Matt Maher undeclared freshman

Freshman sleeps with earrings, hails from San Diego and visits the 'Bank of Dad'

Wildcat: So my name's Nathan, and you're on the spot.

Maher: Nice to meet you.

Wildcat: Likewise. I came out and you were looking really mad or something. And you got the sideburns to prove it. What's going on?

Maher: No. I actually just finished eating.

Wildcat: What did you eat?

Maher: Candy bars and this bottle of water in front of me.

Wildcat: Yeah, my mom made tacos. She called me right now and told me she made tacos. So I'm going to type this up right now and go home and eat some tacos. Your piercings ... did it hurt to have them so wide?

Maher: Not at all.

Wildcat: Do you sleep with them on?

Maher: I have no choice. They don't come off.

Wildcat: Oh really?

Maher: Yeah. You have to spread these apart with pliers to get the balls out (gives his metal loop earrings a tug).

Wildcat: Oh wow. So, have you ever been in a fight and somebody just like ...

Maher: Uh-uh. Not the fighting type.

Wildcat: OK. That's good, because then they could like, pull, and that would hurt.

Maher: Yeah.

Wildcat: So where are you from?

Maher: San Diego.

Wildcat: Oh, I just went there. I got a postcard from there and it was the last one so it had the fax number for reordering and everything printed across the picture. But I bought it anyway. So what are you going to do right now?

Maher: I don't know. I think I'll go home and take a nap.

Wildcat: Do you live on campus?

Maher: No.

Wildcat: Are you rich?

Maher: No.

Wildcat: You come from San Diego as a freshman and - do you got a job?

Maher: I don't have a job.

Wildcat: See, then you're something. Where do you get your income?

Maher: The Bank of Dad.