she would be Cinnamon Toast Crunch because “you can’t get enough of [her].” We know that Nnem is a sane person, despite the 100 names, because she puts the cereal in first and then the milk. Lastly, she has never once done yoga before, but will soon be pursuing her dream to be a yoga instructor!-Jillian Hojsak
Matan Gans '22 hails from Lexington, Massachusetts. He’s thinking about concentrating in neuroscience, maybe CS because “he hates himself and wants to do a lot of work.” His dream Spring Weekend act would be Nirvana–he would love it if Kurt Cobain rose from the dead. Unlikely, but wholesome. If he were a cereal, he would be Cocoa Krispies because they’re a good source of vitamin D...but don’t misinterpret that...he doesn’t mean it that way you, you pervert. His feelings about the rodent are that he doesn’t mind calling it the Sharpe Refectory (perplexing…very perplexing).-Morgan Healey
Deb Marini ‘22 is a first-year from “the quiet but progressive town” of Lewes, Delaware (source: www.lewes.com). Deb is still undecided about what she wants to concentrate in, and just to clarify how indecisive she is, she lists her interests as biology, public policy, and English. Her dream Spring Weekend performer would be Vampire Weekend. If Deb could be any cereal, she would be Frosted Flakes because she tries to cover up her dullness with a layer of sugar (her words, not mine). Deb is awaiting a sequel to "Despacito," but still hasn’t made up her mind on whether or not it should feature Justin Bieber.-Matan Gans
Hannah “Rebecca Rebecca it’s not what you think” Parent ‘22 is a first-year from Granby, Massachusetts (alternatively, Granola, Ass Chap Two Sets). Her ideal Spring Weekend performance would be a High School Musical reunion, bringing back the iconic Zac Efron as Troy Bolton, but she is (very) enthusiastic about the idea of Hayley Kiyoko or “someone really fucking gay” coming to Brown. After taking exactly zero Buzzfeed quizzes and Googling “cereal brands” once, she admits that if she were a cereal, she would most likely be the very white Rice Krispies. She may still call the Sharpe Refectory “The Ratty,” but her true love resides a couple feet below: the dank Ivy Room.-MJ Lee
Alisa Caira '22 is a first-year from Newton, MA which qualifies, as does all of Massachusetts, as “outside of Boston.” If she were a cereal, she would aspire to be Fruity Pebbles, but really, she knows she’s a “Frosted Flakes kind of girl,” which also happens to be her Ratty breakfast choice. She only watches the Christmas episodes of The Office and says she wants to be exactly like the cutest couple, “Dan (Joe?) and Lisa.” She intends to concentrate in Literary Arts, Science and Technology Studies, and possibly, (“because I need to pay the bills”) education. Her ideal Spring Weekend performer would be Mitski, because her act would bring something “wholesome” to Brown. She has managed to swing her schedule so that she does not have class on Monday or Wednesday, for which we all admire her.-Paul Michaud
Paul Michaud '22 is a first-year who “grew up outside of Boston” (don’t believe it), but now lives in Nashville. He hopes to concentrate in English and Latin a.k.a the most useful and least useful languages to know. If he was a cereal, he claims he would be Life. To him, it embodies a general aspiration to be better than Cheerios with none of the follow through. Bo Burnham would be his ideal Spring Weekend Performer because he’d "kill" at Brown, hopefully not literally although he never elaborated. He says you can catch him on Saturday morning attempting to open his basement window blinds. Paul seems traumatized by the fact that he was once teased at Jo’s for his “poofy” hair for upwards of five minutes. He seems to have the thin skin of a classic first-year student.-Alisa Caira
MJ ‘Shaka Brah’ Lee ‘22 is best known this side of the Mississippi for holding the current record for Hardest Dabs. When she isn’t defending her title she’s hate-watching Supergirl or complaining about how Brown doesn’t have a Herpetology club. Every single time someone asks her where she’s from, MJ malfunctions briefly because she doesn’t know (and that’s valid!). Her least favorite word is "flesh" and she only calls "the Ratty" "the Rodent" ironically. MJ identifies as either Lucky Charms or Fruit Loops, whichever one is “gayer.” Speaking of gay, she is one of six gay women on this planet that knows all the lyrics to "Deepthroat" by Cupcakke, who she’d love to see in the Spring Weekend lineup. Her porn star alter ego (infamous in Germany) is called My Junk Leak (not to be confused with My Young Jew).-Hannah Parent
Morgan Healey '22 of New York City is tired of pizza, pho, and those “fucking cookie slices” that she’s eaten too much of. She lives in Andrews, but has a bike that she uses to get around the mountains and miles of Providence. Concentration-wise, she’s undecided, but she likes CLPS stuff. If Morgan was a cereal she’d be Fruity Pebbles because “they’re really bad for you but they’re super tasty.” Her ideal Spring Weekend performer would be Kanye, because the day she saw him in concert was the same day he had to cut his set short because Kim was held hostage in Paris. Both Kim and Morgan were robbed that day, and Morgan thinks that a lot of her unresolved feelings would be cured by seeing the second half of his set. She has a mean but bean-like chihuahua named Peanut and low-key likes the “Rodent” name because she thinks it’s funny to say “rodentia” in her head when she hears it (and also because she doesn't like the food there).-Deb Marini