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I hail, a champion, from the Middle West and currently study Classics here at Reed. I grew up on a small farm in Missouri. At age six mom and pop sent me off to be educated at the local Country Day School. At age twelve, mens sana in corpore sano, I slew the East Saint Louis Lion. At fourteen I descended to the underworld. At fifteen I paddled up the Missouri in a golden cup. At eighteen I landed in Big Sky, captured Custer’s girdle, and in the fall of the twentieth Winter Olympiad I arrived in the City of Roses, an initiate to the Mysteries, the Mysteries of Reed.

I may divulge only so much but if you seek answers in question form, offer gifts, send word, lift your hands to the vault of Ouranos, and propitiate loud thundering Zeus. Or just email me. Your friend inside the Office of Admission,

Charles Bettendorf

KC Deane
Since arriving in Portland, I have developed an unnatural obsession with tastings. Coffee, chocolate, and cheese to name a few. But coffee, ah coffee - the love of my life, from a simple French Press brew to a divine latte topped with gorgeous artwork. This caffeinated drink has shaped my time at Reed. An excellent mocha is the
inspiration to write another four pages of that history paper, and a $1 drip coffee from the Paradox urges me to figure out one last economics problem.

If you ask anyone in my Political Philosophy class freshman year, I am a Poli Sci major destined for the Virginia Governor's mansion. And that could still be true, but my major of choice these days is Economics. Economists can make anything into a graph -- anything. I once drew a graph that showed my utility is maximized with back issues of The Economist and mp3s of bad pop music.

But, my true academic love is higher education. I dream of working as an institutional director at a fabulous college, where I would dispense wisdom and statistics about education. And, believe it or not, I discovered this passion in an economics course. Yep, an economics course. You should ask me about it.

So! If coffee and college brochures excite you or if you just want to chat about Reed (or even the stress of applying to colleges), call or email me without hesitation.

Jack DiBoise
Howdy! I'm a junior English major from the SF Bay Area studying creative writing and having the time of my life at Reed. My path to Reed was not the most straightforward, for several months I was a Mechanical Engineering student at school with more than forty thousand students, before dropping out to take a gap year. I found Reed while re-applying to schools and realized that this is where I belong. I applied early decision and haven't regretted my decision for a second.

In my 'Why Reed?' essay, I remember writing about how when I first arrived on campus, I felt like I had finally come home. To me, Reed isn't just a school, it's my family, it's the people I laugh and joke with, the people I sit next to in the Library. I love my class work here at Reed, I get to read some of the greatest books ever written and discuss them with my peers. The professors are academically outstanding and enthusiastic about our education. Outside of the classroom, I play Rugby and help run an organization called DanceTeam5Million which throws impromptu dance parties in student spaces. In my free time at Reed, I've operated a nuclear reactor, learned to breathe fire and woven a basket underwater.

I love talking about Reed to anyone who will listen. If you are a prospective student ("prospy" in Reed lingo), anxious parent, admissions counselor, or just want to talk about Reed, send me an email, I'd love to hear from you.

Swati Shrestha
Hello hello! My name is Swati and I'm from Nepal, born in Radford, VA, raised in Singapore and currently living in Portland, OR at Reed College! I'm a junior English major with a great interest in post-colonial literature. I once accidentally phrased that as "I like colonialism!" after which my friends made fun of me for at least three weeks. I'm loud and outgoing, and I highly enjoy talking to people about various things that I love - Buffy the Vampire Slayer, comics, traveling (especially to Singapore and Nepal!), Young Adult literature, Panic! at the Disco, Ikea, Lloyd Center (the biggest mall in Portland), and of course, Reed.

I came to Reed and to Portland without having visited beforehand, and having never stepped foot in the US since my family left when I was three, and so was very surprised when the immigration officer greeted me with "Welcome home!" I wasn't sure about that then, but Reed and Portland have now become one of my many beloved homes. This is a small community of people who are fun to interact with both inside and outside the classroom, and I would love to talk to people who are considering becoming part of it. So please! Write to me :)