Meet this week’s campus cutie, Alex Bond! He spends his free time working for a variety of campus media and attending the Chancellor’s Leadership Class. Plus, he’s a self-proclaimed music encyclopedia! What could be better?
Hometown: Northbrook, Ill.
Majors: Journalism and English
Campus Involvement: Copy editor and staff writer at the Maneater; working at KCOU radio; Member of Chancellor’s Leadership Class, which is a class of freshman working on improving their leadership abilities
Relationship Status: Seeing someone
Favorite Quote: “You have to lose, you have to learn how to die, if you want to want to be alive” – “War on war” by Wilco
Favorite Movie: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Last song played on iPod: “Cooking Up Something Good” by Mac Demarco
Dream Job: Being an editor at GQ magazine or any job where I get nice things for free.
Pets: A Jack Russell terrier mutt named Ellie and a Russian tortoise named Strawberry.
Fashion trend I don’t understand: Colored short shorts. Guys need to leave those to the girls.
Hidden talent: I’m a walking music encyclopedia, and you’ll hear about it if you say something wrong.
Favorite Mizzou Memory so far: Seeing Kendrick Lamar at Jesse Auditorium then getting massive amounts of food at El Rancho and Hot Box Cookies