Invasion of Privacy: The secrets of brotherly bonds between Dylan Dariano and Nathan Hubbard

Photo of Dylan Dariano (back) and Nathan Hubbard (front) working in The Lamron Office via Knight’s Life Editor Ella Pearcy

“I don’t have anything in my day that’s not the same as you,” said junior communications major Nathan Hubbard, referencing his friend, roommate, and co-sports editor of The Lamron, junior communications major Dylan Dariano.

Dariano added: “Our rituals include walking everywhere together—literally.”

Here at The Lamron, we were very excited to add Dariano and Hubbard to our team as co-sports editors after serving as the assistant sports editor and assistant sports copy editor, respectively, in the fall semester. Within even this rather short time at The Lamron, these two have established themselves as a dynamic duo like no other.

Both communications majors, Dariano and Hubbard met in their freshmen year, introduced by their respective girlfriends, who were roommates. Soon after this, Dariano and Hubbard moved in together, and the rest is history.

The two quickly established mirroring patterns in their schedules and lives; when Dariano changed his major to communications, “Nate decided that his career path just had to be the same, so he switched to communications just after,” Dariano said.

Along with identical schedules, Dariano and Hubbard share similar interests in sports and music, as well as their undying passion for The Lamron. In fact, on the surface level, there seem to be few significant differences between Dariano and Hubbard at all; but they are insistent that they are at least somewhat independent in their own lives.

“I was very proud of myself this week—I went to a WGSU meeting by myself,” Dariano said. “[I] didn’t force him to come with me, and it was great, and I talked.”

Hubbard continued, “And then he came back from a meeting and goes, ‘Nathan, will you do a sports show with me?’ because he doesn’t want to do it himself. [But] he went to the meeting by himself, so, small steps.”

Beyond introducing the occasional separation in their day-to-day lives, Dariano and Hubbard offered up a few more distinguishing factors between the two—first, Dariano’s favorite color is deep purple, while Hubbard’s is electric blue; second, their cleanliness.

Though Dariano and Hubbard share a suite with Dariano’s girlfriend of ten years, the sports co-editors continue to live in the same room.

“Dylan’s a lot more organized than myself—my half of the room is a disaster, but that’s just how I work,” Hubbard said. “My desk looks like a bomb went off, but I know where everything is, and that’s the way I like it to be.”

“It is frightening how different the room looks from one half to the other,” Dariano added, only to be interrupted by Hubbard—“But I know where all of my stuff is,” he said.

Though the two exchanged sarcastic quips toward each other throughout the interview, it is clear in interacting with Dariano and Hubbard that they share a bond that cuts below this surface level. To get at the nature of this relationship, The Lamron wanted to know each of the sports editors’ favorite features of their counterpart.

Hubbard joked, “As we’ve heard the last 10 minutes, he’s just nothing but nice.”

Characteristically, Dariano bit back with affectionate spite: “My favorite thing about you is your girlfriend. I love Heather with all my heart. She is great and I don’t understand [why she’s dating you].”

Dariano moved beyond this remark to explain another one of his favorite features of Hubbard—his financial generosity.

“If we’re out and I’m like, ‘Hey, I need this right now,’ [and] I don’t have money and I pester him for another 20 minutes, it will be mine,” Dariano said.

Hubbard interjected: “Because I get annoyed and I just want the problem [to end]. It’s like a child—he’ll throw a tantrum in the middle of Walmart.” Dariano added, “It’s not the middle of Walmart—it’s usually the toy section.”

As entertaining as their play-fights are, there is a companionship and cooperation between Dariano and Hubbard that reminds me that true love is real. Here at The Lamron, we are truly grateful to have Dariano and Hubbard aboard, and we can’t wait to see what they do next.