This week's "INTRODUCING ..." feature focuses on sophomore Michael Radloff, a member of the Salisbury University men's swim team who has several of the top individual freestyle times recorded in the CAC this season.  In addition to his excellent swimming abilities, Radloff is a musician and an honor student.

What is your background in the sport you play?  I started swimming competitively when I was seven or eight but I've always been near the water. Some of my earliest memories of swimming is swimming in my grandparents pool and going to swim meets when my dad coached summer swimming. Swimming has always been a part of my life. I just really enjoy being in the water. I swam for club teams all the way from second grade through high school at James Madison Memorial High under the guidance of Gary Kolpine and Tim Ritchie.

What is your favorite spot on campus?  My favorite spot would probably have to be the apartment where I live with all the other sophomore guys on the swim team. We have a really nice set up and nothing feels better after a long day of classes than coming home and relaxing on the couch before practice.

Other than your team, what organization (s) do you participate in?  I play bassoon in the Salisbury University Concert Band and am I member of the honors program.

What is the most important societal issue facing college students?  I would have to say that the issue would be the rising cost of education and all the other costs associated with it like books, rent and the basic cost of living. If people are not able to attend college because they can't afford the ever increasing tuitions we could be missing some of the brightest minds of our generation.

What is your major in college, and what is the most important thing you learned in that discipline?  I am double majoring in biology and environmental/marine sciences. The common theme through all my courses so far has been that the earth has incredible biodiversity and we as a society are not doing a good job of preserving the very fragile balance in place and we are very close to or already have caused irreversible damage to our planet and we need to change the way we think about the environmental issues as soon as possible.

Other than your family members, who was the most influential person in your life?  The most influential people would have to be my high school swim coaches Tim Ritchie and Gary Kolpine who throughout high school taught me the importance of hard work, dedication, excellence in and out of the pool and above all to have class, which they defined as giving your all every day, respecting yourself and your opponent, putting your friends and teammates before yourself. I respect these two men above any others because they lived what they taught and were also able to teach us to have fun doing what you love and I feel like a better person for knowing them.

If you could give one piece of advice to elementary school children, what would that advice be?  My advice would be to find something you like and go for it. Learn everything you can about anything and never give up. If you are driven enough there is nothing you cannot accomplish.

What is your favorite form of entertainment?  My favorite form of entertainment is music, it is everywhere and there are so many different types there is something for everybody. I generally listen to rock and alternative rock but I like listening to pretty much anything and really enjoy finding new stuff to listen to.

Outside of the Capital Athletic Conference, who or what is your favorite sports person or team?  My favorite team is the Green Bay Packers.  Not only because I am from Wisconsin but because they always seem to play for the love of the game and it's great to watch people doing what they like to do.

Name three (3) people, real or fictional, living or dead, that you'd like to have dinner with?  I would like to have dinner with President Barack Obama because he is at the center of the change occurring right now, President Thomas Jefferson to get his thoughts on how the country is now compared to what his ideal nation would be and his perspective on where he thinks it should go, and author Douglas Adams because of his observations into the complexity of life and I feel like he left so much unsaid.