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Claire Swauger

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Mara Flanagan Student Contributor, Chatham University
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Chatham chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

Name: Claire Swauger
 
Year: Sophomore
 
Hometown and Your Favorite Thing About It: Greensburg, I love to walk around the downtown area at night when I have a lot on my mind. It can be reminiscent of a labyrinth.
 
Favorite Movie: Earth Made of Glass

Favorite TV Show: C-Span trumps any show. One day I will exclusively watch it with my 20 cats.
 
Favorite Book: A People’s History of The United States. It’s the bible of the oppressed.

Favorite Musician/Band: Lil’ Wayne/Pink Floyd.
 
Favorite Food: Pad Thai
 
Major and How You Picked It: Environmental Science. Human rights has always been my foremost passion and what could be a more near and dear subject than the justice of our livelihood: the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe? I love the humanities, but the basis of my education will be in natural science.
 
Favorite Place on Chatham’s Campus and Why: Anderson. Nothing’s better than food and friends.
 
What are you reading right now? I’m having a hard time committing to anything in particular since the news has been an interesting time sink, but I’m working on an anthology called The Great Political Theories.
 
If you could go anywhere in the world on an all-expenses-paid vacation, where would you go? For nostalgic purposes I would revisit my childhood in China and around Southeast Asia. I would particularly like to spend time in Thailand and Borneo where my family used to vacation.
 
Dream Job: Prime Minister of these United States :P
 
Why you chose Chatham: There’s the very politically correct answer to this and the not so, but they kind of meld together. I transferred to Chatham because I thought it would keep my party-girl syndrome at bay (which it has), but I’ve really fallen in love with the institution. This isn’t a school that you attend to get the average college experience. You come here to acquire an authentic education and to learn to become a woman in your own right. There’s nothing more a woman needs than a propensity for curiosity and a limitless supply of wit.
 
 
 

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Mara Flanagan

Chatham

 

Mara Flanagan is entering her seventh semester as a Chapter Advisor. After founding the Chatham University Her Campus chapter in November 2011, she served as Campus Correspondent until graduation in 2015. Mara works as a freelance social media consultant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She interned in incident command software publicity at ADASHI Systems, gamification at Evive Station, iQ Kids Radio in WQED’s Education Department, PR at Markowitz Communications, writing at WQED-FM, and marketing and product development at Bossa Nova Robotics. She loves jazz, filmmaking and circus arts.