#1129 Ryan Spak

Hometown: Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Major: Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Graduation Date: Spring '11
Pledge Class: Winter '08
Activities: Racquetball, Parkour, Isshinryu
Interests/Hobbies: Music, Video games, Philosophy/Politics/Theology, Camping
Favorite Music: Rise Against, Bad Religion, Breaking Benjamin, No Use For A Name, Dropkick Murphys, Something Corporate, NOFX, Third Eye Blind, Counting Crows, The White Stripes, Millencolin, Rage Against the Machine, Billy Joel, Elton John, Eric Clapton...I just listen to whatever I think sounds good.
Favorite Movies: Spaceballs, Tommy Boy, The Boondock Saints, Donnie Darko, Mallrats, I Heart Huckabees, The Seven Samurai, Hero, Rudy, the orginal Star Wars trilogy, anything with Bruce Lee
Favorite Books: Nietzsche, Jorge Luis Borges, Vonnegut, Dostoevsky, Sartre, Camus, Kafka, Joseph Heller, Orwell, Dumas, Cervantes, Voltaire, Steven Brust, Michael Crichton
Lives In House: No.

Q) Why did you join ACACIA?
A) The sense of brotherhood around this group is amazing--it's hard to not get sucked in.  But it's also a group of individuals; they want to you to be yourself rather than conform to a standard.

Q) What is your favorite memory of the fraternity?
A) I'll just go with something cheesy and say the best memories are still to come.

Q) What kind of influence has ACACIA had on your life?
A) Acacia made OSU feel more like a home.  Also, it's a good opportunity to meet people and get involved in campus and the community.

Q) What are your plans after graduation?
A) I'm just dealing with one thing at a time at this point: I'll just be happy to graduate.