I visited her in her office, and as students kept buzzing in and out asking questions, we spoke about the primaries. She said there are too many candidates and that she will wait until they are narrowed down to start following more closely. She said she would rather watch something relaxing on TV such as "Dancing with the Stars."

We both laughed.

The conversation turned to education. She spoke about the high price of college and the textbooks and how the students are struggling to pay for them. She doesn’t expect changes for the better.

"Anytime government messes with education it gets worse," Kezbers said. "This is a state school …but only 38 percent of our budget is paid by the state. So how dare you? You know. And then they criticize us for raising tuition. They shouldn’t mess in stuff they don’t know anything about."

I asked if college should be free, like it is in Europe. She said that that should not be the case; instead she thought college should be cheaper.

"If it is totally free they abuse it," she said.

The conversation turned to health care. We talked about people without coverage and how tough it is for them to get the basic care. She was very firm in her words and explained that everyone needs basic health care.

"The rich will always go to Switzerland for their plastic surgeries and to China to get a liver," Kezbers said. "Everybody needs basic health care – end of story."

We also talked about high gas prices and the candidates talking about using ethanol instead of gasoline. She said she did not care about ethanol, but worried about the American people consuming so much energy.

She said the nation should build public transit.

"All of these obese people should be walking to the train station," Kezbers said. "I walk to the train station and I still put on five pounds. I can’t imagine what I would look like if I didn’t," she said with a smile.

She also seemed very concerned with the gas prices and how they affect the poor. Her reasoning was that people who have to be at work early, the servers and maids who go to the north side to work, are affected the most.

We moved on, talking about Iraq and government spending in general. I could sense concern in her voice as she spoke about it.

"In Iraq we spend $1.5 billion a week. Who is going to pay for that? Not me. My children and grandchildren. [President George W. Bush] emptied out the pot. We had a surplus. We could’ve given money to some of the Muslim countries for education, then they wouldn’t have to go to madrasas (Islamic schools) and they would have more than one class. Somebody will have to pay the debt. We have a deficit with China. They just keep importing their stuff. We had the money and it’s gone."

Her final words in the interview were: "I don’t mind standing up for what I believe in."

I thanked her for her time and left her in the office with at least five students waiting to speak to her. She smiled and waved as I told her I had to get going.

I followed up with Kezbers to see which candidate she decided to vote for and why. She picked Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and told me why.