2008 Woodie Awards
Frosh takes Mr. QU crown
Jennifer Dionisio
Issue date: 11/7/07 Section: Campus News
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Singing "Hero" by Enrique Iglesias, and picking up girls with the line "If I had to choose between breathing and loving you, I would take my last breath to tell you I love you," helped freshman Alex Barczak clinch the 2007 Mr. Quinnipiac University title.
"Originality, school spirit, effort and showing us they really want it are some of the elements the judges look for," Senior judge Stacey Guiot said.
The seven contestants in this year's pageant which included, seniors, Pat McGown and Steve Altmann, junior, Jason Bond and freshmen, Rob Ostermann, Tom Jackson, Alex Barczak and Mike Peay tried to prove to the judges how much they wanted the crown.
As a first time pageant contestant, senior Steve Altmann was eager to get the competition started.
"This is going to be really fun, I'm just really pumped," Altmann said. "I think it's great the Student Programming Board does events like this. It's great to go the really popular ones."
If Altmann won, he knew that the title would not change him.
"I'm going to continue being who I am. I think it's important that people step up outside of their own organizations sometimes and show the community they are true leaders. I hope that the new Mr. Quinnipiac will step up and be a true role model for our community," Altmann said.
The first event was casual wear. Each contestant went out to pose on stage while MC's Sean Geary and Brianne Tansey told the audience what the ideal first date would be for each contestant.
The spirit wear portion of the competition was next, where all seven contestants had to pump up the crowd with some tricks they had up their sleeves. Water bottles and Frisbees were thrown out to the audience and "QU" chants were yelled, along with "Hail Bobcats" and "Beat Yale."
The contestants showed their talents following the spirit wear portion. There were singers like McGown who beat-boxed to songs by Justin Timberlake, Michael Jackson, and Timbaland, Barczak who sang "Hero" by Enrique Iglesias, and Peay who played guitar, singing songs from Dispatch, Dave Matthews and Oasis. Ostermann and Altmann showed the judges their dancing skills to "Mr. Roboto" and "Soulja Boy," while Bond played the piano. Jackson wanted to complete the "Saltine Challenge" where he attempted to eat six Saltine crackers in 60 seconds. Unfortunately, he could only finish five crackers.
"Originality, school spirit, effort and showing us they really want it are some of the elements the judges look for," Senior judge Stacey Guiot said.
The seven contestants in this year's pageant which included, seniors, Pat McGown and Steve Altmann, junior, Jason Bond and freshmen, Rob Ostermann, Tom Jackson, Alex Barczak and Mike Peay tried to prove to the judges how much they wanted the crown.
As a first time pageant contestant, senior Steve Altmann was eager to get the competition started.
"This is going to be really fun, I'm just really pumped," Altmann said. "I think it's great the Student Programming Board does events like this. It's great to go the really popular ones."
If Altmann won, he knew that the title would not change him.
"I'm going to continue being who I am. I think it's important that people step up outside of their own organizations sometimes and show the community they are true leaders. I hope that the new Mr. Quinnipiac will step up and be a true role model for our community," Altmann said.
The first event was casual wear. Each contestant went out to pose on stage while MC's Sean Geary and Brianne Tansey told the audience what the ideal first date would be for each contestant.
The spirit wear portion of the competition was next, where all seven contestants had to pump up the crowd with some tricks they had up their sleeves. Water bottles and Frisbees were thrown out to the audience and "QU" chants were yelled, along with "Hail Bobcats" and "Beat Yale."
The contestants showed their talents following the spirit wear portion. There were singers like McGown who beat-boxed to songs by Justin Timberlake, Michael Jackson, and Timbaland, Barczak who sang "Hero" by Enrique Iglesias, and Peay who played guitar, singing songs from Dispatch, Dave Matthews and Oasis. Ostermann and Altmann showed the judges their dancing skills to "Mr. Roboto" and "Soulja Boy," while Bond played the piano. Jackson wanted to complete the "Saltine Challenge" where he attempted to eat six Saltine crackers in 60 seconds. Unfortunately, he could only finish five crackers.
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