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O: Any luck with the internships so far?

CS: I’ve got a job interview on Monday for a distribution center out in Eagan. They’ve got a twelve week program.

O: What other activities do you do?

CS: I’m in College Republicans. I am the founder and president of HUGS, the Hamline University Gun Society. I am the president of Theta Chi fraternity, I am a student manager at the Klas CafÄ, and I am taking 20 credits this semester.

O: How do you find time to do these things?

CS: It’s not that hard. Since I enjoy all of it it’s pretty easy.

O: You’re the founder and president of HUGS. How well is that going, starting a gun society on a very liberal campus?

CS: It was hard. I’ve had lots of people giving me a hard time, between going to HUSC and dealing with Hamline’s administration. The administration was worried about liability insurance reasons. They were checking out other club-like activities with physical things and there are gun accidents in the country so they have to be worried about that. It makes sense.

O: What does HUGS do?

CS: Our primary function is to provide firearm safety classes and educate people on proper uses and safety techniques.

O: How about your role in the College Republicans?

CS: I’m just a member of that. I just show up to meetings occasionally. Our meetings haven’t started yet. I believe we have our state College Republicans convention coming up the first weekend in March.

O: It seems like you have pretty conservative views. Do you feel like you fit in on campus?

CS: It makes political science classes a little more difficult, as far as dealing with other students. But overall, on campus most people really just don’t care that much about politics. It’s not going to affect my relationships with those people.

O: What about Theta Chi?

CS: I just became president this year, so I’ll be serving this semester through the fall.

O: Why did you join Theta Chi?

CS: I actually heard about Theta Chi before I came to Hamline. Our regional counselor for this chapter of Theta Chi was a friend of mine back in Chaska so I got to know him there. When he found out I was coming to Hamline, he tried to talk me into it. When I came to Hamline and started looking around for stuff, they were just a bunch of great guys that had a lot of fun. You end up finding lots of friends and build strong bonds with people.

O: Do you have any memorable experiences being in Theta Chi that you can tell me about?

CS: That I can tell you about?

O: Yeah.

CS: Well, my pledge ceremony was fun. It’s one of the public rituals we perform, everyone’s welcome to show up and watch. At my pledge ceremony, I met all my other brothers plus half of Delta Tau and half of AGE. It was interesting seeing a larger greek community besides the twelve guys that were already in the fraternity. There were about 18 to 20 people at the pledge ceremony. The best part of being in it is just the time where we all go hang out or go to a movie or go play poker or do fun stuff with each other.

O: Theta Chi is in the middle of recruitment. How’s that going?

CS: We have a lot of ways to improve this year and a lot to offer new guys. We’ve been improving the way we operate. We’re having more fun than we have in the last couple of years.

O: What’s it like being a sophomore and being a president of an organization?

CS: It’s kinda stressful, but I actually enjoy everything I do. I personally think that the point of college is to grow up and take some responsibility. In high school, being on sports teams, you are still not taking on a lot of responsibility. All you had to do was worry about classes and now in college there’s all this other stuff and now I feel grown-up and more prepared for a job and a career. Plus the fact I have my fiancÄe to worry about. We got engaged last July. We’ll be getting married shortly after we graduate.

O: So what are you going to be doing for Valentine’s Day?

CS: For Valentine’s Day itself I’m not doing very much. I have class until 9:30 p.m. It won’t be much, just going to see her and watch a movie or something.

O: Kinda low key.

CS: Yeah, this weekend’s kinda packed. I’ll probably wait until Thursday to take her out. Maybe go to Spin or Escape. We’ll see.

O: Is there anything else you want Hamline to know about Colin Schulte?

CS: Umm... no. I’m not sure