THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY FOCUS August 29, 2000 PAGE 15 Pratik S ah Anna Kaplan Major/year: computer engineering/senior. making enough money. If Pratik could be Major/year: modern language and lin­ Position: Sports editor. Thrn-ons: nice any building on campus he would be the guistics/junior. Position: Features edi­ smile, slim waist, big chested woman. Ally financial aid office, so the people working tor. Turn-ons: creativity. Music group McBeal: ingenious programming or there could get something right. His most embarrassed about listening to: spawn of Satan? Ingenious prograinming. favorite body parts are his eyes. Future Ace of Base. Favorite cartoon shows: F:avorite cartoon show: The Jetsons. Best goals, if any: to be a successful engineer Thundercats, Josie and the Pussiecat~, thing about working for The Retriever and maybe even a sports writer. Are robots Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Dexter's Weekly: making money. Worst thing: not cool? Yes. E-mail: [email protected]. Laboratory. Best thing about working ·at The Retriever Weekly: working on the Features section. Worst thing: hav~ Nate West ing to write articles for writers who Major/year: graphic design and photogra­ don't turn their articles in. If Anna · phy/junior. Position: photography editor. could be any building on campus she Turn-ons: tickling. Music artist most would be Patapsco because it has artifi­ embarrassed about listening to: Vanilla cially expanded many a mind. Her Ice. Thoughts on Ally McBeal: She has a favorite body parts are her teeth. dirty mind. Favorite cartoon show: The Before she dies she wants to drive · an Simpsons. Best thing about working for ice cream truck. Are robots cool? Yes, The Retriever Weekly: the satisfaction that they're robobitchin'. E-mail: his sacrifices have been made in order to anna@ trw. umbc. edu. bring information to many different people. Worst thing: the long hours and computer Abby Foster crashes. If Nate could be any building on ·campus he would be the Fine Arts build- Major/year: chemistry I sophmore. spare time anyway. Worst thing: it ing because it's where he's most content in Position: assistant Opinion editor. comes out every week, no matter how class. IDs favorite body parts are his Turn-ons: rain, berries and e-mail. many tests there are. If Abby could be hands. Future goal, if any: to be o~ time Music group most embarrassed about any building on campus, she would be for everything, 'cause he's bad at that. Are having listened to: the first cassette she the Physics building because it's new robots cool? Not after seeing The Matrix. ever bought was Wilson Phillips, when and shiny and has a telescope. Favorite E-mail: [email protected]. she was eight. Ally McBeal: ingenious body' part: She thinks she has a pretty programming or spawn of Satan? It face, but nobody ever asks her what she used to be ingenious ... now becoming thinks about it. Future goals, if any: to increasingly satanic. Favorite cartoon have a good job, marriage, a family ...- shows: Animaniacs·, Johnny Bravo and Are robots cool? No! Haven't you ever Dave Punzalan South Park. Best thing about working seen The Matrix? Look where all that Major/year:· graphic design/senior. at The Retriever Weekly: validation for will · get us! E-mail: Position: production manager. Thrn-ons: correcting grammar that she does in my principesa_abby@ hotmail. com. bustiers and bikinis. Music artist most embarrassed about listening to: Britney Spears. Favorite cartoon show: Dexter s Leanne Curtin Laboratory. Best thing about working for Major/year: permanently The Retriever Weekly: -getting to print undecided/sophmore. Position: Focus things for free. Worst thing: the hours. If editor. Turn-ons: aluminum foil and Dave could be any building on campus mayonnaise. Music artist most embar­ he would be the Administration building, rassed about having listened to: Garth 'cause that's where all the power is. His Brooks. Favorite cartoon show: Space favorite body parts are his calves. Future 6host Coast to Coast. Best thing about goals, if any: to actually graduate. Are working for The-Retriever W~ekly: the robots cool? Yes, especially Voltes V, who staff Jlnd making the public · read my can whip Voltron's ass. E-mail: sam­ subliminal, persuasive opinions. Worst bahin@ aol. com. thing: not coming up with a satisfying idea. If Leanne could be any building Ray Shaw on campus she would be the library Major/year: information systems and His favorite body parts are his hands. because it's very important and looks music recording/senior. Position: technol­ Future goals, if any: to wing it. Are pretty. Her favorite body parts are her ogy manager. Thrn-ons: intelligence and robots cool? Yes, is there a reason why hair and butt. Future goals, if any: to offbeat humor. Music artist most embar­ they aren't? E-mail: stay in college and put off facing reality rassed about listening to: Him, embar­ ray@ media. umbc. edu. for as long as she can. Are robots cool? rassed? Ally McBeal: Yes, especially when they have deadly ingenious program­ weapons with which to destroy all. E­ ming or spawn of mail: leanne@ trw. umbc. edu. Satan: minor demon. Favorite American Adam Craigmiles cartoon show: Power Puff Girls. Best thing Our beloved managing editor has deserted us for a week to grapple with the US front~er. about working for The Retriever Weekly: the fame and fortune. Worst thing: Quark Express. If Ray could be any building on campus he would be the Sign Shop because no one knows it exists.

Alyson Spurgas Major/year: psychology or sociology and she would be the silo because it's the cam­ social work/sophmore. Position: assistant pus monument and the first thing you see Focus editor. Turn-oris: hairy noses. when you get off I-95. Her favorite body Music artist most embarrassed about parts are her feet, specifically her toes. _listening to: Mariah Carey. Favorite car­ Future goals, if any: to swim with sting toon show: Thundercats. Best thing about rays and possess black pearls on Bora Bora. working for The Retriever Weekly: the Are robots cool? Only if they're giving me great staff. Worst thing: the deadlines. If a foot massage. E-mail: Alyson could be any building on campus alyson@ trw. umbc.edu.