Getting to know Connor Thompson
Beth Sharb
Issue date: 11/5/09 Section: Lifestyles
Q: How is your freshman year going?
A: It's awesome. I love it. I love that there are no rules for me. It's a lot different than high school.
Q: So you're the new columnist for the Chimes. What compelled you to write in?
A: Well, I read the Chimes every week for the first however many weeks. And it was pretty raunchy, and I loved it, and I was like "let's make this shit more raunchy." And I looked around for the perfect person to do it, and that person was me.
Q: What gives you the license to be a sex columnist?
A: As I said in my first article, I have a lot of previous experience. And actually, I have some scholastic knowledge. I went to a trade school in high school to be an EMT and I had to learn all about the female and male anatomy and such. So I have some good biological knowledge. And I study on my own time, outside of school.
Q: Are you surprised about the amount of criticism you've received online?
A: Yes and no. I knew that I'd get criticism, because you'll get that with anything, and I was ready for it. But I was taken aback by the things people were saying. And the supposed bad publicity that the school is getting for it.
Q: So is sex applicable to a college campus?
A: Very. Very applicable. I think that everyone should have the right to be informed and people say that I'm writing for attention, I'm really not-I'm writing to educate, as much as people don't think so. I think there are a lot of people out there on campus who haven't been taught what I have, and they have just as much right to know about sex as the next person.
Q: What is the most common mistake you think guys make in bed?
A: Number 1 is not wearing a condom. Even if she tells you she's on birth control, she's lying. But also just thinking that it's all about them. It's supposed to be a mutual thing.
Q: Are there any absolute "no's" in bed or relationships? Or does anything go?
A: This is difficult. I don't have standards or morals, so...
Q: What is your favorite song?
A: Party in the USA! It was written for me. Miley loves me. And the Bro Zone. Represent.
Q: Would you like to explain the Bro Zone?
A: The Bro Zone is half of the second floor of SA. Headed by Bradley Custer, as much as he doesn't want to admit it, he loves it. It's a group of freshman guys that love each other. It's a family. I'm the mom. We look out for each other. They come to me when they're sick or need advice. Or condoms, they come to me. We love each other. It's pretty much the biggest bromance in the world. We're gonna have so much publicity from this. We'll have to decorate the hall. We'll all shower together and then decorate.
Q: Good decisions abound. So do you have any decisions you regret?
A: I think they're all great decisions. I wouldn't have gotten fat in the last couple years of high school. I think that kind of put a damper on things. Oh, and I wouldn't have been emo my freshman year, that was a bad choice.
Q: Do you frequently quote anyone?
A: I do! Kanye West! He just has the best things to say. As he put it, 'crack my head on the steering wheel and I ain't even dead, if I can go through all that, and still be breathing, it's been over, I'm here for a reason.'
Q: Did you hear the rumors about his possible death?
A: Yes, and I stayed up for almost 3 hours trying to figure out if he was dead or not. I had thoughts of booking a plane ticket to wherever his funeral was going to be to see if I could see him. All the Taylor Swift fans are gonna hate me now. They're gonna be outside my window Friday morning singing "You're Not Sorry" to me.
Q: I have a feeling girls might be singing that to you for different reasons.
A: Touché. I think they would sing "Love Story" to me while dressed up like Taylor Swift. And I would sing a Kanye song back to them. But I would sing back.
Q: So have you actually had a relationship or just hookups?
A: Let me count them. 2 relationships. 1 lasted a month and I broke up with her on my birthday as my birthday present. Crazy, fo sho. And another one was 6 months, and I got bored. I don't see anything bad with relationships, but once you're in one, there's no place else to go but BAD.
Q:Anything you want the campus to know?
A: That I am not trying to give the campus a bad name. I love this place. I tell everyone to come here. I'm not apologizing though, and they need to let hookahs back on campus, and they need more designated smoking areas on campus.
By Beth Sharb
Editor-in-chief
bsharb@capital.edu
A: It's awesome. I love it. I love that there are no rules for me. It's a lot different than high school.
Q: So you're the new columnist for the Chimes. What compelled you to write in?
A: Well, I read the Chimes every week for the first however many weeks. And it was pretty raunchy, and I loved it, and I was like "let's make this shit more raunchy." And I looked around for the perfect person to do it, and that person was me.
Q: What gives you the license to be a sex columnist?
A: As I said in my first article, I have a lot of previous experience. And actually, I have some scholastic knowledge. I went to a trade school in high school to be an EMT and I had to learn all about the female and male anatomy and such. So I have some good biological knowledge. And I study on my own time, outside of school.
Q: Are you surprised about the amount of criticism you've received online?
A: Yes and no. I knew that I'd get criticism, because you'll get that with anything, and I was ready for it. But I was taken aback by the things people were saying. And the supposed bad publicity that the school is getting for it.
Q: So is sex applicable to a college campus?
A: Very. Very applicable. I think that everyone should have the right to be informed and people say that I'm writing for attention, I'm really not-I'm writing to educate, as much as people don't think so. I think there are a lot of people out there on campus who haven't been taught what I have, and they have just as much right to know about sex as the next person.
Q: What is the most common mistake you think guys make in bed?
A: Number 1 is not wearing a condom. Even if she tells you she's on birth control, she's lying. But also just thinking that it's all about them. It's supposed to be a mutual thing.
Q: Are there any absolute "no's" in bed or relationships? Or does anything go?
A: This is difficult. I don't have standards or morals, so...
Q: What is your favorite song?
A: Party in the USA! It was written for me. Miley loves me. And the Bro Zone. Represent.
Q: Would you like to explain the Bro Zone?
A: The Bro Zone is half of the second floor of SA. Headed by Bradley Custer, as much as he doesn't want to admit it, he loves it. It's a group of freshman guys that love each other. It's a family. I'm the mom. We look out for each other. They come to me when they're sick or need advice. Or condoms, they come to me. We love each other. It's pretty much the biggest bromance in the world. We're gonna have so much publicity from this. We'll have to decorate the hall. We'll all shower together and then decorate.
Q: Good decisions abound. So do you have any decisions you regret?
A: I think they're all great decisions. I wouldn't have gotten fat in the last couple years of high school. I think that kind of put a damper on things. Oh, and I wouldn't have been emo my freshman year, that was a bad choice.
Q: Do you frequently quote anyone?
A: I do! Kanye West! He just has the best things to say. As he put it, 'crack my head on the steering wheel and I ain't even dead, if I can go through all that, and still be breathing, it's been over, I'm here for a reason.'
Q: Did you hear the rumors about his possible death?
A: Yes, and I stayed up for almost 3 hours trying to figure out if he was dead or not. I had thoughts of booking a plane ticket to wherever his funeral was going to be to see if I could see him. All the Taylor Swift fans are gonna hate me now. They're gonna be outside my window Friday morning singing "You're Not Sorry" to me.
Q: I have a feeling girls might be singing that to you for different reasons.
A: Touché. I think they would sing "Love Story" to me while dressed up like Taylor Swift. And I would sing a Kanye song back to them. But I would sing back.
Q: So have you actually had a relationship or just hookups?
A: Let me count them. 2 relationships. 1 lasted a month and I broke up with her on my birthday as my birthday present. Crazy, fo sho. And another one was 6 months, and I got bored. I don't see anything bad with relationships, but once you're in one, there's no place else to go but BAD.
Q:Anything you want the campus to know?
A: That I am not trying to give the campus a bad name. I love this place. I tell everyone to come here. I'm not apologizing though, and they need to let hookahs back on campus, and they need more designated smoking areas on campus.
By Beth Sharb
Editor-in-chief
bsharb@capital.edu
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posted 11/09/09 @ 11:03 AM EST
"I love that there are no rules for me"
"it was pretty raunchy, and I loved it, and I was like "let's make this shit more raunchy""
"I don't have standards or morals"
Way to go, Capital; and good luck with your new breed of "student". (Continued…)
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