by Terrel Brown

Michelle Crane isn’t just a distance runner on Earlham’s women’s cross-country and track teams. A five-time winner of the college’s scholar-athlete award, Crane co-convenes Action Against Rape and is involved in the Womyn’s Center on campus. She also takes part in the Richmond Dance Explosion troupe.

If you were the president of the United States for a day, what would you do?

Withdraw from Iraq, transfer the 12 billion dollars a month from that into public education; enact a national health care plan; cut corn subsidies and use the money to support family farmers; develop alternative energy sources; construct a new mass transportation system that’s cheaper, greener and more reliable than American Airlines; do away with the prison industrial complex; close Guantanamo and really illegalize (sic) torture; implement fair trade policies; institute gun control; decriminalize a whole lot of things; and put a stop light on a certain stretch of highway 40.
Michelle Crane poses for the camera.

What would you do for a million dollars?

Shave my legs!

How did you feel about Doug Bennett’s April Fool’s joke?

I just want to know what happened to his last plan to build a Big Boy’s on front campus!

What’s your favorite other sport, other than track?

Professional weight-lifting. I currently hold Earlham’s title.

If you were a professor here at Earlham, what would be the name of the course?

Wellness 101: Depth Perception for Beginners

What is your most memorable moment here at Earlham College?

Running through SAGA…fully clothed, of course.

If you could be any food what would you be and why?

Peanut butter. It’s multi-purpose, smooth, and nutty: all of the things I aspire to be in life.

Do you have any superstitions or pre-game rituals before going out to run in a meet?

I’m superstitious about meet-day superstitions. I never want to have to rely on my lucky underwear.

If you were the director of a movie about your life, whom would you cast to play yourself?

America Ferrera, because she does the whole awkward and clumsy thing really well.

Would you rather have your face on a Gatorade bottle or Wheaties Box?

Tough call. Would I rather have people looking at me when they’re exhausted after practice or when they’re exhausted in the morning? I’d like to think people would be more forgiving in the morning, and Wheaties are also a good source of fiber and iron among other things, so I’m going go with Wheaties… even though orange is so NOT my color.