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Garett Mefford is a current DJ at Wright State’s own local radio station, 106.9 WWSU. Since this is his first year at Wright State he’s hoping to expand his time on the radio station and gain more listeners over his college career. After college Garett would like to go into the video game industry.

The Guardian: What is your major and what year are you? Mefford: My major’s Computer Science and I graduate in 2015.

The Guardian: So I heard you work at the radio station; What do you do? Mefford: I am a DJ there, and I pretty much go have my show, talk, play music and then sometimes I do CD reviews. I pick one of the new CD’s and listen to the songs and make sure they’re okay for the radio. Sometimes we set up events, like today (May 3) we have the Rhythm in the Bacon concert.

The Guardian: Do you have your own show? Mefford: Yeah I have my own show, Wednesdays from 8 until 9 [p.m.], and it’s called Jet Set Radio. I’m also on my friend’s show sometimes.

The Guardian: So is this the first year you’ve done this? Mefford: Yeah, we trained all last quarter and this is the first quarter we’re actual DJ’s there.

The Guardian: Do you play certain types of music, like a certain genre or do you just play a bunch of everything? Mefford: I usually stick to alternative rock, stuff like that, but whenever somebody requests something I always play it. Like yesterday I played Christian metal and Justin Bieber.

The Guardian: What’s your favorite type of music? Mefford: My favorite type of music, like I said a lot of alternative rock, whatever I hear on the radio or on like music videos. Usually stuff in the vain of Black Keys and stuff like that.

The Guardian: So do you have a favorite band? Mefford: My favorite band is the Gorillaz.

The Guardian: What about movies, what’s your favorite? Mefford: I usually watch a lot of movies, any kind, it doesn’t matter. My favorite movies are like Fight Club and I really liked all five of Bruce Lee’s movies and I like zombie movies, any kind, it doesn’t matter, it can be bad and I don’t care.

The Guardian: Do you do anything else on campus? Mefford: I got a job at the Nutter Center filming the basketball and baseball games.

The Guardian: Do you start next semester for that or did you already start? Mefford: I started the baseball games already, but since we don’t have many left I’ve only done a few, so really next semester I’ll start.

The Guardian: What do you like to do outside of school? Mefford: I don’t really do much outside of school. I usually go home and work on school stuff.

The Guardian: Are you doing anything big for the summer? Mefford: I’m probably going to sit at home all summer.

The Guardian: Do you know what you want to do after you graduate? Do you want to become a DJ or use the degree in computer science? Mefford: After I graduate I was planning on getting into the video game industry. I might have to take more classes, but I might just try to get a job right after I graduate.

The Guardian: Do you want to go back to school to get your masters? Mefford: It depends how the job market is at the time.

The Guardian: So has your first year been what you expected? Overall how has your first year been? Mefford: I was expecting it to be like high school with hard work and yeah it kind of is, but they give you more stuff to do. Like I wouldn’t have gotten to be a DJ and work at the Nutter Center in high school.

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