Next up is my good friend, Pat, or Patrick Elisii. Pat was one of the first people I became friends with at Penn State because we had already met at New Student Orientation. Coincidentally, as the perfect Penn State story, I met Pat at the icecream station in the Redifer dining commons with my roommate, Erica. We had gotten into a basic small talk conversation and went over names and such. He had misheard Erica’s name as “America” and this has been a big joke in our friend group ever since.
At New Student Orientation I had hung out with Pat a lot and noticed his extremely goofy and fun-loving personality. My roommate and I enjoyed spending time with Pat, and we parted ways at the end of NSO. We weren’t sure how often, if ever, we would see Pat once we finally got to Penn State since it is such a big school. Once we found our room on floor 3, we noticed that two doors down it said: “Patrick and Anthony” on the door. My roommate and I wondered if it could be THE Pat from New Student Orientation.
Throughout the day, as people continued moving into our hall, Pat finally walked in. Erica and I both thought it was absolutely crazy that we were so close to Pat, and we knew it was going to be an interesting school year. It is great that we all live so close to each other because we are now extremely close and we all hang out constantly.
On our floor, Pat is nicknamed “Party Pat” because he is always the life of the party and is extremely fun to be around. Everyone loves Pat, and he never does anything to purposely hurt someone’s feelings or upset them. Pat is care-free and a great friend to those around him. When I had gotten very sick the second week of living here at Penn State, Pat was very helpful and went on a grocery run for me since I could barely leave my room. Pat came back with yogurt, soup, cold medicine, orange juice and more.
Pat is from Pennsylvania and Rugby was a huge part of his high school experience. Below is an image of him Playing Rugby during a big game.
Pat is very smart, and I know he will have a great future and career. Another one of his nicknames is “Hacker Pat” because he is a computer science major and helped Erica and I set up our printer.
Overall, Pat is someone I am really happy to be friends with in college. I know that he will be a great friend for life.
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Great article. Crazy how NSO actually gives people great friends, I still talk to some of mine. Pat seems like the man and a great friend.
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