Keeping with his colorful personality, Garrett Crouse wore this planetary shirt for his Eugene High School senior photo, in honor of his future major in astro-physics.

EUGENE, Mo. When Garrett Crouse and his pals ran through the halls of Eugene High School chasing a ghost as the Ghostbusters for "1980s day," his peers werent surprised.

When he pulled out all the stops for the Mr. Eugene contest (a male beauty pageant), he had a blast.

And when the senior boys were determined to beat the senior girls for the first time in a pep assembly dance-off, Crouse was in the mix with back flips and boy-band dance moves.

The flamboyant and cheerful senior at Eugene High School is a self-proclaimed social bug.

I like meeting new people and expanding my social bubble, he said.

To that end, hes not afraid to be outlandish to have fun. And more importantly, he seeks to make sure others are having a good time, too.

Ultimately, what I want to do with my life is help people, Crouse said. The more people I know, the more I can potentially help.

Thats his lifes mission, not his career goal.

Crouse is headed to the University of Colorado this fall to study astro-physics. His ultimate dream is to be a researcher at the NASA branch at CalTech and perhaps become a professor there.

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Future scientist has social bent