Editors' Picks 10/24

For our series “Editors’ Picks,” we ask the staff each the same question and give you their unfiltered responses– interruptions included. Happy picking!

Question: If aliens landed on campus, what class would you recommend they take?

Andrew: Ummmm “Social Media Storytelling” ‘cause I think it would help them understand our culture better, especially because technology is so prevalent in today’s world. 

Hannah: I feel like I would just have them take an English class, but like a really obscure one. Not academic writing. What if we just, like, threw them into the Writing Center? Like, made them tutors?

Sara: I would have them take ENG 111 so they learn how to use proper grammar and punctuation. Then maybe Glorb can go on the Writing Center payroll. 

Katie: I haven’t taken any fun ones. Wait, that’s so shady, oh my god. To clarify, none that would have the aliens shook. 

Ashley: Caves, Colosseums and Cathedrals. Even though they probably helped build them.

Liz: Philosophy.

Lucas: Probably “Caves, Colosseums, and Cathedrals” to see where we’ve come from and what we can do. It’s an expression of beauty and human thought across thousands of years.

Mikayla: “The Buffalo Experience” for sure! Such a fun class, and it’ll give them a tour of our city while they’re here. Maybe it’ll make them stay a while?

Peter: Whatever the public speaking class with Mary Beth Fortunato is. I can’t think of the name of the class. 

Sophie: “Dynamic Presentations.”

Peter: Yes, only because she’s the best. She unironically changed my life. 

Lucas: Mary Beth Fortunato is a gem of humanity. 

Sophie: Hmmm… well, “First-Year Experience (FYE)” because it’s their first year on earth. ‘Cause they’re new!

Kaitlyn: “Sports Field Production,” ‘cause I want one of them to be on the broadcast.

Colin: Uh hmmm… what class? What’s a class I liked? “Intro to Sports Management” because Dr. O is awesome.

Kaitlin: Death and Dying.

Ash: Day in my life. I have, like, an issue with dying.