Dow(n) and Out of Triton, Now He’s Back

Donald Dow, Triton graduate of 2010 becomes the new Instructional Assistant in the library

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Riane Vatcher, Staff Writer

“My strangest habit would have to be that I will not drive through tunnels. I will go out of my way to avoid any tunnels,” Dow said. “I watched a movie when I was a kid about a tunnel being bombed then collapsing and killing everyone in it.”

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Full Name: Donald James Dow

Height: 6ft

Age: 25

Birthday:  August 2nd, 1992

Hometown: Salisbury, Ma

Siblings: Brother, Nathan (35) and Legal Guardian of 8 year old cousin who he is raising.

High School: Triton Regional High School

College: UMass-Dartmouth and currently online classes at Southern New Hampshire University for Master’s Degree.

Area(s) of Study: History and religion studies.

Pets: None

Job: Instructional Assistant (IA)

Car: “Maybe a Chevy? It’s silver, I honestly have no idea,” Dow said.

Sports: None

Favorite Food: Basically anything but seafood.

Favorite Color: Red

Favorite Holiday: “Thanksgiving. That’s my jam,” Dow said.

Least Favorite Holiday: Christmas

Biggest Accomplishment: Graduating College in four years

Favorite Songs: Anything in musicals

Favorite Movie: Wizard of OZ

Favorite Store: Barnes and Noble

Favorite Hobby: Cooking

Biggest Fear: Climate Change

Biggest Regret: Not participating in the Zombie Prom, the musical in high school.

Heritage: Family came over on the Mayflower- British, French, French-Canadian, probably some Native American.

Biggest Secret: I’m a Yankees fan.

What were you like as a kid? Super annoying, high maintenance kid.

Favorite Halloween Costume: Itsy bitsy spider

Most Awkward Year: 7th grade- 10th grade

Favorite Part About Triton: The students

Buy or Brought School Lunch: Neither. Eat after school

If you could go back and change one thing in your life, what would it be? Would have taken a double major, maybe in political science.

If you could change anything at Triton what would it be? “I would personally get rid of dress codes, and the hat policy,” Dow said. “It is another way to police people’s bodies, and it is sexist.”

Something about you not a lot of people know: Crazy, Liberal, Feminist