Get to know Eric Tolbert and Nikki Draper!
Your SGA President and Vice President
- September 27, 2002
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- Pacer Staff
- Section: Features
How long have you known each other?
ET: First day of school in fall 2000. ND: Freshman Studies
How did you meet?
ND: Something stood about Eric, I just wanted to get to know him...
First impressions of each other?
ET: I though she was more interested in politics than I was. ND: I thought he was arogant, egotistical, but I love him now.
Most annoying habit of the other?
ET: She stays on my back about our schedule for SGA. ND: He always has a pen in his mouth, especially when he's nervous or talking to someone.
Most embarrassing moment while at UTM?
ET: I fell down in the quad one time, no one was there though. ND: When I crossed my sorority, I couldn’t get my hood off in front of of a few hundred people… it was embarrassing!
Why UTM?
ET: Scholarship ND: To get away from home, to be a great distance away.
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
ET: Rich. ND: A prominent defense attorney and a politician.
What’s your favorite movie/TV show?
Both: Real World
What song best defines your term thus far in office?
ET: Forutnate. ND: It’s a hard knock life for us…
What are you really good at?
ET: BS’ing. ND: Writing poetry.
Who wears the pants in SGA this year?
ET: Nikki ND: Um… We both share it.
Goals for SGA?
ET: To have a fulfilling year. ND: To really become the voices of the students; to allow students the opportunity; and to voice their opinions.
I asked both Eric and Nikki to finish this sentence respectively: All women are…
ET: Beautiful. (Nikki in the background going “aww.”) ND: Have issues; they all come with baggage.
If you could pull a prank on Chancellor Dunagan, what would you do?
ET: Go to his house and have a party.
Eric Tolbert, SGA President; Nikki Draper, Vice President.