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Student Talks About 'Survivor'
« on: May 26^th, 2005, 6:30am »

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Student Talks About 'Survivor'
By Erin Thompson // [email protected]
Published: Wednesday, May 25, 2005

As season 10 of the CBS series "Survivor" came to a wrap, WSU humanities graduate student Kim Mullen was able to reflect back on some of her experiences and highlights while being one of the show's castaways. Mullen was the sixth person voted off the island of Palau, along with losing the chance to win $1 million.

Mullen attended the final episode in New York City on May 15 where Tom Westman of New York became the sole survivor. Mullen said that overall she loved the experience and she would jump at the chance to do something like it again.

"The title of my experience is the good, the bad and the ugly," Mullen said. "I love the island, game and people. CBS and Mark Burnett gave me the opportunity to win a million dollars and from that, I had an experience of a lifetime. I took the opportunity to learn so much about life, others and myself," she said. "Even after taping wrapped and the show aired, I was still learning and living the experience."

Mullen said her experience was partly based on what CBS decided to air and not to air. "It's hard to really let other people know just how much they don't get to see," she said. The show tended to portray her as lazy and she said they didn't show her ever really doing any work. "Of course you saw me being a lot lazier than I was, meaning you didn't see the work that I did do," she said. "But hey, it made for good TV."

Mullen said being on the show really helped her appreciate the simple things in life. She said with the circumstances of being on an island was difficult for her mentally, and some of the easier things to do, became complicated. "But those are the same things that made me like the scenario, because you truly appreciate how amazing the human body is and what we are capable of doing," she said. "I know I have a new found respect for myself."

The "Survivor" competitor was able to give away some facts that some viewers may not know. She said once a member is voted off, they are taken to another place on the island where they stay until the taping is complete. She said they are allowed to speak to the other cast mates, but they are forbidden to talk about the show. "The CBS and Mark Burnett staff is amazing and they are there for us through the rest of the time," Mullen said.

"The show is as real as they come," Mullen said. She said there are no retakes and there is no "stepping in" from CBS. "What you see is what you get," she said. She said there are chances throughout the game to win rewards such as fire or food, but other than that, the contestants have no help. "You have to earn what you get on the island," she said. "We would have starved and they (CBS) would have not stepped in."

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