SGA Executive Council answers Proust Questionnaire
Carla Bradley
President
1. What is your most marked characteristic?
I’ve been told that I’m approachable
2. What quality do you most like in a man?
He has to make me laugh.
3. What quality do you most like in a woman?
lol.
4. What do you value most in your friends?
Their ability to accept the fact that I am always busy and still love me regardless.
5. What is your principal defect?
I cannot let go of things easily. I insist that things are done to my liking.
6. What is your favorite occupation?
Freelancing for the Houston Press
7. What is your dream of happiness?
To make sure that I am doing what I love after I graduate
8. What to your mind would be the greatest misfortune?
Honestly, at this point, it would be to see SGA fall back to its old invisible self after all of the exposure I have helped give it among staff and students.
9. What would you like to be?
Awesome.
10. In what country would you like to live?
The United States of America!!!
11. What is your favorite color?
Purple
12. What is your favorite flower?
Pink-tipped roses and blue orchids
13. What is your favorite bird?
The UHCL Hawk (and Macaw Parrots)
14. Who are your favorite prose writers?
Oscar Wilde, George Orwell, Alexandre Dumas, and of course, JK Rowling
15. Who are your favorite poets?
Pablo Neruda
16. Who are your favorite fictional heroes?
Harry Potter
17. Who are your favorite fictional heroines?
Shadowcrane
18. Who are your favorite composers?
John Williams is pretty legit
19. Who are your favorite painters?
My favorite graphic designer is Warren Fu. His work is my inspiration
20. Who are your heroes in real life?
My mom and Shadowcrane
21. Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Dorothea Lange and Dolores Huerta
22. What are your favorite names?
Julian Casablancas, Nikolai Fraiture, and Mark Kanemura
23. What do you most dislike?
People who take on responsibilities and only do it to fluff up their resumes.
24. What historical figures do you most despise?
Satan/The Devil (Fictional: Lord Voldemort)
25. What event in military history do you most admire?
The one that ended the Civil Rights War
26. What reform do you most admire?
Women’s Suffrage
27. What natural gift would you most like to possess?
The ability to stop time
28. How would you like to die?
At The Strokes concert
29. What is your present state of mind?
Exhausted but satisfied
30. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Hurting people’s feelings unintentionally
31. What is your motto?
#SayLove
Kenneth “KC” Kettler
Vice President – Committee Coordinator
1. What is your most marked characteristic?
Confidence.
n/a.
3. What quality do you most like in a woman?
Intelligence. I mean if we can’t carry on a decent conversation that’s pretty much the end of that.
4. What do you value most in your friends?
You know, I’m not sure if my friends really have anything in common. A sense of humor certainly ranks up there, though.
5. What is your principal defect?
I tend to procrastinate – more than a few assignments due at midnight I turn in at 11:30.
6. What is your favorite occupation?
Camping, backpacking, wandering around in the middle of the desert. In West Texas are the most beautiful sunrises you’ll ever see. Not to mention you can actually see stars unlike in Houston.
7. What is your dream of happiness?
I’m not quite sure how to answer that, but I particularly like toast. So I’m sure my dream of happiness will somehow involve toast.
8. What to your mind would be the greatest misfortune?
Personally, I don’t know what I’d do if my computer just stops working. (I just got a new one)
9. What would you like to be?
What I am. I want to improve myself over time, but that’s more of a direction than a checkpoint.
10. In what country would you like to live?
The States. I’ve been in a few other countries: Canada, UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and I’d like to go back at some point, but this one is home.
11. What is your favorite color?
Well I’m colorblind…so let’s say green.
12. What is your favorite flower?
Sunflowers. They’re pretty.
13. What is your favorite bird?
The Hawk! That’s a ridiculously pandering answer, but I’m okay with that.
14. Who are your favorite prose writers?
I don’t read fiction as much, but there’s nothing that beats Mark Twain.
15. Who are your favorite poets?
Walt Whitman’s work is beautiful and Edgar Allen Poe makes me laugh. I’m not sure what that says about my sense of humor…
16. Who are your favorite fictional heroes?
Pretty much anyone played by Jimmy Stewart. Or Woody from Toy Story.
17. Who are your favorite fictional heroines?
Dory from Finding Nemo. I didn’t really identify that strongly with heroes in books I’ve read, male or female.
18. Who are your favorite composers?
Tchaikovsky and John Williams.
19. Who are your favorite painters?
I only know of about 3, so I’ll pass if you don’t mind.
20. Who are your heroes in real life?
Mahatma Gandhi and Clarence Darrow. Both were lawyers – go figure.
21. Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Queen Elizabeth the First. As far as I can tell, one of the few leaders of her time that wasn’t a terrible despot.
22. What are your favorite names?
Otto and Catherine are pretty great.
23. What do you most dislike?
Pimento cheese. I’m not a fan.
24. What historical figures do you most despise?
Julius Caesar. Turned the world’s largest republic into a dictatorship overnight, and it was hundreds of years before another truly democratic nation emerged.
25. What event in military history do you most admire?
The surrenders of Germany and Japan in World War II. Aside from the soldiers, wars don’t have much worth admiring.
26. What reform do you most admire?
Demokratizatsiya (Democratisation) under the Soviet Union. It was the first time Russia made a move toward democracy. Most admired because it led to the downfall of the Berlin Wall and strict communist rule throughout Europe.
27. What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Eidetic memory. It would be extremely helpful when final exams start up.
28. How would you like to die?
Something quick. I’m not terribly concerned about it.
29. What is your present state of mind?
Tired.
30. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
I probably like chocolate a little too much, but who doesn’t?
31. What is your motto?
I don’t have a motto, but I believe Mark Twain was just about the most intelligent person who ever lived; “To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.”
Julie Garner
Vice President – Outreach & Communication
1. What is your most marked characteristic?
My laughter
Honesty
3. What quality do you most like in a woman?
Honesty
4. What do you value most in your friends?
Laid back
5. What is your principal defect?
I’m too nice
6. What is your favorite occupation?
Gamer
7. What is your dream of happiness?
To change the world for the better
8. What to your mind would be the greatest misfortune?
Plasma beam of death destroying the earth
9. What would you like to be?
A CPA
10. In what country would you like to live?
Italy
11. What is your favorite color?
Blue
12. What is your favorite flower?
Blue carnations
13. What is your favorite bird?
Owl
14. Who are your favorite prose writers?
George Orwell
15. Who are your favorite poets?
Edgar Allen Poe
16. Who are your favorite fictional heroes?
The Doctor
17. Who are your favorite fictional heroines?
Cassandra Cain
18. Who are your favorite composers?
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
19. Who are your favorite painters?
Vincent Van Gogh
20. Who are your heroes in real life?
Nickola Tesla
21. Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Queen Elizabeth the first
22. What are your favorite names?
23. What do you most dislike?
Dishonesty
24. What historical figures do you most despise?
Thomas Edison
25. What event in military history do you most admire?
Tearing down the Berlin Wall
26. What reform do you most admire?
21st Amendment
27. What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Flight
28. How would you like to die?
In a fantastic blaze of fire
29. What is your present state of mind?
Sleepy
30. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Sleeping too much
31. What is your motto?
Hakuna Matata
Chaitanya Kala
Vice President – Administration
1. What is your most marked characteristic?
My Ability
Character
3. What quality do you most like in a woman?
Individuality
4. What do you value most in your friends?
Understanding
5. What is your principal defect?
My Insecurity
6. What is your favorite occupation?
Being a Software Engineer
7. What is your dream of happiness?
Being Rich 🙂
8. What to your mind would be the greatest misfortune?
9. What would you like to be?
A happy Man
10. In what country would you like to live?
India
11. What is your favorite color?
Blue
12. What is your favorite flower?
Lotus
13. What is your favorite bird?
Peacock
14. Who are your favorite prose writers?
Jawaharlal Nehru, Sidney Sheldon
15. Who are your favorite poets?
Annamacharya (A regional poet but with a great history)
16. Who are your favorite fictional heroes?
Iron Man
17. Who are your favorite fictional heroines?
Black Widow
18. Who are your favorite composers?
A R Rehman, Philip Glass
19. Who are your favorite painters?
Picasso
20. Who are your heroes in real life?
Abdul Kalam
21. Who are your favorite heroines of history?
My Mother
22. What are your favorite names?
Michael
23. What do you most dislike?
Getting up in the morning
24. What historical figures do you most despise?
Adolf Hitler
25. What event in military history do you most admire?
26. What reform do you most admire?
27. What natural gift would you most like to possess?
To be an able speaker
28. How would you like to die?
Without any health issues
29. What is your present state of mind?
Wondered
30. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
31. What is your motto?
To be proficient enough in whatever field I chose.
