An Introduction

Hello, my name is John Runge. I'm a freshman from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The town itself is relatively small, but it is the home of the University of North Carolina which basically doubles the town's population during the school year. Although from North Carolina I've always considered myself a Texan. You see, I was born in Atlanta, Georgia, then moved to Galveston where I spent 6 wonderful years. Both my parents' families are spread throughout Texas and we also have a family ranch. These qualities led me to always desire coming back for school (and hopefully longer). Location, academics, and athletics were the big three factors in my school selection. Trinity is a perfect fit because it's in Texas, a great school academically, and has a fantastic tennis team of which I am a proud member.

Unfortunately, my computer background is limited. I'm pretty sure that I have not taken a computers course since middle school and I honestly can't even firmly assert that I did then either. I have never made too much of an effort to become technologically savvy, other than knowing enough to get through assignments in my classes and use the internet for my favorites http://www.espn.com/ and http://www.atptennis.com/ (and http://www.facebook.com/.) One of my brothers though, is incredibly well educated with computers and even travelled from Chapel Hill to Kansas City for a national web design convention during high school. He actively mods video games and is currently an engineer at Vanderbilt and leader of a Aerospace Club that receives grants from NASA. Pretty impressive, I know. But then there's me, who has a lot to learn about computers and am excited about the possibility of new experiences with Excel (a popular foe of mine) and other helpful programs like Photoshop.

(Oh yea, and my secret fact is that I'm ambidextrous!)

John Runge
jrunge@trinity.edu