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Connor Gilbride: Kenyon’s Gentle Giant (But Don’t Call Him That!)

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Kenyon chapter.

Name: Connor Gilbride
Major: History
Year: Sophomore
Relationship status: Single
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Interests: Music, hiking, camping, and sleeping
 
Name an interesting or surprising fact about yourself. 
I’m the best hatchet thrower in my family.
 
Song you can’t stop listening to?
“Purple Swag” by A$AP Rocky/“Looks Like Jesus” by Lil B

Special talent? 
Is there a problem when it takes me more than five minutes to think of one?

Perfect date?
Riding horses on a beach, then watching all the seasons of Baywatch.

Favorite station at Peirce: 
The pasta station, except when they mix ice cream with food that should never be mixed ice cream.
 
Best party you’ve been to so far at Kenyon:
Anything at the Ganter or that rave at the Horn Gallery. 

Cats or dogs?
Dogs. Cats are useless anyways.

Shots or mixed drinks?
Mixed drinks. I love when people mysteriously put Everclear in my cup.
 
Old Kenyon lounges or Bullseye?
Bullseye.
 
Best place to meet girls on campus?
The Ganter, but I guess that’s not technically on campus. The Horn works if you want to find the most unique girls in the world.

Most successful pickup line?
“Thank you for not telling me how absurdly tall I am. Now let’s have a drink.”
 
Dealbreakers when it comes to girls?
When they won’t stop talking about how absurdly tall I am.
 

Caroline Black is a senior Drama major at Kenyon College. In addition to co-founding and writing for her school's HC branch, Caroline is co-president of Beer and Sex, Kenyon's student-run freshman orientation program (and she enjoys making jokes about that title as much as you do). When she's not doing hippy-dippy acting warm-ups or volunteering with her service organization, The Archon Society, Caroline enjoys watching "Parks and Recreation" and dismaying her friends with terrible puns.