21 Questions With ... Alex Rosen '11
PYNE PRIZE WINNER ALEX ROSEN ‘11 LOVES WA MEATBALL SUBS, GIN AND TONICS, AND TOWER BAR COOKIES--BUT YALE AND HARVARD, NOT SO MUCH. (We interviewed Rosen's co-winner, Religion major Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux '11, back in 2009 with a slightly different set of questions; to read her answers, click here).Name: Alex Rosen '11
Age: 22
Major: Economics, with certificate in Global Health and Health Policy
Hometown: Allentown, PA
Eating club/residential college/affiliation: Tower and WhitmanWhat was your initial reaction when you found out you won the Pyne Prize?My first reaction after hearing the news was total shock, and then once I got over that I couldn’t wait to share the news with my family.Who’s your favorite Princetonian, living or dead, real or fictional?I would be ungrateful if I didn’t say Moses Taylor Pyne at this point.What’s the best meal you’ve eaten in Princeton?Bar pies at Tower lunch.In one sentence, what do you actually do all day?I read emails and send emails … all day.What is your greatest guilty pleasure?Wa meatball subs.Do you know all the words to Old Nassau?I have the first verse and the chorus down cold. I’d recognize the other verses if I saw them.What is your greatest fear?Not making the most of things. What do you hate most about Princeton?That it’s almost over.What’s your drink?Gin and tonic (Shout-out to G&T Tuesdays).What’s your favorite medication?Can I defer answering this question until medical school? I’ll be so much more informed then.What’s hanging above your desk and/or bed?Above my desk: a bulletin board scattered with notes to myself. Above my bed: a poster of Dalí’s “Persistence of Memory.”Where do you do your best thinking?In the shower.When’s bedtime?I aim for 12:30, but it generally ends up being around 1:30.Where is the worst place on campus?The Forbes Addition. I loved Forbes, but I’m lucky that I never had to live in the Addition.What’s your personal anthem? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgrrQwLdME8Who is your mortal enemy?Procrastination.In 25 years, I will be …Psyched for my 25th Princeton Reunion.What makes you laugh?Yale and Harvard.What makes you cry?When the Philadelphia Eagles lose in the playoffs.What would you want to do less than writing your senior thesis?Write someone else’s thesis.What makes someone a Princetonian?If it’s New Year’s Day and you still haven’t taken any Fall semester final exams, then you’re a Princetonian.