Name: Eddie Saviano
Hometown: Harrison, NY
Class: 2013
Major: English
Relationship status: Single
HC: You recently switched from a film major to an english major. What prompted your decision, and what has been different now?
I changed my major for a few reasons. I didn’t particularly enjoy watching old classic movies that film majors were “supposed” to know, I hated most, if not all, Hollywood movies, and I believe that I wouldn’t be getting an artistic, individualized approach to film making in most BU classes. I didn’t really feel too challenged in COM either, and needed something more stimulating and realized I wouldn’t get that if I had to take mostly COM courses. I ended up choosing english last minute; I like to read so that helped the decision, and english covers a lot of diverse topics so I won’t get bored. The biggest thing that has been different is I have a lot more work. Much more time has to be devoted to schoolwork now than I used to commit to COM, and all the reading and writing is solo work, so I miss the communal aspect of COM, so I get restless when I know I have to shut myself in for a few hours every day just to keep up with classes. And more work means less partying which, annoyingly, has been a process to adjust.
Are you involved in any clubs at BU?
I’m involved in TFE, (theater for EVERYBODAY!) which is a comedy sketch group on campus. We do a bunch of crazy, raucous plays in one big show with the best improv group in town, Liquid Fun. The shows are always free, and anybody who is crazy and silly and who has a good sense of humor is encouraged to join!
What’s your dream job?
My dream job would be no job haha. I’d want to just be able to wake up every day, research whatever is interesting me at the time and create things off of that to make enough money to do it all again the next day. So maybe an artist or something along those lines, anything where I’m in control of most, if not all, of my time. So I guess anything where I can be my own boss, I don’t want someone telling me what i have to do in order to live. If I had to choose, I’d want to be an explorer, but everything has been discovered on earth, so that’s a bummer.
Describe the perfect girl for you in three words.
My perfect girl.. hmm. Happy. Keen. Kind
What are you up to this summer?
I’ll be at BU for summer term 1 for brit lit 1 and calc II, then going home for the second half to relax before senior year! So no big plans.