Oliver Martinez civil engineering junior

Junior works at Chick-fil-A, skateboards in his free time, and enjoys 'old school' Snoop Dogg

Martinez: What's up, Nathan?

Wildcat: What's up. And you're On the Spot. What are you doing?

Martinez: Killing time before I go to work.

Wildcat: Where do you work?

Martinez: Chick-fil-A in the student union.

Wildcat: Do you get discounts there? Like, food-wise?

Martinez: Uh ... my boss might be reading the newspaper ... no.

Wildcat: No? OK. The bottom of your skateboard ... how come it's scratched out? What was there? An old girlfriend's name or something?

Martinez: Oh no. It said "shizzle." ... (I'm a) big fan of Snoop Dogg.

Wildcat: I see.

Martinez: And I though that was a cool word and I tagged something, sort of. And it gets scratched out because I try to do tricks on campus. ... (I'm) not supposed to do that.

Wildcat: Man, I used to have - when I was a kid ... do you remember those big, fat skateboards? Like in the early '90s, late '80s?

Martinez: I had a pink one. It was pretty cool.

Wildcat: I had one, it had a big cobra on the bottom. Pretty tight.

Martinez: Oh yeah?

Wildcat: I don't even know what the purpose of those really skinny ones were. Remember those skinny skateboards? There were like, a foot and a half long ... and 5 inches wide.

Martinez: Yeah. I had a friend who swore they were the best skateboards -

Wildcat: They weren't even boards. They were ... skates.

Martinez: They had big wheels, yeah. I could never ride it.

Wildcat: How many hours do you practice a day?

Martinez: I don't know. Like today, I just felt like skating. I don't plan it out, you know. I just ...

Wildcat: Whenever you feel like it?

Martinez: Yeah.

Wildcat: What's your favorite Snoop Dogg song? I think mine is that "Beautiful" song.

Martinez: Oh, that new one?

Wildcat: Yeah ... is that new?

Martinez: With Pharrell?

Wildcat: No, no, no, no, no. Not with Pharrell, um , oh yeah! With him.

Martinez: Yeah. I haven't listened to it that much. I'm more a fan of his old '93 stuff. Like "Ain't Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang."

Wildcat: OK. Old school?

Martinez: Old school, yeah.