MJ Richardson Featured Senior Homecoming King, National Merit Scholar and accomplished athlete senior M.J. Richardson is very well rounded student. With his sights set on Princeton, he keeps busy with a difficult course load and a wide range of extracurricular activities.
What’s something that most people probably do not know about you? I’m descended from people on the Mayflower. Also, my great grandfather, whom I’m named after, owned a bunch of bars on the east coast and was murdered and robbed. Where is your favorite place that you have ever been? Hawaii. I’ve been there five times. I love the memories made with my cousins and messing around on the beach. It’s always nice. Once I got to go in a volcano! What is the coolest thing that you’ve ever experienced? That’s difficult! Listening to Dalai Lama speak was pretty cool. Also, while in D.C. I was running with my friend and physically ran into Taylor Swift. Choking people out and knocking them unconscious at West Point was another great experience. How have you changed since you entered high school? I’m a lot more vocal and I’ve made a lot more friends. Where do you see yourself in the next five to 10 years? Grad school, studying whatever I choose to major in as an undergraduate, and then getting a job. Hopefully married and living somewhere on the
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east coast. How do you define success? Well right now I love competition, and so coming out on top brings me a feeling of success. In the long term, having the ability to do fun things without worry. What do you do in your free time? It varies! Every weekend is different. Last weekend I went to a hockey game and my friend’s birthday party. Next weekend I’m going to a Notre Dame football game. My family goes on a lot of trips and does a lot of activities. We do pretty much everything together! Do you have any pets? I had a fish once but we accidentally killed it by putting too much hot water in its tank. I think we had a guinea pig too but it died and we took in a stray cat but it didn’t stay long. We have bad luck with pets. If you could travel anywhere where would it be? Australia because I have a couple friends from there and there are beautiful beaches and no new language to learn. Lyndsie Anderson Editor-in-Chief
November 2012
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