Who is Samantha Wagner?

By: Raven Robinson ENGL 336.003

On the day of her interview, Samantha Wagner was wearing an ordinary pink t-shirt, blue jeans and gray UGG boots, appearing to be like any other Frostburg State University student. After speaking with her, however, it is obvious that there is a lot more to her then meets the eye.

She is a junior majoring in English with a concentration in literature and a minor in Sociology. She choose her major because she took AP literature at her high school and liked it and decided that it would be interesting to pursue. Samantha Wagner is a commuter student, she was born and raised in Cumberland, MD and can be seen driving her silver Suburo Legacy to and from school. Wagner attended Fort Hill High School but her boyfriend attended the rival school Allegany High School. When asked if that was a problem for her, she shrugs and responds, “not for me, I don't care it's the older generations that won't let the rivalry go.”

She may have lived in Cumberland her whole life but she hates the cold like most Frostburg students. She still spends most of her time in Cumberland where all of her friends and boyfriend live. Although she has attended Frostburg State the past three years she says, “it's hard for commuter students to make friends on campus because I don't stay on campus.” She continues saying, “I could just stay on campus more but after classes, I'm ready to go home.” That doesn't keep her from having fun, in her spare time she likes to play pool. She laughs while describing her skills as “terrible, I just like to play, you know?” Wagner also enjoys to travel, her favorite place to go is Disney World, she has been about 16 times. Wagner's favorite type of music is indie, rock, and alternative. Her favorite band is Death Cab for Cutie, an indie rock band. She also enjoys to read, her favorite novels being Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes. She also likes to spend time on the computer but sorry MAC, Wagner is a PC. Wagner laughs and adds “I am scared of MAC, I guess it's cause I don't have one.” She continues saying, “I have used an iPad and iPhone and they're not scary but I don't know, I guess [Macs] just really intimidating.”

Wagner enjoys Literature and English but she plans to go to Law School after graduation. She is looking to go to University of Maryland: College Park, West Virginia University, or North Carolina. Wagner works at the board of education in Allegany doing secretarial work but after graduating Law School she would like to work at The Justice Project. The Justice Project is an organization that helps to free innocent people from jail as well as help underprivileged people afford good lawyers. The Justice Project is Wagner's dream job, a place where she can help people and she is well on her way to reaching her dreams.