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by Marissa Pe, ΓΓ Get to Know Marissa! (and Isabelle)
Hi alumni! I’m Marissa Pe, a first year sociology major and flute along with 24-25 Alumni Relations Officer! I’m part of the BBC fam, part of the Asian girl line, and part of the Gamma Gamma class! My favorite part of active meetings is how silly our officers are. The meeting is not boring but instead lively with laughter and conversations. I look forward to each meeting as I do not know what it will entail. Writing this during finals week after the end of active meetings for the year makes me look forward to next year’s meetings when there is a new round of candidates and new things to be excited for. I’ve had the pleasure to get to know more of my brothers but especially, Brother Isabelle Preston in our Gamma Gamma class. We got a lot closer during our candidacy period despite being part of the same section for 1 and a half quarters. Now, I do not even remember what life was like before I met her. (We actually started getting close during marching season I think and the candidacy period made us even closer! I remember this now because I was reading past band grams and I remembered we sat next to each other for a few bus rides) Now because we are around each other so much, Brother Pat Yu confused us for each other once. Imagine Becoming an Officer Before an Active My candidacy and active journey may look a little different compared to your usual candidate process and active initiation. I did not complete 3rd degree with the rest of my class. I was in the pit orchestra for Beauty and the Beast with Hooligan Theatre and it just so happened that our final show of the night aligned with the 3rd degree ceremony. I was majorly disappointed. I have huge FOMO but often try to lessen it by going to everything I can (I missed CA night...) BUT I did get a makeup degree with two other brothers of my class and some of our officers! How I Won Song of the Week 3 times in 1 year (or 2 quarters) I don’t know but Director of Music, Matthew Chavez, considered making a new rule to ban me from winning. It helps to know what appeals to the person picking the winner. For example, I know I love indie music, pop, and phonk but depending on the prompt of the week, say, “What’s your go to pick me up song”, someone could pick any song that appeals to what genre I like. I won with love. by wave to earth, Someone in the Crowd from La La Land, and Million Dollar Baby by Tommy Richman. This is my proudest achievement. love. by wave to earth’s prompt was “What’s your rainy day song”. I literally listened to this song in the music library on a rainy day and it made me yearn for love (I have been in a 3 year long relationship with my loving boyfriend who goes to U$C...) Someone in the Crowd was for the “What’s your favorite song from a musical” and La La Land is definitely my favorite movie and musical and movie musical (If there was ever an opportunity to perform it, I would do it). Million Dollar Baby was for “What is your favorite pick me up song”. Brother Matthew Graves and I have the same pick me up song so that is why I won! (Matt Graves and I both would have won if he wasn’t the one picking the winner) I feel like me picking songs in order to win song of the week sounds too serious but I love winning? Who doesn’t? Anyway it’s not like I don’t like these songs. I genuinely enjoy them but it so happens that the person picking songs ends up liking them too. Thank you for reading these short stories that I have experienced this year! - Marissa Pe Comments are closed.
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