This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Amherst chapter.
Meet this week’s Campus Cutie Ricardo De La Torre ’17. Now wait until you read the craziest thing he’s ever done!
Name: Ricardo De La Torre
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Year: Junior
Dorm: Taplin 102B
Majors: History, Spanish
Relationship Status: Single
Ideal Date: I would go somewhere for the day, back home I loved going to small beach towns
Spirit Animal: Eagle
What Super Power Would You Want: The ability to read minds
Ideal Job: Real Estate Developer and Government Official
Most Played Song on Your iPod: All The Time by Bahamas
Fave TV show: Top Gear
Country you want to visit: India
Craziest Thing You’ve Ever Done: I was in Chile during the Copa America this year. After Chile won the semi-finals, I went to Plaza Italia where Chileans congregate after games to rally and celebrate. My friends and I joined the huge crowd that was celebrating, drinking, and climbing the main statue. After things got out of hand and people started lighting flares, riot police came in and broke up the crowd. They marched in with riot gear and sprayed pepper spray out of cannons mounted on trucks. We were stuck with the carabineros in front of us and the river behind us. After the police directed the cannons towards us, we started to run, trying to get through the crowd and run away from the falling pepper spray.