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KAROLINA KENNEY

once upon a time, in a far away land called boulder, colorado, karolina "karol" kenney was born. it was a crisp june morning when karol entered the world and in just a matter of time, she was hiking up the rockies in her diaper and flannel. karol's love for the outdoors and hiking bizarrely brought her to the very flat and urban area of boston, ma for her secondary education at boston university. at this stellar education establishment, karol thinks she is receiving both an economics and environmental analysis and policy degree, when in all actuality; she is studying that boston food truck, "bone me," and becoming a beanie aficionado. in her spare time, kooroo likes to pretend that she isn't a huge fan of harry styles, wears backless tanks so everybody can marvel at her "that's so old news, karol!" tattoo, and does spot on kristen wiig impressions a la "garth and kat" with her bff prat. her favorite foods are anything involving root vegetables and soft-boiled eggs, with a pint of talenti gelato for dessert. you could say that karolina "karol" kenney exemplifies young boston culture, while sticking to her home roots of boulder. while "studying" abroad, karol intends on being a great sport with all the pranks headed her way, and plans on cooking great mediterranean food for her roommates kyle and pratonnis. she also secretly hopes to become a famous viner one day, but that's keep that one lowkey...

KYLE ORTMAN

somewhere else, in around the same time but a little earlier in the year (march, in fact, as I just found out after a bit of light fb stalking), kyle "kyky" ortman was born in point pleasant beach, new jersey. we don't actually call him kyky because that would be ridiculous, but he is actually quite ridiculous, so let's play along... you'll see. in his spare time, kyle enjoys tracking female sharks named katharine on ocearch.org, cooking and eating fish like the natural top chef contestant that he is, and I'm fairly certain if study abroad were available 10,000 meters below, he wouldn't have even considered Istanbul. he studies environmental policy and analysis at boston university, and enjoys wearing backwards baseball caps and stealing beanies from friends. his extracurriculars include observing the mating rituals of angler fish, some little thing called FYSOP, and forming small 3-person acapella groups with his more talented friends (pratibha honestly (we sing mostly death metal, with a few classic pop jams to keep the people interested! check us out on the web))! kyle can't wait to blog up a storm on here... pranking his friends, posting outfit of the days, and making delicious food for them always, hoping it'll eventually catch the attention of the ladies on the view. he hopes to become a huge internet sensation, and we're all very proud of the little boy from jersey who could!

PRATIBHA PATTABHIRAMAN 

sometime many moons ago, the world was blessed with the most beautiful gem in the world. When she was born, people knew she would rise to be the new tyra banks with the smize she threw at the doctors. She would go by the name of pratibha “pratoonie” pattabhiraman. As she grew as a little sprout amongst the fertile soils of Michigan and Georgia and the not so fertile soils of Wisconsin, she found that her creativity was beyond compare to the peasants around her and she quickly rose to fame as the queen of tumblr land. More importantly, tho, she is skilled in the art of kale-bowl making. If u want to catch a glimpse of her, u may find her surrounded by her subjects with an IV drip funneling either coca cola or OJ into her blood system. Maybe there is a secret potion in her favorite drinks which blinds the people the people who meet her into a stupefied, awe-struck state. Who knows honestly? all that matters is that she reigns supreme and uses her prowess for activism. If she is not your hero yet she should be.

DURANT MANGUM
just a short time ago (six days to be exact) we were introduced to the reincarnation of Nirvana frontman himself, Kurt Cobain. From what we have learned thus far, Durant "Doorknob" Mangum is a go-pro using sailor that loves applying Dove shampoo on his looong... luscious....blonde....Rapunzel locks. Durant has also been Mr. Gregarious at all the Hisarustu bars in a speed dating sort of way but I guess that's the kind of confidence you gain when you work out every morning... just your regular lifting bro. something else you wouldn't know from first glance is that Durant studies engineering (a smart cookie indeed!) at NC State, and is from Greenville, North Carolina. Unfortunately he has no fun southern accent but we still manage to tolerate his presence. Instead, he sounds like Otto from the nickelodeon classic, Rocket Power, so that's a great plus! In addition, lots of locals frequently ask if he's a mixed race.... like with a golden lab or something... and the answer is a hard yes. Since Durant has been blessed with the rare opportunity of joining this hoot of a blog, he has to deal with our sarcastic humor for the next four and a half months but more importantly, we have to deal with his diamond-cutting pickle skills and immature giggling over our "Siemens" oven. But... he and Karolina are soon to be running buddies, so we have to play nice. Maybe she'll push him in the Bosphorus or something. Fingers crossed!