February 7, 2014

What's In Your Backpack?

One of my favorite blogs, LifeHacker, does a segment about bags and their carriers. After reading this weeks post, I decided to inventory my friends backpacks. Most of them were pretty ordinary, but people still carry some strange things.

Madison 
Sophomore Biology (Pre-Med) Major
Stress Monkey Extraordinaire
Most Interesting item: 6 coffee cup lids
Most Unique (to the group) Item: TicTac Aleve Bottle
Most Stolen Item: Klean Kanteen Waterbottle
Preferred pencil of choice: knock off mechanicals
  1. Hand sanitizer
  2. Vermints
  3. 6 pilfered coffee cup lids
  4. earphones
  5. tissues
  6. one band-aid
  7. 3 starbucks gift cards
  8. a bottle of Aleve and ibreprofen
  9. flashdrive
  10. umbrella
  11. Pens, pencils
  12. scientific calculator 
  13. kind bar
  14. Lubriderm
  15. Klean Kanteen
  16. Daily planner
  17. notepad

Shirali
Sophomore Biology (Pre-Med) Major
The Loud One
Most Interesting item: This is a pretty boring bag
Most Unique (to the group) Item: Sunglasses
Waterbottle brand of choice: Dasani
  1. TI-84 calculator
  2. Dasani Water Bottle
  3. Sunglasses
  4. Gloves
  5. Pink iPod nano
  6. Earbuds
  7. Pens, pencils, highlighter
  8. ruler
  9. Breathsavers
  10. Wallet
  11. Keys
  12. Flashdrive

Jahnavi
Sophomore Applied Mathematics Major
The Quiet One
Most Interesting item: Lipgloss in the shape of an apple
Most Unique (to the group) Item: Playdoh
Preferred organizer of choice: Old fashioned pen to paper planner
  1. waterbottle
  2. comb
  3. pencils, pens, highlighters, dry erase markers
  4. wallet
  5. daily planner
  6. einstruction clicker
  7. TI-84
  8. lip gloss
  9. pair of earrings
  10. cell phone charger
  11. keys
  12. earbuds
  13. playdoh

Heather
Sophomore Chemical Engineering Major
The One Who Acts Like a Mom
Most Interesting item: Nail clippers
Most Unique (to the group) Item: Nail clippers
Preferred snack of choice: Beef jerky
Most Crap in Bag
  1. Gum
  2. Glasses
  3. Computer charger
  4. Dry erase markers and eraser
  5. scissors
  6. glue stick
  7. colored pens
  8. mints
  9. nail clippers
  10. chapstick
  11. lotion
  12. body spray
  13. tissues
  14. iPhone USB cord
  15. wallet
  16. TI-83
  17. beef jerky, dried fruit, and carrots
  18. hand sanitizer
  19. Flashdrive
  20. mixed meds 

Nick 
Junior Civil Engineering Major
The Old One
Most Interesting item: Playing cards
Most Unique (to the group) Item: A paper copy of schedule
Preferred card brand: Bicycle
  1. TI 83
  2. Copy of schedule
  3. Playing cards
  4. Pencils and Pens
  5. Gum
  6. An Airhead
  7. sticky notes
  8. Lead

Talia 
Sophomore Biochemistry (Pre-Med) Major
That Weird Girl
Most Interesting item: A Full Sized Stapler
Most Unique (to the group) Item: Rosary from Lebanon
  1. Lotion
  2. lipgloss
  3. chapstick
  4. purell
  5. TI-30X II S calculator
  6. Gum
  7. Stapler
  8. Ruler
  9. Brita water bottle
  10. 3x5 cards
  11. pens, pencils, sharpie, and expo marker
  12. Rosary and cedar bracelet

Noelle 
Sophomore Biology Major
Just Me
Most Interesting item: Waldo Hat
Most Unique (to the group) Item: Waldo Hat (Always!)
Wallet of choice: Sheet Music MightyWallet
  1. Waldo hat
  2. Chex mix and Luna Bar
  3. TI 84
  4. eInstruction clicker
  5. Pens, pencils, highlighter
  6. Eraser
  7. Wallet
  8. tissues
  9. hair tie
  10. band aids
  11. lotion
  12. post its
  13. earplugs
  14. flash drive
  15. earbuds

Dakotah 
Sophomore Chemical Engineering Major
The I'm Quiet But I Will Always Have the Best Sarcastic Comments Guy
Most Interesting item: Trapper Keeper
Most Unique (to the group) Item: Protractor
  1. Trapper keeper
  2. Pens, pencils
  3. Lead
  4. umbrella
  5. protractor
  6. 2 flashdrives
  7. prayer card

Aly 
Freshman Nursing Major
The New Girl
Most Interesting item: Lab goggles
Most Unique (to the group) Item: White Out
  1. Whiteout
  2. goggles
  3. TI 84
  4. lotion
  5. tissues
  6. purell
  7. ibreprofen
  8. daily planner
  9. pens and pencils

Dominick 
Sophomore Chemical Engineering
The Derpy One
Most Interesting item: Scissors
Most Unique (to the group) Item: Two calculators
Least Amount of Crap in Bag
  1. TI 84
  2. TI-30X II S calculator
  3. eInstruction clicker
  4. scissors

Isabella
Sophomore Biology (Pre-Med) Major
The One with Feelings
Most Interesting item: A tie between the Harmonica and the Stress Pickle
Most Unique (to the group) Item: Journal
Preferred writing utensil: All of them
Most Unique crap in Bag
  1. TI-30X II S calculator
  2. 2 pairs of scissors
  3. hair tie
  4. computer mouse
  5. journal
  6. eIntstruction clicker
  7. tape
  8. stress pickle
  9. harmonica
  10. stapler
  11. pens, pencils, sharpies, erasers
  12. chapsticks
  13. binder clip
  14. hand sanitizer
  15. gum

Ross
Sophomore Electrical Engineer
The Hermit
Most Interesting item: His Dad's Business card
Most Unique (to the group) Item: contact case
  1. TI-84
  2. tissues
  3. pencils and pens
  4. erasers
  5. contact case

Hope everyone enjoyed my little experiment. I'm probably the only person who actually wonders what's in people's backpacks, but now I know.

Stay classy,

Noelle

1 comment:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 8, 2014 at 2:08 PM

    You need to do a similar study on commuters, and their bags and their trunks. Craig, Sharon, and I volunteer (at least I hope Craig and Sharon will).

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