MATT DUFOUR
Publisher + Music Editor



favorite thing overheard in the UR office:
High five.

top 5...words at the moment:
1. Sick
2. Dude
3. totally
4. dude (again)
5. "like"

one album you could never part with:
Wilco / Yankee Hotel Foxtrott

your pet is...
awesome.

favorite night spot:
The Burlington

odd superhero power:
Super fast texting.

ultimate goals in life:
World domination.

favorite website:
thetripwire.com

Staff member you would pick as your wingman:
Chess.

local DJ that saved your life:
Mother Hubbard.

favorite lunch spot:
Southport Grocery.

favorite street corner:
still North/Damen/Milwaukee.

pet peeve:
Improper usage of the word "via."

most celebrated moment:
Being born.

i heart...
my girlfriend.

if you wanted to buy me a drink it would be:
A shot of Jameson & a beer.

favorite hot dog at Hot Dougs:
Whatever's on special.

fantasy celebrity spouse:
Dunno... don't have one.

one bad habit you can't shake:
Procrastination.

the occupation of your alter ego?
Wall Street Super Trader.

CHESS HUBBARD
Publisher + Creative Director



favorite thing overheard in the UR office:
Ari (hears footsteps): Oh. Here comes Matt. Or a woman in heels.

top 5...comic to movie miscasts:
1. Charlize Theron as Aeon Flux
2. Anna Paquin as Rogue
3. Halle Berry as Catwoman
4. Jessica Alba as Sue Storm
5. Shaquille O'Neal as Steel

one album you could never part with:
Bjork / Homogenic

your pets are...
Hektor (50% Basenji/ 50%American Eskimo), Augustus (100% Basenji), and Matt DuFour (hopeless hole punch breaking white dude).

favorite night spot:
Wedged in between lil' Gus and Hekkie, either on my bed or on my couch.

odd superhero power:
Ability to carry 10+ tote bags at a time.

ultimate goals in life:
1. Keep up level of awesome.
2. Become more awesome.
3. Teach others in the way of awesome and finally,
4. Reminisce on being awesome.

favorite website:
This one, duh! The jukebox rules ;P

Staff member you would pick as your wingman:
Du4play

local DJ that saved your life:
Bald Eagle, bah-caw!

favorite lunch spot:
The Famous Taco Burrito #2.

favorite street corner:
Addison & Western

pet peeve:
People that misspell words when they have access to a spell check program.

most celebrated moment:
Starting EN PRISE!

i heart...
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

if you wanted to buy me a drink it would be:
Free of any roofies, or your ass is grass.

favorite hot dog at Hot Dougs:
Elk sausage with the bright pink cheese cubes.

fantasy celebrity spouse:
Trey Parker. I would even pop one out for him.

one bad habit you can't shake:
Trash talking.

the occupation of your alter ego?
Benevolent dictator of the known universe.

BRIAN MORRISSEY
Director of Operations



favorite thing overheard in the UR office:
My "guy" has some really good "things" for sale if you're interested.

top 5...popular hair-dos in 90210 (in no particular order):
1. Brandon - Sensible, non-evolving. Almost had the same cut in "Tombstone".
2. David - Horizontal lines in the side, sometimes the bowl cut.
Always-so-fresh.
3. Dylan - Classic badass haircut with lines shaved into his eyebrows!
4. Donna - The "bang" years!
5. Steve - The white boy fro.  Never changed. "Like a rock...."

one album you could never part with:
Radiohead / OK Computer

your pet is..
3 of them. Stanley, Eli, Billie

favorite night spot:
Home or practice space.

odd superhero power:
Ability to eat anything and convert it into an eco-friendly fuel for the world to enjoy!!!

ultimate goals in life:
Make a living doing something I enjoy.

favorite website:
craigslist.com

Staff member you would pick as your wingman:
In a perfect world, I would take a put all the staff together, making a huge, deadly transformer-like character.  Ain't that P.C.?

local DJ that saved your life:
Easy.  DJ Jazzy Jeff.  He grew up on 47th
and Cicero.

favorite lunch spot:
RIP Grizzly's.

favorite street corner:
Garden & Carriage Way.

pet peeve:
People being consistently late.  You should know yourself.  If you'll be late, let me know, yo!

most celebrated moment:
Getting married.

i heart...
Tiffany a.k.a. Tif-n-Beans a.k.a. Tif-n-spleen.

if you wanted to buy me a drink it would be:
Some fancy-pants beer.

favorite hot dog at Hot Dougs:
The Ribeye Steak Sausage.

fantasy celebrity spouse:
Jeffrey Lebowski.  The ultimate bromance.  I don't care if he's fictional. 

one bad habit you can't shake:
Laughing during a really uncomfortable
situation.  That or making an awkward face.

the occupation of your alter ego?
An IRS auditor.

KATHERINE CHAMPAGNE!
Marketing Coordinator + Queen of Interns



favorite thing overheard in the UR office:
Sam: I keep those moves under wraps because they blow people’s minds just a little too hard.

top 5...popular hair-dos in 90210 (in no particular order):
1. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
2. Still Life With Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
3. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
4. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
5. The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum

one album you could never part with:
Stars / Set Yourself on Fire

your pet is..
Nonexistent. When I grow up I want a dog.

favorite night spot:
Anywhere there's good friends and cheap booze.

odd superhero power:
Ability to be positive in any given situation and make people I work with love me more every day.

ultimate goals in life:
To graduate college with good grades.

favorite website:
Jezebel and NotCot

Staff member you would pick as your wingman:
I fly solo.

local DJ that saved your life:
Mother Hubbard

favorite lunch spot:
Thai Grill. Mmmm.

favorite street corner:
Screw street corners— I'm going to the beach.

pet peeve:
When people call me "Katie".

most celebrated moment:
I'll let you know when I do something worth celebrating. We'll party together.

i heart...
Gossip Girl. XOXO

if you wanted to buy me a drink it would be:
Vodka tonic with lots of limes.

favorite hot dog at Hot Dougs:
Go veg, don't eat hot dogs!

fantasy celebrity spouse:
Ed Westwick, Kanye, Pharrell, Hugh Jackman, Nick and Joe Jonas... and I could continue.

one bad habit you can't shake:
My whole life is a bad habit: overindulging in caffeine, procrastination, staying up too late and consequently oversleeping, smokin' cigs, skipping class,  spending money that I don't have....

the occupation of your alter ego?
My alter ego doesn't work, she lives off her trust fund.