Good day, fine friends of the iSchool Help Desk! In Today’s Tuesday Two-fer, let’s get to know two more of the GAs who joined our team in August: Adam and Claire!
Adam Hathaway
Adam joins us from Scandia, Minnesota, where he takes advantage of the lakes—there’s so many to visit and swim in! (Adam, we all might need more info on your top picks.) Adam has time to figure out what he’s going to do after he graduates, and while he’s here he plans on taking advantage of as many opportunities as possible.
- What is your favorite part about working at the Help Desk?
- Everyone at the Help Desk is just the best. The atmosphere is very cordial and helpful.
- What is your second favorite book?
- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (https://bookshop.org/books/the-name-of-the-wind/9780756404741)
- Based upon your current cooking repertoire, if you were a professional chef, what would your signature dish be?
- Cornbread moisturized with applesauce (https://www.cookingclassy.com/best-cornbread/)
- What would be the theme song of your life?
- Dancing in the Moonlight by Top Loader (cover version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yBnIUX0QAE)
- If you could hang out with any cartoon character, who would you choose and why?
- Stephen Universe because he is the most upbeat, outgoing, kindhearted person, maybe to the point of damaging himself, but he sounds like a lot of fun.
- Stephen Universe because he is the most upbeat, outgoing, kindhearted person, maybe to the point of damaging himself, but he sounds like a lot of fun.
- If you were famous, what would you be famous for?
- Picking a fight with a high intellectual and having a good point but arguing it very poorly
- What part of the s’more are you?
- Graham cracker
- Would you rather have a pet dinosaur or a pet dragon, and what would you name it?
- Dinosaur (they have feathers) named Greg
Claire Thomas
Claire is one of two GAs who comes to us from Vermont. Her favorite thing is timely—the fall foliage. When she graduates she plans to work either in a high school library or the children’s section of a public library.
- What is your favorite part about working at the Help Desk?
- I like having the opportunity to generate our own project ideas and the problem-solving work of figuring out what projects would be most helpful and how to implement them.
- What is your second favorite book?
- His Dark Materials (The Amber Spyglass) By Philip Pullman (https://bookshop.org/books/the-amber-spyglass-9780440418566/9780440418566)
- Based upon your current cooking repertoire, if you were a professional chef, what would your signature dish be?
- Kolozsvári rakott káposzta (“Cluj layered cabbage”) – Hungarian dish with layers of sauerkraut, rice, meat, and lots of paprika (https://www.food.com/recipe/kolozsvari-rakott-kaposzta-159325)
- What would be the theme song of your life?
- Red Shoes by Kate Bush (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zB_kgWpC5o)
- If you could hang out with any cartoon character, who would you choose and why?
- Asami (Legend of Korra) because I hope to be as cool as she is one day
- Asami (Legend of Korra) because I hope to be as cool as she is one day
- If you were famous, what would you be famous for?
- Writing fantasy novels
- What part of the s’more are you?
- Chocolate
- Would you rather have a pet dinosaur or a pet dragon, and what would you name it?
- Dinosaur named Steggy