Editor’s Note: SoapBoxing provides a weekly forum for members of the Iowa State and Ames communities to rave about various topics dear to them. Send interview requests via e-mail to [email protected]. This week, Greg Minor, graduate student in history and president of the Guild of Wargamer and Roleplayers (GOWAR), was interviewed.

“We Now Know” by John Gaddis — “It’s about the Cold War. With the fall of the Soviet Union and the breakup of the eastern bloc we now have access to documents to see their view of the Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis and the Berlin Wall.”

Pizza House — “[My favorite pizza place] was the old Pizza House where Cafe Beaudelaire is. [Its pizza] was thin, crispy, kind of greasy and really cheap. They had bottomless sodas and a great jukebox.”

“Legend” — “Tom Cruise as the hero to face the great evil just didn’t work. Especially when he forgets his sword — nobody forgets their sword for Christ’s sake.”

Boxer briefs — “They provide support and comfort — the best of both worlds. Actually, I was in London, and when you travel, it’s best to travel light. I was short on underwear, so I bought some in a store over there, and they were really nice. Unfortunately, I can’t get the brand I got over there. The cotton was ever so smooth.”

The Herculoids — “When I was a kid I liked The Herculoids. The hero was a kind of a space-Tarzan guy. He had the obligatory family and these creatures that hung out with him. There was a large rhino that shot exploding pellets out of his horn. They fought space aliens who were trying to take over the planet all the time. It was made by the same people who made Space Ghost.”

Bicyclists on the sidewalk — “I’m a walker. My beef is when people come screaming through central campus on that one walkway from Beardshear to Curtiss [Halls]. Somebody is going to get creamed one of these days, and with my luck, it’ll be me.”

Favorite quote — “Winston Churchill: ‘Never give up.’ It’s an excellent philosophy. If you don’t give up, then you never lose. You may run out of time, but you never lose.”

Fight: Captain Kirk vs. Captain Picard — “Kirk would get the first shot in, because Picard would be too busy talking to start with. Picard would come back when Kirk went to straighten his girdle. They would probably both have heart attacks. It’d go the distance, but Picard would score heavily in the later rounds because Kirk would have too many distractions with his girdle and his toupee.”