York Lewis, geological sciences senior

Geosciences senior from N.Y. was teased as a child, and would maybe like to rule Jupiter

WILDCAT: So you like rocks?

LEWIS: Yeah.

WILDCAT: Cool. What about this rock down here? How long did it take to grow up?

LEWIS: Generally, in the order of 10,000 years to millions of years, hundreds of millions of years.

WILDCAT: Really? They're that old? So this rock could have been stomped on by T-Rex?

LEWIS: Maybe. The rocks around the Catalina Mountains are probably around 70,000 years old.

WILDCAT: Wow! Let's go back to your name. Do you like it?

LEWIS: I do.

WILDCAT: It's very unique. Were you teased as a child?

LEWIS: Yeah, they called me York Peppermint Patty.

WILDCAT: That's funny. I probably would have been one of those kids. Sorry. So what do you think about the warm weather?

LEWIS: It's actually nice. I'm form New York so ·

WILDCAT: York from New York. Cool.

LEWIS: Aww · you caught it. Damn it.

WILDCAT: I wish I was Zona from Arizona. No, really I don't. I made that up. Back to the weather. Do you prefer to have to put more clothes on or take them off?

LEWIS: Basically, it's always easier to put more clothes on to keep myself warmer, but when it's cold it's always nice.

WILDCAT: Agreed. If you were to take over a planet, what would it be and what would you call the people or aliens in your kingdom?

LEWIS: Which planet? This is a good question.

WILDCAT: Deep, I know.

LEWIS: Probably Jupiter because it's big.

WILDCAT: And would you be king or czar or big daddy or kingfish?

LEWIS: Caesar. Just Caesar and I'd call my people Jupitans.

WILDCAT: Original.