Actually, It used to be Jay but now its Tuck, Tucker or Shark. I actually get a little weirded out when people call me Jason. The origin of the Shark name is a myth that you'll have to ask someone else about ...

Tell us a little more about yourself. You like women. That's a start.

Yeah, I'm a people person. I love the ladies but mostly I'm just a fan of good company. I have a wide variety of interests so I'm a big fan of having a wide variety of friends.

I see. What's the scene (party, clubbing, music) like down in Philly?

Philly's not really too much of a clubbing city. We do it a little suaver in the illadelph. We have a ton of sick bars and chill restaurants. But Philly is on the come-up. We are about to reclaim some respect as a place to be in the U.S. It's a great place in which to be living and to be young.

That said, what's your crunk juice of choice?

I like to do things real grown up so I have to shout out the Amherst Wine Club, but when I plan on going down for the count, the thing for me is New Castle. It's all class.

How's Route 9 treating you? Heard [Andrew] Dykens is a bit of an ass.

Route 9 is keeping it real. We have some great young talent coming through the pipeline. Dykens? Yeah ... we're working on him.

Heard you were on the basketball team for a while back there. How'd it feel like to school the Ephs?

I may not be playing anymore but I will always have love for my boys on the squad. Beating Williams is like second nature to the basketball boys though, so I'd say that it's great but business as usual.

What's your favorite catchphrase? Why's that?

Ooo. I love saying "keep it really real." Because a lot of people don't really present the truth. Or just a follow up "for real for real?"

Stupidest thing you've ever done. Or thought of doing. Or dreamt about doing.

I have a life aspiration to direct "The Nightmare Before Christmas" as a live-action musical spectacular. I think it could be ill. Stupidest? Whoops I think that was most embarrassing.

How was studying abroad?

I was in London. It's basically a bizzaro United States. It's like a bigger version of the England in Epcot center in Disney World. Very cool though. A sexy accent is a sexy accent. They also drink in the middle of the day. Fun custom.

Happen to read the latest issue of BusinessWeek? What's your take on "Marx: Campus Revolutionary"?

I think that this is a big issue that affects everyone here at Amherst now, and it is really this first issue dealing with Amherst that the current student body has had to deal with. Our input now regarding this initiative will have a long-term effect upon how the policies of President Marx influence the "Amherst Experience."

Complete the sentence, "When I get mad pissed, I..."

... try to give people the benefit of the doubt, because a lot of times when you are emotional, you can't deal with the real issues.