You’ve been hearing us rave about the Mr. Temple contestants for the past couple of weeks — and now it’s time for you to meet them! Get a glimpse of what the guys are about before they hit the stage this Friday. Keep checking the site for more contestant profiles! Trust us — you’ll want to know all of the gents.
Devaun Brown
Year: Super senior
Major: Media Studies & Production, with a concentration on Emerging Media
Extracurriculars: President of Temple’s NAACP chapter, works for School District of Philadelphia, Network2Success campus ambassador (and many more!)
If you were a part of a salad, what ingredient would you be and why? Lettuce, “because without lettuce there is no salad.”
If you were a Disney character, who would you be and why? Simba, because when he was young he was naive and made mistakes, but ultimately became successful.
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Laurent Mundela
Year: Freshman
Major: Communications
Extracurriculars: Temple Track and Field, shirt designing
If you were part of a salad, what ingredient would you be and why? The dressing, because that’s what makes a salad “pop.”
If you were a Disney character, who would you be and why? Hannah Montana, because he wants to live two different lives!
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Ryan Yurkanin
Year: Junior
Major: Computer Science
Extracurriculars/hobbies: Plays in a band, running, lifting, video games, chess, works at The Village (Germantown Ave.) and loves to help people
If you were part of a salad, what ingredient would you be and why? Bacon bits, because bacon is awesome!
If you were a Disney character, who would you be and why? Hercules, because he worked to become a hero again.
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Joel Painson
Year: Junior
Major: Graphic Design
Extracurriculars/hobbies: Mixed martial arts, skateboarding, model for Wilhelmina PA and NY
If you were part of a salad, what ingredient would you be and why? Russian dressing, because it has great flavor.
If you were a Disney character, who would you be and why? Tigger, because he’s “the truth” — and there’s only one Tigger!
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Krystofer Pinnock
Year: Senior
Major: Architecture
Extracurriculars/hobbies: Temple Architecture, Habitat for Humanity
If you were part of a salad, what ingredient would you be and why? Tomato, because it brings a lot of dynamic flavor and color.
If you were a Disney character, who would you be and why? Goofy — He’s silly and misunderstood, but he’s genuine and a lot of his qualities come out in what he does.
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David Kargbo
Year: Junior
Major: Biochemistry
Extracurriculars: OAS, works at a research facility
If you were part of a salad, what ingredient would you be and why? The bowl or plate, because it keeps the salad together.
If you were a Disney character, who would you be and why? Crush (turtle from Finding Nemo), because he’s chill.
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Mathos Sokolo
Year: Senior
Major: Strategic Communication, concentration in Organization Leadership
Extracurriculars: Dance Afrique dance team, University Village, OAS, Alpha Phi Alpha, choir
If you were part of a salad, what ingredient would you be and why? Lettuce, because it’s the main part and brings everything together.
If you were a Disney character, who would you be and why? Hercules, because he’s strong and he’s a people’s person.