AnneMarie Ciepela pre-business freshman

Freshman reflects on first week, hot Tucson nights and possible advantages of ape-like arms

WILDCAT: So are you living here on campus?

CIEPIELA: Yeah, stadium dorms.

WILDCAT: How's that?

CIEPIELA: It's fun.

WILDCAT: Don't people come and make noise at the stadium during games?

CIEPIELA: Yeah, but there hasn't been a game yet, so ·

WILDCAT: What if you just want to walk out of your dorm in a towel or something?

CIEPIELA: Like, in the street?

WILDCAT: No, no, no. In the stadium, near your dorm.

CIEPIELA: Well, I already do. It's not, like, part of the stadium. It's, like it's own dorm ÷ just on the side of it.

WILDCAT: On that note, how's your first week been?

CIEPIELA: Good. I was ready.

WILDCAT: Where are you from?

CIEPIELA: Albuquerque, New Mexico.

WILDCAT: Why'd you choose UA?

CIEPIELA: It just has a really good business school. Close to home, close to Mexico. Just kidding.

WILDCAT: No you're not. So, how do you like the weather?

CIEPIELA: It's the same. Except at home it cools down 30 degrees at night, and here it doesn't.

WILDCAT: So, what is the weirdest thing you would do to cool off?

CIEPIELA: I've never thought about it.

WILDCAT: Go ahead and think about it. I'll wait.

CIEPIELA: I mean, cold showers, I guess, or jumping in a pool with my clothes on.

WILDCAT: Okay, so if you had the choice of either walking with your feet on backwards or walking on your hands, which would you choose and why?

CIEPIELA: Hands, because you would build arm muscles.

WILDCAT: But you would look like an ape.

CIEPIELA: That's OK.

WILDCAT: That's not a problem for you?

CIEPIELA: No, you're gonna have nice arms. Nobody is gonna care what you look like.