10 Questions with Samarth Gupta, Freshman UC Rep

Flyby: Describe yourself in three words.

Samarth Gupta: Open, passionate, motivated.

Flyby: Who is your favorite music artist and why?

SG: Taylor Swift - her music resonates with my soul.

Flyby: Who is your greatest political inspiration?

SG: Joe Biden.

Flyby: What is the funniest thing that has happened to you in the last month?

SG: My friend is a liaison for Valerie Biden Owens's IOP Study Group. He was e-mailing her, but I thought he said he was e-mailing his girlfriend. So, I took his phone and sent an e-mail that just said "Miss u." I then e-mailed a lengthy apology and felt like a dunce until I met Valerie and could apologize in person. The following week I met her brother and one of my inspirations, Joe Biden, so that whole sequence of events was pretty great.

Flyby: If your life was turned into a movie, who would play you and why?

SG: Natalie Portman. She also lived in Grays so I think she'd understand many of my collegiate hardships and I love Star Wars and she was in Star Wars, so we're basically the same person.

Flyby: If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?

SG: I would want to travel to Europe and see all of the major cities because I believe they all hold a unique place in world history and history fascinates me.

Flyby: If you walked into CVS with $10, what would you get?

SG: Welch's grape juice, Flaming Hot Cheetos, and Easy Mac.

Flyby: What is your spirit animal?

SG: Bill Clinton.

Flyby: What is something that most people don’t know about you?

SG: I'm a die-hard Boston sports fan.

Flyby: What do you think you can bring to the UC?

SG: An engaged, accessible representative who will work for what constituents want and fight for a stronger student voice in the university.