The Mac Weekly decided to resurrect its Spotlight tradition to keep you in touch with the faces in the crowd. This week features Brian Schenk '03 and what I remember of a post–Monday night class celebratory session:

Are you sick of being known as the ZAP guy?

It was like I had a brief period of being a celebrity on campus—but I think the issue has been put to rest.

The Schenkster is a true martyr for the fight against ZAP. I try to tell him but I get distracted by Pat Leo'03. He's threatening to beat somebody up.

What's the deal with Montana Speed Limits? And does your Dad have anything to do with it?

No, but let's clear something up: there are speed limits. It's 75 on interstates and 70 on highways. We had a brief period of imprudence back in the early 90s.

At this point I get distracted by Pat talking with Josh Gatling '03 about gun control and working at Avalon—Brian takes the interview into his own hands.

My Dad is a county sheriff in Montana. I grew up in a house with guns. I've killed animals. Have you ever killed animals? It's awful…

No one else has killed animals.

Wait, someone says they shot a bird with a BB gun once. Someone else snuck up on a robin and threw a rock at it. And someone else saw a girl get attacked by a squirrel at a bus stop and would have killed it. I think I killed a bird one time as well. I don't say anything.

Now I get distracted and leave the interview for quite some time.

Do you miss the mountains?

Ah, there's something about the mountains. I always know my directions when I'm around mountains—that and there's only 3 ways out of town.

Someone spills beer on me.

I think it's Pat. I write it down in my notebook.

What about next year?

Grad school, might go abroad, might go to Europe—Something's gonna happen. The wind is going to take me somewhere and my sails are out.

There is some urgency in the room. Both Brian and I get distracted. Brian leaves. I find him some time later.

Four quick questions:

1) If you could decide any gift as the senior class gift to Macalester, what would it be?

A golden Cushman—and any key could operate it.

2) As a political science major, what's the deal with the Electoral College? (three words or less)

The Electoral College…

…should not exist.

What does it feel like to be known as "the running guy" on campus?

If I were the running guy I would jump over things—like hedges or lamp posts. And it wouldn't stop indoors. But I can only speculate.

Josh sprays Pat with the sink sprayer. Brian gets distracted.

4) Do you have a "pompadour?"

I do NOT have a pompadour. Let me clear another thing up: pompadours are big on top and short on the sides — they're the anti-mullet. I do NOT have a pompadour. Who told you to ask me that?

What James Hamilton forgot to mention about Brian was that he was once a star member of the Macalester Mock Trial Team, the D.C. sniper, a fellow Kagin worker, and his e-mail address (bschenk@macalester.edu).