This week’s Campus Cuties — Hannah Siegel ’15 (on left) and Shelby Sullivan ’15 have been best friends since they lived in the same first year dorm (Smith Hall), but not on first sight.
“Shel lived in the floor above me,” Hannah recalls. “I walked into her room being like ‘Hi, I’m Hannah!'”
Shelby adds, “I really liked her, but apparently I have a resting bitch face, so I came across as a tad rude. Hannah has called me out on it ever since. True sisterly love.”
These two beauties, who have lived together for the last two years, can often be spotted together around campus, almost always cracking up and maybe taking a selfie (or two), so it only seemed appropriate that they take on the gritty challenge of the Campus Cutie interview together as well.
Name: Hannah Siegel (HS) and Shelby Sullivan (SS)
Hometown:
HS: Tokyo, Japan
SS: Amesbury, Massachusetts
Major:
HS: Environmental Studies
SS: Biology and English
Year:
HS & SS: 2015
Astrological Sign:
HS & SS: Capricorn
Relationship Status:
HS & SS: Single
Sexual orientation:
HS & SS: Straight
Hannah (left) & Shelby (right)
Ideal job:
HS: My ideal job is to be a high profile event planner in DC, New York or San Francisco!
SS: Successful novelist/poet.
Any summer plans?
HS: I’ll be going home to Tokyo for June, but hopefully I will start a fellowship or internship of some sort at an event planning company in July or August.
SS: Sales rep for biopharma industry. Hopefully spending some time in Europe.
Pick one food to eat for the rest of your life:
HS: My mom’s pork cabbage soup dish. Can’t get enough…it’s a problem when I’m home.
SS: Pickles.
Pick up line:
HS: I’d probably just laugh before getting through a pick up line…
SS: I got skittles in my mouth. Wanna taste the rainbow?
Dream date:
HS: I absolutely love scuba diving so my dream date is to have a day on the boat…a dive in the morning, an outdoor lunch and then maybe some kayaking. I love being outdoors and staying active so that would be ideal.
SS: Dinner in Paris, sipping wine, and ending with watching a horror film (preferably The Shining).
Tell us a secret.
HS: I would have to say people were surprised when I told them I went to hip hop camp…yup, it’s a thing.
SS: I obsess over vampires.
Hannah (left) & Shelby (right)
Craziest thing you’ve ever done.
HS: Travelling to Mongolia by myself as a 15-year-old and living with a nomadic family for a month. The family sacrificed a horse for me, a boy caught me an eagle, it was a crazy yet beautiful experience for me. As hard as it was, I really appreciate myself for stepping out of my comfort zone at an early age.
SS: …If I told you, I’d have to kill you.
Favorite quote:
HS: “You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.” – Maya Angelou
SS: Anything Sylvia Plath…and “Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your soul. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” – Franz Kafka
What three songs would you take to a desert island?
HS: Fast Car by Tracy Chapman, Lay Me Down by Sam Smith feat. John Legend and Feeling Myself by Nicki Minaj feat. Beyonce.
SS: Some Hozier–Lana-Del-Rey–The Beatles mix.
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?
HS: I would really love to go to New Zealand. I’ve been seeing all these pictures of Batesies that have gone abroad there and it looks absolutely stunning.
SS: Live – PARIS, travel – Grecian Islands.
First thing you notice about a guy:
HS & SS: His smile.
Top three favorite qualities in a guy:
HS: A good sense of humor, motivated and humble.
SS: Confidence, sense of humor, sincere interest.
Do you have your eye on someone at Bates?
HS & SS: Yes. (Not the same person.)