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Darius Koohmarey: The Face Behind the Memes

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SDSU chapter.

About a two weeks ago, a FaceBook page called SDSU Memes popped up on our newsfeeds, and within a week, the site had more than 2,000 likes on FaceBook, with over 1500 people sharing it with their friends. Here to give us a little insight to the cleverness and creativity that goes into the page is its creator, Darius Koohmarey.
 
Where are you from?
I was born here in San Diego, California. But I am half German and half Iranian and a first generation American.
 
What’s your major?
I am a Computer Science major with a minor in Interdisciplinary Studies.
 
What year are you?
I am currently a Freshman at State.  But credit wise, I’m a Junior.
 
What do you do in your spare time?
In my spare time I enjoy playing soccer, parkouring, partying, coding, and playing video games.
 
Three interesting facts about you:
I am an identical twin (my brother goes to UC Berkeley), I speak German and have visited Germany, and I  have my own web design company.
 
How did you come up with the idea for SDSU Memes?
My twin brother made the UC Berkeley Meme page and suggested that I make a meme page for SDSU.
 
Why did you make it?
I made SDSU Memes because I enjoy the comedy behind internet memes, seeing that college specific meme pages where starting, I wanted to make sure that SDSU rose up prominently alongside the others.
 
Where do you get new ideas for it?
I take my experiences as an on campus SDSU student and translate them into new, original, SDSU related memes.
 
What do you plan on doing with the website?
I plan to continue delivering fresh, new, and humorous content on my meme page on a relatively daily basis. I will incorporate current events relating to the daily life of an Aztec into future meme releases.

Check out the page for yourself,! Click the link below to go see the SDSU Meme Page:
www.facebook.com/SDSUmemebase

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