Geek of the Week

(An unconventionally sweet and awesome honor!)

Alexandria Nobiling

Once a madame of glam, now a Transcendentalist content with jam and Spam. Her transformation is quite incredible really; an intelligent young lass attached to her cell phone and hair straightener with a fancy for selfies and fetching fingernails initially worried about abandoning these advantageous artifacts for four twenty-four. Yet, the story ends dramatically...well, not really. The story ends without makeup, tangled blonde hair, in sweat pants and happy for a week long tech-break. With pages of written, reflective data on self through the eyes of Emerson, Thoreau, and McCandless do not be surprised if Miss Nobiling becomes anticonformity and antisociety -- dare say Katniss Everdeen, Tris Prior, Clarisse McClellan, or Lizzie Bennet -- and begins commonly citing philosophical verbiage regardless of situational appropriateness. So congrats Alexandria Nobiling, transcendental hoi polloi in heels and English Geek of the Week.

Geek of the Week

(An unconventionally sweet and awesome honor!)

Brooke “L” Roes

Diligent in progress, accepting of defeats, highbrow in error insight. True life-long educational practices teachers hope to instill in their students, but intrinsically know are innate qualities. I hired ‘L’ to an internship as my personal assistant, offering her some experience into the career she wishes to one day attain (as a personal assistant). What I noticed was exceptional. ‘L’ is strikingly consistent in growth, largely because she asks questions of substance. Even more uncommon was her ownership of mistakes, academic or otherwise; no excuses or blame but acknowledgement. Totes Cray-Cray, but as my intern she even took ownership of my mistakes, which I felt quite benevolent of her. Defying the undesirable humanistic quality of falling into the same hole twice, moreover, solidified her Geek of the Week status. Once conscious of expectation and pitfall ‘L’ exercises a pragmatic approach towards accomplishment. So congrats to ‘L’ and her Geek of the Week status, but now she needs to get back to work...for me.