ZOE: All right, are you ready for the Speed Round? JOHN: Yes. ZOE: There we go, hold on to your hats, ladies and gentlemen. Here we go! Okay, question
number one - If your life was a musical, what would the marquee say? JOHN: Okay, it would be "John:
A Life-Long Illini." Something like that. ZOE: Yes, school spirit! JOHN: Mhmm. ZOE: Number two -
What is one thing that most people don't know about you? JOHN: So, I learned how to play
the violin at age four, and as part of learning violin, I, like, traveled to Italy
with the group, and we played in the Vatican. And not many people know about
that. ZOE: Wow! I wish I could do that! JOHN: Yeah. ZOE: Number three - What's your favorite time of day? JOHN: Early in the morning. I'm
not necessarily awake all the time... Like 5:00 a.m., like, before a game
day in the fall, it's the best time before everyone else is awake. ZOE: Number four - Your
favorite study spot on-campus? JOHN: The Main Library. The reading room of the Main
Library. ZOE: Number five - Dream country to visit? JOHN: I
would have to say Italy, like maybe up in the Alps. ZOE: Number six - What are three
things you can't live without? JOHN: Okay, coffee for sure. Sports, I'm struggling
right now without it, and people, which also I am struggling without them.
ZOE: Number seven - Downtown Champaign or downtown Urbana? JOHN: I'll go downtown
Champaign, just for all the food. ZOE: Number eight - What superpower would you want?
JOHN: Just to save some time, the ability to fly, because I feel like I get around
pretty easily. ZOE: Number nine - Advice you'd give your high
school self? JOHN: Oh, okay, well yeah, go... Say the same thing as I said earlier, that, just...
Yeah, enjoy every moment, even if it's kind of a, you know, not as great at the
moment, just enjoy every moment. ZOE: Ten - A book that everyone should read? JOHN: Uh,
it's a book I just read. It's called "Factfulness" by Hans Rosling, and it's about,
like, it just looked at like data worldwide and how, as a world and a
people, we are drastically improving and, like, expanding health care to everyone,
and it's a really optimistic book that, you know, people in this kind of
pessimistic world people should read. ZOE: Cool. Eleven - Favorite coffee shop on campus?
JOHN: Oh, it's tough, it's close... I'll go Espresso Royale, because I
definitely spent the most time there. ZOE: Eleven, Part B - Which Espresso Royale? JOHN: The one
in Urbana. ZOEL: Cool. Twelve - What would you like to be remembered for? JOHN: Just being a nice
person, a friend to a lot of people. ZOE: Thirteen - If you could only go to Illini football
games or Illini basketball games forever, which would you choose?
JOHN: Definitely basketball. I grew up as a Illinois basketball fan and I love
football games, but there's something about the basketball environment in the
State Farm Center. ZOE: Fourteen - ARC or CRCE? JOHN: CRCE, because I like the smaller environment and it has
a nice hot tub as well. ZOE: True... Fifteen -Coffee or Tea? JOHN: Coffee. ZOE: Sixteen - Fall semester
weather or spring semester weather? JOHN: Fall semester, it's the best time of the year.
ZOE: Seventeen - A favorite scent?
JOHN: Freshly ground coffee. ZOE: Someone who likes coffee! JOHN: I do , too much. ZOE: Eighteen - Favorite campus landmark? JOHN: Memorial
Stadium, definitely. It's a great place to be. ZOE: Nineteen - A song you can listen to on
repeat? JOHN: I like Billy Joel, so I'll go "Vienna," by
Billy Joel. ZOE: Oh, my goodness! I love Billy Joel! Twenty - South Quad, Main Quad, or Engineering Quad? JOHN:I never go to the
Engineering Quad, so Main Quad. ZOE: Twenty-one - Your go-to for having a good laugh? JOHN: Like T.V.
show? I really like Seinfeld, so I'll say that. ZOE: Nice. If you had to choose orange or
blue? JOHN: Hmm, I'll go blue. ZOE: Number twenty- three, last question -
Describe Illinois in one word or phrase?
JOHN: I'll just kind of cliche, but "Home away from Home," or just "Home". ZOE: That is fantastic.
Well, John, thank you so much for joining me! I appreciate your time
and "I-L-L!" JOHN: "I-N-I!" Thanks for having me on, I really appreciate it.