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I'm Noah. I'm a musician, an artist, and an engineer. I'm working on a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, and with a handful of summer classes, I'll graduate in May of 2011. This fall marks my first semester at UNT, and I adore it so far. I transferred from a much smaller school that had a good Engineering and Computer Science program, but nothing else, and I have never looked back. I'm much happier at a school filled with Artists and Scientists, Businesspersons and Philosophers, and everything in between.
I'd like to think that everyone is in between. I love my major, and I love my peers, but there's more to life than your degree plan! No one is ONLY an archaeologist or ONLY a journalist, and I am certainly not ONLY an electrical engineer. I wish I had thought of all of this sooner—I would have started at UNT! I've only been in town for six months, and I've already made a ton of friends and become involved with all sorts of organizations and clubs.
When I'm not on campus, I'm usually spending time in my room, at my desk, working on some sort of project. Lately I've been working on Audio Amplification and Distortion, Clever Furniture (Including the very desk I'm writing this on!), and various Band-Related rehearsal and creation. I grew up in a house full of music, so my hobbies largely grew from that. I don't plan on a career in music, but I have a cool band and music is fascinating as heck!
I listen to a pretty broad range of music, but most of my favorites fall under the headings of either "Indie" or "Jazz". My favorite living band is The Fiery Furnaces, and my favorite dead one is Frank Zappa and The Mothers. Both are usually too "out-there" and "noisy" for most people. It's an acquired taste. My favorite radio station is none other than UNT's own FM 88.1 KNTU. It's always commercial-free (aside from the occasional public service announcement), and it's a great way to hear music I've never heard before. Jazz prevails on 88.1, but every once in awhile they surprise me with something completely different. Sure, I could check the program schedule and figure out what to expect when, but what's the fun in that?