Name: Robert Swestka
Hometown: La Porte City, Iowa
Major/Minor: Political Science major at the University of Iowa, but I’m going to law school after
Status: Single… ladies
Astrological Sign: I am a Gemini
Words to live by: “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
Campus Activities: Member of Beta Theta Pi, trying to get involved with University of Iowa student government
Fun Fact: I’m Ron Burgundy
Favorite Music: I like listening to some Matchbox 20.
Favorite TV Show(s): I’m gonna have to go with my favorite TV show as South Park, but only because Cartman is hilarious.
Favorite Hawkeye Sport to watch: Obviously football, I mean what other sport would you wanna watch at Iowa than football at Kinnick Stadium
Favorite Hang-out Spot at Iowa: I’m hanging out at Beta a lot, you know, trying to get involved.
It annoys me when girls at Iowa…: I would say the most annoying thing that girls at Iowa do is say “totes,”
and they do it all the time… come on ladies, you gotta stop.
If I could hang out with a celebrity for a day it would be: I would say Ryan Reynolds, but he would have to be acting as Van Wilder because we would go out and party.
If I could travel anywhere in the world it would be: I would definitely love to go to England or Germany because they’ve got so much history there.
If I had to pick an actor to play me in a movie it would be: The big Russian guy from Rocky.
Typical first date/ideal first date in Iowa City: First date in Iowa City, we’re going to go to Joseph’s, nice steak dinner, we’ve got to be looking classy too, and then I’ll pay for it.
How we pay for the first date: I definitely whip out my fancy Veridian Credit Union card. That’s La Porte City, Iowa right there.
College regrets thus far: I had a little incident at Spo-Co… not too inclined to talk about it right here, but… we’ll just leave it at that.
In ten years I see myself: I definitely see myself going into practicing law after graduating, maybe going to University of Iowa for Law School, and then I’d end up, probably, in Chicago. It’s a cool place to be.
The group I fit into in high school was…: I had a great group of friends that were really involved in choir and showchoir and stuff, but we also all did sports. Small town Iowa, everyone’s involved in everything.
Anything else? You gotta’ vote for me ladies I mean come on… I’m Robert Goulet.