Site Creators - upon hearing of the Easter Rising Melissa Hillebrand is a journalism major with an interest in Irish literature. Melissa was born on an average April afternoon in 1982. As a kid Melissa was found of laying on the fresh, spring zoysia, while giggling to herself and singing Billy Ocean's hit, "Carribean Queen." She stopped once people laughed and threw rocks at her. While still enjoying the feel of zoysia, her musical taste has expanded to include N'Sync and Nickleback. Michael Hodes is a junior English and philosophy major. He was born to mom and dad Hodes on June 30, 1982. He has an unidentical twin sister named Megan and a little sister named Amy. Michael's favorite hobbies are playing My Little Pony, singing the theme song to Growing Pains, and impersonating his idols, George Michael and Carrott Top.