A True Cosmopolitan Man: A Chat with De'Avis Swann
By Ethan West, ENGL 336.002
This past Thursday, members of Professor Andy Duncan's
Journalistic Writing class had the privilege of interviewing one another, and
one interesting member of this class is De'Avis Swann. De'Avis graduated from Gwynn
Park High School in Brandywine, Maryland, and plans to graduate from Frostburg
State this upcoming spring with a degree in Mass Communications with a
concentration in Event Planning. De'Avis said that he had originally planned on
minoring in Public Relations, but wants to wait until graduate school to pursue
a degree at that level.
De'Avis is a fan of all types of music. He expressed his
love for '90s rock, and such bands as Nirvana, Alice in Chains, and especially
Fuel. He also said he likes rap music, and has seen Wu-Tang Clan, Juicy J, and
Curren$y live, and wants to attend the upcoming Kanye West & Kendrick Lamar
concert in Washington, D.C. De'Avis also enjoys sports. He played both baseball
and soccer in high school, and is a fan of the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA
and the Oakland Athletics and Washington Nationals of the MLB. When asked about
his football fandom, De'Avis said, "Though I am from PG [County], I am a
Seattle [Seahawks] fan... Seattle fan since '01. What happened was my brother
and I got Madden '02, chose random teams, and I got Seattle. I've liked them
ever since."
De’Avis seems to be very close to his entire family, in more
ways than one. When asked about his family, De’Avis talked about how his
brother, his closest cousin, and he were all born on the 11th of
their birth month, De’Avis on February 11th, his brother on
September 11th, and his cousin on August 11th. Because of
this, he said, they all got matching tattoos on their chest of the Roman
numeral for 11, XI. When asked about career aspirations, De’Avis said, “I’m not
sure, really. I have a Human Resources job lined up at this hotel in Clinton
[Maryland]. But I would really like to move up to New York City and live in
Manhattan.”
De’Avis also expressed how much he enjoys traveling. De’Avis
said he has been all over the state of Florida, to cities like Tallahassee,
Orlando, and Miami. Outside of the country, he said he had been to many of the Caribbean
Islands on cruises. “It seems like I’ve been on a lot of cruises recently,” he
said. He also said he enjoys going to the beach, but for whatever reason,
really prefers winter clothing.
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