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Meet the OWL Staff!
Tutors:
OWL tutors are UW-Colleges students who have received an "A" in
English 102, have been recommended by their instructors, and have
undergone extensive tutor training.
The OWL tutors are happy to share their insight into writing
with you and will try to formulate a thorough and useful
response to your draft. Please note, however, that they are not
magicians, nor do they know absolutely everything about
writing. The OWL can, perhaps, best be viewed as a way to get a
very good peer response to your writing.
Abbey
Major:
Secondary English Education
Favorite Book:
Beowulf
Hobbies:
Running and spending time in the great outdoors
Most
Embarrassing Moment: Nothing
is embarrassing if you can laugh it off!
Personal Statement:
"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize
they were the big things." --Robert Brault
Alyse
Major:
English: Professional and Technical Writing
Favorite Book:
The Bible
Favorite Movie:
Pride and Prejudice
Hobbies:
Reading, music, camping, hiking, family time
Most
Embarrassing Moment: Hmm,
not sure that I want to openly incriminate myself with that...
Personal Statement:
I'm currently working on finishing my Bachelor's degree at
UW-Milwaukee after spending two years at UW-Waukesha. I love
helping other students with their writing, to the point where I beg
my friends for papers to look over. Becky
Major:
Professional/Technical Writing
Favorite Book:
Besides the Bible, Lord of the Rings
Hobbies:
Volleyball, church activities, decorating, organizing, and outdoor
activities
Pets:
I had a cat, Whiskers, for about ten years, but she died. I
have no pets right now.
Most
Embarrassing Moment: I
try to forget those. Haha!
Personal
Statement:
What would Jesus do? Ben
Major:
Political Science/Communications
Favorite Book:
Ted, White, and Blue and Fleeced
Favorite Movie:
Saving Private Ryan
Hobbies:
Hunting, fishing; I like to organize
Pets:
I want a dog!
Most
Embarrassing Moment: I
tend not to be embarrassed much (fortunately).
Personal
Statement:
I look forward to working with the study center and meeting new
people. Crystal
Major:
History
Favorite Book:
The Chronicles of Narnia
Favorite Movie:
Beerfest (at the moment)
Hobbies:
Hiking and reading
Pets:
Two cats and one dog Crystasany
Major:
Art History
Favorite Book:
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Favorite Movie:
The Great Debaters
Favorite CD:
Corinne Bailey Rae by Corinne Bailey Rae
Hobbies:
Synchronized swimming, working out, and shopping
Pets:
Four birds, a puppy, and a million fish
Most
Embarrassing Moment: I
passed out in Wal-Mart, and everyone was staring at me.
Personal
Statement:
"Anything worth doing is worth doing well." --my Mommy
Jamie
Major:
English Education
Favorite Book:
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Favorite Movie:
The Royal Tenenbaums
Favorite CD:
Anything Radiohead
Hobbies:
Eating gelato, playing saxophone, and writing
Pets:
Cats
Most
Embarrassing Moment: Not
remembering people's names
Personal Statement:
Adventure!
Jonathan
Major:
History
Favorite Book:
Black Company
Favorite Movie:
Office Space
Favorite CD:
Master of Puppets
Hobbies:
Reading
Pets:
One cat, Asia
Josh
Major:
Biological Sciences
Favorite Book:
One Hundred Years of Solitude, 1984, The Blind
Watchmaker
Favorite CD:
Anything Frank Zappa
Hobbies:
Playing guitar
Pets:
Chocolate lab named Gambit
Katy
Major:
Undecided
Favorite Book:
The Lost Continent and To Kill a Mockingbird
Favorite Movie:
Finding Nemo
and any superhero movie
Favorite CD:
Abbey Road by The Beatles
Hobbies:
Playing flute, babysitting, reading, hanging out with friends
Pets:
None
Most
Embarrassing Moment: Tripping
up the stairs in front of a bunch of senior guys on my first day of
high school
Personal
Statement:
Writing papers was one of my favorite homework assignments in high
school. Through the OWL program, I hope that I can make other
students love writing as much as I do. Kristin
Major:
English
Favorite Book:
Jane Eyre, Anna Karenina, Great Expectations,
Christopher: A Tale
of Seduction (Allison Burnett), my little blue dress
(Bruno Maddox), Montaigne’s Essays (particularly “Of
Friendship”), anything by Camus, Poe or David Sedaris, Go,
Dog. Go! (PD Eastman), The Sisters Mallone (Louisa
Ermelino), and Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
Favorite Movie:
Kill Bill
(v. 1 & 2), Ruggles of Red Gap, Sense and Sensibility,
Raise the Red Lantern, Zero Effect, The Third Man, Freaks, Velvet
Goldmine, Amelie, and It’s a Wonderful Life.
Favorite CD:
Beck (Guerolito),
JP Nataf (Mon Ami D’en Haut), Balkan Beat Box, and I’m not
quite tired of Louis the XIV’s Best Little Secrets Are Kept
yet.
Hobbies:
Well, I partake
in the enjoyment derived from the above listed favorite items. I
also write, draw, make jewelry and purses, do a little acting, and
fight for the eradication of modern day slavery (also known as human
trafficking) around the world.
Pets:
None at the moment,
but I do currently have a cocoon in residence, though.
Most Embarrassing Moment: It’s still the
Tom Kevo Incident, which occurred in my sophomore year of high
school and involved a crush (mine, on Tom Kevo), a phone call
(wherein I thought I was talking to the dreaded Rob, but was, in
fact, speaking with the beloved Tom), a lie (about diarrhea, to get
“Rob” off the phone, because I was waiting for Tom to call), a
realization (the next day at school, when Tom looked at me
disgustedly and asked if I was feeling better), and a lifetime of
mortification (and without Tom Kevo, from whom I heard nevermore).
Personal
Statement:
"Hmmm…well, I
can’t think of any particular personal statement that I adhere to.
Of course, that might be because, as Oscar Wilde said, “only the
shallow know themselves.” Or, it might just be that I’m too lazy to
come up with one.
Mary Kate
Major:
Nursing.
I am hoping to go into pediatric medicine.
Favorite Book:
Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. Montgomery
(all of her books are wonderful)
Favorite Movie:
Anything by Rodgers and Hammerstein, old musicals, and action
movies
Favorite CD:
Lifehouse, Hot Fuss and Day and Age by the
Killers, Hopes and Fears by Keane
Hobbies:
Reading, singing in the university choir at UW-Milwaukee,
working at my favorite restaurant (Fork in the Road), my newly
acquired talent of ballroom dancing, and being with my friends and
family
Pets:
I wish...
Most
Embarrassing Moment: Far
too many to count, sadly
Personal Statement:
Work hard and you can achieve any goals you set for yourself.
Push yourself to accomplish your most far off dreams.
Paul
Major:
English Creative Writing and Political Science
Favorite Book:
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Favorite Movie:
Little Miss Sunshine
Favorite CD:
Yourself or Something Like You by Matchbox Twenty
Hobbies:
Writing, soccer, NPR
Pets:
Golden retriever
Most
Embarrassing Moment: Messing
up at my high school talent show
Personal Statement:
Sarah
Major:
Criminal Justice and Forensic Chemistry/English minor
Favorite Book:
Too many to pick one. I enjoy books by Sarah Dessen.
Favorite Movie:
Love and Basketball
Favorite CD:
Anything country
Hobbies:
Working out and spending time with friends
Pets:
One dog
OWL Director:
The OWL director
maintains the website, publicizes the OWL, trains the writing
tutors, responds to student papers and/or distributes papers to the
tutors.
Sara Pagliaroni
Major:
English and German
Favorite Book:
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Favorite Movie:
Slumdog Millionaire
Favorite CD:
We Started Nothing by the Ting Tings
Hobbies: Biking, hiking,
swimming, watching movies, reading, baking
Pets:
Do plants count?
Most Embarrassing
Moment:
None that I'd like to report on a website.
Personal Statement:
"Make visible what, without you, might have never been seen."
--Robert Bresson
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