This week’s Campus Cutie hails all the way from Minnesota. Meet junior Cooper Aakhus! He’s the perfect guy – blond, single, and a Directioner. Okay, so maybe he isn’t a diehard One Direction fan, but he does know some of the lyrics to their songs. Read on to get to know Coop a little bit better!
THE BASICS
Name: Cooper Aakhus
Nickname: Coop
Hometown: Brainerd, Minnesota
School/Year: A&S 2014
Major: Biology
BC LIFE
Residence on campus: Medeiros (I am an RA)
One thing you are most excited about for senior year: Finally getting to live on lower campus after three years on upper… Mac is getting really old.
Favorite place to eat on campus: Eagles Nest…They have the best sandwiches.
Best class: I have two! Shakespeare and my postmodernism class.
Worst class: Physics
Things you do on campus: I am an RA, President of Habitat for Humanity, and a member of the Rhetorical Society. I also sing in the University Chorale.
Best BC memory (so far): I was on the crew team freshman year and one day in the spring it was really warm and beautiful out. It was just a great day on the water!
FUN FACTS
Biggest pet peeve: When people walk super slow. It’s so frustrating.
Last song you listened to: “1985” by Bowling for Soup
Favorite food: I know this is not a food, but peanut butter. I will put it on everything.
Favorite holiday: I love Christmas! It’s such a happy holiday.
Greatest fear: Dementors. Those things are the worst!
Favorite sports team: The Minnesota Vikings! SKOL VIKINGS!
Favorite book: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Guilty pleasure: One Direction. I know far too many lyrics of their songs.
Most embarrassing moment: It was during the period of having two-a-days for football in High School. I went to church one day after practice, but during the sermon my legs started to cramp. I started freaking out because it hurt really bad and soon the entire congregation was staring at me as I was thrashing around in a pew. My parents pretended not to know me….
Favorite chick flick: 500 Days of Summer
Four fun facts about yourself:
- I have competed in the world’s largest ice fishing contest…but I didn’t win at all.
- I detest olives. They are made by demons to ruin every food they are put in.
- I have never broken a major bone in my body (I broke my toes playing football though).
- I have fallen through ice into a lake three times in my life, and yet I have not learned my lesson.
LOVE LIFE
Single or taken: Single
Celebrity girl crush: Anna Kendrick
Celebrity guy crush: I’m between Jude Law and Jake Gyllenhaal
Deal breakers: Smokers, picky eaters, and girls who can’t take a joke.
Ideal date: Something fun and casual! I want to get to know the girl and have a fun time.
Favorite pick-up line? (I trip and fall on the ground in front of the girl) Did I die? Because I see an angel in front of me!