This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Bates chapter.
Friends, Bobcats, countrymen, lend me your ears! This week Her Campus Bates is pleased to feature Lyle Seebeck ’16 as Campus Celebrity!
Name:
Lyle Seebeck
Class year:
2016
Hometown:
Chicago
Area of Study:
Mathematics
What are you involved in on campus?
The Football Team. The Tribe of Krittle. The Alliance.
Something we don’t know about you?
You probably don’t know that I played Mabel (female lead) in The Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert and Sullivan musical) when I was at Pemi (boys camp in New Hampshire) at age 11.
Why Bates?
I was recruited to play football and really liked the coaching staff, the campus, and the academic program.
What are some of your hobbies?
Reading novels, short stories, or articles. Watching TV shows. Playing video games. Hanging out and conversing with my friends. Going to fun parties. Yoga. Thinking. Enjoying some sunlight. Wearing hats.
What does a “day in the life of Lyle” look like?
Depends on the day. But I’ll say I generally drink a lot of coffee, read (even if it’s just sports articles that day), try to do something productive, try to do something fun, and try to relax.
Biggest pet peeve?
When people cut the line in front of me. Because without line-waiters, lines wouldn’t exist and we’d have chaos. Though I will say I do this sometimes. Cue sad sigh. I don’t live a life of absolutes.
If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be?
1 year: do you have a job yet?
5 years: do you have a good job yet?
10 years: do you have a wife yet?
15 years: do you have kids yet?
50 years: are you satisfied with your life?
Any plans for after graduation?
Move to New York City and get a data analysis job.
Favorite childhood memory?
Times spent with my extended family at The Farm.
What’s your best quality?
My judgment is clouded because I can’t see myself from an outside lens. But I’d say my curiosity.
Favorite class at Bates?
Topology. Really changed the way I think about math’s core concepts.
Describe the happiest moment in your life:
What comes to mind is the Blackhawks winning the Stanley Cup in 2010 on Patrick Kane’s sneaky overtime goal to break a 49-year drought. Watched with my family at The Farm. Hoping the Cubs can usurp this as my go-to happiest life moment.
Who are your role models?
My mother and my father.
Guilty pleasure?
Right now one is watching Girls but that show is really well written.
Style inspiration?
I have many but one is Justin Haley’s fresh preppy swag. I don’t pull off his style often but when I do it’s super fun.
What is your spirit animal?
A Direwolf.
Celebrity crush?
Alicia Vikander.
Favorite TV Show/Movie?
Besides Game of Thrones? Right now it’s Mr. Robot.
If you could switch places with any celeb, who would it be and why?
Elon Musk because then I would be in control of SpaceX.
What’s your theme song?
Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey.
Favorite food?
Steak – Rare or Medium Rare.
What would you do if you won the lottery?
Talk to a financial planner I trust. Then buy a real lightsaber.
Favorite book?
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin.
Favorite Bates memory?
The Puddle freshman year on St. Patty’s Day morning. Shoutout to Will Seider of the San Jose Sharks, Dante Colicchio of the Boston Bruins, and the innovative professional photographer Tucker Oniskey of National Geographic.
Favorite quote?
“I’m the biggest hypocrite of two thousand fifteen” – Kendrick Lamar
If you could change anything about yourself, what would it be?
I’d make myself less awkward.
Best way to start a conversation?
Don’t.
Describe some of your goals for the future:
Win the lottery, own and run an NFL team a la Jerry Jones, live on a colony on another planet for a year, live underwater for a year, drive a flying car, become the first annual “cool person of the year” and have the honor hence be called the “Lyle Seebeck cool person of the year,” proudly swallow my disappointment when none of this actually happens.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
In some crappy apartment wishing the income tax wasn’t so damn high.
If you were a super hero, what would your name be?
If I were a super hero, I’d take whatever name the mass media gives me.
*crosses fingers*
Is there anything you wished would come back into fashion?
Those colorful 90s jackets.
Lyle, thanks for being you and making Bates great!!