Undergraduate Staff
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| Name: |
Michael Strabala |
| Nickname: |
"Crackhead", does that really need to be explained? |
| Year in HMB: |
5th |
| Age and birthday: |
22, July 3rd (I'm a Cancer, I'm sensitive!) |
| Hometown: |
Riverside, IA |
| Major: |
Communication Studies and Sexuality Studies |
| Favorite Classes: |
F.A.C. Anyone? Anyone? |
| Favorite Quote: |
"...and they never drank again" -Homer J Simpson |
| Stuff I do besides band: |
I lick dried bird shit |
| What I play in the HMB: |
Alto Sax |
| The dumbest thing I've ever done: |
Oh, honey, there isn't enough room to list it all here |
| What I want to be when I grow up: |
That's simple, a Toys-R-Us Kid |
| Email Address: |
michael-strabala@uiowa.edu |
|
| Name: |
Matthew Burns |
| Nickname: |
"Bobo", The original plan was to call me Mr. Burns, but it was decided they'd call me his teddy bear "Bobo" instead. |
| Year in HMB: |
3rd |
| Age and birthday: |
21, March 16 |
| Hometown: |
Alburnett, IA |
| Major: |
Pre-pharmacy |
| Favorite Classes: |
Chemistry classes are my favorite |
| Favorite Quote: |
"What is real? How do you define real? If real is what you see, that's simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain." -Morpheus, from "The Matrix" |
| Stuff I do besides band: |
I work at the hospital as a phlebotomist |
| What I play in the HMB: |
Alto Sax |
| The dumbest thing I've ever done: |
Dumbest thing I've ever done was getting totally wasted at the Kansas City road trip two years ago, cuz I looked like a damn fool. |
| What I want to be when I grow up: |
I want to be a pharmacist |
| Email Address: |
matthew-burns@uiowa.edu |
|
| Name: |
Megan Allen |
| Nickname: |
"Papa", I take a lot of pictures, and so I got called "Paparazzi." Well, that's a little long to yell at rehearsal, so I'm just "Papa." |
| Year in HMB: |
2nd |
| Age and birthday: |
19, June 22 |
| Hometown: |
Creston, IA |
| Major: |
Italian and Linguistics |
| Favorite Classes: |
Linguistics, Italian, and band. |
| Favorite Quote: |
"Hi, my name is Bingo. I like to climb on things. Can I have a banana? Eek eek!" -Brak |
| Stuff I do besides band: |
What's "outside of band"? Um, I work at the hospital. |
| What I play in the HMB: |
Tenor Sax |
| The dumbest thing I've ever done: |
I have a class on the second floor of McLean early in the morning, and the other day I walked into Jessup instead, and got all the way up to the second floor before I realized it was the wrong building. I realized that when, instead of classrooms, I saw a sign that said "Office of the President." That was pretty dumb. |
| What I want to be when I grow up: |
I took a solemn vow to never grow up. |
| Email Address: |
megan-allen@uiowa.edu |
|
| Name: |
Marcy Card |
| Nickname: |
"Ralph Wiggum", because of a slight misunderstanding about the intended spatial relativity between my reeded utensil for the production of musical sounds and my unmentionables. |
| Year in HMB: |
2nd |
| Age and birthday: |
20, September 5 |
| Hometown: |
Urbandale, IA |
| Major: |
Microbiology (will potentially be changed to Biology) and German |
| Favorite Classes: |
Biology, Classical Mythology, and (once it starts!) SCUBA |
| Favorite Quote: |
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." |
| Stuff I do besides band: |
I'm on the National Residence Hall Honorary Executive Board and I work in a plant biochemistry lab. I'm also a Women In Science and Engineering mentor. |
| What I play in the HMB: |
Tenor Sax |
| The dumbest thing I've ever done: |
I chose to tell the section about what, exactly, happened on that fateful day... The nickname is **still** sticking around. |
| What I want to be when I grow up: |
I don't wanna grow up, but if I hafta, I'll probably be a research scientist or a professor or something else that sounds smart. |
| Email Address: |
marcella-card@uiowa.edu |
|
| Name: |
Yvonne Catherine Heller |
| Nickname: |
No nickname, they never seem to stick |
| Year in HMB: |
2nd |
| Age and birthday: |
19, October 27 |
| Hometown: |
Davenport, IA |
| Major: |
Industrial Engineering with a minor in Business |
| Favorite Classes: |
Now, Thermodynamics. Ever, Philosophy. |
| Favorite Quote: |
"The future is no place to place your better days." -DMB, Cry Freedom |
| Stuff I do besides band: |
Theta Tau engineering fraternity, and I work |
| What I play in the HMB: |
Alto Sax |
| The dumbest thing I've ever done: |
My senior year in high school my parents went to the Bahamas and I was at home taking care of the cat, well for some odd reason the cat that we had for 14 years decided to call it quits and died, well I thought my dad would be really upset, he loved the cat, and I thought he would want to say good bye, so to preserve the cat until they got home from their trip, I put our dead house pet of 14 years into our refrigerator. It seemed like the most logical thing to do at the time. |
| What I want to be when I grow up: |
I want to open a firm that studies ergonomics for big companies to reduce cost of workers compensation. |
| Email Address: |
yheller@engineering.uiowa.edu |
|
| Name: |
Jenny Lange |
| Nickname: |
"Donkey Punch" or "DP", because Doogie wanted to name someone Donkey Punch last year on the Northwestern trip and that person turned out to be me cause I didn't have a nickname |
| Year in HMB: |
2nd |
| Age and birthday: |
21, May 20 |
| Hometown: |
Marion, IA |
| Major: |
Therapeutic Recreation, specializing in Child Life Therapy |
| Favorite Classes: |
Band!! Just joking, none really, it's time to get out of school! |
| Favorite Quote: |
"The greatest feeling it not only giving love, but feeling loved in return." -Unknown |
| Stuff I do besides band: |
Canoe and Kayak Club, and I volunteer at the UIHC in Peds Inpatient
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| What I play in the HMB: |
Alto sax |
| The dumbest thing I've ever done: |
There's so much! |
| What I want to be when I grow up: |
A child life specialist |
| Email Address: |
jennifer-lange-1@uiowa.edu |
|
| Name: |
Sarah Liegl |
| Nickname: |
"Gobbles", apparently Assmunch thinks I am a retarded turkey like the one on South Park (we still are unable to locate the episode)
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| Year in HMB: |
2nd |
| Age and birthday: |
19, April 7 |
| Hometown: |
Central City, IA |
| Major: |
Music Ed. |
| Favorite Classes: |
I like most of them, marching band techniques, however, is pretty cool. |
| Favorite Quote: |
"So like, sometimes, when I'm talkin, ya know, I use...words...." -Ryan P. Bloomberg |
| Stuff I do besides band: |
SAI, MENC, and Tenor sex night |
| What I play in the HMB: |
Tenor Sax |
| The dumbest thing I've ever done: |
I've never done anything dumb in my life... |
| What I want to be when I grow up: |
Band Director |
| Email Address: |
sarah-liegl@uiowa.edu |
|
| Name: |
Brett Barker |
| Nickname: |
N/A |
| Year in HMB: |
1st |
| Age and birthday: |
18, November 15 |
| Hometown: |
Geneseo, IL / Lecanto, FL |
| Major: |
Pre-pharmacy |
| Favorite Classes: |
Marching Band! |
| Favorite Quote: |
"I may not go down in history, I just want someone to remember me....If I will love, then I will find 'Something Worth Leaving Behind'." -- Lee Ann Womack |
| Stuff I do besides band: |
STAT, SHARQ, Honors Program, Presidential Scholars, etc. |
| What I play in the HMB: |
Alto Sax |
| The dumbest thing I've ever done: |
I try not to do stupid things, or at least not to tell my section. That is where the nicknames come from... |
| What I want to be when I grow up: |
A Pharmacist |
| Email Address: |
brettb@netexpress.net |
|
| Name: |
Leia (Lynn) Barrett |
| Nickname: |
"Chewie", or "Chewbacca", because I was named after the Star Wars princess |
| Year in HMB: |
1st |
| Age and birthday: |
19, August 11 |
| Hometown: |
Laurens, IA |
| Major: |
Bassoon Performance with teaching certification |
| Favorite Classes: |
Rhetoric is a lot of fun because we discuss modern issues. |
| Favorite Quote: |
"I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way." - Carl Sandburg |
| Stuff I do besides band: |
Uhhh... I'm a music major! I don't get outside activities :D I used to do speech, track, plays, basketball, anything! Hopefully I'll get into some more stuff here. |
| What I play in the HMB: |
Alto Sax |
| The dumbest thing I've ever done: |
When I was four I wanted to see what would happen if I stuck my finger in a moving see-saw swing hinge. I still have the scar if anyone ever wants to see it. |
| What I want to be when I grow up: |
Someone who gives people the gift of music (I don't know how yet, but I'm leaning towards teaching.) |
| Email Address: |
Leia_b@hotmail.com |
|
| Name: |
Ryan Bloomberg |
| Nickname: |
"Rod", because they were too lazy to come up with an original name that they didn't name someone else a long time ago and I don't even know who he is...
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| Year in HMB: |
1st |
| Age and birthday: |
19, September 8 |
| Hometown: |
A gravel road near Yarmouth IA, which is near Mediapolis IA, which is near Burlington IA (Southeast Iowa) |
| Major: |
Saxophone Performance |
| Favorite Classes: |
Jazz Band |
| Favorite Quote: |
"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear to be bright until you hear them speak" -Unknown |
| Stuff I do besides band: |
Jazz Band, I like snowboarding, paintaball, camping, and hiking |
| What I play in the HMB: |
Tenor Sax |
| The dumbest thing I've ever done: |
I wore a thong once. (Didn't really hold me in) |
| What I want to be when I grow up: |
A jazz player (who doesn't) |
| Email Address: |
ryan-bloomberg@uiowa.edu |
|
| Name: |
Tim Brandau |
| Nickname: |
"TIMMY!", I've had the nickname for a heckuva long time, so I figure I might as well stick with it! |
| Year in HMB: |
1st |
| Age and birthday: |
18, October 30 |
| Hometown: |
Osage, IA |
| Major: |
Biomedical Engineering |
| Favorite Classes: |
Principles of Chemistry I, ASL I, everything else is just a drag |
| Favorite Quote: |
??? |
| Stuff I do besides band: |
I'm president of my floor. Uh, I like watching sports, reading, playing games |
| What I play in the HMB: |
Alto Sax |
| The dumbest thing I've ever done: |
Worn my cochlear implant on a water ride and got soaked with a waterfall (LONG story, if you want to know more, ask!) |
| What I want to be when I grow up: |
I'm studying Biomedical Engineering, I'm really not sure what I want to do with that degree. Probably something design-based, who knows? |
| Email Address: |
timothy-brandau@uiowa.edu |
|
| Name: |
Andy Harringa |
| Nickname: |
"Chubbs", I was telling a story, and it was really sick or something, and I was like "I'm just gonna stop, and talk to myself and tell me that 'that was sick chubbs'" and that was it |
| Year in HMB: |
1st |
| Age and birthday: |
19, May 31 |
| Hometown: |
Waterloo, IA |
| Major: |
Art - Graphic Design |
| Favorite Classes: |
Accelerated Rhetoric, Marching Band |
| Favorite Quote: |
"Dameon, I'm gonna throw up..." |
| Stuff I do besides band: |
Classes?? when is there time outside of band? BAND IS LIFE!!! |
| What I play in the HMB: |
Alto Sax |
| The dumbest thing I've ever done: |
Broke something??? |
| What I want to be when I grow up: |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle |
| Email Address: |
andrew-harringa@uiowa.edu |
|
| Name: |
Benny Lozano |
| Nickname: |
"Fajita", I don't know why, ask Sarah |
| Year in HMB: |
1st |
| Age and birthday: |
19, June 29 |
| Hometown: |
Des Moines, IA |
| Major: |
??? |
| Favorite Classes: |
Spanish and music stuff |
| Favorite Quote: |
"I was on a bus eating some crackers with some easy-cheese. but it was dark in the bus so I could not see...I could not see how much easy-cheese I was applying to each cracker...I think they should make a glow in the dark version of easy cheese...its not like that product has any integrity to begin with...if you buy a room temperature cheese that you squeeze out of a can, you probably wont get mad that it glows in the dark too." - Mitch Hedburg |
| Stuff I do besides band: |
Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity Incorporated |
| What I play in the HMB: |
Alto sax |
| The dumbest thing I've ever done: |
Me and my buddy were coming back from school and were going around the parking lot trying to find my car, and we're talking bout crap that happened that day so I wasnt really paying any attention to where we were going, and I see my car out of the corner of my eye so I go over and open the door, get in, and I'm going to start the car and then a girl in the passenger seat starts screaming "get out! get out! dont steal the car!" Turns out I got into the car parked next to mine and tried to drive off with someone else in the passenger's seat. So thats one of the dumbest things I've done |
| What I want to be when I grow up: |
A dad |
| Email Address: |
chilipalmer88@hotmail.com |
|
| Name: |
Matt Palella |
| Nickname: |
"Booty", During our first week of band camp, I received a call and, being a dumb freshman, I answered it in the middle of doing our drill. It was the funniest Booty Call anyone has ever received. The nickname booty was originally "Booty Call", but it has been shortened to "Booty" over time. |
| Year in HMB: |
1st |
| Age and birthday: |
18, August 30 |
| Hometown: |
Hickory Hills, IL |
| Major: |
Civil/Environmental Engineer |
| Favorite Classes: |
Engineering problem solving is a great class. You learn practical ways of solving engineering problems. |
| Favorite Quote: |
“The Lord's Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words, there are 1,322 words in the Declaration of Independence, but government regulations on the sale of cabbage total 26,911 words.” -Unknown |
| Stuff I do besides band: |
Back home in Illinois, I am part of a scenario paintball team. |
| What I play in the HMB: |
Alto Sax |
| The dumbest thing I've ever done: |
Two years ago, When I first marched with a Baritone sax, the command was given for a horns down. So I, Naturally, Put my horn into the attention position. While doing this, I knocked a Bach Stradivarius Trumpet out of their hands putting a dent in it. The Trumpet was only 4 days old, but worse, the Bari was a Selmer Mark 6 from the late 60’s. OUCH!!! |
| What I want to be when I grow up: |
Engineering consultant |
| Email Address: |
Mpalella276@cs.com |
|
| Name: |
Trever Petersen |
| Nickname: |
"Guy", because I don't talk much so no one knew my name, so they just said "hey, guy" and a name was born |
| Year in HMB: |
1st |
| Age and birthday: |
18, December 21 |
| Hometown: |
Council Bluffs, IA |
| Major: |
Open, undeclared, etc. |
| Favorite Classes: |
Psychology takes the cake as of now |
| Favorite Quote: |
"Hey guys, Big Gulps huh? Alright.. welp, see ya later!" |
| Stuff I do besides band: |
At Iowa, there's nothing I'm affiliated with, but just for giggles I play sports when I can, so I plan to do some intramurals later on |
| What I play in the HMB: |
Alto sax |
| The dumbest thing I've ever done: |
It was one of the dumber things I've done, but it was also one of the cooler things. I had heard that Beta fish are fighting fish, and that they'll kill each other when put in the same tank, so I bought one and put it up against another. I'm proud to say mine earned its right to live by killing the other and is still alive and healthy to this day. For a disclaimer, I felt bad about the other fish dying, but that's just nature's fury |
| What I want to be when I grow up: |
A principal or a caterpillar (Ralph Wiggum) |
| Email Address: |
trevor-petersen@uiowa.edu |
|
| Name: |
Keith Turner |
| Nickname: |
N/A |
| Year in HMB: |
1st |
| Age and birthday: |
18, May 21 |
| Hometown: |
Coralville, IA |
| Major: |
Microbiology, Computer Science |
| Favorite Classes: |
Anything except 4:011 Principles of Chem I, or Rhetoric |
| Favorite Quote: |
"The road to you is long, but I've been on it for a while." -Dave Matthews, #40 |
| Stuff I do besides band: |
Jazz Repertory Ensemble, I kinda work in a lab, and class |
| What I play in the HMB: |
Alto Sax |
| The dumbest thing I've ever done: |
Recently I spilled my lunch tray all over some hot girls' table at Hillcrest, but instead of trying to play it down, I yelled out "OH MY GOD, I'M RETARDED!" |
| What I want to be when I grow up: |
A professor/researcher guy |
| Email Address: |
keith-turner@uiowa.edu |
