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Saturday, December 13, 2025

Rotunda Staff Profile

Rotunda Staff Profile

Kristine Bender, Rotunda Reporter

Why did you want to be a staff writer for The Rotunda?

I wanted to make Jeff Halliday proud! 

What movie do you hate that everyone else loves?

"Anchorman"...I just don't get it.

What is the funniest word?

Longwood

What is the best invention ever?

Coffee

Who is the most famous person you have ever met?

Hugh Jackman and Olivia Newton-John, at the same time! 

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would in NOT be?

North Korea. I am not a big fan of communism despite the fact that my initials are KGB.

What's the longest you could survive in the wilderness with just a knife and a roll of duct tape?

Thirty seconds, tops.

If you could know one thing about the future, what would it be?

Will the economy improve so I can get a job after graduation? 

What is your current ringtone?

A fairy princess tune

What did your last text message say?

‘Yikes'

What would you do with your last $5?

The bar; go ahead and judge me.

Baby cows. Cute animal, or tasty meal?

Vegetarian; enough said.

Have you ever killed anything other than a bug?

I recently killed a mouse with a broom and ran over a possum with my car. I swear I really am a vegetarian.

Tell me one thing about yourself that you don't want readers to know?

I know all the lyrics to songs from the musical "Fiddler on the Roof." Yep, soak that in.

Fill in the blank:

I wish I could understand any form of mathematics. 

Kristine Bender, Rotunda Reporter