Meet this week’s Campus Cutie, Garrett Richie. You can catch him hanging around Mark Twain, where he is the seventh floor Community Advisor. When he isn’t organizing ResLife events, he works as a copy editor and writes a weekly column for the Maneater. He spends his free time hanging out with friends and going on runs. Want to know more? Get the basics on Garrett here:
Hometown: Detroit, Mich.
Major: Magazine Journalism/English
Relationship status: Single
Favorite quote: “If your dream ain’t bigger than you, then there’s a problem with your dream.” – Deion Sanders
Favorite movie: “Role Models”
Favorite candy: Milky Way Midnight
Most embarrassing moment: “I set off the fire alarms at Mark Twain Hall my freshman year while trying to bake cookies in the microwave.”
Favorite place in Columbia: Pinnacles Youth Park
Last song played on iPod: “Blow Up” – J. Cole
Something no one knows about me is: “I wanted to get cornrows when I was in the sixth grade because I wanted to look like Allen Iverson.”
Hidden talent: Knitting/crocheting
Favorite Mizzou memory so far: “Rushing the field after Mizzou beat Oklahoma during Homecoming last year.”
One thing on my bucket list is: “Canoe the entirety of the Mississippi River.”
Dream job: Novelist or outdoor magazine writer with a kayak-guiding service and knife-making shop in New Orleans
If I could switch lives with anyone for the day, I would be: “Either Kobe Bryant or Harry Potter.”