Full Name:Kasey Van Dyke
Major:Journalism-Print/Political Science
Email:k.vandyke@aggiemail.usu.edu
Phone Number:801-710-5052
"NEVERTHELESS, I AM THE SAME IDENTICAL WOMAN"
I'm Kasey. I love school. I think it's the most amazing thing I could ever do. I've dedicated way more time to my education than to social adventures, not to say I don't have my share of sordid stories (one of which involves another student in the class and myself...naked). I am currently a full-time student, a Website Content Researcher for National Scenic Byways Online (www.byways.org), a Features Writer for the Statesman (my last story was in the paper on Monday, January 11, about the most hated jobs), and a Rhetoric Associate for the English department. I found a way to cheat the 20-hours-a-week rule at USU. I am extremely passionate about writing and journalism. I've been described by my friends as a "modern-day hippie," a title I gladly accept. I really enjoy silent protests. I think I'm too much of a peace maker to be confrontational, at least openly. I don't think I'm particularly spectacular in any way, but maybe I am. I've learned something I don't think my peers understand yet: I've learned what it's like to give up hope, engage in a battle between reality and the lies we tell ourselves and to realize that life, or the energy that makes us "be," is everlasting and ever changing. I'm under no illusion that the world is a perfect, happy, sunshine-filled Pleasantville and I prefer it that way. I probably won't speak up in class unless you actually call on me but I think you'll definitely remember me after a presentation. Ps, I like sitting on the second row by the aisle.
Kasey
