Name: Kevin Peel
Year: 2012
College: Silliman
Major: Political Science
Hometown: Onoway, Alberta (Canada)
Flashback: November 2009. My friend dragged me to a room in Silliman to meet this guy on the hockey team. He had Spongebob sheets and bedding.
Flash forward: A few weeks ago. A phone call takes place.
HC: Hi, Kevin. I was wondering if you would be the Campus Cutie for the launch of Her Campus at Yale.
A brief pause.
KP: If it’s going to help you, I’ll be more than happy to.
Present time: I walk in to Est Est Est and look for the bright-eyed Canadian. I find him in the corner with his hood up.
HC: Hey, Kevin. I’m not sure if you remember me but we met a few years ago.
KP: No of course I do.
HC: I’m sorry but I’ve got to ask, do you still have those Spongebob sheets?
KP: I don’t.
He sees my disappointment and immediately adds…
KP: But I just got a brand new Spongebob comforter and pillow. And my room is Disney themed. I’ve got Smurfs everywhere. And a Cars poster. Plus I’m getting one of those clap on, clap off lights.
Now, Mr. Peel has a reputation on campus for his incredible tailgate attire, with outfits ranging from penguin onsies, to female nightgowns accompanied with pigtails.
HC: Can you please tell me the thought process that goes into picking your tailgate outfits?
KP: Well, I try to go for the dumbest and the brightest. I pick things that no one else is willing to wear. I try to illicit a certain response from people.
HC: And what’s that?
KP: They want to laugh, but are too confused.
HC: What did you wear to the last tailgate?
KP: The neon green man body suit with a women’s one-piece swimsuit over it. And a toque with llamas on it.
** llamas was pronounced more like lamb-as.
My head titled to the side and I stared at him blankly. He thought nothing of it and continued drinking his Starbucks. (Yes, he was drinking coffee in a pizza shop).
HC: You wore a what with what on it?
KP: A toque, it’s what we call hats in Canada.
I was somehow under the impression that the only difference between Canadian and American speech was “about”, but I was clearly misinformed.
HC: What would you say are the greatest cultural differences between Canada and America?
KP: Well, America is full of aggressively bad drivers who honk a lot. And in Canada we pronounce things different, like pasta (pass-ta), llama (lamb-a), intestine (in-test-eye-ne). And there is no Popeye’s.
He leaned his head back to finish his coffee and his hood fell off. A full head of flow came out of hiding.
HC: What’s the appeal of having flow?
KP: It’s great for hockey.
HC: How so?
KP: Well you get to have flow coming out of the back of your bucket, blowing in the wind as you skate, fluttering just above your number. (Pause) And it allows for people to have lower expectations of you.
Her Campus disagrees and thinks Mr. Peel has actually given the flow a very high standard.