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- [Interviewer] Oh, hey Vinnie.
- [Vinnie] Oh, hey.
- [Interviewer] Looks like I caught you hanging around.
- [Vinnie] That's all right.
I'll meet you down at the bottom.
- [Interviewer] All right, Vinnie.
I'll meet you at the bottom.
- [Vinnie] See you there.
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- [Interviewer] Great job, Vinnie.
That looked like some serious exercise.
Was it tough?
- [Vinnie] For my first time, nah.
- [Interviewer] All right, Vinnie,
why did you decide to come to Syracuse University?
- [Vinnie] I decided to come to Syracuse University
because a friend of mine was on campus before me,
so I spent a lot of time here,
and a lot of members of the community
encouraged me to come here, so it only made sense.
- [Interviewer] All right, this is an incredible place.
Tell me about it.
- [Vinnie] So the Barnes Center at the Arch
is a state-of-the-art facility
where we have awesome recreation services
like this climbing wall here, a pool,
three floors of exercise equipment, e-sports,
and the whole health services side.
- [Interviewer] All right, three words
that describe student life here.
- [Vinnie] I'd say diverse, chill, and energetic.
- [Interviewer] If you could race one person up this wall,
who would it be?
- [Vinnie] Oh, definitely Coach Boeheim.
- [Coach] Sorry, Vinnie, I got to practice to run.
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- [Interviewer] What's your favorite experience
that you've had at SU?
- [Vinnie] My favorite experience
has to be singing the National Anthem
at several sporting events.
♪ Free ♪
♪ And the home of the brave ♪
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- [Interviewer] That's awesome.
What other activities are you involved in?
- [Vinnie] So I've helped with move in,
because I thought it would be nice to help
first-year students get acquainted with campus,
and also make personal connections.
- [Interviewer] Okay, so tell us about the dogs.
- [Vinnie] Oh, okay, so pet therapy is my favorite feature.
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Pet therapy partners come in, and you meet these cute dogs,
and just sit there with them and pet them
until they ask you to leave
because someone else needs to pet the dog, too.
- [Interviewer] Okay, so what do you want to do
when you graduate?
- [Vinnie] I want to work in human resources,
focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion.
That's something that's really important to me.
- [Interviewer] How are your faculty helping you get there?
- [Vinnie] Faculty has been great.
They know that as a working professional,
and also a student,
that balance and flexibility is important,
so they meet me where my needs are.
- [Interviewer] Okay, so where's this pool
I keep hearing about?
- [Vinnie] Follow me.
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So here's our pool, which is fully accessible.
They have a rock climbing wall, you can swim,
you can even take a dip in the spa.
- [Interviewer] What would you say is the best part
about being a student at SU?
- [Vinnie] The best part of being a student at SU
is definitely the learning experience, but not only that,
it's networking and making connections with people,
and those connections last a lifetime.
- [Interviewer] Having online classes,
how do you stay connected
with the campus and other students?
- [Vinnie] So whenever there's an event on campus
that I can make it to, I make sure to get myself there.
So sometimes, there's concerts,
there's plays, there's sporting events.
If I can make it, I'm there.
- [Interviewer] Any other cool workouts here?
- [Vinnie] Yeah, absolutely.
We have an ice skating rink,
we also have Drumlins where you can take tennis
and golf lessons,
and we even have a ropes course.
- [Interviewer] What's your favorite place to eat on campus?
- [Vinnie] I love to eat at Kimmel's
because they have the best ice cream,
but here at the Barnes Center, we have Otto's Juice Box.
Let me show you.
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This is Otto's Juice Box where you can order a smoothie
or even a post-workout snack.
- [Interviewer] Okay, what's your favorite smoothie?
- [Vinnie] It would have to be Mellow Mango.
- [Interviewer] What do you think Otto's favorite part
of the Barnes Center is?
- [Vinnie] Probably e-sports,
but maybe a little bit of everything.
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- [Interviewer] Last question.
What does it mean to Be Orange?
- [Vinnie] To Be Orange is taking the experiences
that you've had here on campus,
looking at the value that they added to your life,
and taking that into your next capture.
- [Interviewer] Thanks, Vinnie.
Nice to meet you.
- [Vinnie] Nice to meet you, too.
- [Interviewer] That's it for now.
Check out our other videos to meet more of the 'Cuse family.
Thanks for watching, and as always, Be Orange.
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