Eagle-eyed basketball fans may have spotted a famous Aggie courtside at a recent Sacramento Kings game. But before Hasan Minhaj 鈥07 and , he made a stop on campus with his wife and fellow Aggie, Beena Patel 鈥07, MPH 鈥08. Fresh off a flight from New York, they spent more than an hour on March 22 talking to honors students in the Department of Political Science. The political commentator and comedian had originally planned to visit a few days later, but didn't want to see the campus during the spring break lull.
鈥淗e really wanted to meet students,鈥 said Diane Walters, the development officer for the College of Letters and Science. 鈥淭hey were a very gracious, very down-to-earth couple.鈥 While many students recognized Minhaj and asked him to pose for photos, the 鈥淧atriot Act鈥 host reportedly expressed his positive impressions after his meeting with students. 鈥淚t was really fun to see Hasan and Beena go, 鈥極h my, oh wow,鈥 because they鈥檙e so impressive,鈥 Walters said of the group of honors students.