Campus Cutie: Dion Vassos ‘13
Name: Dion Vassos
Year: Class of 2013 (Third year)
Program: Criminology, English
College: Trinity
A place you call home: Canada
Relationship status: Single
Your go to hangout spot on campus? If I had to pick just one, I don’t think there’s any spot on campus as beautiful to hang out in as the Trinity Courtyard. I found myself there for orientation in first year and so that place to me has kind of become the embodiment of university life. Sitting there for just a couple of minutes a day will make you smarter. That’s a fact. Also, it looks like Hogwarts.
Before I graduate, I want to…no I NEED to: Come across one of my female professors in a bar and buy her a drink.
What turns you off about a girl? It’s not something I think about a lot. Every girl has her imperfections, and we sometimes learn to love those imperfections. But that’s the cheap way out of this question. So to answer it, I’ll start by listing my turn-ons, and then we can work our way backwards and establish their opposites, which I guess will be my turnoffs. My turn-ons are intelligence, kindness, and Scarlett Johansson. I guess that makes my turnoffs ignorance, rudeness, and not-Scarlett-Johansson.
During your ‘bro’ time you: Besides cuddling? Well, we’re all pretty big into playing games of pick-up soccer in the summer. Also, spending copious amounts of time at coffee shops is essential. When it’s cold like this, we watch a lot of movies, and spend a lot of time motivating each other’s moustache-growing. I could tell you more, but I’d be in violation of the Bro Society Code of Conduct.
One thing every girl needs to understand about guys: We will never understand girls. Please, understand our misunderstandings as inevitable.
If I were to look at your iPod, what would be playing? Any one of Radiohead’s songs. Their music is so viscerally charged, each song is capable of extracting an emotional reaction from me. If you don’t think they are the greatest band in the world, we will have a problem.
If you could have one superpower, what would it be? Time manipulation is the ONLY right answer here. Think about it. Stuck on an exam? Pause time, open your bag and look at your notes. Want to make some money? Fast-forward through time, buy a sports almanac and pull a Marty McFly. Want to relive something from your past? Go back and live it again, or change it. Just be careful about creating time paradoxes. Those can be messy.
Where would we find you on a Thursday night? Ideally, I’d be having drinks with a small handful of friends, cooped up in one of our basements and listening to music. I do also get dragged to the Maddy on occasion. I can’t dance though. It’s charming.
How do you feel about being a campus cutie? Do you think I’ll have a chance with Scarlett Johansson now?