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Jenna Durante ’17 and Dana Durante ’19

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Illinois State chapter.

Name:  Jenna Durante

Age: Newly 21 and fun

Major: Marketing

Year in School: Junior

Hometown: Naperville

Relationship Status: Single

Celebrity Crush: Harry Styles

Favorite Song ATM: On My Mind by Ellie Goulding

 

Name:  Dana Durante

Age: 18

Major: Public Relations

Year in School: Freshman

Hometown: Naperville

Relationship Status: I’m a single Pringle and I’m ready to mingle

Celebrity Crush: Harry Styles, Scott Eastwood

Favorite Song ATM: Confident by Demi Lovato

 

Her Campus Illinois State: What’s the best part about having your sister on campus?

Jenna Durante: Never having to leave her.

Dana Durante: That there is always a place I can go to when I am feeling homesick.

 

HC ISU: What are you involved in on campus?

JD: I’m in Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity, Epsilon Sigma Alpha service sorority, and I’m a Victoria’s Secret PINK Rep for ISU.

DD: I’m a pledge in Epsilon Sigma Alpha, I’m on the University Program Board, in Apparel Merchandising and Design Association, and I’m a College Fashionista Style Guru Intern.

 

HC ISU: What are you guys most excited about to be in ESA together?

DD: Helping great causes together and more bonding. Hashtag sisterhood.

HC ISU: Where do you guys like to shop?

DD: Nordstrom.

JD: H&M, Top Shop, Zara.

 

HC ISU: Do you have any styling tips for other collegiate fashionistas?

DD: Dress comfortable and to who you are but never sloppy. Classy, never trashy, but a little bit sassy.

 

HC ISU: What’s your favorite restaurant?

DD: Nandos! I endorse Nandos as a side job.

JD: Italian Village. Take me on a date there and I’ll be happy.

 

HC ISU: Biggest pet peeve?

JD: I hate when no one says “bless you” after I sneeze.

DD: …I hate when chairs wiggle.

 

HC ISU: What’s on your bucketlist?

DD (to Jenna): I want to skip around the whole campus with you.

JD: To marry Harry Styles.

DD: Together.

JD: I want to travel to Europe with Dana and go backpacking.

 

HC ISU: Favorite show on Netflix?

JD: Parks and Rec. We binge watched it over winter break. Such bonding time.

 

HC ISU: Where can we find you guys on the weekend?

DD: Riding on the rollercoaster ride that is life that only goes up my friend.

 

HC ISU: What are some embarrassing stories you have of each other?

JD: She bit my butt when we were 5. I was in my Blue’s Clues overalls at The Great Indoors by the toilets and refrigerators. There were warm cookies baking next to us, too. Dana just felt like chasing me and I was too slow because I was too chubby. It was then that I realized my little sister is a savage.

DD: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

HC ISU: Who’s sassier?

JD: Dana. For sure. Endless amounts of sass.

 

HC ISU: Favorite thing to do together?

DD: Look at pictures of Harry Styles. Watch movies, do yoga.

 

HC ISU: What’s the coolest thing that happened to you in the last year?

JD: Being able to live in Florence and travel all over Italy this past summer.

DD: I met Demi Lovato at the Jingle Ball.

 

HC ISU: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

DD: I think that I’ll be living in the city working at B96. At this time exactly I would be planning the Jingle Bash.

JD: I see myself living in the city (not with Dana lol) with a lake view and I just want to be happy and successful wherever I am.

 

HC ISU: What’s your favorite movie?

JD: Parent Trap. Or Lion King.

DD & JD: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

 

HC ISU: If you were stranded on an island together, what three things would you want with you?

DD: Harry Styles.

JD & DD literally in unison: So you can reproduce.

JD: Maybe a life supply of mangoes. Maybe toothpaste.

DD: No. Well if I have Harry Styles I wouldn’t need my phone or Wi-fi or anything because I just look at him with that. Maybe we could bring a dog.

 

HC ISU: Which type of food do you believe best fits each other’s personalities?

DD: Jenna’s a starfruit.

JD: Dana is a pineapple (see photo below for proof).

 

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