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[OSU is a fun
mix of old and new, dive and upscale, the perfect complement to
student life and beyond]
[name]
Chrissy Foster
[age]
22
[profile]
single, white female
[origins]
The Village of Enon, Ohio
[urban neighborhood]
OSU campus
[pets]
her roommate and dachshund, Chloe
[hobbies]
“Taking Chloe for walks, watching Bravo—they have all the
good shows—and I like to go to the movies a lot.”
[favorite movie]
Saturday Night Fever
[last book read]
Goodbye Columbus by Philip Roth
[on navigating the border between student and professional]
Even though Chrissy just graduated from The Ohio
State University in June with a degree in Journalism, she has
been immersed in the professional world of magazine writing for
almost two years now, giving her a leg up on her greener
competition.
In addition to working for the campus newspaper,
The Lantern, as an arts writer, she has worked for a city
arts magazine and a health and fitness publication that she
single handedly organized by planning editorial, assigning
content and overseeing proofs all while juggling classes and
graduation plans. “I am freelancing right now and exploring my
options,” she says.[on doing time in campus housing]
A campus resident for four years now, Chrissy
feels that she has done her time by sharing her space for many
years. “I live toward north campus. I used to live in a house
with a bunch of girls, which is the standard for students in the
campus area, but I decided to move into an apartment by myself
to experience a little nicer living than the typical
campus/student housing offers” she says.
Chrissy does have one roommate she would never
give up and that’s her dog Chloe.
“A lot of grad students and professors live
right on the border between campus and Clintonville. If you go a
couple of blocks from campus, there are more families. There are
some that live on campus, really North campus on Oakland or
Northwood,” She says.
[on what’s gross and what’s scary]
Newer, younger students live on a budget when
it comes to housing, and Chrissy knows, she’s been there. “When
you are in the direct perimeter of campus, it’s all students and
in a lot of places there are like six people shoved in a house,
that’s gross.”
She says there’s a lot to do on
campus, some of which she decided to forgo. “The biggest
dive/hole in the wall is Ledo’s. Everyone goes to the Ledo’s. I
never liked it though; I thought it was kind of scary. That’s a
scary dive,” she says.[on good food, great shopping and even better
pizza]
Despite her trepidation about
Ledo’s, Chrissy is not averse to campus nightlife. “A really
cool place that not a lot of people know about, except for the
regulars that go there, is the Ravari Room and Hound Dog’s Pizza
right next door to it,” she says. “It’s a huge bar and they have
all this art inside, it’s like a gallery in the bar. Hound Dogs’
has this pizza, oh my god, it’s the best pizza ever…ever,” she
says.
Chrissy’s favorite campus
restaurant is Apollo’s Greek Food.
When it comes to shopping, she says
the area has great selections and everything is easy to get to.
“There is always something to do and everything is within
walking distance. You don’t have to worry about driving, you can
get to class easily, which I don’t have to worry about now.”
She’s especially fond of Urban
Outfitters. “It’s the only one in Columbus,” she says. “Gateway
is pretty cool, it’s great to have a nicer, newer place to go
because the local, regular spots are good, but its nice to have
something a littler cleaner and prettier in the area.”[on the Oval and beyond]
The Oval is synonymous with OSU;
it’s where a lot of the action takes place. “There was always a
big, free concert. They would have big bands like The Roots,
Ludacris, Keen and some other bands. Some were kind of lame,”
she says.
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As someone who knows quite a bit
about the arts, Chrissy goes to the Gallery Hop from time to
time. “The Gallery Hop isn’t far so we can always go to that.
Being a student you can just hop on the COTA for free. You can
take the COTA
anywhere you want with your Buckeye I.D.”[on post-stress syndrome and the future]
“I am definitely stressing. You
start to feel like the whole world is just waiting to see what’s
going to become of you and it's a heavy weight to carry,”
Chrissy says. “I definitely plan on staying close to campus.
It's kind of the heart of the city for me so I wouldn't want to
go too far.”
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