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Meet the OWL Staff!
Tutors:
OWL tutors are UW-Colleges students who have received an "A" in
English 102, have been recommended by their instructors, and have
undergone extensive tutor training.
The OWL tutors are happy to share their insight into writing
with you and will try to formulate a thorough and useful
response to your draft. Please note, however, that they are not
magicians, nor do they know absolutely everything about
writing. The OWL can, perhaps, best be viewed as a way to get a
very good peer response to your writing.
James
Major:
Education
Favorite Book:
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Favorite Movie:
Clerks
Favorite CD:
Inflammable Material by Stiff Little Fingers
Hobbies:
Reading, writing, playing guitar, and playing chess
Pets:
None (but I like cats and small dogs)
Most
Embarrassing Moment: Too
many to choose from
Personal
Statement:
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't
matter and those who matter don't mind." --Dr. Seuss Katie
Major:
English and Journalism
Favorite Book:
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee; Silas
Marner, by George Eliot; The Aeneid, by Virgil; The
House of Seven Gables, by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Leave it to
Psmith, by P.G. Wodehouse; Sense and Sensibility, by Jane
Austen; Absalom! Absalom!, by William Faulkner; The
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, by Mark Haddon
Favorite Movie:
His Girl Friday, Bringing up Baby, Italian Job
Favorite CD:
Joshua Tree (U2), Wincing the Night Away (the
Shins), Hot Fuss (the Killers), Never Take Friendship
Personal (Anberlin), plus anything by Blondie, the Bangles,
Keane, the Afters, etc.
Hobbies:
Writing, reading, acting, volunteering with elementary
school kids, and traveling
Pets:
None (really want a dog, though)
Most Embarrassing Moment: I
once sat on a caramel in the driver's seat of my car and then
proceeded to go to the store and run some errands without noticing
it. By the time I got home and noticed the caramel, I had been
walking around in public with melted caramel all over the seat of my
pants.
Personal
Statement:
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment
before starting to improve the world." --Anne Frank
Kristin
Major:
English
Favorite Book:
Jane Eyre, Anna Karenina, Great Expectations,
Christopher: A Tale
of Seduction (Allison Burnett), my little blue dress
(Bruno Maddox), Montaigne’s Essays (particularly “Of
Friendship”), anything by Camus, Poe or David Sedaris, Go,
Dog. Go! (PD Eastman), The Sisters Mallone (Louisa
Ermelino), and Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
Favorite Movie:
Kill Bill
(v. 1 & 2), Ruggles of Red Gap, Sense and Sensibility,
Raise the Red Lantern, Zero Effect, The Third Man, Freaks, Velvet
Goldmine, Amelie, and It’s a Wonderful Life.
Favorite CD:
Beck (Guerolito),
JP Nataf (Mon Ami D’en Haut), Balkan Beat Box, and I’m not
quite tired of Louis the XIV’s Best Little Secrets Are Kept
yet.
Hobbies:
Well, I partake
in the enjoyment derived from the above listed favorite items. I
also write, draw, make jewelry and purses, do a little acting, and
fight for the eradication of modern day slavery (also known as human
trafficking) around the world.
Pets:
None at the moment,
but I do currently have a cocoon in residence, though.
Most Embarrassing Moment:
It’s still the
Tom Kevo Incident, which occurred in my sophomore year of high
school and involved a crush (mine, on Tom Kevo), a phone call
(wherein I thought I was talking to the dreaded Rob, but was, in
fact, speaking with the beloved Tom), a lie (about diarrhea, to get
“Rob” off the phone, because I was waiting for Tom to call), a
realization (the next day at school, when Tom looked at me
disgustedly and asked if I was feeling better), and a lifetime of
mortification (and without Tom Kevo, from whom I heard nevermore).
Personal
Statement:
Hmmm…well, I
can’t think of any particular personal statement that I adhere to.
Of course, that might be because, as Oscar Wilde said, “only the
shallow know themselves.” Or, it might just be that I’m too lazy to
come up with one.
Katy
Major:
Undecided
Favorite Book:
The Lost Continent and To Kill a Mockingbird
Favorite Movie:
Finding Nemo
and any superhero movie
Favorite CD:
Abbey Road by The Beatles
Hobbies:
Playing flute, babysitting, reading, hanging out with friends
Pets:
None
Most
Embarrassing Moment: Tripping
up the stairs in front of a bunch of senior guys on my first day of
high school
Personal
Statement:
Writing papers was one of my favorite homework assignments in high
school. Through the OWL program, I hope that I can make other
students love writing as much as I do. Crystal
Major:
History
Favorite Book:
The Chronicles of Narnia
Favorite Movie:
Beerfest (at the moment)
Hobbies:
Hiking and reading
Pets:
Two cats and one dog
Jamie
Major:
English Education
Favorite Book:
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Favorite Movie:
The Royal Tenenbaums
Favorite CD:
Anything Radiohead
Hobbies:
Eating gelato, playing saxophone, and writing
Pets:
Cats
Most
Embarrassing Moment: Not
remembering people's names
Personal Statement:
Adventure!
Emily
Major:
Microbiology
Favorite Book:
Pride and Prejudice, Orphans of Chaos, Magic Study &
Poison Study
Favorite Movie:
O Brother, Where Art Thou
Favorite CD:
Ra Prom One
Hobbies:
Writing, reading, canoeing, camping
Pets:
Dog (Crowe)
Most
Embarrassing Moment: Pretending
that I knew how to ice skate.
Personal Statement:
"Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: come and see my
shining palace built upon the sand." --Edna St. Vincent Millay
Jonathan
Major:
History
Favorite Book:
Black Company
Favorite Movie:
Office Space
Favorite CD:
Master of Puppets
Hobbies:
Reading
Pets:
One cat, Asia
Danielle
Major:
Rural Sociology
Favorite Book:
Into the Wild and anything by Nicholas Sparks
Favorite Movie:
Across the Universe
and
Pulp Fiction
Favorite CD:
By the Way by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Hobbies:
Camping and hiking
Pets:
I have a cute guinea pig named Lola
Abbey
Major:
Secondary English Education
Favorite Book:
Beowulf
Hobbies:
Running and spending time in the great outdoors
Most
Embarrassing Moment: Nothing
is embarrassing if you can laugh it off!
Personal Statement:
"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize
they were the big things." --Robert Brault
OWL Director:
The OWL director
maintains the website, publicizes the OWL, trains the writing
tutors, responds to student papers and/or distributes papers to the
tutors.
Sara Pagliaroni
Major:
English and German
Favorite Book:
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Favorite Movie:
Hero
Favorite CD:
The Impossible Dream by Patty Griffin
Hobbies: Biking, hiking,
swimming, watching movies, reading, baking
Pets:
Do plants count?
Most Embarrassing
Moment:
None that I'd like to report on a website.
Personal Statement:
"Make visible what, without you, might have never been seen."
--Robert Bresson
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