Word: cooperative
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Lounging just outside the Currier House fishbowl, a young man clad in a blue sweater and worn jeans browses through an intimidating stack of required reading. Joseph K. Cooper ’07 barely notices other students as they occasionally pass by. He looks like any other student, smoking cigarettes over his sourcepacks as he worries about getting that problem set in on time. However, a few years ago, Cooper, now 26, was more concerned with sandstorms and army officers than TFs and due dates...
Back in 1998, Cooper received his high school diploma with a 2.2 grade point average. He had no plans to apply to college. Instead, he ditched his books in exchange for some fatigues, and enlisted in the United States Army. He began his four-year career as an American solider in Korea, where he was stationed for about a year. From there, he was shipped off for another six months, this time to Egypt. He was a sergeant by the time he got back to the States...
Upon returning home to the south side of Tampa Bay, Fla., Cooper enrolled in Manatee Community College...
Such difficulties wouldn’t follow him to school, but Cooper says adjusting to an academic atmosphere wasn’t easy...
While still attending Manatee, Cooper met Sam Bell, the former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. Bell encouraged the young Democrat to pursue his interest in politics. Cooper took the advice to heart, and he eventually nabbed a job as the assistant fundraising director with the Democratic National Committee...