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Get to know Eric Tolbert and Nikki Draper!

Your SGA President and Vice President


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.

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Eric Tolbert, SGA President; Nikki Draper, Vice President.