VIKING SAGA: How did you start working in sports media for Connecticut? Did you begin somewhere else?
CASEY O'NEILL: My start team was in 1990 for WNLC Radio, and I was only a freshman in college....
VS: Why do you believe kindergarten is one of the most important years in a child’s education?
PW: “They’re excited to come to school. I try to take that excitement and run with it. I tell myself...
Viking Saga: How long have you been pole vaulting, and why did you want to start?
Teagan Czaja: I’ve been vaulting since freshman year, and I’ve known I’ve wanted to try it since like elementary
school...
Viking Saga: Can you describe a moment during this season that made you feel proud of yourself or your team?
Avneeta Basu: I’d say every meet, honestly. My team has been successful over these last...
Viking Saga: What is your job at Boston University?
Kristina Moore: My job involves teaching undergraduate courses, as well as graduate courses, and a lot of supervision and mentoring. So, much work...
Viking Saga: What misconceptions do people commonly have about counselors?
Heidi Veltheim: I think for the helping professions in general, people often don’t think of us as ‘normal’ people just...
VS: Could you describe your day to day life as a copywriter?
JE: In the custom content ad sales world, I’m working on what we call pre-sale or post sale. Pre-sale is when you get a request from an...
Viking Saga: How did you decide that you wanted to work for the Blue Jays?
Alex Chambers: I’ve always wanted to work in baseball, but I didn’t really know what careers in baseball were, so in my...
Viking Saga: What are the most common challenges students struggle with that you assist?
Cassie Leuchner: I feel like it’s a range. Every student’s different. I have students who struggle with anxiety,...
Viking Saga: When did your interest in writing poetry first develop and what caused it?
Richard Siken: It was the summer between my sophomore and junior years of high school. I had just switched schools...
Viking Saga: What does your average day look like on a day with classes or meetings?
Belinda Walzer: Every semester is totally different, [but] I’ll give you an average day this semester, which was...
Q: Students have shared that the last fire alarm of 2023-24 seemed unorganized because it happened during a passing period. Does the security team have a more organized plan for when an alarm goes off...
