From the past

By Sara Maricle

How did we get the lives we have today? People before us helped create who we are today and without them, our lives would be completely different. Yes, they have passed away but their impact is everywhere and people are still interested in them today.

I had asked people around campus, "If you could meet any three deceased people, whom would you pick and why?" The following is what I heard.

Sophomore Kaitlyn Bates, of Owings Mills, Maryland, was asked this and after much thinking, said that she would like to meet Princess Diana, John F. Kennedy, and Sylvia Plath. Being that she is a English major and a history minor, these people are not surprising. When Kaitlyn said she would like to meet Princess Diana, she said "she was a good person and she did a lot of humanitarian work and I think it would be cool to meet her." Her reasons for wanting to meet John F. Kennedy were however a little less detailed; "he is my favorite of the presidents, I don't know why but he just is." When asked why Sylvia Plath, she said that Plath is her favorite poet. With her answers, it is quite obvious that she is naturally a English major and history minor.

Kaitlyn Bate's roommate and best friend, sophomore psychology and history major Melanie Herring of Bowie, Maryland had a little more trouble deciding who she would like to meet. Melanie decided though that she would like to meet Lucy Burns, a women's right advocate, Mildred A. Wirt Benson, and Mother Teresa. She said that she would like to meet Lucy Burns because she had done a lot for women. Originally, Melanie had said that she would like to meet the original creator of the Nancy Drew books. "I do not know the person's name but they gave girls something to read." After some research, the original creator of Nancy Drew is Mildred A. Wirt Benson, often referred to as Millie. After she said she wanted to meet the original author of Nancy Drew, she started laughing and said that since she was Catholic, of course she would like to meet Mother Teresa. "She doubted her faith but was still able to live it." I agree with Melanie, Mother Teresa would be an amazing person to meet.

JoAnna Skelley, Administrative Assistant II for the English Department, was caught of guard with the question and could not really describe the reasons why. While laughing, she said that she would like to meet Paul Newman, saying "I admired him." In addition, she would like to meet George Washington, "I'd like to meet him because he was the first president." Also, she would like to Albert Einstein because of his knowledge.