Many people struggle to find love, but as it turns out, it's just a strum away.
For first-year philosophy student Chance Armstrong, the guitar has turned out to be his most trusty wingman. He started playing out in public a few weeks ago and has been bombarded with flirty smiles and Tinder right-swipes ever since.
"I just kind of sit out on the Horseshoe and wait for babes to come along, then I start strumming a Father John Misty song while looking a little sad," Armstrong said. "The trick is not to look too sad. It's not like my dog died."
While he was on an impressive streak before, Armstrong has gone on even more dates since spring sprung.
"The warm weather has really been a game changer for me," he said.
Armstrong's roommate, first-year global supply chain management student Cliff Manworthy, doesn't understand why Armstrong's guitar is such a girl magnet.
"I don't get it. Like, he's not even in a band," Manworthy said of Armstrong's recent romantic luck.
Clementine Morning, first-year art history student and amateur apiarist, is just one of the girls that Armstrong has taken on more than one date.
"I self-identify as an art heaux, so this is really just a way of curating my aesthetic," she said. "Plus he's kind of cute, I guess."