Lindsey White

Name: Lindsey White
Birthday: July 1, 1987 (Cancer)
Born and raised: Albuquerque, New Mexico
How you know her: wife of Drake basketball player, Alex White
School: online courses through University of New Mexico
Major: Early Childhood Education

Tidbits:
Played basketball for Cochise College in Arizona
Mother of 18-month-old JaiShon Alexander
Daughter of a pastor

Job: loan processor at Wells Fargo Financial

Plans after graduation: open a daycare and private Christian school in New Mexico called “Covenant Academy”

What she does for fun: shopping, getting her nails done (Foxy Nails in Des Moines) and going out to dinner

Favorite food: crab legs with butter and lemon

Favorite animal: panda bears

Movie: Love & Basketball

Favorite place to be: “In Albuquerque I have this spot in the volcanos that I like to go to,” Lindsey said, “You can see the whole city from there.”

Her getaway: the shower “I could take a shower for hours. It’s my only escape from Jai & Alex,” Lindsey said. “Alex laughs at me because I’ll take like three showers a day.”

Obsession: Flamin’ Hot Cheetos

Favorite Book: “The Coldest Winter Ever” by Sister Souljah

Favorite Magazine: Vogue

Favorite Drink: Fiji Water

If she could meet anyone: Kimora Le Simmons

Pet peeve: “I hate it when people finish my sentences,” Lindsey said.

Biggest fear: disappointing JaiShon

Talent: braiding hair “I’ve been doing my own braids since my sophomore year of high school.”

Her idol: Shayna (a friend) “She is a single mom and she helped me a lot when Alex was here [in Des Moines] last year.”

Best day of her life: the day JaiShon was born (Sept. 16, 2007)
Worst day of her life: senior prom “We got kicked out because we got caught with alcohol,” Lindsey said. “We didn’t even get to drink it and we had to pour it all out. It was horrible.”

If she could change one thing about the world: Never snow or get below 70 degrees
If she could change one thing about herself: “Be more motivated at work,” she said, “but try not to be such a perfectionist at the same time.”

Ultimate goal in life: to get JaiShon through college and ensure he has everything he needs

Life philosophy: “roll with the punches”

Where to meet her: Hy-Vee Drugstore “I swear I’m there like 7 times a week,” Lindsey said.

What gets her attention: someone’s ability to have fun

Looking for: girlfriends “So I don’t have to just hang out with [the boys basketball team] all the time.”

David- The Guy with the Orange Headset and War Sign

*personal picture requested to be held

Name: David (last name undisclosed)
Age: 50 +
Current residence: Des Moines, IA
Education: BA/MA in Spanish
Life Philosophy: “Be good; do good.”

Tidbits:
-carries a recorder everywhere
-a self-acclaimed humanitarian activist
-is in waiting to return to Europe “I have things to thresh out here first,” David said.
-said to be “blacklisted” from Spain

What he does for fun: reading short stories, taking photos (has over a thousand), making juices, and gardening

Favorite thing in Des Moines: the Travelers umbrella sign in Downtown, Des Moines

Pet peeve: mass media establishment and coverage over Gaza

His past:
-lived in Madrid, Spain for over 25 years
-has been arrested over six times
-was beat up by a gang in Chicago and twice by the Spanish police
-has had two fiancés, but never married

Favorite food: raw food

Sinful treat: Great Harvest Bakery (on 28th Street)

Favorite magazine: Washington Report On Middle East Affairs

Favorite book: Walden by Henry David Thoreau
“Any person that reads Walden has his or her life changed,” David said, “It made me aware of the universe.”

Favorite movies: “People Like Us”, “Born into Brothels”, and “The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill” (available at Cowles library)

Why he carries the orange bag: The orange is for protection while walking at night. (He has been hit before)

Why he wears the orange headset: “For warmth, to keep my hair in place when the wind blows a lot, and to test my hearing,” David said. “I’ll have a conversation with them on and usually I can carry on a conversation perfectly if the other person is speaking reasonably well.”

Why the hair and beard: He has been growing it out since June 12, 1998 (the last day of his 16 weeks in immigration detention, when he was deported back to the U.S.)
“It is sort of a protest, but it just sort of happened.” David said. “It reminds me of who I am.” He plans to continue growing his hair and beard out until he returns to Spain.

Why he chose Drake: “I went by in a bus and saw that the library was open,” David said.

What he does at Cowles library: write complaint reports, watch films, and read magazines or short stories “The most important thing above all is to make sure my energy, health and optimism levels are ideal,” David said. “So I can’t fault myself for getting too little done.”

If he could change something about Drake: “Five years for the price of four,” David said, “It would lighten up and enrich the lives of so many students.”

If he could change something about the world: “Imagine all the good that will come to the planet the day when, at long last, the United States is taken to an international tribunal for war crimes,” David said.

Where to meet him: Cowles library, every evening till 12:45 am.