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65 Questions with UCI Men’s Basketball Player No. 1 Dawson Baker #MarchMadness2022

New University’s 65 Questions with UCI Men’s Basketball Player No. 1 Dawson Baker. With March Madness 2022 on the rise, the New University visited the Bren Events Center to discuss with Baker about his basketball journey, his favorite aspects of playing for the UCI Anteaters and how he became fluent in Chuukese.

Established during the 2021-22 academic year, the New University’s 65 Questions is an interview series that highlights UCI students, faculty and staff at various interdisciplinary locations on campus.

**COVID-19 preventive measures were taken during the filming of this interview.**

The Return of the Petrs

Editor’s Note: “Petr” refers to the creator of the Petr design, whereas Petr without quotes refers to the design itself.

Donning their signature red beanie and an all-black outfit, “Petr,” as they’d prefer to be called, appeared after a two-year hiatus to deliver the “pumpkn petr” design to the UCI student body in front of the Middle Earth Towers on Oct. 13 and at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts on Oct. 15.

Petr “drops” are typically assigned a date and time, with the location to be revea