Proust Questionnaire: Dean Brendan Hill

Marcel Proust, a French novelist, decided to analyze his own psyche by answering 20 simple questions, intended to reveal a person’s innermost thoughts. As featured in every monthly issue of Vanity Fair Magazine, Hoya3ni will publish a member of the GU-Q community’s answers to a few of the questions from the infamous “Proust Questionnaire” on a bi-weekly basis!

For our first questionnaire, we are revealing the inner workings of the mind of our very own Dean Brendan Hill!

1.What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A:Living free

2.What is your greatest fear?
A:Irrelevance

3. Which historical figure do you most identify with?
A: Cassandra, from Greek mythology. She’s a seer of the future that’s always right but she’s cursed; everything she says always comes true but no one ever believes her because of the curse.

4. Which living person do you most admire?
A: Jimmy Carter

5. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
A: Impatience

6. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
A: Indecision

7. What is your greatest extravagance?
A: Rugs! Rugs! Rugs!

8. On what occasion do you lie?
A: When telling the truth would offend somebody unnecessarily

9. What do you dislike most about your appearance?
A: My weight

10. When and where were you happiest?
A: Hawaii in the 80s

11. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
A: Nothing

12. If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
A: We’d live closer together

13. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
A: Almost going the whole day without insulting Dr. Crist to his face

14. If you died and came back as a person or thing, who or what do you think it would be?
A: A zealously liberal movie star.

15. What is your most treasured possession?
A: My father’s rosary

16. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
A: Self-loathing

17. Who are your heroes in real life?
A: My mother because she raised 4 children by herself

18. What is it that you most dislike?
A: Intolerance

19. How would you like to die?
A: Quietly, and painlessly

20. What is your motto?
A: I’ve gotta frame that pig!

Top 20 Diplomatic Ball Pictures!

Blues Brothers, and dancing, and dress up, oh my! On the 22nd of April, GU-Q hosted its Second Diplomatic Ball, organized by GU-Q's Student Affairs Department. It was the perfect evening to mark the end of the academic year. Classroom formalities faded away as faculty, staff, and students of the GU-Q community crowded around tables or let loose on the dancefloor with Qatar's diplomatic community! The night was filled with many memories, and below, we have featured 20 of the best of those memories as captured on film.

Enjoy the slideshow! Also, we would love to hear your thoughts on the photos or the Diplomatic Ball itself. Suggestions or ideas for next year's ball are also welcome!