Jerry Hoffman

The mass of students at CMU hosts an array of interesting people. It is from that mass that another random person has volunteered to face the glare of media attention.
Enter Cleone Tudor, Muskegon freshman, and subject of this week’s random interview.
Tudor decided on Central because of her original plans involving the psychology department. But, like people, plans for today and the next ten years change.
“I want to be married and have a good career, possibly as a massage therapist,” Tudor said.
Considering that Central is not well known for a massage therapy program, Tudor plans to leave the university at the end of the year. However, Tudor feels that CMU has some redeeming qualities as a university.
“It’s a really nice university,” Tudor said. “It has a small campus, and it’s easy to get around.”
“I like the SAC (Student Activity Center), too,” Tudor said. “It’s a good place to go, and it gives you something to do.”
Tudor also said she enjoys living in the residence halls.
“It’s a good thing for your first year on campus, and you get to meet a lot of people,” Tudor said.
Tudor’s business class is also another part of her life as a student that she likes mostly due to the faculty.
“I have a good teacher; he focuses on how to study and he gives a test every day, which I think is better than once a month,” Tudor said.
Despite these facts, Tudor’s enjoyment of the university ends with the mathematics department.
When Tudor is not learning about market growth or gritting her teeth over polynomials, she might be found having a good time with her friends rather than at any of the local bars.
“I’m not a bar person,” Tudor said. “I like small parties, mostly just friends getting together. Every once in a great while I’ll go to a fraternity party.”
When Tudor is not with her friends, she might be found mountain biking, which she got started doing in Oklahoma with some of her friends. However, her life’s goal doesn’t involve any kind of bicycle transport.
“My goal in life is to walk all the way around America along the outer border,” Tudor said.
Tudor might be able to accomplish that task in a relatively short period of time if she could do it as Blossom from the Powerpuff Girls.
“I want to be a Powerpuff Girl just because the Powerpuffs are cool,” said Tudor.
Being Blossom might just be what is needed in the event of an alien invasion. However, Tudor doesn’t believe that is a major concern.
“I believe that there could possibly be something out there,” Tudor said. “But, I don’t think that anything is trying to make contact.”
However, in Tudor’s version of hell, there would be no aliens.
“Hell would be bad cramps for the rest of eternity,” Tudor said. “Country music would be playing, too.”
Considering that one can’t exactly buy their way out of hell, Tudor will continue to rely on her methodist faith. However, she does have plans for what she would do with a million dollars.
“I would buy a couple of cars and a house on a beach; most likely on Daytona Beach,” Tudor said. “I’d probably keep the rest if there was any left. I might buy a penthouse in New York, too.”
Since Tudor doesn’t have a million dollars, (who does?) she is content with her favorite pastime, which is hanging out with her friends, just laughing over nothing.
Tudor also is talented with devil sticks, which involves a stick with a weight on each end, and two sticks to be held in each hand. The idea is to keep the stick with the weights on the end up in the air as long as possible. Tudor said she can do just that for as long as 20 minutes at a time.
“One of my friends introduced me to them when I was 12,” Tudor said. “She had them and I took a look at them, and figured out how to do it. Then, I started to make them, and I sold a few, and started practicing with them.”
All things considered, Tudor believes that she has had a good college experience thus far.
“It’s fun and I’ve learned a lot since I’ve been up here and experienced a lot of different things,” Tudor said.
However, Tudor does have something in her past that she wishes to change.
“I just wish that I had been more studious in high school,” said Tudor.
It has been said that it’s not who you know, but what you know about them that really counts in this world. It would seem that this interview has proven that theory to be correct.

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