Jamie
Tidd
Hometown: Marietta, Ohio
Staff position: Managing Editor
Year: Junior
Major: Journalism (minor in leadership)
Why the Marcolian: I loved working on my high school newspaper
and wanted to help make the Marcolian something special.
Three things you like (in general): horses, sauerkraut, and
Mopar muscle cars
Three things you don't like (in general): tomatoes, spiders,
and cold weather
Where you want to be in 10 years: Hopefully, I will be married,
have a couple of kids, a big house in the country, and lots of horses.
I hope to be an editor or assistant editor at a magazine and maybe
finishing up my first book.
Pet Peeve: When people say “warsher” instead of “washer.”
Your words of wisdom: Be changed by what happens to you, not reduced
by it.
Three things you would like to have with you if you were stranded
on a desert island: My boyfriend, my horse, and lots of chocolate
Amy
Bitely
Hometown: Gladesville, WV
Staff position: Viewpoints editor
Year: Sophomore
Major: English and History
Why the Marcolian: For the past few centuries, journalists
have set the social agenda and defined the priorities of the reading
public; they have helped to collect historical fact so that it may
be interpreted in the future. I would like to participate in that
kind of project, and the Marcolian offers the best and closest opportunity
to do so.
Three
things you like (in general):
Mint chocolate chip ice cream, editing essays, and Finnish folk music
Three things you don't like (in general): Ketchup, prejudice,
and lists
Where you want to be in 10 years: I would like to be living in a small
house outside of the college at which I have just started teaching.
Pet Peeve: Drunken catcallers
Your words of wisdom: Question everything--and listen to the
answers.
Three things you would like to have with you if you were stranded
on a desert island: Limitless food, wireless Internet access,
and a well stocked boat to take me back to civilization as the need
occurs.
Jason
E. Weber
Hometown: Euclid, OH
Staff position: Arts and Entertainment Editor
Year: Junior
Major: Theatre
Why the Marcolian: I enjoy writing, and during my first two
years at Marietta, I have been unhappy with the paper, especially
the arts coverage. So, I am trying to remedy that. We have a long
way to go, but I feel that progress is being made.
Three things you like (in general): (Does in general mean,
like in life? I'll pretend that it does.) I like playwriting, acting,
and raspberries. Three things you don't like (in general): Wedgies,
sunburn, and viruses.
Where you want to be in 10 years: Ideally, in 10 years I will
have an MFA in Playwriting from a super cool graduate school, and
possible a Ph.D. from an equally super cool graduate school.(wow,
that's wishful thinking, huh?) I would like to take my education and
write professionally and teach playwriting classes and workshops,
or if I don't make it at writing teach full time college theatre and
write on the side trying to make it someday but being quite content
teaching.
Pet Peeve: My pet peeve is people who have specific job responsibilities
crossover into responsibilities that aren't assigned to them, but
instead to someone else. Your words of wisdom: Do what you are passionate
about, and never give up.
Three things you would like to have with you if you were stranded
on a desert island: A friend, and two everlasting gobstoppers
so we both could have one to suck on and gain nutrients for all eternity.
Captain
Jon Moffett
Hometown: Warren, OH
Staff position: Sports Editor, Viewpoints columnist
Year: Sophomore
Major: Journalism
Why the Marcolian: A taste of what my future holds, and a great
way to express my ideas.
Three things you like (in general): The Oakland Raiders, Me, the
Punisher.
Three things you don't like (in general): Basketball, Golf,
and people who wear shorts with long-sleeved shirts.
Where you want to be in 10 years: Somewhere either down south
or in the north-east in a huge house thanks to my outrageously high
salary.
Pet Peeve: When people say 'milk' like 'melk'…it's a freaking
'I' people!
Your words of wisdom: Oh God, where do I start? Don't ever
let someone tell you that your ideas or opinions don't mean anything
because chances are it's because they're jealous of you and your imagination.
Also, don't play golf, it's stupid.
Three things you would like to have with you if you were stranded
on a desert island: A wide-screen HDTV, an X-Box, and my wonderful
girlfriend.
