In visiting the room of best friends Pete Sieve and Chris Koza, one would most likely find them in their usual position with their guitars, playing an impromptu duet. Roommates for the second year in a row, the duo met in Hoyme as first years and have been friends ever since.

The same year they met, the two started playing together, and by sophomore year had recruited Sieve's former high school bandmates Luke Anderson and Justin Blair to join them, thus forming Katnapping. The band is now a central focus in their lives, and a key point in their plans for after graduation.

Koza intends to simply find a way to pay the rent and feed himself, perhaps in marketing or advertising, while still playing with the band in Minneapolis. Sieve's number one priority is to "keep Katnapping on a steadily rising path to success....and do my part to keep it rolling, because we're all pretty passionate about it. Because a brotha's gotta make a little money." He adds, "I'd like to try to continue writing." Sieve is interested in continuing his writing in free-lance work or through an internship at the City Pages.

Long term plans for Koza include a move to New York or Portland; his ten-year plan sees him as the head of a fast food chain and the winner of a Grammy. The Grammy is actually his main aspiration for the devotion to his craft; "It's a major symbol of the respect the artist has earned from the industry." But as Koza said, mostly they just want to "not die."

Another goal for the duo is to write a screenplay together within the next five years. Tentatively entitled "No Girls Allowed," they want to try to incorporate all their favorite things about real life and movies in it. Sieve says, "We have lists in our heads of moments that we've had or wanted to have that we'll put in our movie." Koza adds, "like dancing in the aisles at a grocery store - people love that."

Of course, these goals are slightly altered from those they had when they came to St. Olaf. Sieve had no idea he'd get involved in the band; in fact, he had aspirations of being an English teacher. Koza responded (albeit sarcastically) that he'd planned to "be immersed in my studies, exposed to a world of diversity and intelligence, and to find my future bride, a St. Olaf girl who would bear my children." He's not disappointed, though, in the way things turned out: "My experience has been unpredictable and unbelieveable."

Koza is originally from Portland, OR, and was looking more at East Coast schools, but St. Olaf ended up being his stopping point. "They were very personal," he says, "and would call me on the weekends to say 'Come to St. Olaf doncha know.' My first time on campus was freshman orientation." A Studio Art and Philosophy double major, Koza has been in the Viking Chorus, Jazz Band, SAC, worked in the Heartland Cafe, and is now the Publicity Executive for the Lion's Pause.

Sieve lived in Minneapolis all his life, and was at first interested in going to St. John's, because that's where his dad and cousins had gone, but ended up attracted to the strong English and Music departments. Now an English major, he wasn't as involved in music as he'd thought he would be, only being in Jazz Band. He now works in the Pause kitchen.

Both considered going abroad, but eventually decided to join the minority of students who stay on campus all four years. Sieve also mentioned the committment to Katnapping and the desire to keep the momentum up and be available to play at all times; Koza said, "They don't offer a trip to the moon or mother Russia."

Neither is single at the present time. "Chris has to thank me personally for the present love of his life," says Sieve. He introduced Koza to Brittany, a good friend of his from high school, last Easter break, and the two have been together ever since. She lives in Mesa, AZ, and is a '00 grad from UW­Madison.

Looking back on their friendship, Koza states that "things worked out the way they have and I don't want to speculate on what might have been....I'm just thankful for the people in my life, like Pete Sieve." Sieve responds, "Aww, that's so sweet. I, too, am grateful I met Chris. He's the, ah, rum to my Coke. He puts the fuzzy dice on my rearview mirror." Chris laughs in response, "He puts the Hum in my vee, the Volks in my wagon."

Sieve says, "I feel cool about the fact that I was able to bring my friends from high school, guys I wasn't sure if I'd ever really see again, to my best friend Chris here together. I brought my Minneapolis life and my St. Olaf life together into one wonderful blob of friendship."