7 Questions with Becky Bram

Full name: Rebecca Bram

Height: 5'7"

Wait: maximum of 15 minutes

Hometown: Winchester, MA

Preferred pleasantry: "Hello, how are you doing?"



Becky Bram is not your typical freshman. She has compiled a 5-1 record as the number two player on the women's varsity tennis team, and done so in dominant fashion; in her victories, none of her opponents have managed to win more than two games. She combines raw power with stunning grace and uncanny athleticism, so when the Daily caught up with her while she was running uphill for her match against Wellesley, bumping Junction from her walkman, it was only fitting that 7 questions would follow.

1. What are the advantages of grunting?

It shows your partner just how into the game you are.

2. I was a big Aranxa Sanchez-Vicario fan as a kid but I always wondered why they let him play against girls. Then someone told me he was actually a woman. Did you know that?

No way dude, thanks for telling me.

3. Many people know your big brother Jon is also a varsity tennis stud. If you cut off Venus and Serena Williams' hands, gauged out their eyes with rubber spoons and made them play with stickball bats in their bloody stumps, could the Brams' take them?

I think we'd have a shot, but is it really fair to have only one girl on the court?

4. Speaking of your brother, what's the story with that visor?

People say it's to hide his "poke-her" face, but I don't want to know anything about that.

5. I can't lie, I'm not a tennis expert. Is a golden set anything like a golden shower?

Actually Ethan, they're exactly alike. You should ask my brother for a demo sometime.

6. Men's rugby has repeatedly claimed to be the campus' best looking team, any reaction?

Well, let's just say I don't see people lining up in the windows along Professor's Row to watch rugby.

7. Does your friend Alison date musicians?

Yeah, but not journalists.

_Ethan Schwartz