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Pit Talk

Know the person behind the candidate: meet Tim Longest

	<p>Tim Longest hangs out in the Pit to meet students.</p>
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Tim Longest hangs out in the Pit to meet students.

Have you ever read about a student body president candidate and wondered who they are? Well, here’s your chance to get to know the person behind the candidate. This is the third in a series of three candidate interviews!

Meet Tim Longest

Hometown:
Greenville, N.C.

Favorite color:
Carolina blue

Favorite TV show:
“‘Criminal Minds’ or ‘Mad Men.’ Ideally, a show where Jon Hamm plays a behavioral profiler.”

Favorite movie:
“Casablanca”

Favorite band:
The Avett Brothers

Favorite class:
PHIL 470: Modern Political Philosophy with Gerald Postema

Favorite place to study on campus:
Graham Memorial

Clubs/organizations:
Di-Phi, Community Empowerment Fund, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, student fee audit committee, Young Democrats

Website where you waste the most time:
“Memebase.com — no shame.”

Life motto:
“Ideas are bulletproof.”

Best piece of advice you have ever been given:
“Be an idealist without illusions.”

If you had one day left to live, what would you do?
“Pass legislation to put a walk-up Cook-Out on Franklin Street, then have a celebratory peanut butter-banana-walnut milkshake with friends.”

Meet Calvin Lewis Jr. here., and Will Leimenstoll here!

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