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Matt Usukumah: I thought he was a good person. He cared about the students who he mentored.Nick Kanney: He was a nice guy, seemed very professional and experienced with his job. He tried to maintain a good relationship with all of his students. For the most part I felt like he was helping me out as much as he could, and there were very few problems any students had with him.Sofia Fabiancic: All I have to say is what I've heard my friends said about him and what a weird but happy and extremely fatigued guy he looked like.What was your initial reaction to the news?
Matt I was surprised to hear about these allegations. However, he didn't really make much of an effort to really understand and communicate with his students. If anything, my relationship with him was professional.
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Matt: Not really. But thinking about it now, he had this odd, wobbly poise about himself. I didn't read much into it. I disregarded it as him being a very tall person.Nick: I never heard any rumors of him related to drugs and prostitution. I'm surprised he was able to participate in these activities without having it impacting his job.Sofia: No, I just remember when I'd see him at the guidance office he'd either be jolly as fuck or just grumpy and he had the worst undereye blue things.Would you party with the dean?
Matt: That's a tough one. Partying with the dean seems too hardcore. I'm the type that would just get a drink at the bar… I like my nose.Sofia: Uhhh… No. I don't like crack cocaine or prostitutes. And something tells me he would want both.Nick: I would probably say no, that would make for an awkward night.There's nothing surprising about these answers. Of course no one bought drugs from the guy. No one saw him having private conferences with a disproportionately high volume of Asian women. It's a reminder that the people we deal with on a daily basis could end up having elaborate parallel lives we may never experience or uncover. Your old babysitter could have been an art thief, your best friend a moonlighting stripper, your dog an undercover CIA operative. There's no way to know for sure and, like Mendelowitz, everyone is suspect.@chaambler
