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8 Campus Cuties Who Want To Be Astronauts

 

Full Name: Joseph Charles Delinks
Year: 5th year senior
Major: Environmental Studies with a Biology Minor
Hometown: Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Why did you come to UCF?
I came to UCF to play for the Men’s Tennis Team. I wanted to go to school somewhere in the south to escape the cold.

How long have you played tennis?
I started playing when I was five years old. I finished my four years of collegiate tennis this past spring.

Three words to describe yourself?
I would say I’m energetic, adventurous and kind-hearted. 

What are you most passionate about?
I am most passionate about fishing and hunting. I live for offshore fishing and the adventures that come with it.

What do you find most attractive in a girl?
I find athleticism, a good sense of humor and classiness to be the most attractive qualities in a girl.

Celebrity crush?
Anne Hathaway in the latest Batman movie.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
I see myself hopefully graduating veterinary school and practicing medicine in a city I’ve never lived in before.

What’s your dream job?
My dream job would be to be a fighter pilot or an astronaut. Everyday would be a new adventure. I’d love to get my recreational pilot license someday.

What would be your ideal day?
That’s a tough one. If I had to choose, I’d love to spend the day in New Zealand with my friends and family exploring the wilderness.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
“Strength and honor” – Maximus Aurelius

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Name: Tommy Vandenberg
Hometown: Mamaroneck, NY
Major: MechE & BME
Year: 2015
Relationship Status: Single

Interests: Running, Shatz and sleeping
Goals: To become famous and an Olympic runner and astronaut 
Favorite Thing about CMU: Eamon Cullinane
Favorite Place to Go on a Date: A walk through Shenly Park

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If you live in Gaige or have stopped by the Info Desk to ask a question lately, you’ve probably spotted our newest Campus Cutie already. Regardless, let’s get to know one of the nicest fraternity guys you’ll meet at the Ville…

Name: Mack Carr
Age: 19
Relationship Status: Single and ready to mingle.
Hometown: Maytown, PA
Year: Sophomore
Major/Minor: Economics

Campus activities: Vice President of Lambda Chi Alpha, SMC Info Desk Employee, RA in Gaige Hall

Other hobbies:  Watching the sunrise, taking long walks on the beach, drinking pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.

Dream job: Being a famous actor/astronaut/MLB Player/model/rock star.

Biggest fear: My mother when she is angry.

Any secret talents? Master at the art of Whiffle ball.

What’s the best present you’ve ever received? My guitar, Sandy.

Favorite movie: Stepbrothers

What’s your favorite thing to do at MU? Bro hard.

Another quirky fact about yourself: I’m Taylor Swift’s number one fan, can play almost all of her songs on guitar and am her future husband.

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Name: Ben Eden
Year: Sophomore (’14)
Major: History and Econ
Hometown: Culpeper, Virginia

Activities: AU Players, Sigma Phi Epsilon, work at Barbour

Favorite Website: Reddit.com

Favorite iPhone App: E-mail app

Guilty Pleasure TV Show: True Blood

Favorite Place to get Coffee: The Dav

3 Things I couldn’t live without: My phone, my wallet and my keys

Summer Plans: LSAT classes, online AU class, road tripping, music festivals – Bonaroo, living in DC

Ideal date: Low-key, Georgetown area

Fav vending machine snack: Paybar

Childhood dream job: Astronaut

Mountains or beach: Mountains

Proudest moment of your life: Being accepted to college

Last book you read: Fairness and Freedom: A History of Two Open Societies: New Zealand and the United States

Studying abroad? New Zealand and economic internship there

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You may know him around campus as Austin’s little brother, but this week’s campus cutie has a standout personality of his own, coming to Eckerd all the way from HOTLANTA, Georgia. This friendly and eager freshman (he’s the new senator for Beta) is an early riser, an exercise fanatic and has one heck of a perfect first date plan.

Name: Alek Matthiessen
Hometown: Germany
Graduation year: 2016
Relationship status: SINGLE
Major: Biochemistry

Three words to describe yourself: Healthy, ambitious and amiable.

Interests and hobbies: Exercise, history, playing the guitar, listening to music, reading and waking early.

 Dream job: To be an astronaut and pro soccer player on the side–when not in space.

What do you look for in a girl? A girl who has ambition, wears no makeup and is also outgoing.

Least favorite quality in a girl: Being fake.

What would be your perfect date? Picking up the girl in a Mercedes SLR 500 with a very nice preplanned dinner table in a park by a lake, drinking wine (if 21 of course) with a violin player and time to talk after.

What is the one thing you cannot live without? Exercise!

Favorite pick-up line: I don’t use pick up lines.

Celeb crush: Alessandra Ambrosio, the Brazilian super model, or Emma Watson.

What would you do with $1 million?: INVEST. (He’s a smart one ladies!)

Best Eckerd Experience so far?: Watching the sunset at St. Pete beach.

Boxers or briefs: Neither. I don’t wear underwear. It’s what I’m known for.

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Name: Dusty Biron

 

Hometown: I currently live in Lancaster, PA, but counting Maine I’ve lived in 5 states so that’s a complicated question for me. 

What activities do you do on campus?
I’m on the golf team and I mentor a local 5th grader.

When you were little what did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to be an astronaut. 

What is the best song to sing with a bus full of people?
Don’t Stop Believing by Journey. I don’t know why our generation has adopted that song, but we have, and I love it. 
 
What’s your favorite YouTube video?
The world’s reaction to Landon Donovan’s game winning goal in the 2010 world cup. It’s incredibly inspiring. 
If you discovered a star what would you name it?
Charlotte, after my grandmother. She had ten kids, was a school teacher, and lived to be 98. She deserves a star.
 
What’s your favorite book?
I’ve read all of the Harry Potter books more times than I care to admit, but Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is my all time favorite.

Which dining hall do you prefer and why?
Thorne, I like the display section at dinner and the atmosphere is more fun.

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Looking for that Mr. Right? Let me introduce you to Kyle Shannon, a sophomore at CU and native Coloradian. A huge sports fan and an exceptional athlete himself, Kyle ran for the CU track team last year. His grandpa is the most important role model in his life and he openly admits to being a mama’s boy. Kyle also said enjoys hip-hop and techno and declared himself a music junkie.  If you’re thinking what I’m thinking…why is this guy still single?
 
Name:  Kyle Shannon
Hometown: Wheat Ridge, CO
Major: Aerospace Engineering

Dream Job:  Astronaut
Favorite thing about Boulder: The girls and the Flatirons
Favorite college memory so far:  Spring Break ’11 – road trip through Cali!
What do you do during your free time?  DANCE parties, SPORTS, hang out with friends
Do you belong to any organizations/clubs?  CUSEDS executive board member (CU Students for the Exploration and Development of Space)
Ideal date: Dinner date then some star-gazing
If you could describe yourself in one word what would it be?  Motivated
Favorite quote:  “The brave do not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.”
Interesting/Weird Fact: I’ve been to Mexico 6 times

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Name: (Dane) Perry Nickerson
Year: Junior
School: CC
Major: Political Science
Hometown: Portland, Oregon
Relationship Status: Single

On-Campus Activities: Greek Life (SigEp), Rugby, Columbia University Financial Group

Off-campus activities: Holister model

Pet-Peeves: People chewing with their mouths open.

Dream Job: Starting and owning my own record label or being an astronaut

If you were stuck on a deserted island, you would need: My iPod, some running shoes, and my soulmate.

Every guys needs these three things: a V-neck t-shirt, some self-confidence, and some Abercrombie & Fitch Fierce cologne.

Your perfect date in 7 words or less: Looking at the stars with Blake Lively

Favorite off-campus location: The American Museum of Natural History

Spirit Animal: Penguin

Dream wife: Blake Lively, obviously.

One thing you want to do before graduating: Meet and have a conversation with President Bollinger.

Top three albums/songs of all time:
1) Show Me Love (Safari Mix) – Robin S.
2) Room for Squares – John Mayer
3) Love Sweet Sound (Mark Night and Funkagenda’s A.H.B. Mix) – Groove Armada

If you could have a super power what would it be and why: The ability to fly; I’ve always been enamored by flight, and have always loved flying. It’s a dream of mine to get my pilot’s license some day.

If you could invite anyone to dinner, you would ask: I’d ask one of the framers of our original constitution, maybe George Washington or Alexander Hamilton. I’ve always wondered what they would think about what America has become in relation to what they perceived it would become when they were first writing the Constitution.

HamDel decides to name a sandwich after you (what’s it called and what’s in it): It’s called the ‘Dirty Dane.’ It has pastrami, swiss cheese, bacon and mayonaisse. That’s it. Super healthy :)

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