1. Name: Helena Brooks
2. Nicknames: It’s really hard to come up with a nickname for the name Helena. When I was 12 tried to start calling myself Lana but it didn’t stick.
3. Birthday: April 18th
4. Class: 2018
5. Greek Organization: Theta Pi
6. Hometown: Chattanooga, TN
7. Major: French; Minor in Chemistry
8. Relationship status: Single as a pringle
9. Extracurricular Activities: Art, riding my horse, Theta Pi things, music, internship with Volunteers in Medicine in Winchester
10. Best Class You’ve taken at Sewanee: World Prehistory with Dr. Ray was extremely fascinating, you learn all about the evolution of humans. I have so many cool facts I can pull out of my back pocket from that class. Like when redheads undergo surgery, they require more anesthetic, because redheads are more sensitive to pain. The gene for red hair developed during the ice age, and red hair made you more sensitive to pain, so you could feel if, say, your hand was being chewed off even if you were numb and you could put an end to that. I feel like I made this response too long.
11. Signature Pub Order: Bacon egg and cheese wrap TO GO and then take it home and eat it in my bed. IF YOU GET IT TO GO YOU BETTER TAKE IT TO GO!
12. Signature Dance Move: The Mellie Lammon arm-dance.
13. Go-to McClurg Line: Vegan or wok when they have Asian or Mexican food
14. What qualities do you find most attractive in boy/girl: If a man isn’t willing to sit down and watch all three Lord of the Rings movies with me in one day, that isn’t a man for me. (*All 3 Lord of the Rings may be switched with all 8 Harry Potters)
15. Biggest Pet Peeve: When I’m riding shotgun and the driver has their windshield wipers turned on either too fast or too slow relative to the amount of rain falling.
16. Spirit Animal: Cat
17. Weird Body Fact: I can wiggle my ears so vigorously
18. Describe your sexlife in a Movie Title: Freaky Friday
19. What is the most embarrassing song on your iTunes? The airhorn national anthem
20. What is your most embarrassing Sewanee story? I once slept in a guy’s closet
21. What’s on your Sewanee bucket list? Streak every large stretch of grass in Sewanee. I’m not limited to the quad.
22. What’s your favorite part about being a Swede? We have really great drinking songs. If you ever see me drinking and ask me to sing a Swedish drinking song, there is a 97% chance I will. Also if you’re Swedish you get to take shots at the dinner table.
23. If you could go to any concert, even dead or broken up bands, who would you go see? LED ZEPPELIN no contest. I wanna see my husband Robert in the flesh.