Water polo member, writer of music, and even a bacon eating record holder, Senior Joe Moran is a man of many talents.

     Moran comes to Monmouth College from Naperville, Ill., double majoring in Political Science and History.

     Moran keeps busy when it comes to activities on campus. He is involved in Monmouth College’s water polo team, which just placed second in the nation’s Division III mens’ club Championship, a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Pre- Law Society, and according to Moran, "this and that."

     Moran likes playing piano, guitar, and singing. He also composes his own music. When he is not playing water polo or composing some music, Moran hangs out with his friends and plays video games. He also spends time with his fiancé, Jessica Houser, and going out to eat, especially sushi, which is one of the couple’s favorite foods.

     Moran has many interesting facts about him that many people may not know. First of all, Moran weighs less that fellow senior John Kaiser. He is an avid cook, and loves cooking for his fiancé.

     "I have been helping my (Italian) mother cook since I was a child and somewhere along the line, I learned how to cook myself," said Moran.

     Moran used to sleep with a polo ball next to his bed during his Freshman year.

     "I can’t anymore because one night I threw it in my sleep and knocked stuff over in the night," he said. "I scared the crap out of my roommate."

     Moran holds his family’s bacon eating record. "I would describe how much it was, but you would barf," he said.

     Since being at Monmouth College, Moran has had many good memories, such as playing in the twenty-four hour water polo game to support the national breast cancer foundation and placing second at nationals for water polo. The one big memory that Moran has at Monmouth is when he proposed to his fiancé.

     "There was snow in the parking lot where we started dating and I got down on one knee and she was like ‘omg, I love you, you are so amazing and strong and handsome and you smell nice and junk.’ Actually, she just cried and said yes, but what she meant was all the other stuff. She was just too excited to articulate it," said Moran.

     After graduation, Moran plans on becoming a "world class wombat trainer, and then train wombats to wear suits and follow me into court rooms and basically be my personal assistants." In all reality Moran will be getting married in June and before heading off to Law School.

     "I will miss my underclassmen friends and having them ask me for advice," said Moran. "I will [also] miss my polo team