How is your dad doing now? COLLEGE’S Fittest Candidate


You want to be America’s most fi t congressman out there, so how would you win those votes?


Well, obviously I would need to stay in shape. More importantly, I’d need to pay some dues. I think soaring rhetoric from politicians can be a great thing because people need to feel inspired, especially when you’re dealing with something like American politics, which can turn negative so quickly. But soaring rhetoric can turn into your worst enemy if you neglect to deliver. To win votes, I’d try to energize and inspire a sizeable voting base but more importantly, I’d follow that up by delivering. And delivering doesn’t just mean drafting and passing legislation. I don’t think civil servants are limited to the chambers of congress. It’s okay for elected politicians to get their hands dirty with community service, town-hall meetings, etc. I don’t believe in one dimensional political service.


Have you always been interested in being fi t by running and working out?


Let’s put vanity aside. In the spring of 2002, my father has a minor stroke. I think that was the fi rst time I became very health conscious. While he re- covered, I started researching ways to get him into healthy physical form. I introduced to him some exercises and dietary choices that I hoped would pre- vent him from succumbing to the ef- fects of hypertension again. In doing so, I adopted the exercise routine to give him a support system. Later, my mo- tivation developed into keeping myself healthy in general. It’s stuck ever since.


I’ve heard you have some killer abs. What is your secret to staying fi t?


Need workout tips? Tweet Will! @wigbo


I work out twice a day for a combined three hours. In the morning, I work on my abdominal muscles and wrap it up with cardio (1.5 miles and 1000 jump rope.) In the evening, I work on my up- per body. I make an earnest eff ort to eat well but I’m in college, I can’t cook and I have to desire to learn. So I watch my caloric intake and make sure it doesn’t exceed more than half of what I burned throughout the day. I guess I’d attribute to discipline and consistency to keeping me in shape.


He’s doing well, thank you. I just saw him and the rest of my family mem- bers recently for my 22nd birthday.


Has your father played a huge part in your life? Is he a man you would want to become?


He’s played a huge role but not in the ways many would guess. He’s a very quiet and thoughtful man. So on the surface, he and I are very diff erent. Where I’m very outspoken and loud, he’s the opposite. He’s also a very shy and patient man. Nonetheless, I’ve learned a lot through my father through his actions. I don’t know a more responsible or standup guy and I’d be hard pressed to fi nd one more intelligent. I know his struggles as the fi rst of ten children growing up in Imo State, Nigeria and the strug- gles he continued to face when he emigrated to the US to make a bet- ter life for himself and his family. I have the utmost respect for him and everything he’s been through. He’s taught me diligence, patience and a calculated approach to life’s problems through his actions alone. I couldn’t have asked for a better father.


What major issues would you focus on for college students?


Well since healthcare and education often disproportionately aff ect col- lege students/youth, those two issues would be high priority in my rela- tionship as a politician with college students. We’ve discussed my beef with healthcare a bit, but I recently read an article (I think it was in the Wall Street Journal) that proclaimed that more than at any point in this nation’s history college students are depending on student loans to at- tend school. I think that says a lot of secondary education in this country and some of the problems it’s facing. I don’t think it should cost an arm and a leg to further educate the na- tion’s brightest. Lest we forget, our college graduates will be in charge of running this country in the near future. It’d be great if they could complete and pay for school.


What is one thing you’d change about America?


T e wealth disparity in this country is disgusting and exacerbates a lot of other issues the country is currently facing. So, without a doubt, that would be the one thing I change about this


14 | NOVEMBER 2011 | STUDYBREAKS.COM


co tle w A


Im 50


I’l go in w re an w be w an th th


W ha


To ci w th


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36