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Patrick Chu

5/21/2012

Name: Patrick Chu

Hometown: Fremont, CA
Year: 5th year
Major: Psychology
Relationship status: Single

Are you involved in any campus clubs? If so, what and how?
I am/have been involved in KASA, 909, CALPIRG, AACF, and choir. I've assisted and directed kasa dance off, a dance competition among kasa freshmen from other schools. I've been apart of UCR's very own hip hop collegiate team, 909. I've helped organize campus grass roots support for projects and the interests of the riverside community and UCR campus through calpirg.

What are some of your hobbies?
I like to do the dancing. It's fun and also a challenge to perfect my skills and understanding of the art. i also sing in the car a lot, trying to perfect that as well. I like to work out, finding out new ways to work on my body through exercising and nutrition.

What is your idea of a perfect date?
I really don't have an ideal perfect date. As long as it’s the right person, context and circumstances shouldn't have to matter that much. As a default answer though, it would be cool to do something adventurous and out of the ordinary...scuba diving...rock climbing...bungee jumping.

3 Turn on’s: Nice hair, smart, love for children/animals

3 Turn off’s: Self-absorbed, shallow, unimaginative

What is your dream job?
It would be insane to dance in a music video or be a back up dancer to some ill artist. Maybe I'd progress to be some talent or agency recruiter. Another dream job would be a health/fitness expert of some sort. A physical therapist?Something health.

What is your favorite movie of all time?
Spirited Away

How to Avoid the Purse Curse

4/8/2012

What’s in your purse? I’m not talking about the obvious cell phone, wallet, and keys. I’m talking about those essential items that we, as females, depend on to look and feel our best. Here are some items that every girl should consider having:

1. Compact mirror - Ever walked around with smeared eyeliner or food stuck in your teeth all day? And no one said anything about it and you got weird looks all day? Prevent embarrassing situations like this by checking for mishaps with a compact mirror.

2. Mints/Gum - No one wants to be able to guess what you had for lunch by smelling your breath. Keep fresh by chewing a piece of gum or popping a mint in your mouth.

3. Blotting Paper - A long day can lead to an oily face. Prevent oil and shine by keeping a pack of blotting papers in your purse. It’s also the perfect solution to prevent glare in your pictures, if you’re planning to take any for those nights out.

4. Chapstick/Lip gloss - Not only are chapped lips unattractive, they hurt. Keep your lips looking and feeling incredibly soft with the help of chapstick. Also, tinted chapstick or lip gloss is a perfect way to play up your look with a few quick and easy sweeps.

5. Tampons/Pads - You never know when mother nature will call and surprise you.
Save yourself the humiliation, and always be prepared by keeping those feminine
products with you.

6. Hand lotion - Prevent ashy hands by keeping a travel-sized hand lotion in your purse. Your hands will thank you!

7. Hand sanitizer - Opening doors, shaking hands, and don’t forget the ever-so-popular texting. You’re always using your hands, and there’s bacteria crawling everywhere. Use hand sanitizer to prevent the spread of germs.

Easy Ways To Make Money, Fast!

3/24/2012

Whether you are in need of cash or just want some extra cash on the side, here are six ways you can make money, fast!  

1. Recycle! It’s 2012, the year that the world is supposedly going to “end.” If I were abeliever, I would have to say that global warming is probably one of the key conntributors to “the end of theworld.” In an effort to help this plausible catastrophic event, here’s a little suggestion that may delay the feared day: recycle. Not only is recycling good for the environment, it’s good for your wallet. Imagine all those water bottles you go through on a hot Riverside afternoon. Those beer cans after the party you threw last night? Don’t toss them! Collect all plastic, aluminum, and even glass bottles in a trash bag, and take them to recycle. You will be amazed at how much money you can make from trash, literally.  

David Namoong and Alex Kacyra: Students and Business Men of UCR

3/5/2012

With midterms out of the way, and winter quarter more than halfway over, spring break is just around the corner. This means it’s time tuck away the worries of lectures, discussions, homework, and well...school in general, and look forward to the oh-so-satisfying feeling of what one student may call, seven days of sweet-sweet freedom. But before you shove last quarters text books to who-knows-where, and you really don’t care (so long as you never have to see them again) consider this: textbooks are a great way to make some extra cash!
 
Attempting to sell textbooks can be a tedious task, and who likes receiving annoying spam through r’mail, anyway? If there was an easier way to sell and buy textbooks, why not utilize it to make those textbooks be something of value, even after you’re done with them? Thanks to rtexts.com, created by two of our very own UCR students, David Namkoong and Alex Kacyra, selling and buying textbooks has never been easier. Check out the interview I had with the two brains behind rtext!
                     
Name: David Namkoong (left),
Alex Kacyra (right)
Year: Sophomore, Junior
Hometown: San Jose, Pinole
Major: Undeclared - Business, Psychology
Relationship Status: Single, Single
 
What is rtexts? 

rtexts.com is a free-to-use website where UCR students can buy and sell used textbooks to each other.
 
What motivated you guys to start rtexts?