Name: Jacob Virgil
Hometown: Visalia, CA. Lived in Charlotte, NC most of my life.
School: UNC
Year: Senior
Major: Economics
Favorite Yopo Flavor: Blueberry with Graham cracker
Favorite Study Spot: The UL on the first floor at the tables by the windows.
Favorite thing about UNC: How everybody is academically minded and how there is a sense of camaraderie between current students and alums. Once a Tar Heel, always a Tar Heel.
Favorite Place to Travel: Hawaii; it’s my favorite place on earth. I love literally everything about it. The beach, the mountains, the food is phenomenal, the weather’s always great and people wear Hawaiian shirts!
Fun Fact: My family owns a brewery in Charlotte, NoDa Brewing Co. and I don’t drink…ironic.
Relationship Status: In a Relationship
Motto: Work hard, work smart, be kind, help others, and have fun.
Where do you Most Want to Travel: Immediately after graduation I want to backpack through Europe for a month.
What are your plans for next year: After Europe I want to enter the workforce, something business-oriented or in the financial sector.
Who do you admire most and why: My parents because they both are incredibly hard-working and always put me and my brother ahead of themselves.
Listen up because you’ve only got one year left to get to know Jacob Virgil before the big g-word come around (seniors, you know what I mean). Jacob works as an RA in Cobb Dorm and if you ask any of his residents, I’m sure they will tell you about how easy-going and cool Jacob is. He is selfless and kind and, fun fact, he is also an incredible cook. I know first hand how good his chicken and pesto pasta is because he insisted on cooking me a birthday dinner this year—let’s see how many ways can I say that he is awesome. Jacob loves anything outdoors, especially climbing. He is a member of both The Rock Climbing Club and BatCH Ultimate Frisbee, and when he’s not running around outside, he’s standing on his feet for 24 hours with UNC Dance Marathon.
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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!
Name: Cooper Aakhus
Nickname: Coop
Hometown: Brainerd, Minnesota
School: BC, A&S 2014
Major: Biology
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!
Name: Andres Anzola
School: CMU
Major: Statistics
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Graduating Year: 2015
Hobbies/Interests: Politics, weightlifting, traveling, clothing
Campus Activities: Alpha Kappa Psi, Phi Delta Theta, Orientation Staff, Resident Assistant
Favorite College Memory: Any day as a Hamerschlag RA
Favorite Food: Whey protein shakes and Thin Mints
Qualities You Look For In A Girl: Nice smile, intelligence, quiet, interested in fitness
Ideal Date: The museum followed by Bar Marco
Fun Fact: Lived in England for fourteen years
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Name: Ian Glasner
School: CMU
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Palo Alto, California
Childhood Dream: To grow up
Fun Fact: I once had an awkward conversation just to see what it was like
Involvement on campus: I am an Intramural Soccer Champion (big deal). I’m also the greatest RA of all time. Don’t ask my residents.
Ideal Date: Schatz All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet on a Sunday morning… assuming she has a guest block
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Name: Adewale “Wale” Desalu
Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria
School: CMU
Major: ECE & BME
Year: Sophomore
Relationship Status: Single
Interests: Hanging out with friends, music, photography, being an RA, and watching movies
Goals: Be happy and help make other people happy. I hope to go home and apply what I learned at CMU to help enhance people’s lives
Favorite thing about CMU: People I have met here and experiences I’ve had
Favorite Place to Go on a Date: Phipp’s Conservatory or Razzy Fresh
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Name: Killian Castner
Year: Sophomore
School: RIT
Major: Industrial design
Hometown: Charleston, South Carolina
Involvement: WITR, cycling team, industrial design student association, RA
Interests: Cycling, running, music, going to concerts, cooking, hanging out with friends
Relationship Status: Single
Dream Girl: Zooey Deschanel
Dream Job: Designer for Specialized Bicycles out in California
Favorite Quote: “-ism’s in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself.” -Ferris Bueller
Interesting Fact: I have multiple tattoos, one of which is a Star Wars one
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Name: Darious Moten
School: Mercer
Year: 2014
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Relationship Status: Single
Housing: Mercer Hall
Favorite Color: Green and Pink
Classification: Sophomore
Involvement on Campus: Basketball Team, Resident Assistant
Hometown: Bowdon, GA
About the man:
This basketball player is quite a versatile man. Being a basketball player, he is very athletic, but Darious is more than just some jock who can shoot hoops and put his foot behind his head! He’s a sweet guy who is really good at math. He has an unusual love for SpongeBob, and he likes to eat and sleep like everyone else. His favorite foods are dressing and cranberry sauce, which he’ll be able to enjoy at his favorite holiday, Thanksgiving. Darious is looking for a smart, cute, funny girl who can hold her own in a conversation.
Why He’s a Campus Cutie:
This athletic, smart guy totally deserves to be campus cutie! Being a basketball AND an RA show how dedicated he is, and he’s just an all around wonderful cutie!
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Name: Spencer Szabo
School & Year: Occidental, 2014
Hometown: Bridgeport, Connecticut
Year: Sophomore
Major: Psychology
Usually Seen: In the Braun computer lab
Campus Activities: KASA, but being an RA is pretty much my life
Single/Taken/It’s Complicated: Currently alone
How do you feel about getting nominated as Campus Cutie?
It makes me feel special for the week. Proud that I was cute, and I didn’t even know it!
If you could plan your ideal date what would it be like?
It would be in New York City. We would go out to a fancy dinner and take a walk through central park and do a boat ride in the pond there. It would end with a stargazing picnic/ midnight snack.
What is something few people know about you?
I’m a twin and I’m half Puerto Rican.
What is your biggest guilty pleasure: Toss up between Vampire Diaries and KPop
What was your most embarrassing middle school moment?
Instead of going to the 8th grade dance I sat in the office and let people in the door.
Current favorite jam: Same Old Bullshit by Ravaughn Brown
If you could have a superpower what would it be? Probably telepathy.
What was your favorite freshman year memory? One of my favorite memories was going to Six Flags Magic Mountain with my friends and went on my first roller coaster.
What are your thoughts on your Facebook stalker page? At first I thought it was really creepy, but I’ve come to enjoy it. I find the stealthy pictures endearing.
What is the weirdest thing you experienced so far as an R.A.? Toss up between corndog on the wall and gummy worm in the ceiling.
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Name: Chris Gross
School: Vanderbilt
Hometown: Wasilla, Alaska. I lived there for most of my life until college.
Major: Medicine, Health, and Society
Relationship status: None.
Campus Involvement: Bio sucks the life out of my campus involvement so basically I am just an RA in Towers.
Favorite and least favorite things about Vanderbilt: I like flank steak on Wednesdays in Chef James. I hate the standardized calc test…
Career goals: I want to be a doctor….Global Health, probably in Guatemala.
Hobbies: I like to go fishing and hunting.
Celebrity crush: Taylor Swift
Why he chose Vanderbilt: Mostly because Taylor Swift lived close by and it is warm.
What he looks for in a girl: If she is going to make more than me so I can retire and stay home when we are married.