After one week of classes, students were asked: what conversation are you sick of having?
Abigail Coryell
Year: Senior
Hometown: Ithaca, N.Y.
“I don’t do a lot of small talk, but there’s been a lot of ‘Ahh, we’re seniors but it doesn’t feel like it!’”
Anna Brodmerkel
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Burgaw
“‘What is your name?’ I’m really bad with names. I asked the same person five times once.”
Alex Kacvinsky
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Cary
“I’m sick of talking about my major. I want to make a ‘Biology and Journalism’ T-shirt.”
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Imani Bazemore
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Oak Ridge
“For me, it’s my family asking me, ‘How do you like college?’”
Jackie O’Shaughnessy
Year: Senior
Hometown: Holly Springs
“‘Do I want to go to TOPO?’ The answer is always yes.”
Zac Jacob
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Concord
“I’m tired of upper- classmen asking me, ‘What’s your favorite part of living on cam- pus?’”
