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y new nickname is ‘Big Mac’,” Matt Fer
guson, a senior petroleum engineering
major, said. “I think it must be the red
giate 4-H: r ai|d goatee.”
al meeting. No,[“Big Mac” Ferguson does not bear a resem-
rg. C.illJii' nee to Ronald McDonald.
information, instead, several students across campus have
.taken him for celebrity baseball player Mark
Thurstn November, McGwire broke Roger Maris’ home
iretord, hitting 70 home runs in the ’97-98 sea-
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leet to talk,-Although Ferguson followed the home-run race,
time at 9 p.r said McGwire is not his favorite player,
irvey Rd. act Tisfresemblance to the celebrity, however, has
te’s. Call Mattirrep several students to ask for an autograph,
ire informal ‘I was at the Rec Center, and 1 turned around to
c to a friend, when off to the left this guy said,
J Road runner? y can I have your autograph?”’ Ferguson said, “I
-4 mile run at iked him in the face and he said, ‘Oh, I’m sorry, I
nt of G. RolliCught you were Mark McGwire.’ I was laughing
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ambles a celebrity.
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come with being mistaken for a celebrity.
Becky Barker, a junior management information
systems major, said she has been mistaken for ac
tress Gwyneth Paltrow on several occasions.
Paltrow made a name for herself through such
movies as Seven, Emma and Great Expectations.
“I’ve had numerous people tell me that I look like
her,” Barker said. “Especially when her movies
come out, and she’s in pictures a lot.”
A former model. Barker said her 6-foot frame and
long blond hair contribute to her resemblance to Pal
trow.
Barker said her happy and energetic personality
also add to the confusion.
“She seems very happy, and I’m always very hap
py and hyper,” Barker said. “Even though I think
that might annoy some people.”
Being mistaken for a celebrity is not new to Bark
er. In high school, many people commented on her
resemblance to actress Jodie Foster, star of Silence
of the Lambs and Sommersby.
Barker said being mistaken for Foster was not
necessarily a compliment.
“I had a lot of people tell me I looked like her,”
Barker said. “I had a lot of makeup artists tell me
that when I was modeling, but I don’t think she’s
Clockwise from left to
right: Matt Ferguson
swings as Mark McGwire,
Carl Modesette is
thought to be James
Van der Beek, Becky
Barker raises qusetions
about Gwyneth Paltrow
and Alicia Williams
poses as Mariah Carey
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very pretty. ”
Actor James van der Beek, star of “Dawson’s
Creek,” has also been spotted around campus, un
der the guise of Carl Modesette, a sophomore me
chanical engineering major.
“People started telling me I looked like him last
summer when the show was getting popular,” Mod
esette said. “It’s my eyes and my forehead and my
hair before I cut it.”
Modesette said being mistaken for van der Beek
is sometimes a questionable compliment.
“I’m usually flattered; it depends on what people
think of the show,” Modesette said, “People come
up to me and say ‘Hey, do you know who you look
like?’ and I’ll be like, ‘Is that a good or bad thing?”’
Alicia Williams, a junior mechanical engineering
major, said she has been mistaken for a well-known
celebrity — Mariah Carey.
“About once a week someone comes up and tells
me that I look like hbr,” Williams said. “I don’t know
why. Maybe my eyes and my forehead.”
Carey, the biggest selling female recording artist
of the ’90s, is known for her remarkable voice.
Although Williams is not a die-hard fan of Carey,
she said she does enjoy singing.
“I like to sing, but I can’t,” Williams said. “She’s
a lot more talented than me.”
Williams said many people recognize her resem
blance to a celebrity, but cannot always remember
exactly who.
“They’ll walk up to me and say, ‘You really look
like somebody famous,”’ Williams said. “I’ll say
“Mariah Carey,” and they’ll be like, ‘Yeah! Exactly!”’
Regardless of who they are being mistaken for, all
students agree being mistaken for someone famous
is a bit surprising.
“I was more shocked than flattered,” Ferguson
said. “But since then, four or five people have told
me that I look like him [Van der Beek).”
Although being mistaken for a celebrity may be
complimentary, said Ferguson, it has not enhanced
his social life.
“Well, being a Mark McGwire look-alike hasn’t
won me any dates,” Ferguson said.
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