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Cheerleader of the Week: Duke's Lauren

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Name: Lauren CooperHometown: Warsaw, Ind.School: Duke UniversityYear: SeniorMajor: Public Policy with a certificate in Markets and Management Studies

Here is a photo gallery of Lauren in action, and here is SI.com's Cheerleader of the Week archive.

I love my school, but I almost went to: Wharton School of Business at UPenn.

My best physical feature is: My smile.

If I had to watch one movie on loop for ever, it would be: Something with Will Ferrell or Owen Wilson.

If you looked at the "most played" songs on my iPod, you'd see a lot of: Variety; Dave Matthews, Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Lil Wayne, Rascal Flatts, Kanye West.

The shows I DVR/TiVo are: The Office, Gossip Girl, Friends re-runs.

My favorite Web sites are: The Onion, Hulu.

My favorite people to follow on Twitter are: My friends, NCAA coaches, reality TV stars.

My worst habit is: Procrastination.

My gameday superstitions are: Making sure I don't forget anything.

The talent I'd most like to have that I don't possess is: A better singing voice .

These three things top my bucket list: Travel to every continent, take cooking classes, learn to sail.

I'd want my last meal to be: Greek food.

The most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to me during a game is: In high school I fell from a stunt and broke my arm -- on my birthday.

Three things I'd take to a desert island are: Sunscreen and my two best friends.

My one guilty pleasure is: Eating breakfast in bed.

My celebrity crush is: Ashton Kutcher -- cute and funny.

Five people I'd like to have dinner with (living or dead) are: Sandra Day O'Connor, Winston Churchill, Stephen Colbert, Walt Disney and my grandmother who died six years ago.

My friends would be surprised to know that I: Read about five different newspapers every day.

The next risk I want to take is: Moving to a new city/ starting a new job after graduation.

The worst date I've ever been on was: Fortunately, I haven't had a really horrible experience. But if I had, I'm sure writing about it on SI.com would be the icing on the cake.