This was a survey conducted by Ryan Marimon and Erin Gamble, I had nothing to do with it so please, if your feelings are hurt don't get mad at me. I'm also making sure that all opinions are kept anonimous. The survey is published first, then the survey results.
Young Investigator 1997 e-mail survey:
1. In what city does Brad (you know the RA) live in?
2. What is Monica's favorite drink?
3. Which of the Professors did you like best, and why?
4. What was your favorite Young Investigator moment?
5. If you went swimming with the group, would you describe the water as having been a)wet b)cold c)sticky d)disgusting e)smoooooth
6. Would you rate the toilets that were in the dorms as being a)pitiful b)nice, I liked them much better than the ones at home c)they didn't flush very well, but I really didn't mind because they were "environmentally friendly water closets" d)no comment
7. In a few words could you describe what you thought of Libby:
8. What was the subject of that red light up sign in the area above the cafeteria
9. Do you think that the official song of the YI 97 should be a)YMCA, Village People b)Bitch, Meredith Brooks c)The Difference, Wallflowers d)Amish Paradise, Wierd Al e)Wannabe, Spice Girls f) Do-Wopp, Hanson g)You've Got A Friend, James Taylor h)other (please specify)
10. What was your favorite e-mail attachment so far a)YODA from Cassy b)Eric's beautiful peom c)the words to You've got a Friend from Eric d)Some Outrageous Survey Results from Ryan e)things you don't want to hear while regaining consciousness from Ryan f)I really hated them all
11. What element of clothing did Scott petrullo really enjoy asking about and discussing?
12. Which RA in your opinion had the best haircut over the three weeks?
13. Do you feel that the RA's were a)way too strict b)incompetant c)the coolest people in the world d)boring people
14. Did you find Dr. Zimmerman's constant excesive loss of sweat a)annoying b)made him look younger c)just put him in a worse mood d)both a & c
15. Who do you think cried the most on the last night?
16. What was your funniest lab moment?
17. What was the best (and worst food) you had at camp?
18. What three people had to go to the doctor/hospital while at camp?
19. Who do you think had the worst injury/ailment a) Kelly Brown's never-ending cold (it lasted for more than 3 weeks; I think she is still even sick); b) Bob Hudak's fall which ended in stiches; or c) Shreya's allergic reaction to bees?
20. Who do you think was the best dancer?
21. Who guessed nine meals consecutively right?
22. Who was really "turned off by people who marry their grandmothers"?
23. Who did "coffee talk"?
24. Which RA was on an Ultimate Frisbee League?
25. Which RA had a Master's in French?
26. What was the favorite activity before crossing the street?
27. Over all who was your favorite RA?
1. 50% of the people surveyed knew Bradly well enough to know that he lives in Medina.
2. Absolutely everyone knew that the official Monica Sircar beverage is SURGE.
3. For the favorite professors, it is a tie between Dr. Rahnema and Mr. Rupp.
4. The majority of the people surveyed seemed to like the dance.
5. Of those surveyed that went swimming, 60% of them would rate the water as having been "Wet." The remaining 40% think that it was Smoooth.
6. Most people agreed with me in saying that the toilets in the dorms were Pitiful. One person actually said that they liked them better than the ones they have at home. Interesting.
7. Those surveyed had this to say about libby: "She was too strict with the rules, but if you got to talk to her, she was as perverted as the rest of us." "She was nice, but at times, bitchy" "strict, but not wanting to be" "Nice loud in charge"
8. only 75% knew that the light-up sign in the room above the cafeteria was referring to Amish Studies.
9. And now... The official Song of the Young Investigators 1997 is "You've got a Friend" by: James Taylor The runner up would have YMCA by the Village People
10. Congratulations to Cassy!! Her YODA lyrics were the most loved e-mail attachment.
11. 75% of the people surveyed knew that Scott Petrullo loved discussing Underwear and Bras. 12.5% either didn't know, or didn't want to know.
12. Brad won by a landslide the RA with the best hair, by stealing 50% of the vote.
13. So did everyone feel about the RA's? Well 50% rated them as being "the coolest people in the world" While 25% felt they were just to strict. And still another 25% had no comment.
14. 75% felt that Dr. Zimmerman's terible sweat problem was both annoying and put him in a worse mood.
15. And the winner of the Person who you think cried the most on the last night contest is... Natalie, with 62.5% of the vote. Shannon came in second place for the most tears. Sorry Ryan #1 you weren't even nominated.
16. Some of the funniest lab moments are: "when Nick broke the the flask!!!" "when Matthew asked to go to the bathroom after his "bowels had been stimulated"" "When I forgot which way the knob goes on the distilled water jug"
17. The best food that we had was voted to be the pizza. And the worst was just about everything else.
18. Everyone knew at least 2 of the three hospital patients, Shannon, Bobby, & Shreya
19. Bobby Hudak's fall and stitches was rated to have been the worst injursy/ailment. Coming in second was Kelly's never ending cold. Hope you get over that soon Kelly.
20. Bob Hudak was rated the best dancer by 37.5% of the people. Eric, you came in second with 25% on your side. Others nominated were Krista and Shoi.
21. 50% knew that Tyson was the man you could guess 9 meals concecutively. The other half were just clueless.
22. Here's a question that was probably not too fair since not that many people witnessed the discussion, but it was I who said that i was just completely turned off by those pervs who actually marry there grandmas. I liked Kaylan's answer though. She said anyone would be turned off by that.
23. half of the people knew at least 2 of the girls who did Coffee Talk. They were Erin, Shoi, and Abby.
24. Everyone knew that Sarah was on an Ultimate Frisbee League.
25. Also Everyone knew that Jenn had her masters in French.
26. All execpt Eric knew that the favorite activity before crossing the street was getting vehicles to hink their horns by whatever means neccessary. And Eric said it was Sleeping.
27. The RA of the year award goes to... Jenn!!!!!!!!!!! 50% chose her as their favorite RA.